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British Court Grants Appeal to Craig Wright in Bitcoin Copyright Lawsuit
22.7.2023
A British court has granted an appeal to Craig Wright to argue his case in a copyright lawsuit concerning Bitcoin (BTC), according to a recent court filing.
Wright, who has claimed to be the creator of Bitcoin since 2016, has filed a lawsuit against 13 Bitcoin Core developers and several...
Craig Wright Will Be Able to Fight Bitcoin Copyright Claim in UK After Winning Appeal
21.7.2023
Craig Wright, who claims to be Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, will be able to argue his case that the Bitcoin file format should receive copyright protection under UK law after a bench of three UK judges accepted his appeal to a previous court denial, according to a court filing
Despite Nintendo And Valve, Emulator Dev Isn't Worried About Legal Danger
20.7.2023
While Nintendo loves a lawsuit and emulation is often a contentious issue for publishers, few situations have been quite as high-profile as the recent attempt to launch GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin on Steam. The 20-year-old emu engine has long been available online, but this attempt to become...
Sarah Silverman sues Meta and OpenAI for copyright violations
10.7.2023
Author Sarah Silverman and two others opened a lawsuit against OpenAI and Meta for using copyrighted work without permission to train their AI systems
Valve Does Not Want To Discourage The Use Of AI In Games
4.7.2023
Last week, there was wide speculation that Valve might be intending to ban games that use AI-generated content, following a post on Reddit that suggested the practice was not being allowed. However, this seems not to be the case—at least, it’s nowhere near that simple—following a statement given...
Only Up! Pulled From Steam After Becoming A Twitch Sensation
1.7.2023
Only Up!, a not-so-endless runner that recently took off on Twitch, has been inexplicably removed from Steam with no warning, but there’s reason to believe it might’ve been removed due to a copyright dispute with an artist claiming the game uses one of their assets.Read more
Japanese AI experts raise concern over bots trained on copyrighted material
1.6.2023
Takashi Kii, the Member of the House of Representatives for 10 Wards of Fukuoka indicated that he is pushing for regulation to protect copyright holders from being infringed on by AI
What is fair use? US Supreme Court weighs in on AI’s copyright dilemma
30.5.2023
Many firms with generative AI models are being sued for copyright infringement, and the Supreme Court may have just ruined their primary legal defense
Not Even The Official Account For Xbox’s Big New Shooter Was Safe From Microsoft’s Leak Takedown
1.5.2023
Redfall, Arkane’s new co-op, immersive-sim, vampire-killer game is out on May 2, and naturally leaks of the game are spilling out on Twitter. At the same time, the official Twitter account for the title is doing its usual round of hype promo posts. The timing of these two forces, however, can lead...
Judge Rules Bored Ape Yacht Club Ripoff NFTs Violated Yuga Copyright
22.4.2023
Use of BAYC trademarks by Ripps’ RR/BAYC was intended to confuse consumers, a U.S. judge in California has ruled
Popular Call of Duty Fortnite Map Gets Hyped By Millions After It’s Pulled
4.4.2023
Kotaku reported on March 23, 2023 that Epic Games had outlined specific do’s and don’ts when it comes to what kinds of maps creators can build and publish using Fortnite’s new Unreal Editor. Essentially, any map from another game (including certain Fortnite maps from previous seasons), isn’t...
AI Comic Art Gets Copyright Revoked After Office Learns How AI Works
23.2.2023
The U.S. Copyright Office turned away an AI-generated piece of work last February, citing a prerequisite of human authorship. That hasn’t prevented AI enthusiasts from trying to legitimize glorified art theft. Last year, one creator tried to register a comic book with images that they generated...
Bungie Wins Over $4 Million In Lawsuit Against Destiny 2 Cheat Developer
21.2.2023
Bungie’s two-year legal battle against a Destiny 2 cheat maker finally concluded last week. The judge agreed that cheat maker AimJunkies had violated Bungie’s copyright and ordered it to pay over $3.6 million in damages and $700,000 in legal expenses.Read more
Lego Zelda All But Confirmed After Copyright Strikes
20.2.2023
Nothing confirms the existence of something like the copyright holder doing everything it can to hide it. So it is that Lego is issuing takedown notices on YouTube videos with the temerity to repeat the leak of a forthcoming Zelda-based The Great Deku Tree set.Read more
Craig Wright's Bitcoin Copyright Claim Rejected by UK Court – Here's What Happened
9.2.2023
Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist and self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, has had a copyright claim for Bitcoin rejected by a London court, with the judge saying the subject matter “is not expressed or fixed anywhere.”
In the court ruling, Judge James Mellor noted that Bitcoin can’t...
Craig Wright Loses Bitcoin Copyright Claim in UK Court
8.2.2023
Wright, self-proclaimed inventor of the cryptocurrency, has argued variants such as bitcoin cash breach his intellectual property rights
YouTuber Beats Nintendo After It Tried Nuking Evidence Of A Canceled Zelda
3.1.2023
Early in December 2022, Nintendo had a journalistic documentary about a failed 2004 pitch for a Zelda Tactics game nuked from YouTube. Last week, however, Google’s video sharing platform restored the project after seemingly failing to find any copyright infringement. It’s the rare example of...
Nintendo Nukes Documentary On Canceled Zelda Tactics From YouTube
8.12.2022
In October, gaming history YouTube channel DidYouKnowGaming reported on a failed 2004 pitch for a Zelda tactics game on the Nintendo DS called Heroes of Hyrule. Two months later, the Mario maker has now used a copyright strike to erase the video from the internet. The channel, which has made...
'Dancing' Through Copyright Issues With NFTs
3.11.2022
NFTs may be able to help creators monetize their work, but questions of copyright and ownership have yet to give creators true ownership over their creations
China to Crack Down on Copyright Infringement Through NFTs
10.9.2022
Authorities in China are going after creators of digital collectibles based on other people’s works of art, the use of which was not authorized. The government offensive is part of a campaign to combat online copyright infringement and piracy with the participation of several departments....