as in violation
a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation
any government action limiting freedom of speech is an infringement of the U.S. Constitution
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Recent Examples of infringement
There have been a slew of literary AI copyright infringement lawsuits launched by prominent authors, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and the comedian Sarah Silverman in recent years.
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Chloe Veltman, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
The sting resulted in the arrest of two men over suspicion of copyright infringement in El Sheikh Zayed City near the Greater Cairo metro area.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
Like OpenAI, the content used to train Midjourney’s technology is a black box, representing an obstacle for some creators who’ve sued AI companies for copyright infringement.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The shutdown followed an investigation conducted from July 2024 to June 2025; two men were arrested and detained on suspicion of copyright infringement in El-Sheikh Zaid in the Giza Governorate of Egypt late last month, according to ACE.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
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Chloe Veltman, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
The sting resulted in the arrest of two men over suspicion of copyright infringement in El Sheikh Zayed City near the Greater Cairo metro area.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
Like OpenAI, the content used to train Midjourney’s technology is a black box, representing an obstacle for some creators who’ve sued AI companies for copyright infringement.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The shutdown followed an investigation conducted from July 2024 to June 2025; two men were arrested and detained on suspicion of copyright infringement in El-Sheikh Zaid in the Giza Governorate of Egypt late last month, according to ACE.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infringement
violation
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The violation is the eleventh recorded since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, according to Defense Ministry figures provided to ABC News.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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From spoiled chicken to dead cockroaches, health inspectors in Missouri and Kansas found numerous violations at Kansas City area restaurants last week.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Infringement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infringement. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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