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1: Adobe Sued for Allegedly Misusing Authors’ Work in AI Training

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that author Elizabeth Lyon has filed a lawsuit against Adobe, claiming that the company misused her books to train its various AI models.

The lawsuit, which seeks to become a class action, alleges that Adobe pirated copies of her books and then used them to train its SlimLM small language model. Lyon filed the lawsuit on behalf of a proposed class of copyright holders whose works were similarly used.

The lawsuit is the latest in a long line of cases filed against AI companies. In a similar case, Anthropic recently agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement with book authors. Adobe has not responded to the lawsuit.

2: Delhi HC Cracks Down on Alleged Use of Pirated Surveillance Software at Udyog Bhawan

Next up today, Soibam Rocky Singh at The Hindu reports that the Delhi High Court has passed a restraining order against Telecommunications Consultants India Limited over allegations that it pirated software for surveillance security systems.

The lawsuit was filed by Mirasys India Private Limited, which claimed that the company used the software at multiple locations after obtaining it illegally from a former employee of one of Mirasys’ distributors.

Mirasys claimed that the use violated both their copyrights and trademarks. However, they only learned of the infringement when representatives from the company called them for support about a malfunction.

3: Judge: GoDaddy Must Unmask Owners of 100+ “Copyright-Infringing” Domains

Finally, today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that a judge has ordered GoDaddy to unmask the owners of over 100 domains accused of copyright infringement.

Back in May, the gaming company Tamaris filed a DMCA subpoena to compel GoDaddy to turn over the information regarding 104 allegedly infringing domains. Two of the targets of the subpoena attempted to quash the subpoena, but a magistrate judge has now ruled in favor of Tamaris, saying that the motion was not filed in a timely manner.

The judge also found that the DMCA notice met the threshold for completeness and that the alleged free speech issues were “minimal at best.” This paves the way for GoDaddy to release the information requested initially.

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