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On… DistroKid, Trefuego, modified audio, and the potential for a new ‘Napster Nightmare’
15 Apr 2024 18:13 GMT
… individual artist in a US court.
Sony sued Trefuego over … a judgment from a Texas court. The judge in the case noted … small print of the damages ruling against Trefuego, it was … modern twist on the infamous ‘Napster Nightmare’?
Picture the scene: instead …
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Publishers Invoke Napster, AI Threats in Battle with Internet Archive
18 Mar 2024 14:05 GMT
… a New York Federal court ruling against IA for copyright infringement … concern over a potential ‘Napster moment’ for books, drawing … file-sharing platforms like Napster. They fear that allowing … decision rests with the court, which must carefully weigh …
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Generative AI is a marvel. Is it also built on theft?
15 Apr 2024 00:34 GMT
… illegally shared on applications like Napster. The content-makers are … of transformativeness, with its ruling that a series of … In August an American federal court ruled that “human authorship is … an Indonesian jungle. A judge ruled that because the claimant …
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In Wawa class action, appeals court tosses fee award that's higher than class recovery
03 Nov 2023 20:00 GMT
… be unreasonable. The court';s ruling emphasized that trial judges have case-by-case … on the class payout, lower-court judges will continue to find reasons … class settlement? No way, says Napster appeals court
Wawa notifies customers of data …
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Potential Supreme Court clash looms over copyright issues in generative AI training data
06 Sep 2023 13:16 GMT
… a certain group of nine justices.
“Ultimately, I believe this … peer music file sharing service.
Napster, he explained, clearly demonstrated … Back when the Google books ruling was handed down, Google did …
“I think the courts will apply rules that did not apply …
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How judges, not politicians, could dictate America’s AI rules
18 Jul 2023 08:12 GMT
Its approach differs from that of other Western countries. While the EU is trying to prevent the worst AI harms proactively, the American approach is more reactive. The US waits for harms to emerge first before regulating, says Amir Ghavi, a partner at the …
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Fed Court Rips Napster Settlement That Paid Songwriters 30 Times Less Than Their Lawyers
08 Jun 2023 17:24 GMT
… lawsuit against the re-launched Napster, sharply criticizing a deal that … fees.
In a ruling Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for … “unreasonable” – saying that a lower judge should not have approved a …
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METALLICA Lawyer Says NAPSTER Lawsuit Was Necessary To 'Set The Ground Rules For What Music Is Worth'
27 Apr 2023 01:40 GMT
… against Napster in 2000. Although the case was settled out of court … order to set the ground rules for what music is worth … literal truckload of paper to Napster Inc., listing hundreds of … bootlegging" around the time Napster was launched. "You …
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Music Mega-Lawyer Peter Paterno on Metallica Suing Napster, Working With Dr. Dre and a Young Britney Spears, and His E.L.I. Honor
02 Feb 2023 19:45 GMT
… set ground rules for the streaming age by suing first Napster and …
Yeah, they were somehow getting courted by [late, legendary music industry … very involved in Metallica suing Napster?
Yeah.
And when they … we shouldn’t have sued Napster, we should have worked …
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The Court Cases That Defined The Music Industry
07 Jan 2023 04:09 GMT
… district court and an appeals court, the Supreme Court ruled that … judge agreed with the Sheriff, an appeals court overturned the ruling, … victory over Napster not only effectively ended Napster’s … only problem. The US Justice Department investigated the apps …