and more.
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CCC Launches Collective Licensing for AI
Copyright Clearance Center has launched a collective licensing solution for the internal use of copyrighted materials in artificial intelligence systems, with the aim of providing streamlined, legal means to use content and compensate creators.
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European Publishers Praise New EU AI Law
The Federation of European Publishers was among 200 organizations to praise the passage of new European Union legislation requiring that AI companies respect copyright law and offer transparency about what materials are being used to train AI models.
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Textbook Publishers Sue Notorious 'Shadow Library' Libgen
The suit claims that Libgen, one of the most popular pirate sites, attracts some nine million users a month in the U.S. alone, and offers 20,000 of the publisher plaintiffs' works for illegal download.
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Internet Archive Files Appeal in Copyright Infringement Case
The notice of appeal, which was expected, came right at the 30-day deadline—a month to the day after judge John G. Koeltl approved and entered a negotiated consent judgment and a permanent injunction in the closely watched copyright case.
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Authors Join the Brewing Legal Battle Over AI
Two new class action copyright lawsuits ramp up the growing scrutiny of large language models and other generative artificial intelligence tools.
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Coalition Forms to Battle Library E-book Bills
The American Booksellers Association, Authors Guild, Association of American Publishers, and more have launched the Protect the Creative Economy Coalition following the introduction of a host of new library e-book bills in several states this year.
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Publishers, Internet Archive File Dueling Summary Judgment Motions in Scan Suit
The filings sketch the battle lines for a landmark legal battle over the digitization and lending of books.
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Court Seeks Proposed Declaratory Judgment in Maryland E-book Case
A federal judge asked the AAP and state attorneys to submit draft language for a declaratory judgment to end teh case but is unclear whether a permanent injunction is also still under consideration.
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Maryland Library E-book Law Faces Permanent Injunction
After declining to appeal a preliminary injunction issued last month, Maryland attorneys now have until April 11 to show why a permanent injunction should not be issued.
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PRH, Internet Archive Clash Over ‘Maus’
Penguin Random House denies claims by the Internet Archive that it demanded the removal of Art Spiegelman’s Holocaust graphic memoir 'Maus' from IA digital circulation due to soaring sales in the wake of recent efforts to censor the book.
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