Hacker News with Generative AI: Copyright Law

Square Enix accused of abusing copyright law to silence fan criticism (metro.co.uk)
The makers of Life is Strange: Double Exposure are accused by fans of using legal takedowns to limit discussion and criticism of the game.

Gaming, Copyright Law, Legal Disputes, Fan Criticism

7 points by mikhael 15 hours ago | 0 comments

Canada Just Fixed Copyright Law for Repair (ifixit.com)
What do ice cream machines, Xboxes, and tractors have in common? Fixing them just became legal in Canada: They all have certain repairs that are blocked by software called technological protection measures. Until yesterday, you’d risk violating copyright law if you bypassed those software protections in Canada.

Copyright Law, Repair, Technology, Canada

13 points by pseudolus 6 days ago | 0 comments

Google Asked to Remove 10B "Pirate" Search Results (torrentfreak.com)
Rightsholders have asked Google to remove more than 10 billion 'copyright infringing' URLs from its search results.

Copyright Law, Google, Search Engines, Piracy

33 points by gslin 16 days ago | 7 comments

A new copyright rule lets McDonald's fix its own broken ice cream machines (npr.org)
A new exemption to a copyright law could pave the way for quicker repairs to the machines, sweetening the McFlurry maker's sour reputation.

Copyright Law, Fast Food, McDonald's, Business

9 points by pseudolus 18 days ago | 1 comments

Big Tech barons are plotting to steal Britain's creativity via copyright law (telegraph.co.uk)
Labour has an incredibly relaxed attitude to British property. As the Chagos islanders found out, it wants to give away as much as it can, as quickly as possible. Next, it’s the turn of Britain’s creative industries and publishers.

Copyright Law, Politics, Creative Industries, UK

22 points by walterbell 21 days ago | 5 comments

Laion wins copyright infringement lawsuit in German court (technollama.co.uk)
Copyright AI nerds have been eagerly awaiting a decision in the German case of Kneschke v LAION (previous blog post about the case here), and yesterday we got a ruling (text of the decision in German here, courtesy of Mirko Brüß). In short, LAION was successful in its defence against claims for copyright infringement.

Copyright Law, Artificial Intelligence, Legal Cases

11 points by pcaharrier 24 days ago | 0 comments

Feds: You Don't Have a Right to Check Out Retro Video Games Like Library Books (gizmodo.com)
The U.S. Copyright Office denied an exemption from the DMCA to allow gaming historians to access out-of-print games they can’t legally get anywhere else.

Copyright Law, Video Games, Gaming History, Law, DMCA

115 points by mikhael 26 days ago | 98 comments

History Foundation Disappointed DMCA Decision Won't Grant Researchers Exemptions (ign.com)
The US Copyright Office has declined to grant a new exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that would allow libraries and archives to offer remote, digital access to out-of-market video games for verified researchers.

Copyright Law, Video Games, Libraries, Research

6 points by josephcsible 26 days ago | 0 comments

US Copyright Office "frees the McFlurry," allowing repair of ice cream machines (arstechnica.com)
Consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge today hailed a decision by the US Copyright Office to "grant an exemption specifically allowing for repair of retail-level food preparation equipment—including soft serve ice cream machines similar to those available at McDonald's."

Copyright Law, Repair, Consumer Advocacy, Food Industry

40 points by impish9208 27 days ago | 4 comments

Twitter blocks EFF tweet that criticized bogus takedown of previous tweet [2019] (arstechnica.com)
Twitter and Starz have given us a new example of how copyright enforcement can easily go overboard.

Twitter, Copyright Law, Censorship, Free Speech

14 points by 3np 56 days ago | 3 comments

AI Training is Copyright Infringement (under European law) (urheber.info)

AI, Copyright Law, Europe, Legal Issues

27 points by layer8 76 days ago | 44 comments

The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case (wired.com)

Copyright Law, Internet Archive, Legal Battles

27 points by leotravis10 78 days ago | 2 comments

Webtoon Targets 170 Pirate Domains Through DMCA Subpoena (torrentfreak.com)