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1: Big-Budget F1 Netflix Miniseries ‘Senna’ Sparks Copyright Lawsuit

First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that Netflix is facing a lawsuit over its Formula One miniseries Senna.

The series follows the life of Ayrton Senna, a Formula One driver who died at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. However, author Lauren Wild claims that she was in talks to be the showrunner for the production, only to have Netflix move forward using parts of her script without her permission.

According to Wild, her first meeting about the project was in 2013. She eventually wrote 11 episodes for the show between 2016 and 2018, only to have contact cut off the following year. She alleges that in 2024, Netflix released a series based heavily on her work. She is now suing for copyright infringement, breach of contract and unjust enrichment.

2: Industry Body Representing Microsoft, AWS Seeks Copyright Exemption to Train AI in India

Next up today, Karan Mahadik at The Indian Express reports that the Business Software Alliance (BSA) is asking for exceptions to Indian copyright law to allow AI training on copyright-protected material.

The BSA is a global trade group that represents companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe and more. They are calling for the Indian government to ensure that copyright and data protection laws have carve-outs for AI training.

The announcement came during an AI pre-summit meeting held in New Delhi on Thursday. However, others in attendance expressed concern that AI could replace human engineers and harm the country’s human-led economy.

3: Google Removed 749 Million Anna’s Archive URLs from its Search Results

Finally, today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that publishers and authors have caused Google to remove more than 749 million URLs from Anna’s Archive, meaning that the site accounted for 5% of all URLs reported to Google for copyright infringement.

Anna’s Archive is a meta search tool that allows users to search “shadow libraries.” These libraries contain pirated books, academic articles, journals and other documents. According to Google’s transparency report, the site accounted for 5% of all takedown requests sent to the service, and its three domains ranked 1-3 among the most popular domains for takedowns.

That said, one can still easily find the site on Google, either by searching for its name directly or via the Wikipedia entry.

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