Piracy Monitor Soap Box
Here are articles and opinions that Piracy Monitor and its Managing Director Steve Hawley believe merit special attention, including infringement by major platform providers.
Should the UK open copyrighted works to unlicensed data mining, to train AI platforms?
In December 2024, the UK Intellectual Property Office proposed changes to existing UK copyright law that would permit AI platforms to permit data mining from copyrighted works without licenses....
Enders Analysis says ‘Big Tech’ is unwilling to address video piracy. But will...
Enders Analysis has published a new analysis about video piracy which concludes that "Industrial scale theft of video services, especially live sport, is in the ascendance... A complete overhaul...
Signal blocks Microsoft’s Windows Recall auto-screenshot feature to improve privacy, unlicensed captures
By Steven Hawley
Signal, the secure communications app that encrypts all of its communication in the name of privacy, announced that it has added what it calls a new "screen...
Can Google exert disproportionate market power over copyright, as they have for Search?
In October 2020, The US Department of Justice, joined by multiple US states, commenced US and (Plaintiff States) v Google LLC, which alleged that Google maintained monopolies in general...
Meta concealed copyright infringement against authors, Kadrey AI training case moves ahead
US District Court judge Vincent Chhabria, who is trying the lawsuit by several authors against Facebook parent Meta Platforms, has allowed the authors' copyright infringement (DMCA) case to proceed....