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    {
      "id": 20194,
      "url": "https://the-decoder.com/ai-generated-books-are-flooding-amazon-and-tanking-sales-for-human-authors",
      "title": "AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors",
      "summary": "AI-generated books make up 20 percent of Amazon's self-published catalog but bring in only 12 percent of sales. A new study finds that revenue per book is dropping for human-written titles too, in seven of eight genres. The findings could give copyright plaintiffs the market-harm data their cases against AI companies have been missing. The article AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors appeared first on The Decoder .",
      "authors": "Jonathan Kemper",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-15T11:00:50.000Z",
      "source": "The Decoder",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/20194"
    },
    {
      "id": 19466,
      "url": "https://www.medianama.com/2026/08/223-metas-copyright-delhi-hc-examine",
      "title": "How Meta’s copyright management tools are being exploited; Delhi HC to examine",
      "summary": "The Delhi High Court questioned Meta over alleged misuse of its Rights Manager tool, after creators said scammers used fraudulent copyright claims to remove original content and target accounts. The post How Meta’s copyright management tools are being exploited; Delhi HC to examine appeared first on MEDIANAMA .",
      "authors": "Azdhan",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T09:31:48.000Z",
      "source": "MediaNama (IN)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19466"
    },
    {
      "id": 18993,
      "url": "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-inks-global-licensing-deal-with-bmg",
      "title": "Suno inks global licensing deal with BMG, ahead of launching new music model",
      "summary": "BMG is the first significant rightsholder to ink a licensing deal with Suno since Warner Music Group announced an alliance with the AI company nine months ago. Source",
      "authors": "Tim Ingham",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-12T09:58:34.000Z",
      "source": "Music Business Worldwide (AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18993"
    },
    {
      "id": 18557,
      "url": "https://digiday.com/marketing/build-or-buy-inside-indie-agency-mod-ops-ai-infrastructure",
      "title": "Build or buy: Inside indie agency Mod Op’s AI infrastructure",
      "summary": "Mod Op is betting that building its own AI infrastructure can deliver more value than simply licensing off-the-shelf tools.",
      "authors": "Kimeko McCoy",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-12T04:01:00.000Z",
      "source": "Digiday (AI/media)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18557"
    },
    {
      "id": 19058,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.11495v1",
      "title": "Defending against Model Extraction for GNNs with Model Reprogramming",
      "summary": "Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) serve as the backbone for high-stakes applications in Machine-Learning-as-a-Service (MLaaS). Still, their black-box deployment exposes them to Model Extraction (ME) attacks, in which adversaries steal intellectual property by querying APIs. Existing defenses suffer from a critical ''Euclidean bias'': they transfer image-based strategies (e.g., random noise) to graphs, ignoring the complex topological dependencies between nodes, which often results in severe utility d",
      "authors": "Yan Wen, Zhenyi Wang, Heng Huang",
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "bias-fairness,copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T23:20:15.000Z",
      "source": "arXiv cs.CR (AI security)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19058"
    },
    {
      "id": 18556,
      "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/08/how-caci-looks-governments-software-license-buying-shift/415346",
      "title": "How OneGov is changing CACI's contractor role",
      "summary": "CEO John Mengucci tells investors the government's direct licensing push means less revenue but more profit for integrators.",
      "authors": "Ross Wilkers",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T21:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "NextGov/FCW",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18556"
    },
    {
      "id": 18604,
      "url": "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/global-music-rights-and-music-choice-settle-95-song-copyright-case",
      "title": "Global Music Rights and Music Choice settle 95-song copyright case",
      "summary": "GMR filed the complaint on June 8, alleging that Music Choice continued performing songs from its catalog after the companies' license agreement lapsed. Source",
      "authors": "Mandy Dalugdug",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T13:53:16.000Z",
      "source": "Music Business Worldwide (AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18604"
    },
    {
      "id": 18250,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.09867v1",
      "title": "Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs",
      "summary": "Leading large language model providers now conceal their models' step-by-step reasoning, or chain-of-thought, to protect intellectual property and limit information leakage. Rather than storing these traces server-side, providers return them to the client as blocks of encrypted text, which the client passes back with each subsequent request. Building on prior research, we identify an architectural vulnerability: these encrypted blocks are fully compatible and interchangeable across different ses",
      "authors": "Alexander Panfilov, David Schmotz, Ilia Shumailov, Luca Beurer-Kellner, Joachim Schaeffer, Ameya Prabhu, Jonas Geiping, Maksym Andriushchenko",
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T17:24:50.000Z",
      "source": "arXiv cs.AI",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18250"
    },
    {
      "id": 18208,
      "url": "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/judge-tosses-shoe-retailer-dsws-preemptive-copyright-suit-against-sony-music",
      "title": "Judge tosses shoe retailer DSW’s preemptive copyright suit against Sony Music",
      "summary": "A federal judge dismissed the part of DSW's declaratory judgment lawsuit that targeted Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Music Publishing. Source",
      "authors": "Mandy Dalugdug",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T10:58:26.000Z",
      "source": "Music Business Worldwide (AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18208"
    },
    {
      "id": 18393,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.09867",
      "title": "Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs",
      "summary": "Leading large language model providers now conceal their models' step-by-step reasoning, or chain-of-thought, to protect intellectual property and limit information leakage. Rather than storing these traces server-side, providers return them to the client as blocks of encrypted text, which the client passes back with each subsequent request. Building on prior research, we identify an architectural vulnerability: these encrypted blocks are fully compatible and interchangeable across different ses",
      "authors": "Alexander Panfilov, David Schmotz, Ilia Shumailov, Luca Beurer-Kellner, Joachim Schaeffer, Ameya Prabhu",
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-09T20:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "HuggingFace Daily Papers",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18393"
    },
    {
      "id": 17588,
      "url": "https://the-decoder.com/ai-music-generator-suno-tightens-rules-to-fight-spam-and-address-growing-copyright-concerns",
      "title": "AI music generator Suno tightens rules to fight spam and address growing copyright concerns",
      "summary": "Suno CEO Mikey Shulman has announced new guidelines and tighter download limits after its AI-generated music was used to game streaming platforms for profit. The company also faces pressure from a German copyright ruling and an admission by one of its investors that AI music competes directly with human artists. The article AI music generator Suno tightens rules to fight spam and address growing copyright concerns appeared first on The Decoder .",
      "authors": "Matthias Bastian",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T18:35:42.000Z",
      "source": "The Decoder",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17588"
    },
    {
      "id": 17455,
      "url": "https://citizenlab.ca/inside-the-fake-copyright-racket-silencing-news-outlets",
      "title": "Inside the Fake Copyright Racket Silencing News Outlets",
      "summary": "Journalists and civil society are being silenced by accusations of copyright infringement, says Alberto Fittarelli in a report by the OCCRP. The post Inside the Fake Copyright Racket Silencing News Outlets appeared first on The Citizen Lab .",
      "authors": "Anna Mackay",
      "category": "org",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T15:22:13.000Z",
      "source": "The Citizen Lab",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17455"
    },
    {
      "id": 17574,
      "url": "https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty/2026/08/07/star-professor-resigns-after-cambridge-opens-investigation",
      "title": "Star Sociology Professor Resigns After Cambridge Opens Investigation",
      "summary": "Star Sociology Professor Resigns After Cambridge Opens Investigation Susan H. Greenberg Fri, 08/07/2026 - 03:00 AM Jason Arday, the youngest Black professor ever appointed at Cambridge, has quit amid allegations of plagiarism and academic misconduct. Byline(s) Tom Williams for Times Higher Education",
      "authors": "Susan H. Greenberg",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip,children-education,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T07:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Inside Higher Ed Tech",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17574"
    },
    {
      "id": 17140,
      "url": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308596126001461?dgcid=rss_sd_all",
      "title": "Copyright governance for GenAI-assisted works: Insights from Chinese judicial practice",
      "summary": "Publication date: October 2026 Source: Telecommunications Policy, Volume 50, Issue 9 Author(s): Jinping Zhang, Danyang Guo",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "regulation,copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T05:10:58.501Z",
      "source": "Telecommunications Policy",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17140"
    },
    {
      "id": 17273,
      "url": "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-expects-ai-music-deals-to-boost-subscription-streaming-revenue-from-late-2026",
      "title": "Warner Music expects AI music deals to boost subscription streaming revenue from late 2026",
      "summary": "Robert Kyncl said WMG expected its \"licensing deals to contribute materially to our subscription streaming revenue growth starting in fiscal '27.\" Source",
      "authors": "Murray Stassen",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T17:40:29.000Z",
      "source": "Music Business Worldwide (AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17273"
    },
    {
      "id": 16755,
      "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/05/microsoft-makes-openai-gpt-5point6-sol-default-in-github-copilot-for-staff.html",
      "title": "Microsoft AI exec tells developers to default to OpenAI's top model as part of efficiency push",
      "summary": "Microsoft is taking advantage of its intellectual property rights with OpenAI, encouraging employees to use the company's top model.",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-05T18:46:39.000Z",
      "source": "CNBC Technology",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16755"
    },
    {
      "id": 16842,
      "url": "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/court-declines-to-dismiss-independent-artists-copyright-class-action-against-udio-but-moves-the-case-from-illinois-to-new-york",
      "title": "Court declines to dismiss independent artists’ copyright class action against Udio – but moves the case from Illinois to New York",
      "summary": "A federal judge has declined to dismiss the copyright class action brought against AI music generator Udio Source",
      "authors": "Murray Stassen",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-05T16:46:28.000Z",
      "source": "Music Business Worldwide (AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16842"
    },
    {
      "id": 16835,
      "url": "https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/biglaw-firm-goes-even-bigger-with-largest-group-hire-in-firm-history",
      "title": "Biglaw Firm Goes Even Bigger With Largest Group Hire In Firm History",
      "summary": "Brown Rudnick landed a 34-lawyer intellectual property team from HSF Kramer while launching a brand-new Silicon Valley office. The post Biglaw Firm Goes Even Bigger With Largest Group Hire In Firm History appeared first on Above the Law .",
      "authors": "Staci Zaretsky",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-05T15:32:09.000Z",
      "source": "Above the Law (legal tech)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16835"
    },
    {
      "id": 16625,
      "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/anthropic-ai-destroying-books",
      "title": "Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James",
      "summary": "The AI company apparently found destructively scanning ‘all the books in the world’ easier than dealing with copyright in its quest for training data Should we destroy all the books in the world? An answer to this question can be found in the court documents of Bartz v Anthropic PBC. The northern California district court case, decided in late July this year, highlighted the improbably named “Project Panama”, one of the AI company Anthropic’s efforts to improve its large language model Claude. “",
      "authors": "Kathryn James",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-05T11:00:16.000Z",
      "source": "The Guardian",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16625"
    },
    {
      "id": 16843,
      "url": "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/former-nike-music-licensing-staffer-and-consultant-charged-over-alleged-1m-kickback-scheme",
      "title": "Former Nike music licensing staffer and consultant charged over alleged $1M kickback scheme",
      "summary": "The alleged scheme ran for more than 2.5 years, with prosecutors identifying at least 11 fraudulent transactions, FOX 12 reported. Source",
      "authors": "Mandy Dalugdug",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-05T09:48:36.000Z",
      "source": "Music Business Worldwide (AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16843"
    },
    {
      "id": 16967,
      "url": "https://www.medianama.com/2026/08/223-zee-sues-blinkit-instagram-copyright",
      "title": "After Nykaa, Zee initiates music copyright fight with Blinkit",
      "summary": "A Delhi High Court case between Zee and Blinkit could shape how brands use music in Instagram Reels. The post After Nykaa, Zee initiates music copyright fight with Blinkit appeared first on MEDIANAMA .",
      "authors": "Amit Singh",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-05T06:25:49.000Z",
      "source": "MediaNama (IN)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16967"
    },
    {
      "id": 16471,
      "url": "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-says-it-doesnt-need-deals-with-all-the-major-labels-to-launch-its-ai-covers-and-remixes-tool",
      "title": "Spotify says it doesn’t need deals with all the majors to launch its AI covers and remixes tool",
      "summary": "Comments landed hours after Spotify announced a licensing agreement with Merlin Source",
      "authors": "Murray Stassen",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T20:23:49.000Z",
      "source": "Music Business Worldwide (AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16471"
    },
    {
      "id": 16546,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.03859v1",
      "title": "Beyond Representational Similarity: Source-Conditioned Description-Length Gain for Generative Plagiarism Detection and Candidate Source Reranking",
      "summary": "Large language models (LLMs) pose challenges to academic integrity and peer review. Yet generative plagiarism detection remains an underexplored and largely unresolved challenge. Prior work on LLM-generated-text detection targets AI involvement, which may be permissible, rather than source reuse, while similarity-based methods struggle after extensive rewriting and multi-source synthesis. Motivated by the description-length view of probabilistic prediction, in which relevant side information can",
      "authors": "Peijia Guo, Wenxuan Xie, ZiGuang Li, Ming Li",
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T16:03:45.000Z",
      "source": "arXiv cs.AI",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16546"
    },
    {
      "id": 16509,
      "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3362951/chinas-minimax-curbs-overseas-access-new-ai-video-model-over-copyright-disputes",
      "title": "China’s MiniMax curbs overseas access to new AI video model over copyright disputes",
      "summary": "Chinese artificial intelligence company MiniMax has open-sourced its new H3 video model but imposed licensing conditions on users in major overseas markets including the US and European Union, underscoring the copyright challenges in generative video AI. After the Shanghai-based company released the model’s weights to developers on Monday, users found that the licence restricted free access in the US, EU, UK and South Korea. The weights – the underlying parameters that encode its intelligence –.",
      "authors": "Minxiao Chang",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T12:00:12.000Z",
      "source": "SCMP Tech (HK/CN)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16509"
    },
    {
      "id": 16473,
      "url": "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/merlin-signs-spotify-licensing-deal-for-ai-powered-fan-made-covers-and-remixes",
      "title": "Merlin signs Spotify licensing deal for AI-powered ‘fan-made’ covers and remixes",
      "summary": "The tool will let fans create covers and remixes of songs from participating Merlin members' artists and songwriters. Source",
      "authors": "Murray Stassen",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T10:50:07.000Z",
      "source": "Music Business Worldwide (AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16473"
    },
    {
      "id": 16024,
      "url": "https://digiday.com/media/as-hollywood-studios-chase-creator-culture-ownership-gets-complicated",
      "title": "As Hollywood studios chase creator culture, ownership gets complicated",
      "summary": "Copyright claims and IP ownership fights show just how complicated Hollywood's creator courtship could get.",
      "authors": "Alyssa Mercante",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T04:01:00.000Z",
      "source": "Digiday (AI/media)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16024"
    },
    {
      "id": 15824,
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.00964",
      "title": "Copyright Is the Headline; Capability Is the Blind Spot: AI Technology in the Book-Publishing Trade Press, November 2025--August 2026",
      "summary": "arXiv:2608.00964v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This rapid evidence review examines 89 articles about artificial intelligence (AI) and book publishing published from November 1, 2025 through August 1, 2026. The purposive corpus spans English-, Chinese-, German-, French-, Spanish-, Portuguese-, Italian-, and Japanese-language publishing coverage; major-newspaper book coverage; and specialist technology commentators. Each item was coded for topic, stance, technical depth, and dominant voice. The p",
      "authors": "Fred Zimmerman",
      "category": "research",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T04:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "arXiv cs.CY",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15824"
    },
    {
      "id": 16072,
      "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3362825/china-tightens-chip-design-protection-and-clarifies-rights-spur-innovation",
      "title": "China tightens chip-design protection and clarifies rights to spur innovation",
      "summary": "China has revised regulations on the protection of chip design, a critical move to push for tech self-sufficiency amid US export controls. Premier Li Qiang signed a State Council decree to promulgate the revised rules on the protection of layout designs of integrated circuits, Xinhua reported on Monday. The new rules will take effect on October 15. The revision clarified financial penalties for infringement as well as licensing, transfer and co-ownership rights, aiming to accelerate the...",
      "authors": "Ann Cao",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-03T12:18:43.000Z",
      "source": "SCMP Tech (HK/CN)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16072"
    },
    {
      "id": 16031,
      "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/03/ai-doctors-licensing-state-medical-boards",
      "title": "Opinion: We lead the Federation of State Medical Boards. Here’s what we think about licensing AI to practice medicine",
      "summary": "The leaders of the Federation of State Medical Boards weigh in on the question of licensing AI to practice medicine.",
      "authors": "Humayun Chaudhry and Christy Valentine Theard",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip,healthcare",
      "published_at": "2026-08-03T08:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "STAT News (health AI, headlines)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16031"
    },
    {
      "id": 15567,
      "url": "https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/reddit-ceo-on-ai-overviews-were-still-looking-for-that-win-win",
      "title": "As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews",
      "summary": "Reddit may still be considering ending its licensing deal with Google.",
      "authors": "Samuel Axon",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-08-01T12:30:36.000Z",
      "source": "Ars Technica",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15567"
    },
    {
      "id": 15615,
      "url": "https://the-decoder.com/german-court-rules-ai-music-generator-suno-violated-copyrights-rejects-fair-use-defense",
      "title": "German court rules AI music generator Suno violated copyrights, rejects fair use defense",
      "summary": "A Munich court ruled that AI music generator Suno violated copyrights through both training and output. The court found six songs reproducibly stored in Suno's models and rejected both Germany's text-and-data-mining exception and the US fair use defense. The ruling isn't final, and several key questions remain open. The article German court rules AI music generator Suno violated copyrights, rejects fair use defense appeared first on The Decoder .",
      "authors": "Matthias Bastian",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip,military-security",
      "published_at": "2026-08-01T10:40:50.000Z",
      "source": "The Decoder",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15615"
    },
    {
      "id": 15459,
      "url": "https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/31/just-do-it",
      "title": "Pluralistic: Better to beg forgiveness (31 Jul 2026)",
      "summary": "Today's links Better to beg forgiveness: Don't ring the doorbell at the house of no unless you absolutely must. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: RIP Poul Anderson; P2P at PC Forum; Waitress handed her own stolen ID by carded diner; PDX bans fixies; Digital Economy Bill was a stitch up; NZ copyright disconnection flowchart; Fry v Widdicombe on Catholic Church; Moxie Marlinspike profile; V&A bans sketching; Gernsback's intro to the first Amazing Stories; \"Simplicity.\" Up",
      "authors": "Cory Doctorow",
      "category": "org",
      "topics": "regulation,jobs-economy,copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-31T11:56:12.000Z",
      "source": "Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15459"
    },
    {
      "id": 15524,
      "url": "https://www.itweb.co.za/article/mtn-clydestone-clash-over-mobile-money-ip/KjlyrvwBrNLqk6am",
      "title": "MTN, Clydestone clash over mobile money IP",
      "summary": "The mobile money Ghana dispute centres on alleged unauthorised use of a local fintech firm's intellectual property.",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip,finance-investment",
      "published_at": "2026-07-31T09:01:04.000Z",
      "source": "ITWeb (ZA)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15524"
    },
    {
      "id": 15507,
      "url": "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-infringed-copyright-in-gema-case-german-court-rules",
      "title": "Suno loses copyright infringement lawsuit brought by GEMA in Germany",
      "summary": "AI music generator Suno has lost the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by German collecting society GEMA. The collecting society alleged that Suno used, stored and reproduced copyrighted music to train its AI tool without a license or payment to the rightsholders. Reuters reported on Friday morning (July 31) that the Munich Regional Court found Suno … Continued Source",
      "authors": "Murray Stassen",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-31T08:56:14.000Z",
      "source": "Music Business Worldwide (AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15507"
    },
    {
      "id": 15525,
      "url": "https://www.itweb.co.za/article/paperback-writer-meet-the-shredder/kYbe97XbZ35qAWpG",
      "title": "Paperback writer, meet the shredder",
      "summary": "A US court legitimises shredding books for AI training, raising questions about copyright, culture and consequences for South African authors.",
      "authors": null,
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-31T08:11:06.000Z",
      "source": "ITWeb (ZA)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15525"
    },
    {
      "id": 15154,
      "url": "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/soundpatrol-sued-by-lucas-keller-and-oak-felder-who-allege-they-developed-its-copyright-detection-software-without-compensation",
      "title": "SoundPatrol sued by Lucas Keller and Oak Felder, who allege they helped develop its copyright-detection software without compensation",
      "summary": "Soundpatrol struck partnered with Universal and Sony in September 2025 to detect copyright infringement in AI-generated music Source",
      "authors": "Murray Stassen",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-30T10:00:04.000Z",
      "source": "Music Business Worldwide (AI)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15154"
    },
    {
      "id": 14715,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/29/kaggle-removes-problematic-stroke-dataset-for-copyright-infringement",
      "title": "Kaggle removes problematic stroke dataset for copyright infringement",
      "summary": "The online data repository Kaggle has removed a problematic dataset for violating intellectual property rights months after it was flagged by sleuths for containing celebrity photos and lacking information on data provenance or confirmed medical diagnoses. Researchers had used the images to train machine learning algorithms to detect stroke, but the dataset instead contained images … Continue reading Kaggle removes problematic stroke dataset for copyright infringement",
      "authors": "Lori Youmshajekian",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip,healthcare",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T10:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14715"
    },
    {
      "id": 14860,
      "url": "https://connectontech.bakermckenzie.com/japans-principle-code-for-generative-ai-part-2-what-the-public-consultations-reveal",
      "title": "Japan’s “Principle Code” for Generative AI (Part 2): What the Public Consultations Reveal",
      "summary": "Japan’s draft “Principle Code” on intellectual property protection and transparency for generative AI (see our earlier post for a summary of the code) has attracted significant attention, with more than 2,000 consultation responses received from businesses, industry groups and rights holders. The responses suggest that transparency will play a central role in Japan’s approach to [...] The post Japan’s “Principle Code” for Generative AI (Part 2): What the Public Consultations Reveal appeared firs",
      "authors": "Kensaku Takase, Tsugihiro Okada and Junko Tsuyuki",
      "category": "policy",
      "topics": "copyright-ip,transparency",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T09:01:43.000Z",
      "source": "Baker McKenzie Connect On Tech",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14860"
    },
    {
      "id": 14771,
      "url": "https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3362232/advanced-technologies-now-account-1-6-valid-invention-patents-china",
      "title": "Advanced technologies now account for 1 in 6 valid invention patents in China",
      "summary": "Advanced technologies now account for around one in every six valid invention patents in China, according to official data. By the end of last month, valid invention patents in fields such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing and big data made up 16.5 per cent of the country’s total valid patents, the China National Intellectual Property Administration said on Wednesday. “The accelerated accumulation of patents in cutting-edge sectors is empowering and enhancing the creation of new...",
      "authors": "Xinyi Wu",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T08:00:21.000Z",
      "source": "SCMP Tech (HK/CN)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14771"
    },
    {
      "id": 14848,
      "url": "https://www.medianama.com/2026/07/223-delhi-hc-rogue-websites-isps-copyright",
      "title": "Delhi HC says piracy injunctions cannot give copyright owners unilateral blocking powers",
      "summary": "The Delhi High Court has ruled that ISPs and domain registrars cannot determine whether a website is rogue and may only technically verify mirror websites. The post Delhi HC says piracy injunctions cannot give copyright owners unilateral blocking powers appeared first on MEDIANAMA .",
      "authors": "Prabhanu Kumar Das",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T06:21:51.000Z",
      "source": "MediaNama (IN)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14848"
    },
    {
      "id": 14285,
      "url": "https://thenextweb.com/news/chinese-ai-paid-weights-open-model-licensing-goldman",
      "title": "China’s free AI models may not stay free, Goldman says",
      "summary": "For a year, the story of Chinese AI has been simple. It is nearly as good as the American frontier, and it is effectively free. That second part may be about to change. Chinese developers could start charging cloud platforms commercial licensing fees to host their open-weight models, Goldman Sachs told the South China Morning […] This story continues at The Next Web",
      "authors": "Cristian Dina",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-28T22:56:12.000Z",
      "source": "The Next Web AI",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14285"
    },
    {
      "id": 14281,
      "url": "https://www.engadget.com/2225136/xbox-explains-what-caused-this-weeks-unaceeptable-major-outage",
      "title": "Xbox explains what caused this week's 'unacceptable' major outage",
      "summary": "An Xbox executive said yesterday's outage was due to \"a licensing service that sits outside of Xbox.\"",
      "authors": "staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt)",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-28T15:55:20.000Z",
      "source": "Engadget AI",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14281"
    },
    {
      "id": 14181,
      "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91580949/openai-tells-chatgpt-to-stop-impersonating-famous-authors?position=3&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=07292026",
      "title": "OpenAI tells ChatGPT to stop impersonating famous authors",
      "summary": "The directive comes as AI companies confront mounting copyright pressure.",
      "authors": "Chris Morris",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-28T14:34:19.000Z",
      "source": "Fast Company",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14181"
    },
    {
      "id": 14294,
      "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91580949/openai-tells-chatgpt-to-stop-impersonating-famous-authors?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss",
      "title": "OpenAI tells ChatGPT to stop impersonating famous authors",
      "summary": "On the heels of a $1.5 billion copyright infringement ruling against Anthropic, OpenAI has adjusted ChatGPT’s programming to refuse requests to mimic the style of well-known authors. While the chatbot used to happily write in the voice of professional writers, attempts to convince it to do so now are met with a polite refusal and an suggested alternative. Fast Company , for instance, asked ChatGPT to write a story about a family in the Depression in the voice of John Steinbeck. The chatbot repli",
      "authors": "Chris Morris",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-28T14:34:19.000Z",
      "source": "Fast Company Tech",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14294"
    },
    {
      "id": 14612,
      "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91580949/openai-tells-chatgpt-to-stop-impersonating-famous-authors?position=8&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=07302026",
      "title": "OpenAI tells ChatGPT to stop impersonating famous authors",
      "summary": "The directive comes as AI companies confront mounting copyright pressure.",
      "authors": "Chris Morris",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-28T14:34:19.000Z",
      "source": "Fast Company",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14612"
    },
    {
      "id": 14984,
      "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91580949/openai-tells-chatgpt-to-stop-impersonating-famous-authors?position=15&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=07312026",
      "title": "OpenAI tells ChatGPT to stop impersonating famous authors",
      "summary": "The directive comes as AI companies confront mounting copyright pressure.",
      "authors": "Chris Morris",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-28T14:34:19.000Z",
      "source": "Fast Company",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14984"
    },
    {
      "id": 14081,
      "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-a-g-sulzberger-new-york-times",
      "title": "Can the New York Times Save Journalism From Our AI Overlords?",
      "summary": "In 2023, the Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. They’ve since spent more than $20 million on the case, and publisher A.G. Sulzberger has no plans to stop fighting it.",
      "authors": "Katie Drummond",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-28T10:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "Wired",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14081"
    },
    {
      "id": 14012,
      "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3362032/chinese-ai-developers-may-shift-paid-weights-commercial-licensing-goldman-sachs",
      "title": "Chinese AI developers may shift to ‘paid weights’ commercial licensing: Goldman Sachs",
      "summary": "Chinese artificial intelligence developers could start charging cloud platforms commercial licensing fees to host their open-weight models, according to the head of Asia internet research at Goldman Sachs, as firms look to capture more revenue from their soaring global use. The assessment comes as Chinese AI models – such as Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 and Zhipu AI’s GLM-5.2 – have reached performance levels just a fraction behind top US rivals. However, because Chinese developers typically release...",
      "authors": "Vincent Chow",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-28T02:00:09.000Z",
      "source": "SCMP Tech (HK/CN)",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14012"
    },
    {
      "id": 13942,
      "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/27/cambridge-jason-arday-plagiarism-allegations-times-higher-education-exclusive",
      "title": "Exclusive: News outlet killed story on plagiarism allegations after Cambridge prof hired law firm",
      "summary": "Jason Arday In September 2025, Times Higher Education had a bombshell story in the works: A star sociology professor at the University of Cambridge had allegedly plagiarized parts of his Ph.D. thesis and several journal articles. In one of the articles, the borrowed text appeared in quotes from subjects the professor, Jason Arday, claimed to … Continue reading Exclusive: News outlet killed story on plagiarism allegations after Cambridge prof hired law firm",
      "authors": "Brendan Borrell",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,copyright-ip,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-07-27T21:08:31.000Z",
      "source": "Retraction Watch",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13942"
    },
    {
      "id": 13956,
      "url": "https://the-decoder.com/delhi-high-court-hands-openai-a-win-by-rejecting-major-indian-news-agencys-copyright-injunction",
      "title": "Delhi High Court hands OpenAI a win by rejecting major Indian news agency's copyright injunction",
      "summary": "The Delhi High Court has handed OpenAI a major win in its copyright fight with news agency ANI. For the first time, a court has classified AI training as private use. ANI undermined its own case by citing articles published after the models were trained. The main trial is still pending. The article Delhi High Court hands OpenAI a win by rejecting major Indian news agency's copyright injunction appeared first on The Decoder .",
      "authors": "Matthias Bastian",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "copyright-ip",
      "published_at": "2026-07-27T17:55:24.000Z",
      "source": "The Decoder",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13956"
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}