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Radiohead ‘Leaked’ Their Own Track in 2009, Now We’re Accused of Pirating It

TorrentFreak

If 2009 sounds like it happened half a lifetime ago, many 30 year-olds would likely agree. Music Industry & Government Had it All Wrong In May 2009, Brian Message, a partner in Radiohead’s management company, did the unthinkable. Despite the polarized views, Radiohead hadn’t quite finished. Was It Really Happening?

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Tattoo Artist Copyright Win Will Create Uncertainty Over Celebrities with Tattoos

The IP Law Blog

Those arguments were that (1) Take-Two’s use of the tattoos was authorized by an implied license, (2) the fair use doctrine insulates their utilization of the tattoos and (3) the tattoos constitute a de minimis part of the video game. The District Court also found that the use was not fair use.

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What Goldsmith Means to AI Trainers

IP Intelligence

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” (S. The district court agreed, but was reversed by the Second Circuit, which found the degree of new expression insufficient to justify a finding of fair use. Goldsmith , 598 S.

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Cloud TV Service Boss Sentenced to 3 Years Prison Plus $505,000 Damages

TorrentFreak

Claims that recording amounted to fair use were brushed aside, not least since the service actually recorded everything behind the scenes, contrary to customers’ belief that any recordings played back via the service were unique to them.

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The FTC’s Misguided Comments on Copyright Office Generative AI Questions

Patently-O

Moreover, as we detail below, the best understanding of the application of fair use principles to AI training would hold that the practice is in most if not all instances a fair use. The FTC has no authority to determine what is and what is not copyright infringement, or what is or is not fair use.

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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. Vipul Amrutlal Shah (2009) and MRF Limited v. Rather, the purpose was to criticise the idea propagated by the original drama, and to expose to the public that it had failed to achieve its real object.

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Copyright Infringement Case: Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc.

Intepat

Brief Background: Android which is owned by Google LLC used Java’s Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for building their Android Operating System for Mobile devices from 2005. Java owned by Sun Microsystems was later acquired by Oracle in 2009. And held that Android was using APIs and was using them commercially.