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South Korea’s Supreme Court has rejected a 30-million won ($21,600 US) damage claim by an American composer who accused a South Korean kids content company of plagiarizing his version of Baby Shark, ending a six-year legal battle over the globally popular tune known for its catchy “doo doo doo doo doo …
Read More »Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney for copyright infringement
Disney and Universal have filed a copyright lawsuit against popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney, marking the first time major Hollywood companies have entered the legal battle over generative AI. Filed in federal district court in Los Angeles on Wednesday, the complaint claims Midjourney pirated the libraries of the two Hollywood …
Read More »B.C. beauty brand battles music giant over social media copyright
Suva Beauty founder Shaina Azad announced the end of her company’s wild ride to international acclaim six months ago in a YouTube video that was met with a mixture of sadness and Reddit threads lamenting the loss of dazzling eyeshadow one fan called “a gamechanger.” Azad — a Surrey-based makeup artist …
Read More »Canada extends copyright protection for 20 more years under new trade obligation – National
There will be no new books, songs or plays added to the public domain in Canada until 2043 after the government squeezed in a change to copyright laws just before the end of 2022. Until Dec. 30, copyright protection applied to literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works for the life …
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