In a separate lawsuit, Google is suing a group, including Nguyen Van Duc and Pham Van Thien, for allegedly abusing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by creating fake Google accounts and submitting false copyright claims against rival businesses. This led to the removal of their websites from Google Search. The group is accused of using the copyright law's notice-and-takedown process to illegitimately remove competitors' content based on false allegations.
Key takeaways:
- Google has filed a lawsuit against three scammers who offered a fake download of its Bard AI chatbot, which contained malware capable of stealing credentials for small businesses' social media accounts.
- The company is seeking an order to stop the scammers from setting up similar domains and is suing the defendants for trademark infringement, violations of unfair competition and contract law.
- In a separate lawsuit, Google is also targeting a group accused of abusing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by making up thousands of fake Google accounts and submitting bogus copyright claims against rival businesses.
- A federal judge dismissed some of the claims in a lawsuit led by novelists Richard Kadrey, Christopher Golden, and comedian Sarah Silverman against Meta, accusing Meta's Llama language model of violating copyrighted works.