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Supreme Court to weigh Cox’s liability for users’ copyright infringement
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The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment on December 1, 2025, a case that asks when internet service providers can be held contributorily liable for failing to curb repeat copyright infringement by their subscribers.
A jury found Kanye West, now known as Ye, and his companies liable for sampling an unreleased demo track in an early version of his song Hurricane.
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Culture Minister Chae Hwi-young ordered the immediate blocking of 34 copyright-infringing sites on May 11, marking the first action under a revised copyright law aimed at curbing online piracy of webtoons and novels.
The 18th Civil Chamber of the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice annulled a sentence that had extinguished the lawsuit filed by Ricardo Garcia and Kiko Freitas against Seu Jorge, ordering the continuation of the action for improper appropriation of musical composition credits. The dispute involves hits like the song 'Carolina', inspired by lawyer Carolina Corrêa, who never had a romantic relationship with the singer. The plaintiffs claim the songs were created in partnership in Brasília in the early 2000s but released under Seu Jorge's name without proper attribution.
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The Motion Picture Association has sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, urging the company to halt copyright infringement on its Seedance 2.0 AI platform. The letter demands the removal of studio intellectual property from the training dataset and the implementation of safeguards against generating copyrighted material. ByteDance has responded by affirming its respect for copyrights and plans to strengthen protections.
Following Disney's cease-and-desist letter, Google has removed dozens of AI-generated videos featuring Disney characters from YouTube, addressing claims of copyright infringement in hosting and AI training. This enforcement action continues Disney's aggressive IP protection strategy amid select AI partnerships.
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Disney and OpenAI have announced a three-year licensing deal starting in 2026, allowing the AI firm's ChatGPT and Sora tools to generate images and videos using Disney's intellectual property. This pact includes access to over 200 characters from Star Wars, Pixar, and Marvel brands. The agreement highlights contrasting views on copyright between the entertainment giant and the AI company.
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