No main PT post today. Went down a rabbit hole on a wild story that I'll publish Wednesday (after the holiday).

UK man avoids prison for selling pirate subscriptions, South Korea music association says Google is unfair and CyberGhost DMCA's critical article. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/10/3... Sources: @manchestereveningnews.co.uk @techdirt.com #Copyright #DMCA #IPTV #SouthKorea

Grammarly's Authorship tool is billed as a powerful way to prove that your words are authentic. Even though it allows you to easily launder AI-generated text. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/06/h... #Grammarly #AI #AcademicIntegrity #Writing

Netflix faces a lawsuit over F1 series. The tech industry asks India to loosen restrictions on AI training. Google has removed 749 million Anna's Archive URLs www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/06/3... Sources: @thr.com #copyright #F1 #India #Netflix

Researcher Lindsey Olson has filed a lawsuit against several lawyers who she alleges used her expert witness report without a license. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/05/l... #Copyright #ExpertWitness #legal

Danish rights group Koda sues AI company Suno. South African pirate service shuttered. And Indian author sues over an upcoming film. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/05/3... Sources: @billboard.com #Copyright #AI #Suno #SouthAfrica #India

Last week, Getty Images announced a new deal with Perplexity. However, it's a deal that seems to offer nothing and risks hurting Getty's hard-won reputation. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/04/t... #PerplexityAI #AI #GettyImages #Copyright

Getty loses key case against Stability AI. Warner Bros. Discovery and TNT seek site blocking, and professors push SCOTUS to grant copyright in AI works. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/04/3... Sources: @reuters.com #Copyright #AI #GettyImages #UK

A recent episode of The Simpsons tackled AI cheating in school and the weaponization of plagiarism, all in the first five minutes. Here's how they did. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/03/p... #Plagiarism #TheSimpsons #PopCulture #AI

Film studios seek $9 million from IPTV operator; Japanese companies tell OpenAI to stop infringing on their work, and a copyright “troll" sues Meta. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/03/3... Sources: @gamedeveloper.bsky.social @cybernews.bsky.social #Copyright #OpenAI #Facebook #Instagram

Halloween is a mix of new and old traditions. So how has copyright shaped the spookiest of holidays? There are several ways it's thumbed the scale. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/30/h... #Copyright #Halloween #HappyHalloween

Universal Music settles with Udio and then reaches a deal with Stability AI. Road House rights are in dispute as two sequels are in the works. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/30/3... Sources: @reuters.com @billboard.com @deadline.com #Copyright #AI #UniversalMusicGroup #RoadHouse

xAI announced the release of Grokipedia version 0.1. However, this Wikipedia competitor brings with it a whole host of problems, including many from Wikipedia. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/29/g... #AI #Wikipedia #Grokipedia #Citation #Encyclopedia

Judge allows George RR Martin’s arguments against OpenAI to move forward, Swiss lawmakers eye AI regulation, and photog sues Rice University over a muffin image. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/29/3... Sources: @businessinsider.com #Copyright #AI #GameOfThrones

The US Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to uphold the firing of the Copyright chief. Burn to Settlement rejected. Steal a Brainrot developer sues competitor. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/28/3... Sources: @reuters.com @blakebrittain.bsky.social @gibiz.bsky.social #Copyright #Roblox

Perplexity AI recently ran an advertising campaign encouraging students to use it to finish assignments. Has AI finally admitted what it's used for in academia? www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/27/p... #AI #Perplexity #PerplexityAI #AcademicIntegrity

Australia rules out AI copyright exemption. Lizzo sued for a sample on an unreleased track, and a photographer sues Realtor.com over Travis Kelce estate photos. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/27/3... #Copyright #Australia #AI #TaylorSwift Sources: @billboard.com @housingwire.com.web.brid.gy

The robotx.txt standard turned 30 last year. But is it still relevant in a world filled with AI bots, site scrapers, and other dubious bots? www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/21/d... #AI #RobotsTxt #Scraping

Suno and Udio face new lawsuit; Israeli broadcasters sue TikTok; Brazilian judge tosses Funk Rave copyright case. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/21/3... #Copyright #AI #Anitta

A new meta-analysis by Youngstown State University finds that AI is on a rapid rise in the classroom. But it's not just students leading the charge. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/20/t... #AI #AcademicIntegrity

Microsoft pivots to copyright in long-running UK dispute, Paz Lenchantin's song removed over plagiarism accusations, and Vermillio tracks AI usage of images. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/20/3... Sources: @theregister.com.web.brid.gy @richardspeed.bsky.social @pitchfork.com @theguardian.com

Researchers have begun slipping AI commands into their writing in hopes of getting a positive review. However, the problem predates generative AI. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/16/t... #AI #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity

Zillow and CoStar spar in a hearing; a legal battle over YouTube royalties erupts in South Korea; and Reddit releases its latest transparency report. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/16/3... Sources: @rismedia.bsky.social #Copyright #Zillow #YouTube #Reddit

The New York State Court System has released its policy on AI usage by employees. While it is, overall, a solid policy, it makes some odd decisions and omissions. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/15/n... #AI #NewYork #Microsoft #OpenAI #ChatGPT

Judge sides with Nelly on legal costs; Japanese government calls on OpenAI to protect anime and manga; anti-piracy firm threatens ICANN over .to TLD. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/15/3... Sources: @ign.com #Copyright #Nelly #Anime #Manga

Adelphi University is facing a lawsuit from a sophomore who claims he was falsely accused of using AI. Here's why schools need to be worried. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/14/a... #AcademicIntegrity #AdelphiUniversity #ResearchIntegrity

AI artists ask the Supreme Court to review the AI copyrightability question; a judge denies piracy claims against Anthropic, and Apple is sued again for AI-related piracy www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/14/3... Sources: @blakebrittain.bsky.social @reuters.com @mashable.com @mattbinder.bsky.social

Last week, Heidi Anderson, the president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, was accused of plagiarism. Then things got much worse. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/08/a... #AcademicIntegrity #ResearchIntegrity #Plagiarism

Anthropic's guardrails hurt their case, Denmark moves to copyright one's likeness and Nintendo seeks $4.5 million from a defaulting pirate. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/08/3... Sources: @techpolicypress.bsky.social #Copyright #Anthropic #AI #Nintendo

Commercial VPNs do not have the best reputation. Dubious marketing and questionable users have seen to that. But it's time to change the dialogue. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/07/c... #VPN #Censorship

Music publishers advance case against Anthropic, MPA fires warning shot over Sora 2 and CoStar and Zillow exchange allegations. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/07/3... Sources: @blakebrittain.bsky.social @reuters.com @variety.com @housingwire.com.web.brid.gy #Copyright #OpenAI #Anthropic #Zillow

Kevin Farmer, a candidate for Cincinnati City Council, used the Farmers Insurance jingle as part of his campaign, raising both copyright and trademark issues. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/06/c... #FarmersInsurance #Cincinnati #Copyright #Trademark

Sora 2 causes ire among many copyright holders. Nigerian copyright enforcers attacked, and Redbox owner may return... to court. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/06/3... Sources: @theguardian.com @joshtaylor.bsky.social #Copyright #Sora2 #AI #Redbox

Though AI has dominated the copyright news cycle, one of the most important ongoing cases involves two real estate giants and regular human-created images. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/01/a... #Copyright #Zillow #RealEstate #DMCA

CoStar accuses Zillow of continued infringement, OpenAI launches a new video app, and Disney threatens Character.AI. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/01/3... Sources: @realestatenews.com @reuters.com @deadline.com @deepa.bsky.social @dawnc331.bsky.social #Copyright #Zillow #Disney #AI

Though the New Mexico Gubernatorial election is over a year away, allegations of plagiarism have already been hurled between two leading candidates. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/30/p... #Plagiarism #NewMexico #Politics #Election2026

GMR and SESAC join the Songview platform. GEMA sues OpenAI over lyric infringement. The AimJunkie case ends with a settlement. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/30/3... Sources: @afp.com #Copyright #MusicLicensing #Bungie

The Copyright Claims Board has issued another final determination, this one dismissing a complaint over an allegedly false DMCA notice. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/29/c... #Copyright #CopyrightClaimsBoard #DMCA

Judge grants preliminary approval to Anthropic settlement; Taipei court acquits alleged copyright troll; UMG and Sony team up with AI detection service. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/29/3... Sources: @blakebrittain.bsky.social @reuters.com @musicweek.com #Copyright #AI #Anthropic #Spotify

Pavol Gašpar, the Intelligence Director of Slovakia, is accused of plagiarizing his 2011 thesis. However, it already seems he'll face no consequences for it. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/25/s... #Plagiarism #Slovakia #AcademicIntegrity

Mike Tyson settles a lawsuit over Murdergram. The Delhi High Court reverses a decision over Ponniyin Selvan-2. Disney sued over Steamboat Willie. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/25/3... Sources: @billboard.com @billdonahue.bsky.social @thehindu.com @ndtv.com #Copyright #Disney #MikeTyson

Earlier this month, Google introduced a "Homework Help" button to its Chrome bowser. Following backlash, it's removed it... for now. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/24/t... #AI #Google #GoogleChrome #AcademicIntegrity

Universal Music wins dismissal in Mary J. Blige sampling case; plaintiffs file petition to support Anthropic settlement; and X Factor piracy targeted in Italy. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/24/3... Sources: @reuters.com @blakebrittain.bsky.social #Copyright #MaryJBlige #Anthropic #AI

The Simpsons has one of the most famous episodes about plagiarism and copyright in history. But how does it hold up nearly 30 years later? www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/23/p... H/T: @legaleagle.tv #Copyright #Plagiarism #TheSimpsons #PopCulture

Record labels add piracy allegations to Sony lawsuit, Tencent says Sony stole ideas first, and Meta seeks dismissal of Eminem music lawsuit. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/23/3... #Copyright #Sony #Tencent #Eminem

A recent article by the CBC highlights an issue with fake degrees in immigration policy. However, it's not an easy problem to fix. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/18/p... #Plagiarism #AcademicIntegrity #Immigration #Canada

Top music org claims AI companies are engaging in willful infringement. Ajith Kumar's latest film was pulled from Netflix, and Italy targets local pirates. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/18/3... Sources: @afp.com @indianexpress.com #Copyright #AI #Netflix #Italy

In Rhode Island, the interim superintendent for the Pawtucket School Department plagiarized a welcome-back address. However, the department is protecting him. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/17/p... #Plagiarism #AcademicIntegrity #Pawtucket

US film studies sue Chinese AI company MiniMax, Kim Dotcom loses another appeal and UK artists implore government for greater protection against AI. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/17/3... Sources: @reuters.com @musicweek.com #Copyright #AI #Megaupload #UK

Penske Media Corporation has filed a lawsuit against Google over its AI summaries in search results. Here's how we got here. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/16/t... #AI #Google #Lawsuit