The New York Times filed a lawsuit Wednesday against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the companies of copyright infringement for training artificial intelligence models on millions of articles published by the… Read More
The ethical and legal implications surrounding the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and generative AI tools such as ChatGPT are sure to impact companies, consumers and courtrooms in the coming… Read More
Amazon is being called out again for allegedly copying the product of a company that sells on Amazon, but rather than taking legal action, San Francisco-based Peak Design is taking… Read More
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have successfully defeated a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by a New Orleans jazz musician who claimed the Seattle hip-hop duo sampled his music on some of… Read More
The architecture criticism blog McMansion Hell is back up and running days after a threatening cease-and-desist letter from Zillow Group scared the popular site’s creator into taking it down. Now,… Read More
Update: Follow this link for the latest developments on this story. The Tumblr blogger who took down her popular website “McMansion Hell” on Monday after receiving a threatening cease-and-desist letter… Read More
A copyright battle between Zillow and VHT Inc. over photographs took a sharp turn this week when U.S. District Judge James Robart largely sided with the Seattle real estate powerhouse,… Read More
Getty Images is being sued by photographer Carol M. Highsmith for the “gross misuse” of more than 18,000 of her images. The celebrated American photographer is seeking $1 billion in… Read More
From his own offices, Aaron Bird, co-founder of the Seattle startup Bizible, can see the nearby offices of photo licensing giant Getty Images. But after being served with a request… Read More
Amazon is not liable for patent, copyright or trademark infringement when a third-party retailer uses its platform to sell counterfeit goods, a jury found on Thursday in a closely watched lawsuit… Read More
A longtime Pokémon superfan who is being sued by the company for organizing a themed party during the PAX Prime gaming conference in Seattle said he needs to come up with $4,000 to settle… Read More
FOLLOW-UP: Pokémon’s lawsuit to block fan party came without warning — or profits The Pokémon Company International, Inc. filed suit against two Seattleites on Wednesday, claiming they broke copyright laws when… Read More
A judge has denied Microsoft’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Getty Images, which is claiming “massive” copyright infringement. Back in September, Getty Images sued Microsoft over a Bing… Read More
New cellphones purchased after this Saturday Jan. 25, 2013 can be unlocked only with the permission of the carrier; phones purchased before Sunday are exempt from this restriction and have… Read More
Pandora listeners may have recently heard a call to support a bill called “The Internet Radio Fairness Act” in place of regularly scheduled advertising. Tim Westergren, the Pandora founder, also… Read More
Microsoft is more active than any other company in asking Google to remove from its index websites that infringe on the Redmond company’s copyrights, according to a new Google report.… Read More
Earlier this week, we told you the story about Estately sending a cease-and-desist letter to one of Canada’s largest real estate companies, alleging that Sutton West Coast essentially ripped off… Read More