Australian cosmetics giant MCoBeauty has attracted global attention for its strikingly similar beauty dupes, but the company has kept the details of its product development process out of the spotlight — until now.
The New York Times sends takedown notices to Wordle look-alike games
The newspaper is fighting off Wordle "clones" with takedown notices, arguing that numerous games inspired by its mega-popular word-guessing game infringe on its copyright protections.
Photo shows A hand holds up a phone with a Wordle game seen on the screenAFL racing against the clock to get Tassie Devil approval
The trademark for the iconic character has been owned by Warner Brothers since 1984.
Has Video Duration: 2 minutes 13 seconds.Weeks from launch, Tassie's new AFL club is having a devil of a time securing name rights
Tasmania's national footy team will next month unveil its name, colours, logo, and memberships but a global corporate behemoth is playing hardball over the rights to the state's famous mascot.
Photo shows A young woman and man in football uniforms smile at the cameraMcDonald's loses out in legal beef with Hungry Jack's
McDonald's loses its case against Hungry Jack's after a court finds the Big Jack burger is not "deceptively similar" to the Big Mac, following a trial in which experts were called in to examine the products.
Photo shows A picture of two burgers that appear visually similar.Artist known as Tank wins battle with Temu to get copycat art removed from sale
Tank, who recently spoke out about his designs being sold by the Chinese online retail giant, says Australians have "good standards" and "don't want to see anyone be ripped off for a fair day's work".
Photo shows Artist Tank, wearing a black hoodie and dark beanie, stands in front of a wall mural.Temu seller steals Australian artist's design and sells it online for less than $7
Art and legal experts say copyright infringements online are on the rise and one of the contemporary art world's greatest challenges.
Photo shows Artist Tank, wearing a black hoodie and dark beanie, stands in front of a wall mural.Have music copyright lawsuits gone too far?
Heirs of Marvin Gaye's Lets Get It On co-songwriter are suing UK pop star Ed Sheeran for copyright infringement — so, when does inspiration become copyright infringement?
Has Video Duration: 9 minutes 51 seconds.Artist tests limits of 'human authorship' of AI art as battle continues over who holds copyright
After having copyright of an 18-page graphic novel rejected because an AI produced the images, artist Kris Kashtanova is testing the limits of what the US Copyright Office considers to be "human authorship".
Photo shows A woman with shoulder-length hair, wearing a suit jacket and a pink shirt, sits in front of a computer displaying a book cover.Why some states once called this 'peanut paste'
Do you say "peanut paste" or "peanut butter"? Your answer may depend on where you come from after a historic legal decision banned the use of "peanut butter" in some parts of the country.
Photo shows A glass jar of peanut butter surrounded by peanuts'It feels like a violation': Kim found 'almost every portrait' they painted was used to train AI without their consent
AI image generators are learning from human illustrators without their consent. Now artists are speaking out.
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Photo shows A composite of artworks on the left hand side, next to a person with short hair in front of one of those artworks on the rightWe challenged an AI image generator and a human illustrator. Can you spot the differences in their work?
We put an AI image generator and a human illustrator head-to-head. Here's what they came up with, but can you tell the difference?
How two Australian soldiers became unwitting poster boys for Russia's mercenaries
On a spring day in 2013, two Australian soldiers had their photograph taken in Afghanistan. Now the photo has resurfaced in a scheme to recruit mercenaries for Russia's invasion of Ukraine — all without the soldiers' knowledge.
Photo shows a composite image of the photo of Australian soldiers and how it was used in a Wagner Group flyerThe rights to Albert Namatjira's artwork are due to return to the public domain in 2029
The rights to Albert Namatjira's artwork are due to return to the public domain in 2029. Lawyers acting for the Namatjira Trust say, the current Copyright Act 'unfairly' impacts families of Indigenous artists.
Photo shows ABC News videoHas Video Duration: 3 minutes 6 seconds.Lawyers push to keep copyright for Albert Namatjira's artwork in family's hands forever
A law firm is targeting Australia's 70-year limitation on copyright protection after the family of an acclaimed Indigenous artist took 30 years to retrieve the rights to his work — only to lose it again in 12 years.
Photo shows Copies of watercolour paintingsTexas church apologises to Lin-Manuel Miranda for Christian rewrite of Hamilton
The unauthorised Hamilton production was rewritten with Christian themes, adding a scene where Alexander Hamilton repents.
Photo shows Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hamilton holding a microphone to address the crowd at opening nightOutlaw motorcycle club wins $78,000 court case for trademark breach
A global online marketplace is ordered to pay damages to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club for a second time in Australia over items bearing the club's famous winged skull logo.
Photo shows Hells AngelsKanye West accused of sampling song without permission
In a lawsuit that says Kanye West "has no shame in taking away rights from another artist", the rapper is accused of illegally sampling a 1986 dance track for his song Flowers.
Photo shows Ye, Kanye West, battery chargeMariah Carey sued for copyright infringement over All I Want For Christmas Is You
Musician Andy Stone is seeking $US20 million ($27 million) from Mariah Carey, alleging he co-wrote and recorded a festive song of the same name in 1989 and never gave permission for it to be used.
Photo shows Pop star Mariah Carey sings into a microphone with a smile, wearing a glittering gown.Independent SA MP accuses Australian Christian Lobby of copyright infringement in critical pamphlet
Mayo MP Rebekha Sharkie is launching legal action against the Australian Christian Lobby for copyright infringement over a brochure about her votes on the Religious Discrimination Bill.
Photo shows A scan of a flyer about Rebekha SharkieEd Sheeran is accused of ripping off part of Shape of You. Here's what the other song sounds like
Sheeran says there's similarities between the two, but insists he hadn't heard Oh Why until long after his album was released.
Photo shows A close up of Ed Sheeran wearing a black face mask