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1: Court Rules AI News Summaries May Infringe Copyright

First off today, Aaron Moss at Copyright Lately reports that a US district court judge has denied a motion to dismiss in the lawsuit against Cohere Inc., ruling that AI-generated summaries of news articles could amount to copyright infringement.

A group of news media companies filed the lawsuit alleging that Cohere illegally used their articles to train their AI systems. According to the lawsuit, those articles were then summarized by the AI systems, creating a direct copyright infringement.

Cohere didn’t challenge the question of AI training, but did move to dismiss the allegations of direct copyright infringement based on the AI summaries. The judge refused to do so, saying that such summaries could constitute copyright infringement and that further discovery was needed to resolve the issue.

2: Bambu Lab MakerWorld Escalates Copyright Dispute Over 3D Model Reuploads; Creality Among Those Named

Next up today, Michael Petch at 3D Printing Industry reports that MakerWorld has said that it has filed copyright infringement lawsuits in China after 3D printing sites in the country republish designs from its site elsewhere.

MakerWorld is a large 3D printing platform where users can upload designs for others to print. The company, which is affiliated with Bambu Lab, claims that more than 4,000 of those designs were uploaded to third-party sites.

MakerWorld claims that it has confirmed ownership before filing legal action. It also notes that its ability to detect such infringements is limited, meaning the number of ultimately impacted works is likely much higher.

3: Sony Slaps Down Fan-Made Concord Resurrection Effort With Copyright Takedown and “Worrying Legal Action”

Finally, Vikki Blake at Eurogamer reports that Sony has filed a series of DMCA notices against a fan project attempting to revive the game Concord.

Concord was a multiplayer game that famously bombed upon release, selling fewer than 25,000 copies. The game was pulled from sale, Sony shut down the servers that powered it, and it refunded all those who had bought it. Still, the game did find some fans during its brief life, and they began reverse-engineering the server to bring it back.

However, Sony has now put a crimp on that, filing takedown notices against the project. The team has said they are pausing invites and removing posts that link to copyright-protected content.

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