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Book review: Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship

The IPKat

this Kat was delighted to review Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship by Dr Luke McDonagh (Assistant Professor of Law at LSE Law School). This is the first academic monograph that solely considers the relationship between UK copyright law and historical and contemporary theatre. And Who Owns It?

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A Win for Users’ Rights: Supreme Court Finds Access Copyright Tariff Not Mandatory and End-User Perspective Must be Considered in Fair Dealing Analyses

IPilogue

Sabrina Macklai is an IPilogue Senior Editor and a 2L JD Candidate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. . On July 30, the Supreme Court of Canada released their much-anticipated judgement in York University v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) [ York University ]. Background.

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

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

At the district court level, the law of copyright preemption is a morass of ad hoc explanations of whether certain contracts are “equivalent” to the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright law. Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws.

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UK Government axes plans to broaden existing text and data mining exception

The IPKat

It should be noted at the outset that, on the one hand, some commentators hold the view that TDM would not even be covered by copyright law. On the other hand, the debate around TDM has not developed in a context devoid of licensing practices, at least in Europe.

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The De Minimis Concept in Copyright Cases – The Ninth Circuit Says What it is and What it Isn’t

The IP Law Blog

Wilmott Storage Services, LLC , decided September 9, 2021, the Ninth Circuit clarified the role that the de minimis concept plays in copyright infringement cases. In essence, the Ninth Circuit explained that de minimis goes to the amount of copying of a copyrighted work as opposed to any de minimis use or display of any such a work.

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2021 IP Year in Review

IPilogue

Our hard-working students and community members published more than twice as many articles than in 2020 and the most articles in a calendar year since 2011. This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Copyright Law.

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Artificial Intelligence and IP: A Literature Review

SpicyIP

There may be implications of favouring open licensing and open source developments by virtue of its emphasis on sharing expertise and experience across organisations, and the development of an ecosystem of developers, technology and end-users in the future.

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