The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California has upheld an earlier ruling finding that the Paramount Pictures-produced 2022 movie 'Top Gun: Maverick' did not infringe a 1983 magazine article written by the late Ehud Yonay. The article, about the US Navy's pilot training school in San Diego, served as the inspiration for the original 1986 'Top Gun' film and was initially licensed by Yonay to Paramount in 1983. Yonay's widow Shosh and son Yuval terminated the Assignment of Rights in...

Nine news organisations have filed with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. Plaintiffs include California Newspapers Partnership, Prairie Mountain Publishing Company; MNG-BH Acquisition; Hartford Courant Company; The Daily Press; The Morning Call; Virginia-Pilot Media; Los Angeles Daily News Publishing Companies; and the San Diego Union-Tribune. In the lawsuit, Plaintiffs complain that “hundreds of thousands o...

French consumer group CLCV (Consumption, Housing, and Living Environment Association) has launched a class action lawsuit in the Paris Judicial Court against Apple, accusing the tech giant of "abusive business practices" with streaming services' subscriptions. Apple contends that "this lawsuit is unfounded." For Apple, the European digital music market is "thriving and competitive, and consumers have more choices than ever before when it comes to music streaming services.” In the lawsuit, CLCV...