Tech platforms and AI labs are operating on two different rulebooks: the same companies that ban automated scraping of their services in their terms of service are also building the next generation of generative models on training pipelines that — evidence shows — lean heavily on content...
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Microsoft’s high-stakes legal gambit in the UK could redraw the map for the entire European market for second‑hand Windows and Office licences, and the preliminary hearing now before the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) is already exposing fault lines that matter to resellers, IT purchasers...
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Microsoft’s long-running legal battle with UK reseller ValueLicensing has reopened at the Competition Appeal Tribunal, and this time the dispute centres not just on alleged anti-competitive conduct but on a provocative legal contention from Microsoft: that reselling pre‑owned copies of Office...
Perplexity’s latest play changes the calculus of how AI services can — and might — compensate the news ecosystem: the company’s Comet Plus subscription promises to funnel a substantial share of revenue back to publishers whose work is surfaced by its AI assistant and browser, while also arriving...
YouTube’s recent admission that it’s been running an experiment that automatically alters some Shorts during processing has crystallized a deep, practical question for creators and viewers alike: when a platform polishes your work without asking, does “better quality” become a betrayal of...
Independence Day 2025 will be different this year for people who prefer to send bespoke wishes instead of forwarding the same old WhatsApp sticker packs: free AI tools now let you create custom GIFs, images and short videos in minutes — and the quick how‑to that ran on Digit.in summarises the...
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The single photograph credited to the Idaho State Journal from the Patriots–Commanders preseason gallery is a small, vivid example of how modern sports images travel, carry hidden technical metadata, and create both editorial value and legal risk for anyone who downloads, republishes, or edits...
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Photographs from the Patriots–Commanders matchup that appeared across regional outlets this week underscore a familiar truth: in modern sports coverage, a single image is equal parts journalism, metadata package, and a potential legal — or privacy — landmine for anyone who downloads, edits, or...
Microsoft’s Copilot 3D collapses a steep technical barrier: upload a single JPG or PNG and, within seconds, receive a downloadable GLB 3D model — but that convenience brings new and complex legal, security, and fidelity tradeoffs that creators and IT teams must confront now. (theverge.com...
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Watermarking. It’s a word that manages to sound equally glamorous and bureaucratic, like the secret handshake of digital photo ownership. And yet, for every amateur shutterbug or social media whiz in the Windows 11 age, it’s no secret at all. Whether you're an artist who’d prefer your sunset...
OpenAI and Microsoft Find Themselves at the Crossroads of Copyright Battles
Tech giants are no strangers to legal skirmishes, but a recent order from US District Judge Sidney H. Stein has thrown a new curveball into the mix. In three separate lawsuits, it has been determined that both OpenAI's...
A very short excerpt from the BBC comedy series 'Allo 'Allo, showing how things can go wrong even for the most effective military machine in their search for villains = French resistance and British airmen. A comedy making all nations fool...
Probably just a folly of mine, this clip, but having...
Understanding Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Abuse
Addressing the issue of DMCA violations in forum postings and other online areas.
Establishing a positive relationship between forum users and forum team members regarding this issue.
Explaining the purpose and general rationale of...
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The Terms of Service agreement was recently amended to further explain additional DMCA and posting guidelines regarding third-party copyrighted content. That information can be found at Link Removed due to 404 Error
Any member who created an account on Windows7Forums.com and acknowledged...
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According to documents filed in the case, from June 8, 2006 through April 9, 2007, the convict infringed the copyrighted works of Adobe Systems Inc. by reproducing copies of software for his financial gain.
This happened on eBay many years ago. I don't understand how he thought he could get...
Addressing Full Text Copying and Pasting of News, Security, and Tutorial Articles
We were recently made aware of what appears to be infringing content, in the form of full-text copy and paste articles from 3rd party websites. While we consider information posted online about computer...
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