Court hits pirate site WeLib with $19.5 million judgmentLegal — Publishers Marketplace says 13 publishers won the default judgment, though it and other outlets report differing damages figures.
Madras court tells libraries to screen out AI-written and copied booksLegal — The same order directed police to file an FIR over alleged fraudulent book purchases in Tamil Nadu public libraries.
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