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the singer-songwriter told the BBC in an interview that is airing tomorrow.The British government is toying with the idea of letting tech firms use copyrighted material to assist in the training of AI models — allowing for copyright infringement if used for AI programs. Artists would be able to opt out, but opponents are saying it’s impossible for them to notify the thousands of AI service providers that exist as well as monitor if their work is being used on the internet without permission.McCartney, 82, who has a net worth of $1.2 billion, firmly believes the artists themselves should be earning the revenue their work gains — not tech companies.“The truth is, the money’s going somewhere.

Tesla’s new autonomous cybercab.Alcon’s California federal lawsuit alleged violations of US copyright law and accused Tesla of “false endorsement” for suggesting a relationship between Alcon and the Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle maker.“Any prudent brand considering any Tesla partnership has to take Musk’s massively amplified, highly politicized, capricious and arbitrary behavior, which sometimes veers into hate speech, into account,” the lawsuit said.Tesla and Warner Bros. did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Warner Bros was Alcon’s distributor for “Blade Runner 2049”, which won two 2018 Academy Awards and starred Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford in the highly anticipated sequel to the 1982 cult classic “Blade Runner.”Alcon said it had refused a request from Warner Bros.

several cases brought by authors, news outlets and others over the alleged misuse of their work to train text-based AI models powering chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

“Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” in 2023. Though Disney still owns the rights to animated versions of “Winnie the Pooh,” the original story in AA Milne’s book on the honey-loving teddy bear entered the public domain on Jan.

an annual Jan. 1 column for “Public Domain Day.” “It wasn’t just Disney that was pushing for term extension. It was a whole group of copyright holders whose works were set to go into the public domain soon, who benefited greatly from the 20 years of extra protection,” she said.

wrote Taylor in a blog post. “Withdraw all my clothes and sign a document drafted by them to say from now on I will never trade under this name ever again.Taylor said that when she refused to comply, Perry’s camp “chose to simply disregard” her existence and her Australian trademark rights, filling chain stores across the country with Perry merch and other “infringing articles.” The Post reached out to Perry for comment.

longtime collaborators did not rip off Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” with their 2014 hit.Wadge, 47, last week shared a picture of the celebratory ink on her left arm, which read “independently created” in a typewriter-style typeface.Heirs of “Let’s Get It On” composer Ed Townsend alleged in a $100 million lawsuit that Sheeran and Wadge’s song contained elements of harmony, melody and rhythm stolen from the classic Gaye tune.But the jury found the British musicians “independently created” the romantic ballad.In an Instagram post showing off her new tat, Wadge said she was “on cloud nine about the verdict” which came after “three of the toughest weeks” of her life.Sheeran, 32, was also overcome with emotion following the legal ordeal.