As Europe faces extreme heat, China's 'Spider-Woman' AC installer stuns the internetAs Europe swelters under a severe heatwave, a viral video of a woman expertly installing an air conditioner while dangling outside a Chines...
28 Jun, 2026, 12.35 PM IST
China's MiniMax loses bid to end Disney copyright lawsuit over AI systemA US judge has rejected a bid by Chinese AI firm MiniMax to dismiss a lawsuit. Major studios like Disney and Universal accuse MiniMax of st...
26 May, 2026, 09.07 PM IST
Major publishers sue Meta for copyright infringement over AI trainingMajor publishers have filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms in Manhattan federal court. They accuse the tech giant of using millions of th...
05 May, 2026, 07.59 PM IST
Taylor Swift’s identity under siege? Pop icon takes legal action as AI deepfakes spiral out of control—Is this a preemptive strike against AI misuse?Singer Taylor Swift has filed new trademarks for her voice and image. This move comes as concerns about AI deepfakes and misuse of celebrit...
28 Apr, 2026, 01.41 AM IST
Meta, NewsCorp in AI content licensing deal worth up to $50 million annuallyMeta Platforms has agreed a multiyear AI content licensing deal with News Corp, reportedly worth up to $50 million annually. The three-year...
04 Mar, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
How media industry wants to regulate GenAI trainingAmid rising concerns, India's media industry is highlighting the risks of unregulated AI training exploiting copyrighted works. In response...
13 Dec, 2025, 06.28 AM IST
India panel to review copyright law amid legal challenges to OpenAIThe memo, which is not public, said the commerce ministry set up a panel of eight experts last month to examine issues related to AI and th...
06 May, 2025, 04.37 PM IST
News Corp sued by Brave Software, a Google search engine rivalIn a Wednesday night complaint filed in San Francisco federal court, Brave said News Corp sent a cease-and-desist letter threatening litiga...
14 Mar, 2025, 08.30 AM IST
Tech companies face tough AI copyright questions in 2025In 2024, courts will hear arguments about whether tech companies like OpenAI and Meta made fair use of copyrighted material to train AI sys...
27 Dec, 2024, 11.37 PM IST
Canadian news media are suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, but will they win?The lawsuits claim that OpenAI "scraped" large amounts of content from media sites without permission. They have also claimed that the AI c...
02 Dec, 2024, 01.39 PM IST
Exclusive | New AI law to secure rights of news publishers: Ashwini VaishnawGlobal AI regulation discussions intensify as companies seek fair compensation for AI data training from publishers. EU leads with strict g...
05 Apr, 2024, 08.03 AM IST
ETtech Explainer | NYT vs OpenAI: Why news publishers are fighting Big Tech over LLMsLast week’s copyright infringement lawsuit by The New York Times ( NYT) against ChatGPT- maker OpenAI has opened another battlefront betwee...
01 Jan, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
Why India needs a policy for fair revenue-sharing between Big Tech and digital publishersThere is no legislation or policy in India for fair revenue-sharing with digital publishers; however, the government is looking into it. At...
13 Jul, 2023, 01.10 AM IST
Google, Facebook forced to pay creators under new EU rulesThe new rules mean music producers and publishers could come gunning for more money from Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc
14 Feb, 2019, 11.20 PM IST
ContentID is Google’s code against piracyGoogle uses an automated identification system called ContentID on its video-sharing website YouTube to deal with copyright issues.
04 Aug, 2016, 05.19 PM IST
China launches campaign against online piracyThe campaign, which runs from June to November, was jointly launched by four departments including the National Copyright Administration.
13 Jun, 2014, 02.39 PM IST
- We're not Google, says Microsoft
Microsoft has lambasted Google for its YouTube video-sharing site, claiming that its own Soapbox is far more responsible and doesn't take a...
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