Hacker News with Generative AI: Legal Battles

Free Software Foundation rides to defend AGPLv3 against Neo4j license add-ons (theregister.com)
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) on Monday backed a lone developer's brave effort to overturn a pivotal court ruling that threatens to undermine the AGPLv3 – the foundation's GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.
Free Software, Open Source, Law, Licensing, Legal Battles
12 points by josephcsible 2 days ago | 2 comments
The New York Times Has Spent $10.8M in Its Legal Battle with OpenAI So Far (hollywoodreporter.com)
The paper, buoyed by its 11 million-plus paid subscribers, is one of the few news outlets that can afford to engage in yearslong litigation with Big Tech.
Legal Battles, OpenAI, Big Tech, Media
84 points by marban 29 days ago | 98 comments
Meta Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database (wired.com)
Meta just lost a major fight in its ongoing legal battle with a group of authors suing the company for copyright infringement over how it trained its artificial intelligence models.
Artificial Intelligence, Copyright Infringement, Legal Battles, Meta, Piracy
7 points by mdhb 56 days ago | 1 comments
YouTuber won DMCA fight with fake Nintendo lawyer by detecting spoofed email (arstechnica.com)
A brave YouTuber has managed to defeat a fake Nintendo lawyer improperly targeting his channel with copyright takedowns that could have seen his entire channel removed if YouTube issued one more strike.
Copyright Law, YouTube, Lawsuits, Legal Battles, Digital Rights
264 points by isaacfrond 66 days ago | 97 comments
Judge hands WP Engine a win in legal fight with Automattic (theregister.com)
Updated WordPress hosting firm Automattic and its CEO Matthew Mullenweg have been ordered to stop interfering with the business of rival WP Engine.
Legal Battles, WordPress, Hosting, Business
13 points by LinuxBender 85 days ago | 2 comments
WordPress parent company must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rules (theverge.com)
WP Engine just won a preliminary injunction against WordPress.com parent company Automattic.
Legal Battles, WordPress, Web Hosting
27 points by jrflowers 86 days ago | 4 comments
Once Linux's Biggest Enemy: Darl McBride Dies and Nobody Notices (fossforce.com)
The man who, as president and CEO of SCO, attempted to sue Linux out of existence died a month and a half ago with little notice by the Linux and open source communities.
Linux, Open Source, History, Legal Battles, Obituary
38 points by marcodiego 123 days ago | 36 comments
'We took on Google and they were forced to pay out £2B' (bbc.co.uk)
"Google essentially disappeared us from the internet."
Antitrust, Google, Legal Battles, Business, Search Engines
13 points by cmsefton 131 days ago | 2 comments
Cloudflare beats patent troll so badly it basically gives up (theregister.com)
Cloudflare on Thursday celebrated a victory over Sable Networks, which the former described as a "patent troll."
Legal Battles, Cloudflare, Patents, Software
451 points by Brajeshwar 152 days ago | 58 comments
X lost a court battle after trying to claim 'Twitter ceased to exist' (engadget.com)
X has lost a legal fight in Australia in which the company tried to avoid a $400,000 fine by claiming that Twitter no longer exists.
Legal Battles, Social Media, Twitter, Australia
6 points by leshokunin 153 days ago | 3 comments
Patent troll Sable pays up, dedicates all its patents to the public (cloudflare.com)
Sable, the patent troll that sued Cloudflare back in March 2021 asserting around 100 claims across four patents, in the end wound up paying Cloudflare.
Legal Battles, Patents, Public Domain, Technology
1524 points by jgrahamc 155 days ago | 419 comments
The $621M Legal Battle by Record Labels Against Internet Archive (rollingstone.com)
In the old chapel of a former Christian Science church in San Francisco, late-afternoon sun pours orange through the windows and several giant servers are hard at work.
Legal Battles, Music Industry, Internet Archive, Copyright
179 points by coloneltcb 156 days ago | 95 comments
Apple requests Epic anti-steering injunction be tossed given new precedent (appleinsider.com)
Another major twist has occurred in the Epic vs Apple case that may end with everything getting thrown out thanks to new precedents and a lack of evidence from Epic.
Legal Battles, Apple, Epic Games, Antitrust
19 points by benoau 157 days ago | 15 comments
The Internet Archive's Fight to Save Itself (wired.com)
The web’s collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive. Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away.
Internet Archive, Legal Battles, Digital Preservation
43 points by leotravis10 160 days ago | 12 comments
The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case (wired.com)
Copyright Law, Internet Archive, Legal Battles
27 points by leotravis10 183 days ago | 2 comments
NSO vs. Citizen Lab: U.S. Court Battles over Pegasus Spyware Investigations (theintercept.com)
Cybersecurity, Legal Battles, Spyware, Human Rights
46 points by clwg 301 days ago | 12 comments