Nearly 400 local newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft over alleged copyright theft — The lawsuits challenging the unauthorized use of copyrighted works to train Large Language Models do not appear to be slowing down. This latest, from a large coalition of local newspapers, is the first to be filed by the law firm Platkin LLP, which was created earlier this year by former New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin.
En Banc Ninth Circuit to Reconsider Copyright’s Total Concept and Feel Test — It is not often that one of the major copyright jurisdictions revisits a fundamental doctrine that has been in place for five decades, but a recent grant of en banc review by the Ninth Circuit will reconsider the substantial similarity standard for copyright infringement.
WIPO Alert Pay Aims to Cut Off Piracy Profits with Help from Payment Providers — Torrentfreak’s Ernesto Van Der Sar reports on WIPO’s new “Alert Pay” initiative, a voluntary cooperative effort between copyright owners and payment service providers like Mastercard and PayPal that enables rightsholders to flag pirate site uses of payment services.
Luca Guadagnino’s Nearly Finished Sam Altman Movie ‘Artificial’ Dropped by Amazon After OpenAI Partnership — The film stars Andrew Garfield as the OpenAI CEO and focuses on the period in 2023 when Altman was briefly fired by the company’s board and then rehired. Variety reports the dropping of the film, which has already had test screenings, “notably comes after Amazon struck a massive partnership with the tech company in February to expand OpenAI’s use of Amazon Web Services and develop custom AI models.”
News, cultural groups want clarity on copyright after Ottawa releases AI strategy — The groups have noted that the government’s strategy, which includes additional funding for AI and encourages Canadian’s use of the technology, does not mention copyright once and “want the government to state it will not introduce an exemption to the law allowing companies to use copyrighted content for AI system training.”