3 Count: Redact, Refile

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1: NYT Slams Microsoft for Building Copyright-Infringing Supercomputer for OpenAI

First off today,  Ashley Belanger at Ars Technica reports that the New York Times has asked the court for permission to amend its copyright infringement lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI.

The Times filed the lawsuit, alleging that Microsoft and OpenAI had infringed on their content by using it to train various AI systems and tools. However, since then, the Supreme Court has ruled in the Cox case that internet service providers are not liable for contributory copyright infringement unless they can prove that the defendants had intentionally induced users to commit copyright infringement.

As such, the Times is seeking to dismiss two of its contributory copyright infringement claims against Microsoft and OpenAI. However, it is also seeking to add claims surrounding a new supercomputer that Microsoft produced using, at least in part, New York Times content. The defendants say that this is a desperate attempt to salvage the case. However, the Times says that they only learned about this supercomputer during discovery.

2: Feds Seize Domain Names of Nearly 400 Pirate Sports Streaming Sites

Next up today, Ernesto Van der Sar at TorrentFreak writes that the US Department of Justice has announced the seizure of nearly 400 pirate streaming domains, specifically targeting those providing illegal access to the World Cup and other live sporting events.

Though the DOJ announced the action, it was a massive joint effort between law enforcement agencies all over the world as well as FIFA and other rights holders. 

The DOJ did not provide a list of the domains seized. However, DNS watchers have noticed dozens of new domains and sites being added to the DOJ’s “seizedservers.com” nameservers. Some of these appeared to include non-infringing content, such as blogs and a CDB store. However, it is impossible to know if those sites were legitimate or not. 

3: Flight Sim Labs Fights Piracy by Installing Malware

Finally today, Matthew Humphries at PC Magazine reports that game developer Flight Sims Labs (FSL) is installing malware on user machines, promoting that it will only be activated if the user pirated the game.

FSL is most famous for its long-running Microsoft Flight Simulator series. However, in a recent add-on, users noticed that in the files was a “Chrome password dump tool.” When pressed about the issue, FSL said that the tool was simply to gather information about users who pirate the game.

Customers, however, are not happy about this and several have threatened legal action. The company is considering offering refunds and has already released a new installer without the malware. 

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