AI copyright battles enter pivotal year as US courts weigh fair useAfter a string of fresh lawsuits and a landmark settlement in 2025, the new year promises to bring a wave of rulings that could define how...
05 Jan, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
Beyond 1 crore WhatsApp bans; Oyo's third attempt at IPOThe government wants to know more about accounts banned by WhatsApp in India. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
23 Dec, 2025, 07.23 PM IST
Reddit seeks to strike next AI content pact with Google, OpenAIReddit, more than a year and a half after its first data-sharing deal with Google for a reported $60 million, is in talks for deeper integr...
17 Sep, 2025, 09.41 PM IST
Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion to settle lawsuit over pirated chatbot training materialAnthropic, an AI company, has agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement in a class-action lawsuit with authors who accused them of using pirated ...
06 Sep, 2025, 01.26 AM IST
Australian government agrees to record $548.5m Robodebt settlement, total payouts reach $2.4bAustralia's federal government settled the largest class action in national history with $475 million in additional robodebt compensation. ...
04 Sep, 2025, 08.57 AM IST
Inside the US news industry's negotiations with OpenAIThe veil of secrecy surrounding these negotiations was lifted this week as The New York Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft,...
29 Dec, 2023, 11.15 PM 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
How Ola is riding the future of mobility in IndiaWhile its top rival has been embroiled in a cultural faux pas since the turn of this year, Ola has been traversing miles in the online taxi...
25 Aug, 2017, 10.45 AM IST
- Google, Oracle patent talk makes slow progress
The two sides, scheduled to meet again late on Wednesday in federal court in San Jose, California, remained at loggerheads.
22 Sep, 2011, 03.56 AM IST
- Google e-library under fire
GBS 2.0 gives Google copyright immunity to distribute millions of books online, in exchange for sharing the revenue it generates with the r...
29 Jan, 2010, 07.39 AM IST
- Merkel backs Internet copyright protection
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Saturday to stand up for authors' rights to control the use of their work on the Internet and under...
10 Oct, 2009, 07.01 PM IST
- French publishers take Google to court for 'forgery'
French publishers and authors took Google to court on Thursday, saying the US Internet giant was counterfeiting their books by digitizing t...
24 Sep, 2009, 07.34 PM IST
- Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks
Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks.
17 Sep, 2009, 12.47 PM IST
Google prime target for regulatorsGoogle commanded 72.4% of the US Internet search market in March as compared to the 5.5% held by third-place Microsoft and 16.4% by Yahoo.
11 May, 2009, 01.32 AM IST
- Jury awards Mattel $100 million in Bratz suit
A federal jury awarded Mattel Inc. $100 million in damages on Tuesday in a copyright lawsuit that pitted the house of Barbie against MGA En...
27 Aug, 2008, 09.27 AM IST
- SAP admits ‘inappropriate’ downloads of Oracle code
SAP, the world’s largest maker of business-management software, said it made ‘inappropriate’ downloads of Oracle code, responding to a laws...
04 Jul, 2007, 12.01 AM IST
- Universal to buy BMG for $1.6 bn
Vivendi’s Universal Music has agreed to buy BMG Music Publishing for e1.63 bn in a long-expected deal that makes the world’s biggest seller...
07 Sep, 2006, 12.00 AM IST