Children’s author who sued John Lewis over Christmas ad loses case

Fay Evans alleged similarity between the 2019 Excitable Edgar TV campaign and her self-published book A self-published author who sued John Lewis over its 2019 Christmas advert about a trouble-making dragon has lost her case.Fay Evans brought a case for copyright infringement, alleging that there was a “striking similarity” between her picture book, Fred the Fire-Sneezing Dragon, and John Lewis’s now almost four-year-old ad featuring Edgar. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-04-03 12:29:46 UTC ]
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Children’s Books About Race and the National Spelling Bee

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Authors file a lawsuit against OpenAI for unlawfully ‘ingesting’ their books

Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay allege that their books, which are copyrighted, were ‘used to train’ ChatGPT because the chatbot generated ‘very accurate summaries’ of the worksTwo authors have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, the company behind the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, claiming that... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-07-05 14:33:31 UTC ]
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Chelmsford hospital defamation case ends in settlement and apology for claims in Scientology book

HarperCollins ‘sincerely apologises’ to doctor for claims about Sydney private hospital in ABC journalist Steve Cannane’s bookFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA long-running defamation case sparked... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Bestselling authors Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay sue OpenAI over copyright infringement

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Prince Harry asks for £440,000 in damages as phone-hacking case ends

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The AP Debuts New Website Designed to Attract More Ad Spend

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Introducing Ad Age Leading National Advertisers 2023

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Authors leave Hungarian publisher in protest at sale to Orbán-linked college

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