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The lawsuit comes a week after news broke about multinational publisher HarperCollins entering into an agreement with an anonymous tech company to license the work of nonfiction authors to help train AI large-language learning programs.
Last week, a group of advocacy organizations, including the Literary Press Group, the Association of Canadian Publishers, The Writers’ Union...
Putting too much hope in St-Onge's ability to get the copyright legislation changed may be foolish
All of this testifies to a copyright system that is beyond broken.
Judge John G. Koeltl determined that there is "a prima facie case of copyright infringement."
“We depend on a robust Canadian-owned sector competing well with regulated multinationals," says Rhea Tregebov, chair of The Writers' Union of Canada.
"IA is trying to paint this lawsuit as giant corporations (publishers) going after the little guy, but we see it as the opposite."
Groups of writers and publishers from Europe and elsewhere gather together in support of Ukraine following the Russian invasion of February 24.
The recent ruling declared that the copyright collective does not have standing to sue, and punted on the matter of fair dealing.
The potential combined market clout of two major multinationals provides potential negative results for independent publishers, authors, and readers alike.