"Book authors and publishers the most ripped off by AI"

The headline is obscene "create the sound you imagine". This is literally a product built on piracy, furthering a world without mind. Google has a long history of music piracy.

US Senators call for Seedance 2.0 shutdown www.advanced-television.com/2026/03/19/u...

GEMA vs. Suno: German court hears landmark AI music copyright case www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/gema-vs-suno...

The Case Against Intellectual Property published with a footer stating: “© InsideSources, LLC. All Rights Reserved.” That speaks for itself. dcjournal.com/the-case-aga...

Google ads ate local news. UK gov throws a few scraps. "Local media outlets in print, online, radio or TV will be able to bid for grants to support their financial sustainability and transition to digital business models under the new fund" www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...

NEWS FLASH EFF (who takes the position that using copyright works to train AI models is fair) says that preventing unauthorized reproduction by the Internet Archive won’t help to stop unauthorized scraping. IN OTHER NEWS, foxes & wolves announce partnership in campaign for free range chickens.

An interesting new IP front in the AI wars. Between this and the recent Grammarly debacle, I wonder whether trademark and rights of publicity will prove more potent bases for infringement claims than copyright

This case exceeds mere copyright. Britannica also claims OpenAI violates the Lanham Act (trademark law) by generating hallucinations falsely attributed to the publisher—effectively AI-libeling the complainant. techcrunch.com/2026/03/16/m... #GenAi #copyright

This case exceeds mere copyright. Britannica also claims OpenAI violates the Lanham Act (trademark law) by generating hallucinations falsely attributed to the publisher—effectively AI-libeling the complainant. techcrunch.com/2026/03/16/m... #GenAi #copyright

Harm for profit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"This complaint is not about resisting innovation or artificial intelligence. It is about stopping a dominant gatekeeper from using its market power to take publishers’ content without consent, without fair compensation, to protect their journalism" www.epceurope.eu/post/europea...

This is off the scale. #Booster grift www.theblock.co/post/393639/...

"This complaint is not about resisting innovation or artificial intelligence. It is about stopping a dominant gatekeeper from using its market power to take publishers’ content without consent, without fair compensation, to protect their journalism" www.epceurope.eu/post/europea...

Had this been 2006, GenAI could have run roughshod over copyright. However, as noted in The Times, "Creative Industries Hold Upper Hand in AI Copyright Fight". ©️ www.thetimes.com/business/tec...

Lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury apnews.com/article/meta... #ethics #law #socialmedia #tech

"Technology Meta, Thai police shut down 150,000 scam accounts" www.axios.com/2026/03/11/m...

Via @europeanwriterscouncil.eu

🎉When ART rules : The EWC welcomes the adoption of the “Voss-Report”, setting up clear protections for authors in the era of generative AI, and calls on now the EU Commission and the EU Council to adopt the long-needed approach to rebalance the unjust market, […]

#EPlenary backs EU signature of Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence 📝✅ MEPs approved the @coe.int Framework Convention on AI, tackling risks AI poses to fundamental democratic values at international level @imco.europarl.europa.eu 🗳️ @libe.europarl.europa.eu ⤵️ link.europa.eu/HghYDr

MEPs want to ensure that AI providers clearly acknowledge the protected content they use to train AI tools and grant right-holders fair remuneration multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream... #copyright

HUGE QUESTION "We ask whether the European Commission should delegate to an independent agency the digital-enforcement powers given to it by the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Digital Services Act (DSA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act." www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...

The AI Ethics Waterfall: Disclosure, Governance, and Who’s Really Responsible ipwatchdog.com/2026/03/09/a...

GEMA vs. Suno: German court hears landmark AI music copyright case www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/gema-vs-suno...

In 1992, the top ten US billionaires controlled 0.4% of the USA economy. Today, that is 8%. And; you are the product. #monopoly #antichrist #surveillancecapatalism www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Italian IPTV Pirates Pay €1,000 in Damages to Football League Serie A Ernesto Van der Sar Torrent Freak torrentfreak.com/italian-iptv...

#NEWPOST: www.netopia.eu/cda-230-thir... "Much of the regulation and compliance requirements that have been brought in the last decade – DSA, DMA, different flavours of national regulation and so on – come from the need to mitigate or reverse the effects of CDA 230."

Section 230 Anniversary: How It Created the Internet as We Know It www.netopia.eu/dangerously-...

#StarterPack emphasis on platforms, competition law, digital rights, tech regulation, press freedom, market dominance, surviellance capitalism, and tech landscape within EU (Copyright Directive, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Fairness Act, GDPR & AI Act).

In 1992, the top ten US billionaires controlled 0.4% of the USA economy. Today, that is 8%. And; you are the product. #monopoly #antichrist #surveillancecapatalism www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

#StarterPack emphasis on platforms, competition law, digital rights, tech regulation, press freedom, market dominance, surviellance capitalism, and tech landscape within EU (Copyright Directive, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Fairness Act, GDPR & AI Act).

U.S. Lists Notorious Piracy Threats, With Focus on Sports Streaming torrentfreak.com/u-s-lists-no... #sports #audiovisual #sportspiracy #copyright

European Parliament on film - Behind the scenes Plenary Session, February 2026

Section 230 Anniversary: How It Created the Internet as We Know It www.netopia.eu/dangerously-...

Stolen content cannot be copyrighted. The Supreme Court upholds the ideal that ill-gotten gains are not rewarded!

Meta takes your content seriously. --->> Meta asserts fair use for distributing pirated books in US copyright case www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Stolen content cannot be copyrighted. The Supreme Court upholds the ideal that ill-gotten gains are not rewarded!

European Publishers Council has filed a formal complaint with the European Commission alleging that Google’s use of AI in search such as AI Overviews and AI Mode abuse its dominant position. www.epceurope.eu/post/europea...

For a deeper look at how Section 230 shaped the modern platform economy, see: netopia.eu/cda-230-thir... #Section230 #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalMarketsAct #PlatformRegulation #OnlineLiability #EURegulation #TechPolicy #Netopia

For a deeper look at how Section 230 shaped the modern platform economy, see: netopia.eu/cda-230-thir... #Section230 #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalMarketsAct #PlatformRegulation #OnlineLiability #EURegulation #TechPolicy #Netopia

They all stole your intellectual property. No AI has a high moral.

Hollywood, Amazon & Netflix Set to Secure $18.75 Million Damages in IPTV Lawsuit torrentfreak.com/hollywood-am... #IPTV #CopyrightEnforcement #DigitalPiracy #StreamingWars #HollywoodStudios #AmazonPrimeVideo #Netflix #ContentProtection #IntellectualProperty #AntiPiracy

It is fair to say that much of the regulation and compliance requirements that have been brought in the last decade – Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act – come from the need to mitigate or reverse the effects of CDA 230. www.netopia.eu/cda-230-thir...

CDA 230 Thirty-Year Anniversary Think about it: neutral platforms. Network neutrality. Principles of non-interference. It makes sense for roads, so why not expand it to all kinds of services? www.netopia.eu/cda-230-thir... #regulation #copyright #cda230 #tech #digitalpolicy

#StarterPack emphasis on platforms, competition law, digital rights, tech regulation, press freedom, market dominance, surviellance capitalism, and tech landscape within EU (Copyright Directive, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Fairness Act, GDPR & AI Act). bsky.app/starter-pack...

They all stole your intellectual property. No AI has a high moral.

www.politico.eu/article/pred... Greek court sentences Predator spyware gang Greece’s “Predatorgate” scandal is one of Europe’s biggest political crises over the use of hacking software.

New filing: "Dow Jones v. Perplexity AI (News Corp sues Perplexity for copyright and false designation of origin)" Doc #103: Response to Motion Download PDF | View Full Case #CL69280523

Google acquires AI music platform – and Suno challenger – ProducerAI www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/google-acqui...