Agency republished full copyrighted book with AI images, no attribution
June 20, 2026
An unnamed agency cloned John Koenig's Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows website, reproduced all 311 entries verbatim, replaced original illustrations with DALL-E 2 images, and added an AI word-generation feature — presenting it as their own product. The case is a concrete example of wholesale AI-assisted content theft at commercial scale.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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founderWorth watching as courts and platforms respond — liability frameworks for AI-generated derivative content remain unsettled.
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policyIllustrates enforcement gaps where AI tools lower the cost of large-scale copyright infringement to near zero.