Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Given the fact that the copyright law was originally framed to protect literary and artistic works, it needs to be seen how much the law has evolved to grant protection to digitalized works. Kind of Copyright Infringement. The International Conventions on copyright law do provide certain protection to digitalized works.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 18, 2022

” In other words, AdBlock Plus breaches copyright law. Nevertheless, Springer pressed ahead with its legal action, claiming that by interfering with website delivery to viewers, that constituted copyright infringement and was worthy of an injunction. Springer Likens Adblocking to Videogame Cheating.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Originally posted 2012-07-02 17:00:11. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe EFF is suing Viacom over their DMCA takedown notice for a Stephen Colbert parody clip on YouTube which EFF says is non-infringing. Viacom sent out about 37 million of those puppies, based on the well known legal-analytical principle of “what the heck!”

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Copyright Office by year for the last 10 years. Copyright Office while register the software aspect of the designs (e.g., source code) under copyright law. Copyright Office, there is no need to concern about the leakage of the deposits. Here is the number of mask works registered with the U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Last week, fellow author Sharon Wee took to her Instagram to claim that Makan featured many recipes and elements from her 2012 cookbook Growing Up in a Nonya Kitchen. copyright law, one typically cannot copyright a recipe itself. However, it turns out that much of the book was anything but.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 13, 2024

Part of the difficulty in answering this comes down to the fact that there is not one copyright owner, but possibly several copyrights from one song under Indian copyright law. For example (see here ), copyrights exist independently for lyrics, where the lyricist is recognized as both author and first owner of copyright.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 20, 2022

Under US copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.”. The readable parts suggest that evidence related to the reliability and accuracy of notices that were sent out between 2012-2015 is no longer available. Billion Dollar Lawsuits.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 10, 2024

Nealy’s personal life was no major success either, as he spent time in prison from 1989 to 2008, and again from 2012 to 2015. Specifically, how long is the period during which rightsholders can recover damages for copyright infringement? copyright law, there’s a three-year statute of limitations to file complaints.

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Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Originally posted 2012-06-11 19:57:19. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. I like this from Jonathan Rogers: On the YouTube blog, the company posted an announcement about a deal struck with many music publishers. Now, The post Jonathan Rogers: Is YouTube “Monetizing Piracy”? appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The courts need to understand the degree to which such usage may harm the work or decrease the profits for the owner of the copyright. Today, this doctrine has become one of most popular doctrines in the realm of copyright law. It allows people a positive defense against the infringement of copyright. Definition.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 5, 2024

Sony Wins Early But Cooler Heads Prevail Software quite rightly receives protection under copyright law but in Datel, Sony wants a ruling that outlaws the modification of variables generated by software that only ever exist in RAM and form no part of the underlying copyrighted source code.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 27, 2022

In reality they are massively simplified and carry nothing like the maximum sentences available for the offenses listed in the US superseding criminal indictment dated January 16, 2012. Whether by design or not, the charges above may have copyright infringment as the underlying acts but they seem to pose no threat to the status quo.

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IPilogue

JUNE 14, 2022

Over the next year, Swift released re-recorded versions of both her Fearless (2008) and Red (2012) albums, receiving widespread commercial and critical success. At the heart of Taylor’s decision was an often overlooked but significant legal distinction in the copyright law governing the music industry. Look What You Made Me Do.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 12, 2021

As far back as 2012, Adobe was planning for the eventual demise of its iconic Flash Player. In a DMCA complaint filed with Github on October 4, 2021, a legal representative acting for Adobe explains that the Clean Flash Installer project breaches copyright law. is the copyright owner and I am authorized to act on its behalf.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Copyright Office by year for the last 10 years. Source : www.copyright.gov/history/annual_reports.html Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 # of MW 33 0 20 156 27 25 28 84 279 203 Even though the number of registered mask works is not enormous, they are still an important component of chip companies’ IP portfolio.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 1, 2025

Through the Copyright Amendment Act, 2012, DRM and TPMs received a legal sanction as the newly introduced Section 65A (1) criminalised the act of circumventing the DRM with the intention to infringe on copyright laws.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

At the time, similar services were also being offered by several of Finland’s internet service providers but for the members of the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Center (CIAPC, also known as TTVK), this was a serious breach of copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

The copyrights Act includes computer programmes and electronic communication, however this has been viewed as a grey area. Following the 2012 revision to the copyrights Act, it was made clear that Internet activities were also covered by the copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2022

Similar to the legislation in the United Kingdom, an attempt was made in 1994 through an amendment to the Indian Copyright Act to establish such a term and restrict the duration of such Moral Rights in India to exist only till the subsistence of the copyright itself. Waiver of moral right of the author permissible?

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

But, as an exception, the doctrine of merger provides that if the expression of an idea is merged with the idea itself, then such an expression can also be denied copyright protectio n. The absence of this doctrine would defeat the very purpose of copyright law. Evolation Yoga, LLC (2012). of India, L.P.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 20, 2023

For instance, in 2012 Kodak used its facial recognition patent, among its other IPs, as collateral when it was facing bankruptcy. The whole patent portfolio of the company, at the time of their auction, was reported at a whopping 2 billion USD in 2012! This post suggested some ways in which these problems can be addressed.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 6, 2023

Copyright Law: Infringement Standards. The record shows that Schneider created a YouTube account in 2012, through which she and authorized third parties uploaded content to YouTube, including some of the works listed in the lawsuit. An order handed down by Judge James Donato on Thursday addresses each aspect in detail.

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SpicyIP

MAY 23, 2024

Image from here Sweet Sound of Victory: Looking at the Calcutta HC’s Decisive Decision on Rights of Authors By Surabhi Katare In a major development, Calcutta High Court’s passed a landmark judgement on May 17, 2024, in safeguarding the copyrights of authors of music and literary work used in sound recordings.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We, who have been writing and teaching about copyright law and how it has responded to challenges posed by new technologies for decades, were among those who submitted comments, see [link]. In addition, conduct that may be consistent with the copyright laws nevertheless may violate Section 5. That is far too hasty.

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Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Originally posted 2012-02-23 13:50:40. District Court issued a restraining order in the Palin vs. Gawker copyright lawsuit. The post Hating someone doesn’t mean you can infringe her copyright appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Republished by Blog Post Promoter And that’s why the U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 21, 2022

Copyright ensures certain minimum rights and it has never been an absolute right. If copyright protection is applied rigidly, it will hamper progress of the society. In 2012, when IRRO raid in the University of Delhi, It was commented by the secretary of IRRO that, IRRO has merely given a few licenses to corporate bodies.

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Patently-O

MAY 9, 2024

Nealy was incarcerated from 1989 to 2008 and again from 2012 to 2015 , and consequently was unaware that Butler had licensed their music without proper authorization. It seems unlikely that the outcome of Corner Post would directly contradict the assumption of a discovery rule in copyright law, but it may well serve as an important influence.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

According to Section 30, the holder of copyrights may license all or part of his rights to another party. The 2012 Amendment included a new Section 31(c), which grants statutory licenses to anybody creating a “cover version” of the original work.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Catchphrases in Copyright and Trademark Law Copyright law guarantees artists the protection of their creative work while allowing others to expand upon it through its legislations. are generally not protected by copyright law. iv] 2012(51)PTC 251(Del). [v] In Reebok India v. 541 of 2019. vii] 427 F.2d

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Court went to some length here discussing the doctrine of harmless use (or "uso inocuo"), despite the fact that such a doctrine does not actually exist in Spanish statutory law. The Court referred to a 2012 decision of the Spanish Supreme Court in the Google case ( Sentencia no.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

The plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI copied their published books, which are protected by copyright law, and used them in a training dataset for its LLM. The author plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI infringed on their published works by using these works to help train its LLM. East Coast Foods, Inc.,

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Originally posted 2012-07-23 14:01:33. BBspot finds the Rosetta Stone of the RIAA’s litigation strategy. This “explains” a lot. Hat tip to Boing Boing. Republished by Blog Post Promoter The post RIAA lawsuit decision matrix appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Copyright-wise, that is? Originally posted 2012-02-13 11:03:00. Did you ever contemplate the grand institution of karaoke and ask, hey, how do they do that? Don’t wonder any more. Republished by. The post No jokey! appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MAY 29, 2023

Boing Boing: “Copyright infringement is your best entertainment value.” Originally posted 2012-10-18 10:28:04. ” I can think of others, frankly, but fine. As long as we’re calling a spade a spade! The post My favorite infringements appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 28, 2023

3) According to the Court, the term “sale” used in article 41 of the Copyright Law must be interpreted in a broad sense. The compensation for damages cannot be less than twice the fee that is usually or by law paid for the type of exploitation that the infringer did without license.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 26, 2023

According to Section 2(d)(v) of the Copyright Act, the producer of a cinematograph film is considered the work’s creator. [1] This preference for producers in copyright law has recently been questioned. Firstly, it stated that the 2012 changes did not mention that the composers would retain their ownership rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 13, 2023

DE MINIMIS IN COPYRIGHT LAW. Wilmot Storage Services [2] , the court laid down the scope and extent of de minimis while stating that it can be used in matter of copying of the copyrighted content instead of just a mere display of such work. Vishesh Kumar, De Minimis in Copyright Law- Trivial or Proceed to Trial, Mondaq, (Jan.

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