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Parody under the Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

Since copying was for the purpose of criticism, it amounted to fair dealing and did not constitute infringement of the copyright. 2003 (27) PTC 457 (Bom) (DB). Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The post Parody under the Copyright Law first appeared on IPLF. Vipul Amrutlal Shah (2009) and MRF Limited v.

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Italian Supreme Court says that the quotation exception in copyright law only applies to partial reproductions of works, never to works in their entirety

The IPKat

Kat- quotation There is little doubt that one of the most (if not the most) significant exceptions in copyright law is the one relating to quotation, criticism or review.

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Copyright Infringement and Remedies in Nigeria

IPilogue

It is important to note that copyright law does not protect the idea behind the work, but the expression of work. The burden lies on the copyright owner to prove that the allegedly infringing work is a reproduction of the whole or a substantial part of the whole of their work. In CBS Inc. &

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Copyrightability of a Programming Language

Patently-O

SAS argues that it made a “plethora of creative choices” in developing its material, and that creativity is more than sufficient to satisfy the originality requirements of copyright law. Thus far, the courts have disagreed with SAS and rejected its copyright assertions. Landes & Richard A. 1821 (2013).

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Ninth Circuit Refuses to Adopt “Ordinary Observer” Test for Substantial Similarity and Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

Johannsongs-Publishing claimed that You Raise Me Up, which was written by Rolf Lovland and Brendan Graham and released in 2001 by Secret Garden and later by Josh Groban in 2003 infringed on its rights in Soknodur. There was no dispute among the parties that plaintiff did hold a valid copyright in Soknodur (except as to the lyrics).

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Why SNL’s “Muppets” Parody Had Even the Media Fooled

Copyright Lately

Parody is tricky, both as an art form and as a matter of copyright law. When Justin Timberlake hosted the show in 2003, he attempted to fulfill his life-long dream of singing with Kermit the Frog. Did SNL go too far? Any effective parody requires the audience to immediately recognize the underlying work held up to ridicule.

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New Tools, Old Rules: Is The Music Industry Ready To Take On AI?

Copyright Lately

First of all, in terms of copyright, to reiterate our very clearly articulated position. sophisticated generative AI that’s enabled by large language models, which trains on our intellectual property, violates copyright law in several ways. It isn’t human-readable and does not contain copies of any audio recordings.

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