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One of the world's largest book publishers sued OpenAI for copyright infringement
One of the world's largest book publishers sued OpenAI for copyright infringement
Penguin Random House has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the AI company of copyright infringement. The lawsuit stems from ChatGPT's ability to generate content resembling works from a popular children's book series without permission. 03 Apr 2026
Man pleads guilty to uploading DVD screeners of 'The Revenant' and 'The Peanuts Movie'
Man pleads guilty to uploading DVD screeners of 'The Revenant' and 'The Peanuts Movie'
William Moriarty has pled guilty to illegally copying and uploading DVD screeners of 'The Revenant' and 'The Peanuts Movie,' unreleased films that he acquired while working on a studio lot. 01 Mar 2016 - 9 comments
Google received a ridiculous amount of takedown notices this month
Google received a ridiculous amount of takedown notices this month
Google received 15,659,212 URL takedown requests for the week of November 19th, a ridiculously high number that is almost double the requests it received for the same week last year. 24 Nov 2015 - 1 comment
Research: Nearly 11 million legal files were taken down in Megaupload raid
Research: Nearly 11 million legal files were taken down in Megaupload raid
According to new research from Northeastern University, the U.S. took down nearly 11 million legal, legitimate files when it raided and shut down cyber locker Megaupload last year. 20 Oct 2013 - 1 comment
     

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