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    The Hidden Battle Over FOSS Copyright: Why Corporate Ownership Threatens Open Source Freedom

    January 05, 2025 • 1 min read

    A critical examination reveals most FOSS developers unknowingly surrender their copyrights to employers, potentially undermining copyleft protections. This shift from individual to corporate copyright ownership poses significant challenges for enforcing licenses like GPL and maintaining open source software integrity.

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    OpenAI's Creator Protection Tool Fails to Launch in 2025, Raising Copyright Concerns

    January 02, 2025 • 1 min read

    OpenAI's promised Media Manager tool for protecting creator content rights remains unreleased past its 2025 target date. The prolonged absence raises questions about the company's commitment to creator rights amid ongoing lawsuits and challenges in accessing training data.

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    Major Sports Piracy Sites Go Dark Amid Global Streaming Crackdown

    December 31, 2024 • 1 min read

    Two prominent illegal sports streaming platforms, Methstreams and Crackstreams, have suddenly ceased operations amid intensifying anti-piracy efforts. The shutdown highlights the $28 billion annual impact of piracy on sports, with recent Super Bowl alone drawing 17 million illegal viewers.

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    Spotify's Ghost Artist Strategy: The Rise of Fake Musicians in Popular Playlists

    December 20, 2024 • 1 min read

    An investigation reveals Spotify's controversial practice of filling prominent playlists with music from non-existent 'ghost artists' through its Perfect Fit Content program. This strategy is displacing legitimate musicians and raising concerns about streaming transparency and fair artist compensation.

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    OpenAI Whistleblower Found Dead After Copyright Controversy

    December 14, 2024 • 1 min read

    A former OpenAI researcher who exposed alleged copyright violations was found dead in his San Francisco apartment. Suchir Balaji, 26, had recently criticized the company's data gathering practices and was named in ongoing lawsuits against OpenAI.

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    OpenAI's Sora Under Legal Scrutiny for Potential Gaming Content Training

    December 11, 2024 • 1 min read

    OpenAI's new AI video generator Sora shows signs of being trained on video game content and Twitch streams, raising significant legal concerns around copyright infringement. Legal experts warn about the complexities of using gaming content for AI training, given the multi-layered nature of intellectual property rights in video games.

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    OpenAI Faces Multi-Billion Dollar Lawsuit from Canadian Media Over Content Scraping

    December 02, 2024 • 1 min read

    Major Canadian news organizations have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, seeking billions in damages for allegedly using their articles without permission to train AI models. The case joins mounting legal challenges over AI training data and could reshape how AI companies interact with content creators.

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    AI Content Generation Could Create a Digital Library of Babel, Experts Warn

    December 01, 2024 • 1 min read

    Jorge Luis Borges' 1941 story eerily foreshadows modern concerns about AI chatbots polluting the internet with low-quality content. Experts warn of a dangerous feedback loop where AI systems trained on increasingly flawed data could make finding reliable information nearly impossible.

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    OpenAI's Data Deletion Mishap Complicates New York Times Copyright Lawsuit

    November 23, 2024 • 1 min read

    OpenAI's accidental deletion of potentially crucial evidence has added a new twist to their ongoing legal battle with major news organizations over AI training practices. The New York Times and Daily News allege unauthorized use of their content, while the data loss raises concerns about evidence preservation in technology-related disputes.

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    OpenAI's Data Deletion Blunder Complicates New York Times Copyright Lawsuit

    November 21, 2024 • 1 min read

    OpenAI engineers accidentally erased crucial search data that could have served as evidence in an ongoing copyright lawsuit with major news publishers. The incident has forced legal teams to restart their investigation into how publishers' content was used in training AI models, highlighting challenges in examining AI training datasets.

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