Better Made Snack Foods Inc. is suing several Michigan companies for copyright violations over the use of its trademark on packages of cannabis flowers and edibles. The company is seeking financial relief and a ban on its trademark usage. Better Made reports it did not authorize the defendant companies to use its trademark in their […]
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France’s competition authority slaps massive copyright fine on Google
France’s competition watchdog fined internet giant Google €250 million ($271 million) for failing to uphold binding copyright agreements with French publishers and agencies, according to a statement issued by the authority on Wednesday. The authorities accuse Google of non-transparent and incomplete communication in negotiations with publishers and press agencies regarding payment for the use of […]
The White House weighs in on the AI copyright debate for the first time
Since the White House released its Executive Order on AI, issues around the tech have evolved. An AI advisor for President Biden told BI there will soon be “legislative discussions” around AI. The White House also wants creators of copyrighted content “appropriately compensated” when it comes to AI. President Joe Biden‘s Special Advisor for Artificial […]
Why a Chinese court’s landmark decision recognising the copyright for an AI-generated image benefits creators in this nascent field
A Chinese court’s decision recognising the copyright of an image generated via artificial intelligence (AI) aims to encourage such creations and provide a boost to this nascent industry, according to the judge who made the landmark ruling. In the first judgment of its kind in mainland China, the Beijing Internet Court last November ruled that […]
Tolkien estate wins copyright lawsuit against The Fellowship Of The King author
The estate of Lord Of The Rings writer JRR Tolkien has won a lawsuit against US author Demetrious Polychron over his book The Fellowship Of The King. A US judge granted a permanent injunction against Mr Polychron, preventing him from distributing any further copies of the 2022 book which the author previously claimed was the […]