TorrentFreak

JANUARY 6, 2023

YouTube’s motion for summary judgment states that Schneider licensed her content to YouTube, presented no evidence of DMCA violations, and in some cases had filed untimely claims. Copyright Law: Infringement Standards. YouTube’s Licensing Defense. It has not,” Judge Donato writes.

Copyright 139

Copyright Licensing Music Publishing 139

TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2022

It is unlikely that these features will appear on a licensed mainstream service but that doesn’t stop subscribers from desiring them. for a ‘lifetime’ license. You agree that as a condition of your license, you will not: i. Copyright Law and DRM. Still, here’s the relevant section.

Copying 145

Copying Social Media Licensing Technology 145

TorrentFreak

MARCH 7, 2023

” As CEO of Twitter, Musk understands that his platform has certain obligations if it wishes to maintain protection from liability under copyright law. Whether this was a simple request for cash or a business discussion about the cost of licensing the video is unknown. On the other hand he has a business.

Copyright 145

Copyright Copying Business Licensing 145

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. Financial issues would soon complicate the case, however.

Copyright Infringement 124

Copyright Infringement Copyright Fair Use Licensing 124

Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In that apology, Butz admitted he was “clearly ignorant about copyright laws and got defensive when it was brought to my attention.” That court found that most of Prince’s work was non-infringing (though several works still were) and the two sides ultimately settled the case in March 2014.

Fair Use 249

Fair Use Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Derivative Work 249

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

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.

Government 141

Government Related Rights Copyright Law 141

SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

Fourthly , the preposterous recommendation to prohibit/restrict storage of copied works in digital form during a global crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic betrays a myopic understanding of copyright law. Another major issue is that it only superficially touches upon issues relevant to copyright law. Concluding thoughts.

Copyright 119

Copyright Reporting Fair Use Copyright Law 119

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 24, 2023

. “This is a collaboration of like minded corporate Industry associations and individual right holders to help fight piracy,” the Copyright Board added. Copyrighted content being distributed without a license appears to be the root of the allegations facing Lime Fiber.

Social Media 124

Social Media Marketing Marketing Copyright 124

The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 21, 2022

He initially sought to certify a single class defined as “[a]ll owners of copyrights and musical compositions registered under United States copyright law, that were reproduced and/or distributed by Defendants without a license since 2003.” Kihn and the King Biscuit Flower Hour.”.

Copyright Infringement 97

Copyright Infringement Copyright Licensing Music 97

The IPKat

APRIL 8, 2023

The IPKat has received and is happy to host this guest contribution by Deborah De Angelis (Studio Legale DDA) on the highly publicized halted licensing negotiations between Italian collecting society SIAE and Meta regarding the availability of the music repertoire administered by the former on the latter’s services. 22 April 1941, n.

Music 129

Music Art Copyright Related Rights 129

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 was not until after his release in 2015 that Nealy discovered these unauthorized licenses, a revelation that came too late according to a straight three-year bar.

Copyright 89

Copyright Music Due Diligence Licensing 89

IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Warhol created these silkscreens from a photograph of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith, who claimed copyright infringement when the Warhol estate licensed Orange Prince to Conde Nast after Prince’s passing in 2016 to illustrate an article about Prince’s life and music. We limit our analysis accordingly.

Fair Use 105

Fair Use Licensing Art Music 105

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

A series of recent amendments to copyright law, including in the EU Copyright and the Digital Single Market Directive (Art. 3 and 4) and in Singapore’s new Copyright Act (Art. 243, 244), seek to protect the ability of text and data mining researchers to use copyrighted content in their work. million abstracts.

Copyright 118

Copyright Social Media Publishing Licensing 118

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

The limitation on the use of Meta’s libraries occurred after the tech behemoth and the Italian copyright collecting society for authors and editors (“Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori”, “SIAE”) came to an impasse during the renewal of the license agreement for the exploitation of the Italian repertoire.

Music 98

Music Art Licensing Copyright 98

Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

We will keep the law under review and could amend, replace or remove protection in future if the evidence supports it.” Registration was refused in August 2019, in line with previous US case law and guidance. We were not aware that the image may have been created by AI” 2. The focus in these cases was on parody.

Copyright 145

Copyright Art Fair Use Registration 145

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. Charlotte Anderson &Ors. of India, L.P.

Copyright 98

Copyright Copyright Law Invention Public Domain 98

IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Producers may claim exclusive ownership of an album or song in court owing to copyright protections. Rights to distribute and reproduce the work exclusively, as well as the right to grant a license that will allow the copyright holder to collect royalties, are included in this property. The court ruled in Gramophone Co.

Music 97

Music Copyright Copyright Infringement Moral Rights 97

The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2021

In 2014, a total of nine regulations came into force, each of which presented a significant change to UK copyright law. And of course there are now regimes for managing orphan works: one in the UK based on licensing and another in the EU benefiting cultural heritage institutions through a copyright exception.

Art 98

Art Copyright Editing Publishing 98

The IPKat

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Text and data mining exceptions One mechanism permitting data scraping can be found in the text and data mining (TDM) exceptions to copyright infringement which can be found in both the UK and EU. The UK has a limited exception for non-commercial TDM, found in section 29A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, introduced in 2014.

Copyright 62

Copyright Government Copyright Law Art 62

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

The ruling overturns a “seismic” district court ruling from 2014 that I wrote about in a previous blog post , one that “threaten[ed] to undo a 75-year-old consensus that state law does not provide a public performance right for sound recordings.” Flo & Eddie, Inc. Sirius XM Radio, Inc. , 17-55844 (9th Cir.

Blogging 98

Blogging Copyright Settlement Ownership 98

Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Copyright Office published a Notice of inquiry (“NOI”) and request for comments, Artificial Intelligence and Copyright, Docket No. 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].

Copyright 96

Copyright Fair Use Copyright Law Copyright Infringement 96

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

To fully understand these conflicting views of the majority opinion, it is necessary to understand both the specific facts of the case and the history of the Supreme Court’s case law concerning the fair-use doctrine. Condé Nast paid $400 for the license, which specified “No other usage right granted.” Figure 1, Slip op.

Fair Use 98

Fair Use Derivative Work Blogging Licensing 98

Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

Multiple times throughout June and July 2022, Netflix informed Barlow & Bear’s lawyers that their July 26 performance wasn’t authorized and would give rise to claims for willful copyright and trademark infringement unless they negotiated a license—which Netflix was willing to do. 1962, 1976 (2014). Petrella v.

Music 102

Music Derivative Work Fair Use Cease and Desist 102

LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2023

Extending to copyright law, where Thaler is fighting a similar battle, isn’t there a “modicum of creativity” leading to the AI-created work? Copyright law does this well with the protection of derivative works. an expired copyright). Alice Corp. CLS Bank Int’l , 573 U.S.

Derivative Work 52

Derivative Work Invention Copyright Law Copyright 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

On the other hand, professional photographers have to make a living by licensing their photos to publishers (and other intermediaries) who are willing to pay them to reproduce and display those photos. Instagram, of course, was licensed to publicly display the post under its own terms and conditions, so there is no direct infringement.

Blogging 98

Blogging Copying Social Media Copyright 98

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.

Copying 52

Copying Copyright Law Copyright Editing 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

1962 (2014). 2014) (collecting cases). to license works from the Music Specialist catalog. Use of that song was in turn licensed to several popular television shows, including “So You Think You Can Dance.” In 2018, following his second prison stint, Nealy sued Warner Chappell for copyright infringement.

Music 105

Music Blogging Copyright Ownership 105

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2023

Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, in case of any queries please contact/write back to us at support@ipandlegalfilings.com or IP & Legal Filing. References Lian Cicily Joseph, Modern Developments in Copyright Law and the Governance of E-Sports, 3.2 GSPR (2021) 131 Zhaoxia Deng, Illegal To Play? & Tech.

Copyright 97

Copyright Ownership Publishing Copyright Infringement 97

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. In this context, the BGH issued a decision in 2014 in relation to the games console, Nintendo DS.

Contracts 98

Contracts Copyright Law Cease and Desist 98

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 21, 2022

He initially sought to certify a single class defined as “[a]ll owners of copyrights and musical compositions registered under United States copyright law, that were reproduced and/or distributed by Defendants without a license since 2003.” Kihn and the King Biscuit Flower Hour.”

Copyright Infringement 52

Copyright Infringement Copyright Licensing Music 52

The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

VNG is Vietnamese corporation that created the Zing MP3 website that makes copyrighted music available for download. In 2014, Lang Van sued VNG for copyright infringement. law and, at the very least, affect U.S. and noted that it had signed license contracts with various U.S. VNG had corresponded with the U.S.

Copyright Infringement 98

Copyright Infringement Copyright Contracts Music 98

LexBlog IP

MAY 4, 2022

It was formed following a state license, in order to collect, among other things, the equitable remuneration provided by article 49 of Law 2121/93 in favour of producers, performers, and musicians for the public performance of legitimately released sound carriers. The direct licensing of in-store music was not covered by the agreement.

Contracts 52

Contracts Music Related Rights Television 52

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Spadika Jayaraj discussed a case where the Delhi High Court dismissed a suit by a media house accusing copyright infringement on its database of users. The issue has often arisen in the context of protecting confidential information through copyright law. E.g., see Prateek Surisetti’s post here and Niyati Prabhu’s post here.

Personality Rights 59

Personality Rights IP Licensing Copyright 59

LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

Warhol created these silkscreens from a photograph of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith, who claimed copyright infringement when the Warhol estate licensed Orange Prince to Conde Nast after Prince’s passing in 2016 to illustrate an article about Prince’s life and music. ” (S. ” See 143 S. ” Id. ” Id.

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Licensing Art Music 52

SpicyIP

OCTOBER 6, 2023

HoB is a storytelling platform and claims operation since 2014 through its website, Instagram, and YouTube. Prima facie, our best guess explanation for this would be that the person who actually shot the footage has sent different clippings (with some overlapping) to both platforms. Public Relations, the New X Factor?

Ownership 105

Ownership Business Copyright Copyright Infringement 105

Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Secondary Publication Rights as Enablers of (Green) Open Access SPRs are rights under copyright law that allow authors of publicly funded scientific research to post their published works on institutional websites and repositories, without the need for permission from the publishers that often own the copyrights.

Publishing 74

Publishing Journalism Copyright Editing 74

IP Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

Warhol created these silkscreens from a photograph of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith, who claimed copyright infringement when the Warhol estate licensed Orange Prince to Conde Nast after Prince’s passing in 2016 to illustrate an article about Prince’s life and music. We limit our analysis accordingly.

Fair Use 40

Fair Use Licensing Art Music 40