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Japanese court hands first conviction over AI-assisted film piracy under copyright law

By Toko Sekiguchi ( January 29, 2026, 05:51 GMT | Insight) -- Japan has secured its first known criminal conviction for copyright infringement involving AI-assisted modification of general film works, after an Osaka court sentenced a man for selling pirated, colorized DVDs of classic black-and-white movies that were still under copyright protection.Japan has secured its first known criminal conviction for copyright infringement involving artificial intelligence-assisted modification of general film works, after an Osaka court sentenced a man for selling pirated, colorized DVDs of classic black-and-white movies that were still under copyright protection....

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