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  • Icelandic Authors Among Victims In Massive Meta Theft

    Icelandic Authors Among Victims In Massive Meta Theft

    The chair of the Writers’ Union of Iceland says works by Icelandic authors are among those Meta downloaded from a pirate site to train its AI. The union is now considering the next steps in cooperation with European writers’ organisations, reports Vísir.…

  • Retro Stefson Songwriter In Copyright Dispute With Homeware Chain Store

    Retro Stefson Songwriter In Copyright Dispute With Homeware Chain Store

    Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson (seen above), frontman for Retro Stefson, is taking the homeware chain Húsasmiðjan to court for copyright violations, due to some striking similarities between the band’s hit song Glow and background music for a television commercial for the store—a month…

  • STEF Demands All ISPs Block Torrent Sites

    STEF Demands All ISPs Block Torrent Sites

    This morning, the collective rights management society STEF, demanded responses from ISPs Síminn, Tal and 365, as to whether the companies will block their users’ access to the sharing sites Piratebay and its now non-existing local counterpart, deildu.net. This was reported by…

  • Ungoo

    Ungoo

    [Continued from Ungoo: Part VI] The most recent attempt to create a common venue for cultural commentary and debate is Starafugl, a website started and edited by author Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl. It’s been around since last winter. As I have been involved…