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VPNs: Russia Forces Google to Delete Masses of Links Amid Ukraine Invasion

TorrentFreak

Between 2011 and 2013, protests took place in Russia in response to allegations of election-rigging and a lack of civil liberties in Russia. It is normal for the Lumen Database to redact targeted URLs in copyright notices it makes generally available. Google Removes Links But Cannot Reveal Them.

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Strategic Legal Algorithms Against Public Participation: YouTube Disables Newslaundry’s Account Following Copyright Claims from Aaj Tak

SpicyIP

In a new low for Indian media, Aaj Tak (owned by the media conglomerate Living Media) has allegedly taken to using copyright claims to prevent criticism of its reportage by media watchdog Newslaundry.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 27 – October 3)

SpicyIP

Next Radio set aside the Madras High Court’s judgment that had modified the application of Rule 29(4) of Copyright Rules, 2013 applicable to the statutory licensing regime under Section 31D of the Copyright Act, finding that it rewrote the words of the statute [September 29, 2021]. Supreme Court premises.

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Is Generative AI Fair Use of Copyright Works? NYT v. OpenAI

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Judge Denny Chin initially found Google liable for failing to secure the consent of copyright owners before scanning their books. There is no general right of attribution under United States copyright law , which only recognizes a right of attribution for artists. But he eventually reversed his own position.

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U.S. Supreme Court Fixes Ninth Circuit’s Test for Mistakes in Copyright Registrations—Unicolors v. H&M (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Before the 1909 Act, the author was required to register the title of the work before publication, as a condition of receiving copyright protection. Under the 1909 Act, an author received a federal statutory copyright merely by publishing the work with proper copyright notice. Schaltenbrand , 734 F.3d

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

SpicyIP

Several petitions in the Madras High Court challenged the validity of rule 29(4) of the Copyright Rules, 2013. In October, Newslaundry revealed that its YouTube operation had been suspended pending an enquiry into 53 separate copyright notices received from Aaj Tak. Saregama India Limited v.

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007: License to Infringe

Dear Rich IP Blog

Regardless of copyright duration (life + 50 or life + 70 years), you cannot use characters, character traits, scenes, or iconic objects that were created for the films but that do not appear in the books. This rule for serialized works was explained in 2013 when the Sherlock Holmes story collection went public domain.