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B.C. charity scraps World Cup ticket raffle after letter from FIFA lawyers
A B.C. non-profit that supports people with spinal injuries was forced to cancel a raffle for a pair of World Cup tickets after receiving a nine-page letter from FIFA's lawyers, accusing it of trademark infringement and ticket rule violations.
#News #Canada #BritishColumbia
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fifa-spinal-injury-charity-raffle-scrapped-9.7222748?cmp=rss

Global News National May 11

Dua Lipa sues Samsung for $15M over alleged use of her image on TV boxes
In addition to copyright and trademark infringement, the filing accuses Samsung of breaching publicity rights, alleging it benefited financially from pasting her image on its TVs.
#Entertainment #Trending #USNews #DuaLipa
https://globalnews.ca/news/11843299/dua-lipa-sues-samsung-tv-boxes/

github.com/ghostwriter May 7

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/npp-trademark-infringement/

#NotepadPlusPlus #NotepadPlusPlusMac #Trademark #Infringement #TrademarkInfringment

Trademark Violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac | Notepad++

Hacker News May 6

Zuckerberg 'personally authorized' Meta's copyright infringement, publishers say

https://apnews.com/article/meta-mark-zuckerberg-ai-publishers-lawsuit-llama-5609846d4d840014974a847b01079c32

#HackerNews #Zuckerberg #Meta #copyright #infringement #publishers #lawsuit #AI #news

Publishers and author Scott Turow sue Meta over Llama AI

Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow are suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for copyright infringement. They claim Meta used copyrighted material for its AI language system, Llama, without permission. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. The plaintiffs allege that Meta reproduced and distributed millions of copyrighted works without compensation and with Zuckerberg's personal authorization. Authors published by the suing companies include James Patterson and Donna Tartt. Meta stated Monday it would fight the lawsuit aggressively, arguing AI training on copyrighted material can qualify as fair use. Numerous authors have pursued legal action against AI developers in recent years.

AP News

Walled Culture Apr 29

Welcome to the future, where AI agents hunt down alleged online copyright infringement

As readers of this blog have doubtless noticed, the latest hot tech – and investment – area involves “agentic AI”, where AI systems are allowed to operative autonomously on allocated tasks. There’s no doubt there are some exciting possibilities here, as well as some troubling issues concerning lack of control. It’s a rapidly-evolving area of research and experimentation, which makes […]

#agenticAi #agents #ai #ceaseAndDesist #crawler #digitalWatermarks #infringement #licensing #llms #patents #pricing #takedowns #universalMusicGroup https://walledculture.org/welcome-to-the-future-where-ai-agents-hunt-down-alleged-online-copyright-infringement/

aparatorul Apr 24

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https://c.aparatorul.md/sonfu

WIST Quotations Apr 23

A quotation from Franklin

Why then should I give my Readers bad Lines of my own, when good Ones of other People’s are so plenty? ‘Tis methinks a poor Excuse for the bad Entertainment of Guests, that the Food we set before them, tho’ coarse and ordinary, is of one’s own Raising, off one’s own Plantation, &c. when there is Plenty of what is ten times better, to be had in the Market. — On the contrary, I assure ye, my Friends, that I have procur’d the best I could for ye, and much Good may’t do ye.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/46…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklin #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalamanac #borrowing #copying #curation #infringement #modesty #piracy #plagiarism #reuse #theft

Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1747 ed.) | WIST Quotations

Why then should I give my Readers bad Lines of my own, when good Ones of other People's are so plenty? 'Tis methinks a poor Excuse for the bad Entertainment of Guests, that the Food we set before them, tho' coarse and ordinary, is of one's own Raising, off one's…

WIST Quotations

Script Kiddie Apr 22

'Spoiler' #website operator #guilty of #copyright #infringement

source: asahi.com/ajw/articles/1650573…

According to the verdict, between 2018 and 2023, #Takeuchi posted on his #company website two articles that detailed the contents of the movie “Godzilla Minus One” and the first episode of the anime “Overlord III.”

#spoiler #entertainment #cinema #economy #law #Japan #internet #news #cybersecurity #journalism #press #freedom #humanrights #court #overlord #godzilla #godzillaminusone

'Spoiler' website operator guilty of copyright infringement | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

The Tokyo District Court on April 16 found the operator of a website offering “spoiler” articles about the plots and scenes from movies and anime guilty of violating the Copyright Law.

The Asahi Shimbun

WINGS_radio Mar 21

On March 1, 2026, a #Russian #law prohibiting the #distribution and #screening of #movies that may be viewed as discrediting “traditional Russian spiritual and moral values” came into effect.
Foreign #streaming #services have not worked since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Domestic streaming services are popular, and Putin signed a law in June 2024 that eased punishment for #copyright #infringement.

https://globalvoices.org/2026/03/13/forbidden-movies-russia-bans-films-that-reject-so-called-traditional-values/

Forbidden movies: Russia bans films that reject so-called ‘traditional values’

'Traditional values' in the law include patriotism, service to the fatherland, high morals, a strong family, productive labor, and the priority of the spiritual over the material.

Global Voices

IndieAuthors.Social News Mar 13

Deadline Approaching to File a Claim in the Anthropic Settlement

Just a reminder: if your book or books are included in the $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement, the deadline to file a claim is fast approaching: March 30, 2026. Relevant resources: A note for Amazon Publishing authors like myself: Amazon will not be a claimant, and is assigning all rights of recovery to authors–i.e., if Read More
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https://writerbeware.blog/2026/03/13/deadline-approaching-to-file-a-claim-in-the-anthropic-settlement

#Copyright #ArtificialIntelligence #Infringement #Lawsuits

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