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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · 16h

The family of the American artist Norman Rockwell has called upon federal agencies to stop using the artist’s work in content promoting the Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies.

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Rockwell Family Denounces DHS Posts

The family of Norman Rockwell has called upon federal agencies to stop using the artist’s work in content promoting anti-immigration policies.

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · 16h

There’s a reason that copyright law has never embraced an opt-out system and that’s because opt-out systems do not work. There are many legal, technical, operational, and policy problems and inefficiencies with an opt-out system.
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Why AI Opt-Out Systems Don’t Work | Copyright Alliance

Throughout the history of the United States, our copyright system has always been an opt-in system. That means if someone wants to use a copyrighted work, they have to get permission from the copyrigh...

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · 1d

According to the publication, the communications could demonstrate willful infringement, potentially leading to enhanced damages of up to $150,000 per work, a massive increase from just $750.

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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages

Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · 4d

There’s a principle that keeps a free market free: You can’t take what isn’t yours and sell it as your own. Yet, that is precisely what some of the most prominent players in artificial intelligence are doing.

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AI’s Free Ride on Creative Labor Is Undermining the Marketplace – DC Journal - InsideSources

There’s a principle that keeps a free market free: You can’t take what isn’t yours and sell it as your own. Yet, that is precisely what some of the most

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · 4d

“These AI-generated synthetic imitations involuntarily resurrect iconic music performers, sports figures and actors without consent, context, or compensation—reducing cultural heritage to algorithmic spectacle and gratuitous ridicule,” it blasts.

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Musicians’ heirs hit out at AI deepfakes as 'digital grave robbing’

The debates about how AI technology should be regulated continue, with the latest views coming from a group of organisations and heirs.

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · 11d

The question isn't whether AI will transform our world—it already is. The question is whether we'll learn from our mistakes. Or having not learned, we are destined to repeat them.

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When "Move Fast and Break Things" Breaks People: What Social Media's Reckoning Teaches Us About AI

There’s an old adage: fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. It’s time to apply the lessons of the social media platforms to AI. Anything less would be foolish.

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · 12d

[Anthropic] markets itself as providing ethical AI, yet it trained its models using books stolen from piracy websites. When challenged in court, it agreed to pay $1.5 billion and destroy the pirated materials without admitting wrongdoing.

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Anthropic Settlement Signals AI Innovation Can Thrive Within Existing Copyright Framework

The $1.5 billion settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic, recently granted preliminary approval, is the largest copyright settlement in American legal history. That's impressive, but more important, it shows...

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · 12d

OpenAI's AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so much.

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It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde

His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so much, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · 14d

Meta wants access to the photos on Facebook users’ smartphone camera rolls. The privacy concerns are obvious and there are important considerations about how these photos may be used to train AI.

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Meta Wants Its AI to Learn From Your Camera Roll

Facebook can help you find shareworthy photos that you haven't shared, but there's a price to pay.

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · 16d

“That doesn’t mean that the state then has free license to violate due process by infringing copyrights freely. Just because we can’t sue them doesn’t mean it’s right to infringe, doesn’t mean it’s right to steal property.”

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Fourth Circuit appears posed to reject renewed Blackbeard copyright suit

A now-repealed law allowed a North Carolina agency to publish copyrighted photos of Blackbeard's pirate ship, but the owner of those photos says the state violated his due process rights.

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · 18d

Kenny Loggins has spoken out against Donald Trump using his song “Danger Zone” in a bizarre AI video of the president in a fighter jet bombing No Kings protesters with what appears to be fecal matter.

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Kenny Loggins Slams Donald Trump for Using ‘Danger Zone’ in AI Video Bombing No Kings Protesters With Poop: ‘I Request That My Recording Is Removed Immediately’

Kenny Loggins has spoken out against Trump using his song "Danger Zone" in a bizarre AI video of him bombing No Kings protesters with fecal matter.

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Music Artists Coalition @musicartistsco.bsky.social · Oct 6

Copyright should not be treated as a barrier to U.S. strength in AI. It is the foundation of that strength.

Copyright Alliance @copyrightalliance.org · Oct 3

In a new opinion piece published in The Hill, Trip Adler—Co-Founder and CEO of Created by Humans—says, "In the fight over #AI, #copyright is America’s competitive weapon.” Learn more by reading Trip’s op-ed here!

In the fight over AI, copyright is America’s competitive weapon

Recently, a new $100 million super-PAC network, Leading the Future, was introduced to shape artificial intelligence policy in next year’s elections. The group says it will fight for sensible guardr…

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · 28d

Apple “continues to retain private AI training-data, including pirated books,” to train future models without compensating rightsholders or seeking their consent, the professors said.

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Apple Accused of AI Copyright Infringement by SUNY Professors

Apple Inc. flouted copyright law when it used pirated materials and copies of e-books sold on its own books app to train its AI tool Apple Intelligence, a pair of State University of New York professo...

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · 28d

When an ALI project is so riddled with disagreements that a substantial number of participants feel the need to resign and ask that their names be removed from the final product, it calls into question the legitimacy of the project.

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Mass Resignations Call into Question Legitimacy of ALI Copyright Restatement

In recent posts published on this blog (see here and here), the drafters of the American Law Institute’s (ALI) Copyright Restatement promoted

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · Oct 7

Under copyright law, rightsholders can sue and obtain statutory damages for individual acts of infringement — regardless of whether the infringer offers an opt-out or not.

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Motion Picture Association Blasts OpenAI Over Sora 2 Video Copyright Opt-Outs

The Motion Picture Association argued that OpenAI - and not copyright holders - is responsible for keeping infringing material off its platform.

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · Oct 7

Midjourney has become a vending machine for WB content, selling a commercial service powered by AI that was developed using infringing copies of WB works and then allows users to reproduce or download infringing images or videos.

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Warner Bros. vs. Midjourney: Copyright Clash Over Bugs Bunny

Explore the legal clash between Warner Bros. and Midjourney over AI-generated Bugs Bunny images and copyright infringement issues.

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · Oct 5

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Establishing a totalitarian state - Why the Nazis were able to stay in power - Higher History Revision - BBC Bitesize

For Higher History, learn the methods the Nazis used to control the German population and maintain power.

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · Oct 5

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Establishing a totalitarian state - Why the Nazis were able to stay in power - Higher History Revision - BBC Bitesize

For Higher History, learn the methods the Nazis used to control the German population and maintain power.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Oct 4

Reminds me of that old throwaway joke commonly used at roasts: "If you wanted a eulogy, you should have done something about it."

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · Oct 5

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Establishing a totalitarian state - Why the Nazis were able to stay in power - Higher History Revision - BBC Bitesize

For Higher History, learn the methods the Nazis used to control the German population and maintain power.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Oct 5

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · Oct 5

Facing backlash, OpenAI reverses course: rightsholders will decide whether their copyrighted characters can be generated by the Sora 2 video app, with revenue sharing for those who opt in.

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Sora, Not Sorry: OpenAI Backtracks on Opt-Out Copyright Policy

OpenAI, facing backlash, will now let rightsholders decide whether their characters appear in Sora 2, with revenue sharing for those who opt in.

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · Oct 5

In the studios’ new cases, the tools’ mimicking copyrighted material “appears to be a feature rather than a bug.”

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Disney’s Output Focus Puts Fresh Spin on AI Copyright Litigation

Disney, Warner Bros., and other entertainment giants put a new twist on the copyright war against generative AI by focusing lawsuits on audiovisual outputs rather than training data, altering both the...

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · Oct 4

The creative economy is one of America’s most valuable exports. Hollywood movies dominate box offices from Seoul to São Paulo, American music and streaming platforms set global tastes, and U.S. publishing supplies the backbone of education worldwide.

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In the fight over AI, copyright is America’s competitive weapon

Recently, a new $100 million super-PAC network, Leading the Future, was introduced to shape artificial intelligence policy in next year’s elections. The group says it will fight for sensible guardr…

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Artists Against Copyright Infringement @ipcopyright.bsky.social · Oct 4

The acting guild believes “creativity is, and should remain, human-centered” and “is opposed to the replacement of human performers by synthetics.”

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AI Actress Tilly Norwood Condemned by SAG-AFTRA: Tilly ‘Is Not an Actor… It Has No Life Experience to Draw From, No Emotion’

SAG-AFTRA issued a statement on the AI 'actress' Tilly Norwood, saying she is not a real performer and can never be.

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