Topic: dmca takedown
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Google deletes article after false DMCA takedown
Google removed a legitimate news article from search results after acting on a false DMCA takedown notice, filed by an entity called "US Webspam" one day after the article's publication. The incident exposes a critical flaw in the DMCA process, where Google's policy of removing content upon compl...
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Anthropic DMCA Takedowns Accidentally Target Legitimate GitHub Forks
Anthropic's DMCA takedown request to remove leaked Claude Code source code from GitHub resulted in the mistaken removal of approximately 8,100 legitimate software repositories, including forks of its own public code. The incident, driven by automated enforcement and a communication error, sparked...
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Microsoft shuts down Halo 3 mod for Counter-Strike 2
Microsoft issued a DMCA takedown, halting the 'Project Misriah' mod that aimed to recreate Halo 3's multiplayer in Counter-Strike 2 due to its direct use of copyrighted assets. The mod had gained significant popularity for its technical achievement in the Source 2 engine, impressing both Halo fan...
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Apple Sued for Using Pirated Books to Train AI
Apple is being sued by authors for allegedly training its AI systems on the Books3 dataset, which contains pirated books, without permission or compensation. The lawsuit, seeking class-action status, aims to stop Apple from using such materials and to secure financial damages for copyright infrin...
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Fish Audio secures $50M seed for AI voice models targeting creators and enterprises
Fish Audio offers a library of over 15,000 natural language controls for voice generation, serving both creative professionals and enterprises, and has attracted 8 million users with $21 million in annual recurring revenue. The startup has secured $50 million in seed funding and recently automate...
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