Photographer Sues Virgin Over Photo of Richard Branson’s Late Mother https://petapixel.com/2025/05/05/photographer-sues-virgin-over-photo-of-richard-bransons-late-mother/ #copyrightinfringement #richardbranson #infringement #copyright #lawsuit #News #Law
Quite a few people have raised concerns about #trademarks because of the #OpenVox name and the use of the #puppet command names and paths. We thought we'd talk a bit about trademark and why we don't have an #infringement concern, and describe our roadmap to changing some of the paths in safe and non-disruptive ways. https://overlookinfratech.com/2025/03/20/a-whirlwind-conversation-on-trademarks/
Yesterday evening: exchange with the Commission on our ask for more effective #infringement procedures. Got the feeling that it will be a long way to go until full #transparency. This though is about @vonderleyen being the Guardian of the Treaties, ensuring legal commitments and #RuleofLaw are implemented to protect citizens! #compliance
Copyright madness: YouTube seems to doubt whether Shakespeare is in the public domain
One of the darker threads of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) is how complex copyright enforcement systems can be abused, for example by sending Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown requests for material that is perfectly legal. A recent post on the Public Citizen blog offers an extreme example of this blight. Here’s the summary of what happened:
When […]
#counternotice #dmca #google #infringement #nonProfit #publicDomain #registration #shakespeare #takedown #usCopyrightOffice #youtube
#Meta Secretly Trained Its #AI on Notorious #Piracy Database. “Meta just lost major fight in ongoing legal battle w group of authors suing the company for #copyright #infringement over how it trained its #artificialintelligence models. Against the company’s wishes a #court #unredacted info alleging that Meta used Library Genesis (#LibGen), a notorious so-called shadow #library of #pirated #books that originated in Russia to help train its generative AI language models. https://www.bespacific.com/meta-secretly-trained-its-ai-on-a-notorious-piracy-database/
BAM: Today's EU audit confirms 
the #infringement system of @vonderleyen is too slow! The @EUCommission must now ramp up enforcement. With @birdlifeeurope & @EEB I am calling to also publish all infringement letters to deliver transparency! https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/news/NEWS-SR-2024-28
28.11.2024
"The Commission is adopting a package of infringement decisions due to the absence of communication by Member States of measures taken to transpose EU directives into national law."
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/inf_24_5988
Gibson issues cease and desist over Trump-backed guitars;
Electric guitar maker claims president-elect-endorsed merchandise infringes on Les Paul trademark
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/27/gibson-trump-guitars
#fraud #infringement #con #felon #US #politics #UnitedStates #megalomaniac #cheat #swindle #MafiaDon #news #music
Hungary’s ‘Defence of Sovereignty’ law challenged in EU’s top court https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/hungarys-defence-of-sovereignty-law-challenged-in-eus-top-court/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EuropeanCommission #Hungary #infringement #ruleoflaw
Nice autumn morning from Brussels. Here i.a. with
- EU Ocean Week, #BlueManifesto
- EC Hearing Dates tbc: 4-12 Nov.
- Lots of cold #infringement cases
The UPC Court of Appeal has unsurprisingly confirmed a rejection of a jurisdictional challenge by the Mannheim local division. A reasonable nexus of damage occurring within the jurisdiction is all that is required. It makes little difference that the infringement is indirect.
Isaac Hayes III posted on Sunday that 
Donald Trump and his campaign have been served in their #federal #lawsuit alleging 134 instances of #copyright #infringement.
Just like anyone else, 
political campaigns are not allowed to use music for their own gain without permission or buying a license.
Since Trump has continued to violate the copyright of the Hayes estate, 
an emergency federal hearing was granted on September 3.
By choosing to disrespect the rights and work of others, Donald Trump is now forced to show up in federal civil court as the defendant in a case that could cost him millions of dollars.
https://www.politicususa.com/2024/08/25/trump-served-isaac-hayes-estate.html
Court hearing ordered in yet another copyright infringement case against Trump, i.e., using music at rallies without permission.
A primary concern for #Paris2024 #trademark enforcers is companies engaging in so-called ambush #marketing, attempting to tap the event’s prestige without becoming official sponsors.
#parisolympics #ip #infringement #litigation #attorneys #lawyers #ai
The @EUCommission is going after #Belgium, #Croatia, #Luxembourg, the #Netherlands, #Spain and #Sweden for failing to designate a #DigitalServicesCoordinator as required by the #DSA.
*Edit:* I previously copied the wrong list of countries, now corrected. Thanks for the hint @DiogoConstantino
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/inf_24_3228
OpenAI seeks NYT source material for copyright defense
https://stackdiary.com/openai-seeks-nyt-source-material-for-copyright-defense/
Slice Engineering and Chinese multinational Anker Innovations (SZSE: 300866) have recently settled a lawsuit over patent infringement. Slice accused Anker’s AnkerMake M5C 3D printer and its hotend of infringing on one of its U.S. patents, which covers an adaptable high-performance extrusion head for fused filament fabrication systems.
https://3dprint.com/310152/anker-settles-patent-fight-with-slice-engineering/
In response, Anker disputed the validity of the patent and denied any infringement. The lawsuit, filed on September 13, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington by Anker, was resolved through a settlement after both parties negotiated.
#patent #3dprinting #validity #infringement #settlement
Sony warns AI companies about unlicensed use of Sony content:
“Unauthorized use” of Sony Music Group content in the “training, development or commercialization of AI systems” deprives the company and its artists of control and compensation for those works.
@dragonarchitect @csgraves @nixCraft @gearlicious both is true:
I do however condemn the #WastefulComputing for wannabe-"AI" that doesn't add anything meaningful to society and the world in general: Just like #NFTs and #Cryptocurrency-#Shitcoins!
