The Largest IP Theft in History: Takeaways from the Senate Hearing on AI and Copyright Piracy — “On July 16, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held a hearing titled Too Big to Prosecute?: Examining the AI Industry’s Mass Ingestion of Copyrighted Works for AI Training. While some courts may struggle to articulate why these pervasive pirating activities of AI companies seem so disturbing—Senators on the Subcommittee took charge in demonstrating the ridiculous, un-American position that what they referred to as “the largest IP theft in history” should ever be condoned.”
US authors suing Anthropic can band together in copyright class action, judge rules — “U.S. District Judge William Alsup said the authors can bring a class action, opens new tab on behalf of all U.S. writers whose works Anthropic allegedly downloaded from ‘pirate libraries’ LibGen and PiLiMi to create a repository of millions of books in 2021 and 2022. Alsup said Anthropic may have illegally downloaded as many as 7 million books from the pirate websites, which could make it liable for billions of dollars in damages if the authors’ case is successful.”
Generative AI & Copyright Law in India: Who Owns Machine-Made Works? — “Although courts in India have not yet ruled definitively on generative AI and copyright ownership, recent judicial and regulatory developments signal growing concern and attention toward the issue.”
Can GenAI and Copyright Coexist? — “Gen AI has the potential to benefit industry and society in many ways. But achieving that potential will require more robust and transparent partnerships between technology firms and the creative industries. On our current path we risk killing the goose—or in this case the authors, musicians, coders, and filmmakers—who laid the golden eggs that are key to the present and future value of gen AI output.”
WeTransfer Changes Policy After Concern It Could Train AI on User’s Photos — “The controversy began after a recent update to WeTransfer’s terms appeared to grant the company broad rights over user content, including a clause referencing the use of data to ‘improve performance of machine learning models that enhance our content moderation process.’ This language raised alarms creative professionals, including photographers, some of whom interpreted the terms as giving WeTransfer permission to use, sell, or share their files with AI companies.”