The iQIYI v. Minimax AI case in China is a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the major Chinese video-streaming platform iQIYI against AI startup MiniMax. The case covers 2 critical issues in the legal landscape for AI:  Unauthorized Training Data: iQIYI alleges that MiniMax used its copyrighted movies, TV shows, and other content without authorization to train MiniMax's large AI models. Infringing Output: The lawsuit also claims that the content generated by MiniMax's A

In Vietnam widespread concerns about piracy have been reflected in the mass copying of the film "Red Rain"  ( Mưa Đỏ ). This is the 2025 Vietnamese epic historical war drama adapted from a novel about the Second Battle of Quảng Trị in 1972, a fierce and protracted battle in the Vietnam War. The film was released for free streaming on Vietnamese TV platform TV360. However within hours it was illegally copied, edited, and re-uploaded to many Vietnamese-language websites.  TV360

Film groups representing Bollywood and Hollywood are lobbying the Indian government to ensure their works are not used by AI companies to train their LLMs. The Producers Guild of India and US Motion Picture Association have written to a government review panel set up to review AI and copyright. The groups expressed concern that AI firms could scrape their film content and even use pirated content in their LLMs. At present the Indian copyright law does cover AI use. The letter

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has intensified its anti-piracy crackdown by issuing two site-blocking requests to Internet Service Providers (ISPs). This action, carried out under the Rules on Voluntary Administrative Site Blocking, targets platforms illegally streaming Filipino films. Following complaints from Viva Communications and Vivamax, IPOPHL requested the blocking of 13 FreeCine-related sites and the platform Asyaminik. These sites were

A famous Bollywood couple have taken legal action against YouTube and its parent company, Google. The actors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan filed lawsuits in the Delhi High Court seeking a permanent injunction against misuse of their likeness, voice, and image in AI-generated deepfake content. The lawsuits cite several explicit and fictitious manipulated videos, some of which had amassed millions of views on YouTube channels. Beyond demanding the removal of this

In a significant win for content rights holders, authorities in Egypt have successfully dismantled Streameast , one of the world’s most...

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The European Commission’s Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List  provides an in-depth examination of the evolving landscape of global content...

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As reported by the Manila Standard , the Philippines continues to see its creative economy undermined by digital piracy. Despite clear...

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Another video streaming services has been shut down in Vietnam. This one was streaming Korean TV channels and other copyrighted content...

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