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Legal Analysis Of Copyright Issues In YouTube And Other Social Media Content

IP and Legal Filings

Copyright law is in charge of controlling how literary, artistic, and theatrical works, among others, are used. The law of copyright regulates the activities of copying and disseminating the words of someone who has copyright over something online without that person’s consent. Super Cassettes Industries Ltd. 1 (2022). [5]

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s ruling that the reproduction of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince on the cover of a magazine tribute was not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photo of the singer-songwriter Prince, on which the Warhol portrait was based. By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa By a 7-2 vote, the U.S. Goldsmith , No. 569 (1994).

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Photographs Taken 91 Years Ago Still in Conflict Today

IPilogue

At the request of De Fontbrune , in 1998, the police confiscated copies of Wofsy’s book, and De Fontbrune sued for copyright infringement. In 1998, the French courts ruled that the photographs were used for documentary purposes , and thus were not entitled to copyright protection.

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The 5 Worst Copyright Decisions of 2021

Copyright Lately

Relying on the server test , Sinclair unsuccessfully argued that it and its affiliates didn’t infringe the copyright in Nicklen’s video because they only embedded it on their websites from Instagram or Facebook, as opposed to maintaining a copy of the video on a Sinclair-controlled server. Wilmott Storage Services.

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State Farm’s Nod to Nostalgia Sparks Copyright Clash With Atari

Copyright Lately

The Legal Stuff The De Minimis Defense As I’ve discussed before , there’s a whole doctrine with a fancy Latin name reserved for situations in which copying is insignificant enough to fall below the threshold of substantial similarity— de minimis non curat lex (“The law does not concern itself with trifles.”) The Gap, Inc.

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Scrutinizing the Nuances of the Napster Case

IP and Legal Filings

Napster gained immense popularity due to the fact that it was one of the most accessible services to use. In 2001, several record companies such as Sony Music Entertainment, Atlantic Records, MCA Records, Island Records, Motown Records, Capitol Records and BMG Music collectively filed a lawsuit against Napster.

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Time for the 12 O'Clock Boyz to go: court shuts down (c)/TM lawsuit against documentary & feature film about Baltimore bikers

43(B)log

From PR newswire, apparently a still from the 2001 film registered trademark For the 2001 Documentary, Monbo “organize[d] a group of highly skilled dirt-bike riders” to participate in a scripted film “that would highlight the exploits of an ostentatious group of dirt-bike riders in Baltimore called 12 O’Clock Boyz.”