
3 Count: Naval Battle

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1: Appeals Court Affirms U.S. Navy Should Pay $154k in Piracy Damages, not $155m
First off, today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a lower court decision, ruling that the U.S. Navy did commit software piracy but only needs to pay $154,400 in damages.
The German software company Bitmanagement filed the lawsuit in 2016. The company accused the navy of using its 3D virtual reality software on far more systems than it held a license for. Bitmanagement sought more than $100 million in damages.
However, while the lower court did agree that the Navy had infringed, it only awarded $155,400 in damages. This was because the Navy successfully argued that, though there were over 600,000 infringing copies, they were only used by a few hundred people. Bitmanagement appealed, but that decision has been upheld. It is unclear if Bitmanagement plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
2: OpenAI to Face Indian News Firms of Ambani, Adani in Copyright Battle, Documents Show
Next up today, Aditya Kalra and Arpan Chaturvedi at Reuters report that more Indian digital news outlets are joining a lawsuit against OpenAI, even as OPenAI tries to have the case dismissed on jurisdiction grounds.
The Indian Express and the Hindustan Times are among those joining the lawsuit. Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani back them. They are coming out to support local news agency ANI, which has been in an ongoing legal fight with OpenAI.
Earlier in the case, OpenAI argued that complying with the plaintiffs’ requests would interfere with their legal obligations in the U.S. Similar to American lawsuits, Indian companies are alleging copyright infringement of their work when it was used to train various AI models.
3: Elton John Backs Paul McCartney in Criticizing Proposed Overhaul to UK Copyright System
Finally today, Laura Snapes at The Guardian reports that, in an interview with the Sunday Times, Elton John said he supports fellow musician Paul McCartney’s criticism of the UK’s proposed AI policy.
In the UK, the government is preparing to vote on a new policy allowing AI companies to use copyright-protected work to train their models unless the rightsholder proactively opts out. This stands in contrast to the opt-in model that copyright usually operates under.
Musicians and creatives all over the country have criticized the proposal. However, as the proposal heads to the House of Lords for a vote, high-profile artists have also been coming out against it. Earlier, that included Paul McCartney, and now it includes Elton John as well.
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