3 Count: Swimsuit Edition
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1: ‘Sports Illustrated’ Model Sues Twitter for $10 million, Accusing its Algorithm of Contributing to Copyright infringement
First off today, Kevin Shalvey at Business Insider reports that “Sports Illustrated” swimsuit model Genevieve Morton has filed a lawsuit against Twitter alleging that the site was slow to remove infringing material and that an AI photo editing tool created unlawful derivative works.
The lawsuit lists Twitter, Tweetdeck and Magic Pony Technology as defendants. The latter is a photo editing company that was acquired by Twitter in 2016 and created the AI software that, according to Morton, creates unauthorized derivatives of her work.
Morton also alleges that Twitter has been slow to remove allegedly infringing material from their site despite obligations to do so “expeditiously” under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
2: Three Plead Guilty to Criminal Copyright Infringement
Next up today, Adina Genn at Long Island Business News reports that, in New York, three people have pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement over their installing of “cracked” software on customers’ computers.
The three worked with a company named Construction Technologies and, as part of their work, they would activate unlicensed copies of software for customers by using either cracking programs or key generators to remove license restrictions. They did this between 2011 and 2018 and many of the customers were likely unaware that they had obtained a pirated copy of the software, especially since they were billed for the product.
The company has already agreed to pay a $60,000 fine, but the three individuals can face up to 1 year and prison and a fine of their own.
3: Taylor Swift Rerecords ‘Wildest Dreams’ in Fresh Copyright Salvo
Finally today, Augusta Victoria Saraiva at Bloomberg reports that Taylor Swift has re-released her 2014 hit single Wildest Dreams as part of an ongoing attempt to regain control of her back catalog of music.
The recording is part of her ongoing feud with record executive and manager Scooter Braun. In 2019, Braun purchased the label Big Machine and, with it, claimed the rights Swift’s first six albums. Since then, Swift has been re-recording and re-releasing her previous content.
She released a new version of her 2008 album Fearless in April, and has planned to release a re-recorded version of her 2012 album Red in November.
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