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Silicon Tanks: Richard Stallman, father of copyleft

ForkLog 162 15.10.2025

Silicon Tanks: Richard Stallman, Father of the Copyleft Revolution

The most radical alternative to copyright—and its legendary creator.

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ForkLog 127 08.09.2025

Anthropic to Pay $1.5 Billion to Authors Over Piracy Claims

Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit from authors who claim the company stole their works to train AI models, according to a report by BBC.

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ForkLog 32 12.06.2025

Disney and Universal Sue Midjourney Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

Disney and Universal have accused the AI startup Midjourney of stealing and copying characters owned by the film companies. AI-generated images included in the lawsuit against Midjourney. Source: Variety. “Midjourney is a typical copyright infringer and a bottomless pit of plagiarism,” states the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. According to […]

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ForkLog 23 19.05.2025

Elton John Criticises UK’s AI Development Plan

British musician Elton John has labelled the proposed changes to copyright laws in the context of AI in the UK as “criminal” and accused officials of “stealing” from artists. “The danger is that young artists do not have the resources to continue checking and fighting against big tech. It’s criminal, and I feel incredibly betrayed,” […]

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ForkLog 9 27.10.2023

Creators of counterfeit BAYC tokens to pay $1.6m to Yuga Labs.

The U.S. district court ordered artist Ryder Ripps and Not Larva Labs founder Jeremy Caen to pay Yuga Labs approximately $1.575 million in compensation for creating counterfeit BAYC tokens.

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ForkLog 10 10.10.2023

Trader Joe’s grocery chain sues the eponymous DEX

The American grocery chain Trader Joe’s has filed a trademark infringement suit against the DEX Trader Joe over a 'too similar' name.

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ForkLog 16 23.05.2023

Grumpy Cat meme token creator hit with copyright infringement notice

Glauber Contessoto, the creator of the Grumpy Cat meme-based token, received an NFT copyright-infringement notice.

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ForkLog 12 09.09.2022

China launches crackdown on copyright infringement in NFT creation

The National Copyright Administration of China (CNAC) intends to tighten penalties for the unauthorized use of others' artworks to create NFTs.

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ForkLog 6 22.02.2022

US denies copyright for AI-generated painting

The US Copyright Office rejected the application to register the intellectual property of an artwork created by a machine-learning algorithm.

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ForkLog 11 24.11.2021

Tolkien heirs win ruling that JRR Token infringes copyright

Rights holders to Tolkien's books have won the dispute against the creator of the JRR Token, The Guardian reports.

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ForkLog 25 24.11.2021

Art Wars collection sold as NFTs for nearly $7 million without the artists’ knowledge

Artists who created Star Wars stormtrooper helmets as art objects are preparing to sue the organizer of an NFT project who sold the works as tokens without their knowledge. The Financial Times reports.

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ForkLog 16 18.08.2021

Pepe the Frog meme creator wins removal of NFT project

The OpenSea NFT marketplace has delisted the Sad Frogs District project for copyright infringement. The takedown request was filed by Matt Furie, the creator of the Pepe the Frog meme, Decrypt reports.

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