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...
his is a story about Google terminating YouTube partner channels and videos, sometimes due to copyright strikes that turn out to be false, and sometimes for no reason given. This is also a story about how Google took down two YouTube videos on my partner channel, representing nearly 1 million...
An email leaked by a Stanford law professor has revealed plans by the US State Department to initiate a "fake Twitter feud" to promote Intellectual Property protection. With the MPAA and RIAA on board, it's suggested that people could promote the work of Benjamin Franklin. However, Franklin...
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