#publishers — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #publishers, aggregated by home.social.
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CW: AI, LLM, Anthropic Copyright Infringement
Apparently #Anthropic has been ordered to pay ca. $1.5 billion for #copyright #infringement on about 500K #books they used to train #Claude along with the order to destroy any #unauthorized copies & #pirated files they possess:
Considering the amount of money they stand to make from Claude's continued existence, this seems like little more than a slap on the wrist to me. Also, I find it hard to believe how it will be possible to enforce the order to destroy the illicit files.
#AI #LibGen #PiLiMi #piracy #copyrightInfringement #plagiarism #theft #thievery #stealing #LLM #LLMs #BartzvAnthropic #Bartz #classAction #publisher #publishers #author #authors #settlement #ClaudeAI #trainingData
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Monday, July 27, 2026
Wildberries hides military goods in search results after Ukrainian strikes hammer warehouses . . . . . Romania shoots down third drone in three days as tensions rise over Russian airspace violations . . . . . Ukraine strikes Chornomornaftogaz facility in Crimea, Russian drone relay systems and logistics bridge . . . . . Russia cancels St. Petersburg Navy Day parade for second straight year amid Ukrainian drone threat . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/monday-july-27-2026/
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ICYMI: Reddit and USA Today face Google exit as search traffic drops 28%: Reddit's 60 million dollar Google deal expires soon as Politico and Reuters both weigh crawler blocks. What breaks in search if premium publishers walk away? https://ppc.land/reddit-and-usa-today-face-google-exit-as-search-traffic-drops-28/ #Reddit #Google #SearchTraffic #DigitalMarketing #Publishers
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Just read that #Sony will stop pressing physical #PlayStation #discs for new games from January 2028. Everything becomes #digital only.
I can not #support this. Without a #disc the customer is only a #licence holder, not a real owner. A digital game can be altered, #locked or completely #deleted with one click, so old #versions simply disappear from your library.
Because Sony controls the disc #licensing, big #publishers like #EA, #Ubisoft and #Capcom must follow. This is bad for #preservation and turns a #cultural medium into pure #licensed #data.
With only one #store and no #second-hand #market, the #prices stay high.
For me this is #unacceptable. It is another reason why I prefer #DRMfree platforms like #GOG, where the game stays mine and stays playable forever.
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#Cloudflare will block #AIcrawlers from ad-supported pages starting 15 September, unless site owners opt in. This move aims to address the issue of #AI companies using #webcontent for #training without compensating #publishers, potentially harming the open web. Cloudflare is also introducing a “#PayPerUse” system to compensate publishers when their content influences AI answers. https://thenextweb.com/news/cloudflare-block-ai-crawlers-pay-publishers?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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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 […]
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ICYMI: Google's broken promise to publishers: the ghosting of 20 web creators: Independent publishers at Google's October 2024 Web Creator Summit say they were ghosted as AI Overviews cannibalize organic search traffic, closing sites. https://ppc.land/googles-broken-promise-to-publishers-the-ghosting-of-20-web-creators/ #Google #Publishers #ContentCreation #WebSummit #AIEthics
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#Searchtraffic to #smallpublishers has dropped 60% over two years, significantly impacting their ability to build alternative #trafficsources. Larger #publishers are finding success with direct and internal traffic, while news and media sites are seeing growth in #email and #app #referrals. The impact of #AIchatbot referrals varies by site type. https://www.searchenginejournal.com/search-referral-traffic-down-60-for-small-publishers-data-shows/569959/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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TorrentFreak: Major Publishers Sue Anna’s Archive Over ‘Staggering’ Copyright Infringement, Seek Injunction. “A coalition of thirteen major publishers, including Penguin Random House, Elsevier, and HarperCollins, filed a new lawsuit against Anna’s Archive. The publishers allege the shadow library is facilitating “staggering” levels of piracy. While the site’s owners are not likely to […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/10/torrentfreak-major-publishers-sue-annas-archive-over-staggering-copyright-infringement-seek-injunction/ -
#PenguinRandomHouse, #HarperCollins, #SimonAndSchuster, #HachetteBookGroup, #MacmillanPublishers, & all other US #publishers: Have you seen the open letter from #authors asking you to not #replace them & their #art with #AI? https://tinyurl.com/zpan8ndt
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»As #AI kills #searchtraffic, #Google launches #Offerwall.« Offerwall allows #publishers to offer readers various ways to access content, including micropayments, surveys, and watching ads. https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/26/as-ai-kills-search-traffic-google-launches-offerwall-to-boost-publisher-revenue/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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Spotted on Mastodon: a spreadsheet of 900 media outlets with a Fediverse presence. “I did it! Although it’s still very rough & really not pretty, I got my spreadsheet with (> 900) verified accounts of media organizations in the #Fediverse away from #Google. The solution was #DataTables all along.”
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The Japan Fair Trade Commission announced Tuesday that it had issued a warning to publishing giant Kadokawa for unlawfully slashing payments to subcontractors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/13/companies/kadokawa-underpricing-warning/ #business #companies #kadokawa #publishers #freelance #ftc #laborlaws
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Ida’s Legacy: How #BIPOC #journalists and #publishers became the #authority on #truth and #democracy.
We still collectively reap the #benefit of #IdaBWells’ #work, and we desperately need more #truthtellers like her. We get there by rebuilding our #journalism ecosystem
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Tennessee #LGBTQIA #Media #Journalism #RoleModels #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon
https://prismreports.org/2024/07/01/how-bipoc-journalists-authority-truth-democracy/