#Copyright

A US appeals court has for the first time ruled that training AI on third-party editorial materials is illegal, holding Ross Intelligence accountable for copyright infringement.

Sony Music and Universal Music Group have filed a new lawsuit against AI service Suno, accusing model v6 of copyright infringement and using pirated data.

Composer Ruslan Kvinta stated that he had not given consent to the performance of the song “Odna Kalyna” by bloggers Sinyak and Grey Wiese at a concert in Germany. A discussion unfolded online about the author’s rights and the German GEMA licensing system.

Anna's Archive has called on volunteers worldwide to scan paper books and upload them to the web before AI labs destroy the originals after mass purchases confirmed by European bookstores.

Content creator Warren Pandishia has led a class-action lawsuit against Twitch and Amazon, accusing the companies of using streams to train generative AI without consent or compensation.

🇫🇷 French media have filed a complaint with the antitrust authority against Google. 📉 Due to AI summaries in search, website traffic dropped by 38%. 💰 Publishers are demanding payments for content use in AI, citing the Meta✴ precedent. ⚖️ Google previously paid a €500 million fine for violating press rights. #Google #AI #France #Media #News

🔍 **Anthropic Implements Invisible Watermarks in Claude** Starting August 2, 2026, all texts created by Claude models will contain a hidden digital fingerprint. This solution is designed to help publishers and users distinguish AI content from human content, especially in the wake of scandals involving book cancellations due to suspicions of neural network usage. Anthropic plans to open access to verification tools for third-party organizations. 🔐 #AI #Anthropic #Claude #TechNews

⚖️ The Sendai court has sentenced a group for illegal movie recaps. The organizer received 2 years suspended, and the company was fined 1 million yen. Japan is tightening the fight against piracy in 2026: plot recaps are considered a substitute for viewing and cause damage to rights holders. #Japan #Piracy #Court #Copyright

🚨 A Moscow court refused copyright protection for images created by a neural network. "Mona Lisa with Wine" and "Statue of Liberty with Wine" are not considered creative works — the court called them a technical application of others' ideas. 🎨⚖️ #neuralnetworks #copyright #court

AI development companies are massively buying printed books to train neural networks and then destroying them. The used literature market is exploding with demand, and rare editions risk disappearing forever, becoming "fuel" for algorithms. 📚🤖🔥

The CJEU has delivered a historic ruling: VPNs are recognized as lawful technical tools, not a means of copyright infringement. The verdict removes liability from providers for user actions and casts doubt on attempts to ban circumvention in other countries 🇪🇺⚖️🔒

A U.S. federal court has approved a record $1.5 billion payout from Anthropic to writers for using their texts to train AI 🤖📚. Authors will receive $3,000 per book, and the company is required to remove pirated copies from its databases. However, some authors refused the deal, considering the amount insufficient. ⚖️