3 Count: Single Leg Takedown

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1: Taylor Swift Seeks Dismissal of Poet’s ‘Frivolous’ and ‘Absurd’ Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

First off today, Daniel Tencer at Music Business Worldwide reports that Taylor Swift has responded to a poet’s lawsuit filed against her, claiming that the lawsuit is “frivolous and harassing.”

The lawsuit was filed by poet Kimberly Marasco, who alleges that Swift used her work in various songs. This is the second lawsuit Marasco has filed, but it was dismissed after Marasco was unable to serve Swift the legal papers.

Swift is fighting back against this lawsuit, arguing that it is frivolous and that the similarities between the works cannot be protected by copyright. Marasco is seeking $25 million in damages and is representing herself in the case.

2: Centre Recommends Mandatory AI Licence, Royalties for Copyrighted Works

Next up today, Rahul Goreja at Business Standard reports that the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has published a working paper calling for a mandatory blanket license for the use of copyright-protected works in artificial intelligence (AI) training.

Entitled One Nation One Licence One Payment: Balancing AI Innovation and Copyright, the paper calls for the creation of a centralized non-profit to collect payments from AI developers and disburse them to creators. AI companies would be required to pay a fixed percentage of their revenue as these royalties, which this non-profit would then collect.

DPIIT hopes that such a system would balance the needs of AI companies with creators’ desire to be compensated for their work.

3: Dana White Admits to Shutting Down StreamEast Over UFC Piracy

Finally, today, Connor Bennett at Dexerto reports that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president and CEO Dana White has publicly taken credit for the closure of the pirate streaming site StreamEast and the arrest of two men suspected of operating the site.

The arrests took place in Egypt, where authorities worked with the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment and Egyptian officials. Speaking on a podcast, White said they regularly target illegal streamers and that he was happy to have helped get the site removed.

White has a history with this site as its founders taunted him on social media in September 2024, challenging him to “Come and get it.” Though StreamEast briefly went down, it has since resumed operation under a new alias.

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