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'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark Anne Frank copyright ruling

VPN providers aren't liable for copyright infringement, said the EU CourtThe Court explicitly recognized VPNs as "lawful technical tools"The case centered on the copyright battle involvingAnne Frank's diary In a major…

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Petapixel ·27 days ago

Annie Leibovitz Launches Copyright Lawsuit Over Her Image of Justin and Hailey Bieber

Photographer Annie Leibovitz has sued a website for allegedly using her photograph of Justin and Hailey Bieber without permission, seeking “substantial damages.

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Pcgamer ·last mo.

Kane Parsons is standing up for an artist after A24 attempted to copyright strike their Backrooms art

Kane Parsons' The Backrooms film was a huge success, which wasn't surprising given his history with self-made backrooms projects released on YouTube.

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Petapixel ·last mo.

Copyright Office Will Increase Photo Registration Cost by 55% in 120 Days

The United States Copyright Office notified Congress today that it will move forward with its plan to increase group registration of photographs from $55 to $85 in 120 days, unless it intervenes.

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Tom's Hardware ·last mo.

Unix copyright code infringement lawsuit is back from the dead — IBM still under fire from Xinuos over 2003-era bytes

No need to pinch yourself — it is, in fact, 2026, and there was a court hearing last June 22 about IBM allegedly using copyrighted source code in Unix-like products, yet again for the umpteenth time since 2003, a saga…

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Eurogamer ·last mo.

Ultima's creator Richard Garriott is planning to win back the rights to his legendary RPG from EA with an 50-year-old copyright quirk

Ultima designer Richard Garriott (AKA Lord British) has a plan to claim back the rights to his legendary RPG series from current owner EA. The trick to doing so?

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Tom's Hardware ·last mo.

Retro pirate gets two-year suspended jail sentence for being stuck in the past, burning and selling remix CDs of famous artists — four-year investigation into copyright infringement on 40-year-old med

The year is 2026, and a UK man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to the unauthorized mixing and selling of music CDs, and thus breaking copyright laws.

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SlashGear ·6 mo. ago

Tesla's 'Blade Runner' Lawsuit Isn't Looking Good For Elon Musk

Lawsuits involving AI and materials generated by AI continue to move through the United States legal system, and electric automobile manufacturer Tesla is about to be dealt a heavy blow.