EC consults on copyright update

The European Commission (EC) has launched a call for evidence to gather feedback on possible targeted measures to modernise the EU copyright framework, as well

Ars Technica: Sony’s failed war against Internet piracy may doom other copyright lawsuits. “Sony and other major record labels recently suffered a thorough defeat at the Supreme Court in their attempt to make Internet service providers pay huge financial penalties for their customers’ copyright infringement. Sony’s loss is certain to have wide-ranging effects on copyright lawsuits, […]

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Ars Technica: Sony’s failed war against Internet piracy may doom other copyright lawsuits

Ars Technica: Sony’s failed war against Internet piracy may doom other copyright lawsuits. “Sony and other major record labels recently suffered a thorough defeat at the Supreme Court in thei…

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From the Pirate Bay to Ghost mirrors - Negative PID

In the early and mid 2000s, a small number of piracy platforms did more than distribute copyrighted material. They shaped how the internet itself was used.

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Blocking youtube ads is PIRACY!!!

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(01 Dec) OpenAI desperate to avoid explaining why it deleted pirated book datasets OpenAI risks increased fines after deleting pirated books datasets. https://s.faithcollapsing.com/165n9 #ai #chatgpt #copyright-infringement #online-piracy #openai #pirating-books #policy #training-data
OpenAI desperate to avoid explaining why it deleted pirated book datasets https://arstechni.ca/gk5H #copyrightinfringement #piratingbooks #onlinepiracy #trainingdata #ChatGPT #Policy #openai #AI
OpenAI desperate to avoid explaining why it deleted pirated book datasets

OpenAI risks increased fines after deleting pirated books datasets.

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Ex-DVD company employee gets 4 years for leaking Spider-Man Blu-ray https://arstechni.ca/m8Sx #Spider-Man:nowayhome #onlinepiracy #moviepiracy #movieleaks #Blu-ray #Policy #dvd
Ex-DVD company employee gets 4 years for leaking Spider-Man Blu-ray

Man agreed to return more than 1,000 stolen DVDs to his former employer.

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"Back in the days #KEYGEN.EXE was the way to get yourself on the other side of the #PayWall"

Instant #DemoScene Flashback <3

"The Soundtrack of #OnlinePiracy"

NFO: https://youtu.be/zHgcrdv8zpM

P.S.: Thanx to #RADIUM ;)

The Soundtrack of Online Piracy

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Meta pirated and seeded porn for years to train AI, lawsuit says

Lawsuit: Meta may have seeded porn to minors while hiding piracy for AI training.

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Judge rejects Meta’s claim that torrenting is “irrelevant” in AI copyright case https://arstechni.ca/X7Rb #copyrightinfringement #shadowlibraries #onlinepiracy #AItraining #BItTorrent #torrenting #copyright #Policy #libgen #LLaMA #meta #AI
Judge: Pirate libraries may have profited from Meta torrenting 80TB of books

Meta may defeat authors’ torrenting claim due to lack of evidence.

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