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Sacha Baron Cohen Sues For Use of “Borat” on Cannabis Billboard

Copyright Lately

His complaint notes that he’s turned down “countless opportunities” to license his name and likeness in the United States, including in one case turning down a $4 million offer to appear in a car commercial. A copy of the complaint is below. Is Baron Cohen’s Copyright Claim Preempted?

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws. Copyright law forbids duplication, public performance, and so on, unless the person wishing to copy or perform the work gets permission; silence means a ban on copying. Three courts of appeals have answered “no.”

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Models' false endorsement claims fail for want of recognition, bad survey

43(B)log

Plaintiffs sued for false advertising and false endorsement under the Lanham Act, violation of their right to publicity, deceptive trade practices under New York GBL Section 349, and defamation. 2021), which considered all these claims except for false advertising. The court was guided by Electra v. 59 Murray Enterprises, Inc.,

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Meta Hit With Massive Piracy Lawsuit Over Epidemic Sound Royalty-Free Music

TorrentFreak

Founded in 2009 and based in Sweden, Epidemic Sound has a library of more than 35,000 music soundtracks and 90,000 sound effects. If third parties such as Meta want to use Epidemic content directly, they need to obtain their own license on the correct terms. The numbers in the complaint are significant. .

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New(s) Questions and Fair Use: Using Copyright to Curtail Expression?

SpicyIP

It was revealed in Court that the Plaintiff and Defendant had entered into an agreement wherein the Plaintiff had licensed, in a non-exclusive manner, its right to broadcast and exploit the audio-visual song clips, scenes and dialogues/clips to the Defendants’ channels. This agreement was for a period from 1 st July 2019 to 30 th June 2022.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 13- May 19) 

SpicyIP

Shamnad Basheer 1976-2019; taken at NUJS, Kolkata circa 2009. Bentley Systems Inc & Anr vs Pnc Infratech Limited & Ors on 13 May, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The plaintiff instituted the present copyright infringement suit against the defendant for continuing to use the plaintiff’s software after the expiry of its license.

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Nirvana Stuck in Lawsuit Over Nevermind Album Cover

The IP Law Blog

Three months after its release, Nevermind rose to the top of the Billboard 200 rankings and has sold over 30 million copies. The picture on the album was licensed for use on other merchandise, such as t-shirts, and was also the subject of various parodies. He turned 18 in 2009.

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