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Artists are lawyering up against AI slop, and some are even winning (theverge.com)

2026-07-29 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: artists, anthropic, copyright

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OpenAI tells ChatGPT to stop impersonating famous authors (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: openai, chatgpt, anthropic

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ChatGPT can no longer help rip off your favorite author (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: openai, chatgpt, copyright

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ChatGPT is now refusing requests to write in famous authors' styles (engadget.com)

2026-07-28 | by Mariella Moon | tags: openai, chatgpt, ars technica

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An artist is suing an AI meme generator for selling his viral comic as ad templates (techspot.com)

2026-07-28 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: memes.ai, mems apps, elmer saflor

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The Odyssey got bootlegged on X, but the internet cared more about the memes (techspot.com)

2026-07-27 | by Julio Franco | tags: the odyssey, x platform, christopher nolan

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ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author's style (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: openai, chatgpt, authors

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AI Found a New Way to Ruin Memes: Selling Them to Advertisers (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: running away balloon, copyright, advertisers

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Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: memes.ai, elmer saflor, ai meme generator

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Google's Anti-search-scraping Lawsuit Dismissed (slashdot.org)

2026-07-26 | by Posted | tags: google, serpapi, digital millennium copyright act

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‘Good design takes mastery’: scientific illustrators sketch out AI’s future (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-22 | by Anne Pichon | tags: scientific illustration, d’oliveira, copyright

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'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-21 | by Rene Millman | tags: vpn, eu court, anne frank

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Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: anthropic, claude, copyright

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Judge Approves $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement Over Pirated Books Used To Train Claude (slashdot.org)

2026-07-21 | tags: anthropic, claude, shadow libraries

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Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement approved; only 350 authors opted out (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: anthropic, copyright, class-action

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The AI Copyright Lawsuits Have Finally Produced an Actual Payout (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: anthropic, ai copyright, lawsuit

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Anthropic hit with largest-ever $1.5 billion penalty in copyright lawsuit — court says training AI on published material is fair use, but startup’s pirated library infringes on authors’ rights (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-21 | by Jowi Morales | tags: anthropic, copyright lawsuit, fair use

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Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge (theverge.com)

2026-07-21 | by Emma Roth | tags: anthropic, ai models, copyright lawsuits

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Author Invited to Give Speech at OpenAI Headquarters, Uses Opportunity to Trash AI to Their Faces (futurism.com)

2026-07-21 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: openai, chatgpt, ai copyright

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Sony files another lawsuit against AI music generator Udio (engadget.com)

2026-07-21 | by Mariella Moon | tags: sony, udio, ai music generator

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Judge approves Anthropic's record-breaking $1.5 billion settlement for AI copyright lawsuit (engadget.com)

2026-07-21 | by Mariella Moon | tags: anthropic, claude, ai copyright

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Anthropic's landmark $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors wins final court approval (techspot.com)

2026-07-21 | by Rob Thubron | tags: anthropic, claude ai, copyright settlement

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Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-21 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: anthropic, copyright, library genesis

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‘Backrooms’ Almost Got Trapped In Copyright Hell (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: a24, kane parsons, backrooms

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X and music publishers quietly settle opposing lawsuits (engadget.com)

2026-07-18 | by Jackson Chen | tags: music publishers, nmpa, copyright infringement

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Hackers Expose How AI Music App Suno Stole Decades Worth of Copyrighted Music (futurism.com)

2026-07-17 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: suno, ai music app, copyright lawsuits

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Book Publishers Sue Google For Copyright Infringement Over Gemini AI Training (slashdot.org)

2026-07-15 | tags: books, copyrighted, gemini

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Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-15 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: access, copyright, customer

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Three publishers challenge Google over AI copyright infringement (engadget.com)

2026-07-14 | by Anna Washenko | tags: authors, copyright, copyright infringement

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Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-14 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: authors, books, copyright