#intellectualproperty — Public Fediverse posts

Florida Trib: The rise and fall of an AI-driven ‘local news outlet’ in South Florida. “The search to find out who was behind the mysterious South Florida Standard, which The Florida Trib undertook in partnership with the media and tech podcast Question Everything, also shows how easy it is for the real people behind these digital doppelgangers to remain in the shadows – evidence of the […]

Rubio warns America must ‘stay ahead of the curve’ as China works to surpass the US with stolen tech

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Wednesday that the United States must “stay ahead of the curve” on…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #aheadofthecurve #Beijing #China #Intellectualproperty #JointBaseAndrews #marcorubio #secretaryofstate
https://www.europesays.com/2990205/

TorrentFreak: Publishers Seek $19.5 Million and Domain Takedown Order Against Anna’s Archive. “A group of high-profile publishing companies is seeking a $19.5 million default judgment against shadow library Anna’s Archive. The proposed order comes with an injunction that would compel more than twenty named international domain registries, hosts, and service providers, including Cloudflare and […]

TorrentFreak: Publishers Seek $19.5 Million and Domain Takedown Order Against Anna’s Archive. “A group of high-profile publishing companies is seeking a $19.5 million default judgment against shadow library Anna’s Archive. The proposed order comes with an injunction that would compel more than twenty named international domain registries, hosts, and service providers, including Cloudflare and […]

TorrentFreak: Publishers Seek $19.5 Million and Domain Takedown Order Against Anna’s Archive. “A group of high-profile publishing companies is seeking a $19.5 million default judgment against shadow library Anna’s Archive. The proposed order comes with an injunction that would compel more than twenty named international domain registries, hosts, and service providers, including Cloudflare and […]

TorrentFreak: Publishers Seek $19.5 Million and Domain Takedown Order Against Anna’s Archive. “A group of high-profile publishing companies is seeking a $19.5 million default judgment against shadow library Anna’s Archive. The proposed order comes with an injunction that would compel more than twenty named international domain registries, hosts, and service providers, including Cloudflare and […]

TorrentFreak: Publishers Seek $19.5 Million and Domain Takedown Order Against Anna’s Archive. “A group of high-profile publishing companies is seeking a $19.5 million default judgment against shadow library Anna’s Archive. The proposed order comes with an injunction that would compel more than twenty named international domain registries, hosts, and service providers, including Cloudflare and […]

University of Cambridge: Copyright research and the Liberation collection (1944-1946). “It will include copyright research and clearance allowing for the publication of a selection of digitised books from the Chadwyck-Healey Liberation collection (1944-1946) on Cambridge Digital Library. As part of the project, we will hold a series of meetings to discuss the challenges and opportunities raised […]

University of Cambridge: Copyright research and the Liberation collection (1944-1946). “It will include copyright research and clearance allowing for the publication of a selection of digitised books from the Chadwyck-Healey Liberation collection (1944-1946) on Cambridge Digital Library. As part of the project, we will hold a series of meetings to discuss the challenges and opportunities raised […]

University of Cambridge: Copyright research and the Liberation collection (1944-1946). “It will include copyright research and clearance allowing for the publication of a selection of digitised books from the Chadwyck-Healey Liberation collection (1944-1946) on Cambridge Digital Library. As part of the project, we will hold a series of meetings to discuss the challenges and opportunities raised […]

University of Cambridge: Copyright research and the Liberation collection (1944-1946). “It will include copyright research and clearance allowing for the publication of a selection of digitised books from the Chadwyck-Healey Liberation collection (1944-1946) on Cambridge Digital Library. As part of the project, we will hold a series of meetings to discuss the challenges and opportunities raised […]

University of Cambridge: Copyright research and the Liberation collection (1944-1946). “It will include copyright research and clearance allowing for the publication of a selection of digitised books from the Chadwyck-Healey Liberation collection (1944-1946) on Cambridge Digital Library. As part of the project, we will hold a series of meetings to discuss the challenges and opportunities raised […]

Associated Press: Mark Zuckerberg ‘personally authorized’ Meta’s copyright infringement, publishers allege. “Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow sued Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, alleging the company illegally used millions of copyrighted works to train its AI language system Llama.”

Yes, this is theft.

The good news (for artists) is that the liability can’t be washed away by running it through a software tool (a separate issue), and the artist can sue the person who published this.

Don’t be the person that publishes another’s work without authorization, not only because it’s a violation of the rights of the artist, and a breach of law, but because it’s wrong.

https://open.substack.com/pub/deadder/p/this-is-outright-stealing?r=2m1hl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#Copyright #Law #IntellectualProperty #CopyrightInfringement #AIIsTheft

Music Business Worldwide: YouTube creators hit by music copyright claims can now replace tracks with AI – at the touch of a button . “YouTube is now letting creators generate AI-produced instrumental tracks to replace copyrighted audio in their videos — positioning the tool as a way to resolve Content ID claims without removing content from the platform.”

A muchos les encanta desviar el foco de atención tratando de comparar el proceso de inspiración humana con el accionar delictivo de un puñado de empresarios inescrupulosos.

Recuerden siempre volver al punto clave: violación masiva a la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual y a la Ley de Protección de Datos.

#AI #genAI #WIPO #OMPI #dataprotection #dataprivacy #data #generativeAI #IPinfringement #copyright #intellectualproperty #propiedadintelectual #authorsrights #humanrights

Vicky Osterweil on Disney, Intellectual Property and Storytelling

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/05/03/vicky-osterweil-on-disney-intellectual-property-and-storytelling/

Vicky Osterweil on Disney, Intellectual Property and Storytelling

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/05/03/vicky-osterweil-on-disney-intellectual-property-and-storytelling/

Vicky Osterweil on Disney, Intellectual Property and Storytelling

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/05/03/vicky-osterweil-on-disney-intellectual-property-and-storytelling/

Vicky Osterweil on Disney, Intellectual Property and Storytelling

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/05/03/vicky-osterweil-on-disney-intellectual-property-and-storytelling/

Vicky Osterweil on Disney, Intellectual Property and Storytelling

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/05/03/vicky-osterweil-on-disney-intellectual-property-and-storytelling/

My brief review of Simone Aliprandi's book about legal impact of creativity and authorship in the AI era. Simone is a well-known lawyer and expert of copyrght and IP in Italy..

https://lovergine.com/the-artificial-author-copyright-and-copyleft-in-the-ai-era.html

#ai #copyright #copyleft #intellectualProperty

“The #economy #Canada now inhabits runs increasingly on #intangibleassets: #data, #software, #algorithms, #intellectualproperty, and platform architectures. And intangible assets operate by different rules.” #trade #CUSMA open.substack.com/pub/barryapp...

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“The #economy# Canada now inhabits runs increasingly on #intangibleassets: #data, #software, #algorithms, #intellectualproperty, and platform architectures. And intangible assets operate by different rules.” open.substack.com/pub/barryapp...

Code Before Clause Revisited

Futurism: Devious New AI Tool “Clones” Software So That the Original Creator Doesn’t Hold a Copyright Over the New Version. “As 404 Media reports, a new tool dubbed Malus.sh — pronounced ‘malice,’ to give a subtle clue where this is headed — uses AI to ‘liberate’ a piece of software from existing copyright licenses, essentially creating a ‘clean room’ clone that technically doesn’t […]

CureVac takes Moderna to court over mRNA vaccine patents

As Reuters reports, CureVac argues that Moderna copied its mRNA-stabilisation and delivery technologies, which were developed at the…
#Europe #EU #BioNTech #covid-19 #Curevac #European #intellectualproperty #Moderna #MRNA #Spikevax #Vaccines
https://www.europesays.com/europe/24080/

https://www.alojapan.com/1479608/former-tokyo-electron-staff-gets-decade-in-jail-for-tsmc-breach/ Former Tokyo Electron staff gets decade in jail for TSMC breach #chipmakers #IntellectualProperty #news #Taiwan #Tokyo #TokyoElecron #TokyoNews #TSMC #東京 #東京都 A Taiwanese court has sentenced a former Tokyo Electron employee to 10 years in prison for stealing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC) proprietary data, highlighting growing alarm over industrial espionage to the island’s most strategic sector. Ex-Tokyo Electron engineer Ch

https://www.alojapan.com/1479608/former-tokyo-electron-staff-gets-decade-in-jail-for-tsmc-breach/ Former Tokyo Electron staff gets decade in jail for TSMC breach #chipmakers #IntellectualProperty #news #Taiwan #Tokyo #TokyoElecron #TokyoNews #TSMC #東京 #東京都 A Taiwanese court has sentenced a former Tokyo Electron employee to 10 years in prison for stealing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC) proprietary data, highlighting growing alarm over industrial espionage to the island’s most strategic sector. Ex-Tokyo Electron engineer Ch

TorrentFreak: Google Uses Cox Ruling to Kill Last Copyright Claim in Textbook Piracy Lawsuit. “Google is trying to put an end to the copyright liability claim in its textbook piracy battle with several academic publishers. In a motion for partial judgment filed in a New York federal court, Google argues that the recent Supreme Court ruling in Cox v. Sony has effectively killed the copyright […]

TorrentFreak: Google Uses Cox Ruling to Kill Last Copyright Claim in Textbook Piracy Lawsuit. “Google is trying to put an end to the copyright liability claim in its textbook piracy battle with several academic publishers. In a motion for partial judgment filed in a New York federal court, Google argues that the recent Supreme Court ruling in Cox v. Sony has effectively killed the copyright […]

TorrentFreak: Google Uses Cox Ruling to Kill Last Copyright Claim in Textbook Piracy Lawsuit. “Google is trying to put an end to the copyright liability claim in its textbook piracy battle with several academic publishers. In a motion for partial judgment filed in a New York federal court, Google argues that the recent Supreme Court ruling in Cox v. Sony has effectively killed the copyright […]

TorrentFreak: Google Uses Cox Ruling to Kill Last Copyright Claim in Textbook Piracy Lawsuit. “Google is trying to put an end to the copyright liability claim in its textbook piracy battle with several academic publishers. In a motion for partial judgment filed in a New York federal court, Google argues that the recent Supreme Court ruling in Cox v. Sony has effectively killed the copyright […]

TorrentFreak: Google Uses Cox Ruling to Kill Last Copyright Claim in Textbook Piracy Lawsuit. “Google is trying to put an end to the copyright liability claim in its textbook piracy battle with several academic publishers. In a motion for partial judgment filed in a New York federal court, Google argues that the recent Supreme Court ruling in Cox v. Sony has effectively killed the copyright […]

R to @EU_IPO: ▶️ Watch our video to learn more about intellectual property at the General Court 👉 https://youtu.be/fuh71kK23qE?si=ZiCp78vwIwTKmYeF

#IntellectualProperty #Trademark #GeneralCourt

▶️ Watch our video to learn more about intellectual property at the General Court 👉 piped.video/fuh71kK23qE?si=ZiCp…

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Tom’s Hardware: Tokyo court rules movie and anime ‘spoiler articles’ are copyright infringement in landmark criminal case — detailed, monetized plot summaries land man in Japanese prison. “In a new landmark ruling, the Tokyo District Court has sentenced 39-year-old Wataru Takeuchi to 1.5 years in prison and imposed a 1 million Yen ($6,300) fine for posting ‘spoiler articles.’ The defendant […]

Holy shit, #AI stealing in #Chile is going to be LEGAL.

Corpos will be able to scrap any public data for AI training, without retribution or compensation. Literally the paradise for stealing shit without consent.

If passed, it's going to be the ultimate "fuck you" to intellectual rights.

https://www.cnnchile.com/cultura/scd-y-sociedad-de-escritores-rechazan-norma-sobre-propiedad-intelectual-en-el-proyecto-de-reconstruccion-nacional_20260423/

#Stealing #Piracy #ArtificialIntelligence #Latam #Latinamerica #AITraining #LLM #IntellectualProperty

A Man Was Given A Suspended Jail Sentence In Japan For Posting Godzilla Spoilers Online

Credit: Toho We navigate the internet treating movie spoilers as a fact of life. …
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #anime #coda #copyrightlaw #digitalpiracy #fairuse #Godzillaminusone #IntellectualProperty #Japanese #Japanesenews #KADOKAWA #medialaw #movies #news #spoilers #tōhō #TokyoDistrictCourt
https://www.alojapan.com/1478936/a-man-was-given-a-suspended-jail-sentence-in-japan-for-posting-godzilla-spoilers-online/

A Man Was Given A Suspended Jail Sentence In Japan For Posting Godzilla Spoilers Online

Credit: Toho We navigate the internet treating movie spoilers as a fact of life. …
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #anime #coda #copyrightlaw #digitalpiracy #fairuse #Godzillaminusone #IntellectualProperty #Japanese #Japanesenews #KADOKAWA #medialaw #movies #news #spoilers #tōhō #TokyoDistrictCourt
https://www.alojapan.com/1478936/a-man-was-given-a-suspended-jail-sentence-in-japan-for-posting-godzilla-spoilers-online/

https://www.alojapan.com/1478936/a-man-was-given-a-suspended-jail-sentence-in-japan-for-posting-godzilla-spoilers-online/ A Man Was Given A Suspended Jail Sentence In Japan For Posting Godzilla Spoilers Online #anime #coda #CopyrightLaw #DigitalPiracy #FairUse #GodzillaMinusOne #IntellectualProperty #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #KADOKAWA #MediaLaw #movies #news #spoilers #tōhō #TokyoDistrictCourt Credit: Toho We navigate the internet treating movie spoilers as a fact of life. A careless scroll exposes us to a hero’s sudden death or a surprise cameo,

https://www.alojapan.com/1478936/a-man-was-given-a-suspended-jail-sentence-in-japan-for-posting-godzilla-spoilers-online/ A Man Was Given A Suspended Jail Sentence In Japan For Posting Godzilla Spoilers Online #anime #coda #CopyrightLaw #DigitalPiracy #FairUse #GodzillaMinusOne #IntellectualProperty #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #KADOKAWA #MediaLaw #movies #news #spoilers #tōhō #TokyoDistrictCourt Credit: Toho We navigate the internet treating movie spoilers as a fact of life. A careless scroll exposes us to a hero’s sudden death or a surprise cameo,

Anthropic recorded over 16 million interactions with Claude from about 24,000 fake accounts, which are reportedly linked to Chinese companies trying to cheaply copy the model. Google faced more than 100,000 attempts to copy Gemini. OpenAI reports that most distillation attacks they find come from China. This is not an isolated event. It is a repeatable and scalable strategy.

Breaking the terms of service isn't enough to stop people when the reward is closing a years-long gap in AI technology. The House Select Committee on China wants to label 'adversarial distillation' as industrial espionage under the Economic Espionage Act, which makes sense. At the moment, getting caught just means losing an account. That is hardly a real punishment.

The Trump-Xi summit is approaching, and the White House is reportedly considering sanctions. However, Trump has previously traded away export controls for other deals. If that happens again, AI companies may have to protect their intellectual property by themselves.

When laws fail to keep pace with new types of attacks, attackers automatically have the advantage.

If your company is developing anything unique using advanced AI models, your API access logs are now part of your security risks.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/us-accuses-china-of-industrial-scale-ai-theft-china-says-its-slander/

#AI #Cybersecurity #NationalSecurity #IntellectualProperty #Geopolitics #security #privacy #cloud #infosec #Espionage

The #US is preparing to crack down on #China’s alleged “industrial-scale theft” of #AI #intellectualproperty through #distillation attacks. The US government is exploring measures to hold foreign actors accountable, potentially including prosecuting bad actors and imposing penalties. China has denied the allegations, calling them “pure slander.” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/us-accuses-china-of-industrial-scale-ai-theft-china-says-its-slander/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Leaked Code for Anthropic’s Claude Code Tests Copyright Challenges in A.I. Era

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/technology/anthropic-code-leak-copyright.html

‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/22/actors-ai-la-haine-director-mathieu-kassovitz #Ai #AiArtificialIntelligence #IntellectualProperty #Film #Technology #Culture #France #WorldNews #Europe #Law

Techdirt: Game Jam Winner Spotlight: Lilac Song. “We’re past the halfway point in our series of spotlight posts looking at the winners of our eighth annual public domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1930! We’ve already covered the Best Adaptation, Best Deep Cut, and Best Visuals winners, and this week we’re looking at the winner of Best Remix: Lilac Song by Autumn Chen.”

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116437600493037498

ALL YOUR PROPRIETARY BUSINESS ARE BELONG TO US

#AI #espionage #IP #intellectualProperty #tradeSecrets

Selective Outrage: Why Big Data’s Piracy Problem Gets a Pass

By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News

Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — April 21, 2026

The Double Standard Nobody Wants to Admit

For years, the United States and its allies have criticized other regions—particularly China and parts of Asia—for weak enforcement of intellectual property rights.

The argument is familiar:

• Copyright violations
• Unauthorized copying
• Lack of enforcement

These practices are labeled clearly and repeatedly:

Piracy.

But when similar behavior appears inside Western technology systems, the language changes.

It becomes:

• Innovation
• Training data
• Aggregation
• Platform optimization

The behavior does not change.

Only the description does.

What Big Data Is Actually Doing

Modern AI and data platforms operate by ingesting large volumes of human-created content.

That includes:

• Articles
• Essays
• Books
• Artwork
• Photography

This material is then:

• Processed
• Analyzed
• Reassembled into outputs

Those outputs are monetized through:

• Advertising
• Subscriptions
• Platform dominance

In many cases, the original creators:

• Are not asked for permission
• Are not compensated
• Are not even aware their work is being used

That is the functional reality.

Why This Fits the Definition of Piracy

Traditionally, piracy has meant:

The use or reproduction of copyrighted material without permission or compensation.

The current system does not always reproduce content verbatim.

But it does:

• Extract value from it
• Depend on it
• Generate revenue from it

The distinction between copying and extracting becomes less meaningful when the outcome is the same:

• The creator’s work drives value
• The creator does not share in that value

Whether the term used is “training” or “processing,” the economic effect mirrors what has historically been called piracy.

The China Comparison

Western governments frequently point to China as an example of systemic intellectual property abuse.

And in many cases, those criticisms have been valid.

But that raises a question:

Why is one form of unauthorized use treated as unacceptable, while another is normalized?

If:

• Copying a film without permission is piracy

Then:

• Using written, visual, or intellectual work to power commercial systems without compensation raises the same concerns

The inconsistency is difficult to ignore.

The Language Shield

Part of the reason this continues is language.

Terms like:

• “Machine learning”
• “Training data”
• “Model development”

Create distance from what is happening.

They make the process sound technical and abstract.

But behind that language is a simple dynamic:

• Human-created work is being used to generate value
• Without direct compensation to the people who created it

Changing the vocabulary does not change the structure.

Why This Matters Now

This issue is becoming more urgent as AI systems expand.

The more these systems rely on:

• High-quality writing
• Original reporting
• Creative work

The more they depend on the continued existence of creators.

If those creators are not supported:

• Output quality declines
• Original work becomes less sustainable
• The system weakens over time

This is not just a fairness issue.

It is a structural one.

The Likely Outcomes

There are only a few ways this resolves:

• Legal action defining limits on data use
• Licensing systems for training and summarization
• Revenue-sharing models between platforms and creators
• Or continued extraction until the supply of high-quality input declines

None of these paths avoid the core issue.

They only determine how it is addressed.

The Bottom Line

The debate is not about whether technology should advance.

It is about whether the people whose work fuels that advancement are recognized and compensated.

When value is taken without compensation, the term “piracy” has historically been used.

If the same outcome is occurring under different language, the question is not whether the term is uncomfortable.

The question is whether it applies.

If you read this and it matters, help me keep it going: https://www.patreon.com/cw/WPSNews

References

Anderson, C. W., Bell, E., & Shirky, C. (2015). Post-industrial journalism: Adapting to the present. Columbia Journalism School.

OpenAI. (2023). GPT and the future of content generation.

Google. (2023). Search Generative Experience (SGE) overview. https://blog.google/products/search/generative-ai-search

World Intellectual Property Organization. (2021). Understanding copyright and related rights. https://www.wipo.int

@Sheril COMPLETE lack of self-awareness is a CORE characteristic of the #MAGA cult and its endemic #TrumpDerangementSyndrome. So, yes, this is totally in sync with the global theft of #IntellectualProperty at the foundation of the #AI bubble. ✅

Engadget: Three YouTubers accuse Apple of illegal scraping to train its AI models. “Three YouTube channels have banded together and filed a class action lawsuit against Apple, as first spotted by MacRumors. According to the lawsuit, the creators behind h3h3 Productions, MrShortGameGolf and Golfholics have accused Apple of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by scraping copyrighted […]