FSF Threatens Anthropic over Infringed Copyright: Share Your LLMs Freel

https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/2026-anthropic-settlement

#HackerNews #FSF #Anthropic #Copyright #LLMs #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

Just to be clear.

https://shojiwax.com/about/ai-not-welcome-here/

#ai #tech #copyright #legal #writing #photography

69% of Google AI Overviews copy content verbatim. Publishers lost 70% of traffic. Lawsuits from Chegg, Penske, EPC, Chicken Soup for the Soul. Courts are just getting started.

https://tomaszs2.medium.com/lawsuits-70-traffic-drops-and-verbatim-copying-how-publishers-react-to-google-ai-overview-df4eeb31c438

#GoogleAI #AIOverviews #Copyright

🇬🇧 UK backs off default AI training on copyrighted material

｢ The government also said it would monitor litigation around AI and copyright in the UK and elsewhere, "including how secondary liability may apply to imported AI models placed on the UK market." ｣

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/uk_ai_copyright/

#uk #ai #copyright

Project LLM Contribution Policy

We will happily accept contributions that use LLM in their creation, as long as the following conditions are met.

1. Model is open-source.
2. Model training data is documented, is all used with written permission of the owner or is documented as public-domain.
3. Model training data is available for other parties to study and use.
4. Submitter verifies that they have reviewed and understand all code they are submitting, and can answer questions and concerns during a code review.
5. The submission meets all other project standards required of contributions.
6. Submitter acknowledges that, as a product of an LLM, they do not have copyright or other intellectual property claims on the submitted material - it is submitted as public domain content, to be used by the project as it wishes.

Please let us know when you find or create a model that can meet 1-3, and an LLM-enthused contributor who can meet 4-6.

#AI #LLM #HellFreezesOver #ethical #model #code #PublicDomain #copyright #slop

BMG sues Anthropic over AI training, Cloudflare appeals Italian fine, and coalition condemns fast-tracking of US Copyright Office legislation.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/03/19/3-count-a-new-foe-has-appeared/

#Copyright #Anthropic #AI #Cloudflare

No, you cannot register your copyright with the UK government

I recently watched a replay of a webinar about copyright for authors. The presenter said that it is getting more common for vendors to demand proof that the person uploading a book file has the rights to sell the book. They also said that, if an author has to prove their copyright, they should register with their local government.

They advised authors in the UK to register a copyright with the UK government, but this is not possible. The government website is very clear about this (my emphasis):

You get copyright protection automatically – you do not have to apply or pay a fee. There is not a register of copyright works in the UK.1

What about this website I found?

A web search for a term like “UK copyright registration” will return plenty of results from companies that will register your copyright for a fee, and provide you with a certificate to prove registration. Some have names and/or phrasing that suggests that they are official. But they are all private companies, none of them are UK government registrations.

If in doubt, check the web address. Any UK government website will have a gov.uk web address (for example, the web address for the UK Intellectual Property Office is the rather long www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office). Only UK government entities can get gov.uk web addresses, so any website on that domain is a UK government website.

If you need to prove copyright infringement, a registration certificate from one of these companies might be sufficient. They are not legally recognised in UK courts, but they do provide a degree of evidence. It might be sufficient evidence for a given purpose, but it might not. But the good news is that there is a better alternative.

So what can I do?

Unlike its UK counterpart, the US Copyright Office does maintain a register of copyrights. Authors from the UK and elsewhere can register their work with the US Copyright Office, using the online Electronic Copyright Office (eCO) Registration System.

Registering with the US copyright office has several advantages over using a private company. It’s relatively inexpensive (currently $45 for most books), and registration covers the entire period of copyright (life of the author plus seventy years). By comparison, a private registration will usually need to be renewed every five or ten years.

A US copyright registration is proof of copyright ownership, backed by a national government. Some companies may not accept a private registration, but all will accept a US government registration. In addition, US government registration may be necessary in order to claim damages (such as in the current class action case against Anthropic).