3 Count: Wheel of Jeopardy

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1: Appeals Court Pauses Sony Takeover of ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Jeopardy!’ For Now

First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that California’s Second Appellate District has paused a lower court’s order that would have allowed the popular game shows Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune to leave CBS.

Sony produces the two shows. However, CBS has historically distributed and aired them. In February, Sony took over the role of distributor after claiming that CBS breached its contract by entering into unauthorized licensing agreements.

CBS sought an injunction requiring Sony to continue delivering episodes to CBS. However, the lower court denied it, prompting Sony to appeal. The appeals court has overturned that decision, meaning that the shows will continue to be distributed to CBS until this case is resolved.

2: Irish Authors Seek to Stop Big Tech ‘Scraping’ Their Work for AI Amid Copyright Breach Claims

Next up today, Emmet Malone at The Irish Times reports that the Irish Writers Union (IWU) has announced plans to take legal action against Meta should the company continue to use author work to train AI systems.

The announcement comes as a group of Irish authors submitted a petition with 1,500 signatures to the Minister of State for Trade, Niamh Smyth. The petition asked Smyth to meet with Meta and set copyright boundaries for AI training.

Various authors spoke out against using their work, noting that Meta lifted the content from pirate sources. They also object to not getting an option to opt out or being offered any compensation for using their work.

3: MPA & ACE Subpoenas Target Dozens of Potential ‘Burner’ Pirate Streaming Sites

Finally, today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that ACE and the MPA have filed a new round of DMCA subpoenas, this time targeting dozens of pirate streaming sites.

Between them, they filed three separate DMCA subpoenas, each targeting a different well-known internet company. The first is Cloudflare and the second is at the Tonic Corporation, which manages .to domains. The final is with Zenlayer, an internet infrastructure company.

The notices seek information on prominent pirate websites and other affiliated domains. In each case, they hope that the court will require the companies to turn over personal information about the site operators, most likely ahead of a separate lawsuit.

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