Artist receives first known US copyright registration for latent diffusion AI art
Registration of AI-assisted comic comes amid fierce online debate about AI art ethics. Enlarge / An excerpt from the AI-assisted comic book Zarya of the Dawn, which received a US copyright registration. (credit: Kris Kashtanova).....»»
Stability announces Stable Diffusion 3, a next-gen AI image generator
SD3 may bring DALL-E-like prompt fidelity to an open-weights image-synthesis model. Enlarge / Stable Diffusion 3 generation with the prompt: studio photograph closeup of a chameleon over a black background. (credit: Stability AI).....»»
Pirate Site Shut Down For Trademark, Cybersquatting & Copyright Violations
A popular pirate site specializing in content from South Korea has been shut down by a court in the United States. Wavve Americas, a coalition of Korean broadcasters, filed a complaint against Kokoa TV in 2023, alleging trademark infringement, cyber.....»»
IPTV / Astrology Business Received Signals, Failed to Predict Copyright Lawsuit
The owner of an astrology business, who allegedly sold subscriptions to a 10,000 channel IPTV service, was warned that his illegal business had no future. A complaint filed at a California court claims the defendant believed he had enough time and sp.....»»
Appeals Court Vacates $1 Billion Piracy Damages Award Against Cox, Orders New Trial
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the $1 billion piracy damages award against Internet provider Cox Communications. While the ISP remains contributorily liable for pirating subscribers, a finding of vicarious copyright infringement was.....»»
Court blocks $1 billion copyright ruling that punished ISP for its users’ piracy
"Cox did not profit from its subscribers' acts of infringement," judges rule. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | OcusFocus) A federal appeals court today overturned a $1 billion piracy verdict that a jury handed down agains.....»»
Before snagging a chunk of space junk, Astroscale must first catch up to one
ADRAS-J is a precursor to future missions servicing satellites and clearing space junk. Enlarge / This artist's illustration released by Astroscale shows the ADRAS-J spacecraft (left) approaching the defunct upper stage from a Ja.....»»
Why The New York Times might win its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI
The AI community needs to take copyright lawsuits seriously. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) The day after The New York Times sued OpenAI for copyright infringement, the author and systems architect Daniel.....»»
EV startup Fisker receives noncompliance notice from NYSE
Fisker, which makes the Ocean electric crossover, said the notice would not lead to an immediate delisting from the stock exchange, adding it has six months to regain compliance......»»
Webb telescope spots hints that Eris, Makemake are geologically active
Webb measured isotopes at the edge of the Solar System, hinting at chemistry. Enlarge / Artist's conceptions of what the surfaces of two dwarf planets might look like. (credit: SWRI) Active geology—and the large-scale.....»»
EV startup Fisker receives non-compliance notice from NYSE
Fisker, which makes the Ocean electric crossover, said the notice would not lead to an immediate delisting from the stock exchange, adding it has six months to regain compliance......»»
Kanye West"s "Vultures 1" briefly pulled from Apple Music after distributor drama
Kanye West's new "Vultures 1" was pulled from Apple Music, after the artist abused automated systems to have it posted to streaming services without the distributor's blessing.West has been working with digital music distribution service Fuga for som.....»»
Kanye West"s "Vultures 1" pulled from Apple Music after distributor drama
Kanye West's new "Vultures 1" was pulled from Apple Music, after the artist abused automated systems to have it posted to streaming services without the distributor's blessing.West has been working with digital music distribution service Fuga for som.....»»
DataCamp & DISH Settle Massive IPTV Piracy Lawsuit, Still Completely Disagree
A DISH copyright lawsuit against UK-based CDN company DataCamp has ended with a settlement. The original complaint alleged that DataCamp failed to terminate 'repeat infringer' customers, identified by DISH as the operators of several IPTV services. T.....»»
Court Dismisses Authors’ Copyright Infringement Claims Against OpenAI
Several authors, including comedian Sarah Silverman, have suffered an early loss in their copyright battle against OpenAI. The authors accused OpenAI of using pirated copies of their books to train its models. A California federal court dismissed the.....»»
U.S. court dismisses most claims against OpenAI in copyright class action
A U.S. court partially dismissed a class action copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, brought by authors including Sarah Silverman. A U.S. federal court has partially dismissed a class action lawsuit accusing OpenAI of infringing on copyright by tr.....»»
Thermally engineering templates for highly ordered self-assembled materials
Self-assembled solidifying eutectic materials directed by a template with miniature features demonstrate unique microstructures and patterns as a result of diffusion and thermal gradients caused by the template. Despite the template trying to force t.....»»
Rumored screen-equipped HomePod appears in tvOS beta references
Apple's rumored HomePod with a seven-inch display has allegedly made an unexpected appearance in the third tvOS 17.4 developer beta, with references pointing to an unreleased device with a screen.An artist's rendition of a HomePod with a displayRumor.....»»
10 most-viewed Super Bowl Halftime shows, ranked
Which artist holds the record for most-viewed Super Bowl Halftime show? We count down the 10 most-watched Super Bowl halftime shows......»»
NASA talks to spacecraft using both radio and laser communications on one dish
NASA's Deep Space Network, which receives signals from deep space, is experimenting with a hybrid antenna that can receive both radio and laser signals......»»
Elden Ring is Tencent’s next target for mobile loot boxes and microtransactions
Following Nier and Apex Legends failures, Tencent turns to the Lands Between. Enlarge / Artist's rendition of two Elden Ring teams, The Medium and The Message, battling it out in a colosseum constructed from micro-transactions an.....»»