3 Count: Blue Moose

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1: OpenAI Offers to Pay for ChatGPT Customers’ Copyright Lawsuits

First off today, Blake Montgomery at The guardian reports that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has announced that they will pay the legal costs of customers who use their enterprise version of ChatGPT as well as their API.

The offer mirrors similar ones made by other AI companies including Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Adobe. The move comes as OpenAI, along with many other AI companies, are facing lawsuits from human creators who accuse them of unlawfully training their systems on copyright-protected work.

The new offer is called Copyright Shield, but only applies to users in their business tier. Users of the free version of ChatGPT or ChatGPT+ are not included.

2: YouTube’s Best Cricket Video Channel Robelinda2’s Account Terminated, Fan Hacks Website Responsible for Copyright Strike

Next up today, Mint reports that the popular cricket YouTube Channel Robelinda2 has been shuttered by YouTube following a series of copyright claims filed by MarhabaCricketIndia, which resulted in an angry fan hacking the company’s website.

Operated by Rob Moody, Robelinda2 was one of the most popular channels for the sport of cricket and was widely touted as an archive of cricket matches. However, recently, MarhabaCricketIndia began targeting them with claims of copyright infringement, saying that the channel violated their exclusive rights in the country of Bangladesh.

The result was that Robelinda2 was shuttered after a fourteen-year run. Fans, upset at the closure, hacked the website of the company responsible for the closure. There was a similar incident in June 2020 with Cricket Australia, but there the company backed down and even granted the channel a license to use the content in question.

3: Blue Moose in Topeka is Among a Dozen Bars and Restaurants Being Sued. Here’s Why.

Finally today, Keishera Lately at the Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has filed lawsuits against 12 restaurants and bars, including the Blue Moose in Topeka, alleging that they are playing music without a license.

ASCAP is a performing rights organization that reps rents songwriters, composers and music publishers when their music is played in public commercial spaces, like bars and restaurants.

According to the lawsuit, the Blue Moose did obtain a license in January 2012, but failed to make the required fee payments and continued to play copyright protected music even after multiple warnings. In addition to the Blue Moose, 11 other businesses are targeted all over the country, including venues in Texas, Oregon, North Carolina and California.

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