AI companies fiercely defend their own IP while helping themselves to everyone else’s. The Atlantic argues copyright infringement isn’t a side issue in the AI boom — it’s central to their business model
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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/hypocrisy-ai-industry/686477/
TorrentFreak: Spotify and Labels Seek $322 Million Default Judgment Against Anna’s Archive. “Spotify and several major record labels, including UMG, Sony, and Warner, seek a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna’s Archive. They argue that the shadow library failed to appear in court and ignored the preliminary injunction by releasing millions of tracks that were […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/27/torrentfreak-spotify-and-labels-seek-322-million-default-judgment-against-annas-archive/
TorrentFreak: Spotify and Labels Seek $322 Million Default Judgment Against Anna’s Archive. “Spotify and several major record labels, including UMG, Sony, and Warner, seek a $322 million defa…
I get 50 years of copyright. It reasonably balances the needs of the holders with the public's desires for freedom. 70 years is the upper limit, after which arguments for a longer term start to turn specious. 95 years is plainly absurd. Let's hope the term limits never get abolished, such that everything we do gets controlled by the few holders indefinitely.
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Techdirt: Announcing The Winners Of The 8th Annual Public Domain Game Jam. “It’s finally time! Once again it took us a little while to get through all the entries this year, but we’ve now selected the winners in the latest installment of our public domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1930! As usual, we’ve got winners in six categories. Plus, at the end, we’ve got some honorable mentions […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/26/techdirt-announcing-the-winners-of-the-8th-annual-public-domain-game-jam/Supreme Court rules in favor of Cox Communications in copyright fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with internet service provider Cox Communications in its copyright…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/452187/
But the court ordered a new trial on a separate issue & vacated the $1 billion judgment, saying Cox did not profit from subscribers downloading & distributing the copyrighted songs.
The #Trump admin backed Cox’s position, citing the government’s interest in ensuring broad availability of communications services online.
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In 2019, a jury found Cox liable for all 10,017 songs at issue & awarded #Sony $1 billion in damages. The company appealed.
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the jury’s finding against Cox, saying there was sufficient evidence that the company was to blame for #copyright infringement on its network.
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Cox Communications provides #internet service to >6 million homes & businesses in more than a dozen states. During oral arguments in December, justices from across the ideological spectrum raised concerns that siding with the #music industry could result in #InternetProviders like Cox being forced to cut off access to large account holders such as hospitals & universities because of the illegal acts of individual users.
In the Cox case, #FreeSpeech advocates urged the #SCOTUS to side with the #InternetProvider, warning of a chilling effect on free expression if #internet companies could be on the hook for hefty penalties for the actions of their users. The advocates argued that such a ruling could result in speech-related lawsuits against other kinds of intermediaries, including #bookstores & #socialmedia platforms.
But in a pair of more recent cases in 2023 unrelated to #copyright #law, #SCOTUS declined to hold #technology platforms liable for problematic #content posted by their users, but did not ultimately resolve the question of whether platforms are ever responsible for such content.
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