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Court Finds That Using Copyrighted Material as AI Training Data Is Not Fair Use

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:10:03 +0000

Now, the legal system is starting to show signs that the defense could be on thin ice. Last week, a US appeals court upheld a ruling that AI legal research company Ross Intelligence had broken copyright law by training its legal search engine on materials taken from Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw legal research platform and database.

Tags: #ai #copyright #legal #llms #ml

On Patents : The Word of Notch

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 03:25:08 +0000

If you own a software patent, you should feel bad.

Tags: #business #copyfight #imported:pinboard #ip #legal #minecraft #notch #patents #to:fb

Will Wall Street require Python? | ITworld

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:46:59 +0000

Charles Stross was right. "with Release 33-9117, the SEC is considering substitution of Python or another programming language for legal English as a basis for some of its regulations."

Tags: #finance #future #law #legal #programming #python #sec #wallstreet

My Project Du Jour: GetaFirstLife.com | DarrenBarefoot.com

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:21:44 +0000

"Moreover, Linden Lab objects to any implication that it would employ lawyers incapable of distinguishing such obvious parody."

Tags: #ceaseanddesist #funny #legal #lindenlabs

O'Reilly Radar Controversy about our "Web 2.0" service mark

Fri, 26 May 2006 11:33:23 +0000

"While we stand by the principle that we need to protect our "Web 2.0" mark from unauthorized use in the context of conferences, we apologize for the way we initially handled the issue with IT@Cork."

Tags: #lawsuits #lawyers #legal #oreilly #web20

Rocknerd | Record label joins MP3 lawsuits - against the RIAA

Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:35:08 +0000

The large Canadian independent label and management company Nettwerk, which has been behind artists from Sarah McLachlan to Severed Heads, has joined the RIAA anti-filesharing lawsuits — on the side of the users being sued.

Tags: #copyfight #legal #music #nettwerk #riaa

Boing Boing: StarForce threatens to sue me for criticizing its products

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:10:45 +0000

How not to be a good PR guy: "If you're looking for reasons to boycott StarForce-crippled games (besides the obvious ones), you might add their use of bullying legal threats to your list."

Tags: #copyfight #gaming #legal #pr #starforce

MNspeak.com - Trial Of The Century: Keillor V. MNspeak.com

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:05:53 +0000

"A couple weeks ago, this website received, via the appropriately old-fashioned U.S. Postal Service, a cease and desist letter from Garrison Keillor's attorney."

Tags: #clothing #garrisonkeillor #legal #parody #radio

BBC NEWS | Technology | Man convicted for chipping Xbox

Mon, 04 Jul 2005 19:31:04 +0000

Misleading headline - the man was convicted for SELLING chipped XBoxes, including 200GB hard drives with 80 installed games

Tags: #legal #xbox

Teen Singing The Blues After Being Sued For Downloading Music

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:06:39 +0000

Tags: #legal #p2p