TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

“They want to replace the flexible, fault-based doctrines of secondary copyright liability with notice-and-terminate … or else,” Cox adds. The current verdict against Cox indeed requires ISPs to terminate repeat copyright infringers. “And terminate Cox did — just not for copyright violations.

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The IPKat

JULY 7, 2024

The adventures of the young boy with the quiff seem to be an inexhaustible source of copyright disputes [ IPKat here or here ]. Hergé's legacy is fiercely defended by Mrs Rodwell and Tintinimaginatio against third parties who draw too much inspiration from his works. C-435/12, [at 23]. 113-4 of CPI.

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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].

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Many copyright scholars and most in the world of fine art have loudly condemned the ruling as a travesty of justice. As usual, readers who are already familiar with the case and/or with copyright law may skip the “Background” sections below (but don’t skip the commentary “The Road Not Taken”).

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TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2022

You agree not to archive, reproduce, distribute, modify, display, perform, publish, license, create derivative works from, offer for sale, or use (except as explicitly authorized in these Terms of Use) content and information contained on or obtained from or through the Netflix service. Copyright Law and DRM.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

The full story behind Netflix’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Barlow & Bear, and why it’s actually a win for the fan fiction community. When it comes to copyright cases, Netflix has seen stranger things. First, as far as copyright cases go, this one’s easy.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 26, 2024

Emphasizing the lack of a robust mechanism to ensure access to literary work by persons with disability, the authors highlight how the existing copyright framework comes in conflict with the rights enshrined under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. Views expressed here are those of the authors’ alone.

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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. The term “Derivative Work” is defined in 17 U.S.C. §

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

A detailed analysis of Goldsmith , however, yields little comfort to content owners when assessing the applicability of fair use to non-expressive uses of copyrightable content for use in AI learning models. Goldsmith seeks to license her copyrighted photograph to exactly these kinds of buyers. Goldsmith , 598 S. 1258, (2023).

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

JANUARY 9, 2017

On July 26, 2014, a fan-made Star Trek associated short film entitled “Prelude to Axanar” made its public debut at the San Diego Comic-Con convention. One major area of dispute between the parties is whether Axanar’s works fall under copyright law’s “fair use doctrine.” By: Sharon Urias, Esq.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

One is tempted to characterize these plaintiffs as copyright “trolls.” It is certainly within the definition of chutzpah to publicly display your own work on the Internet, visible for anyone to see for free and without further conditions, and then to complain that others are helping people find your work by linking to it.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Intellectual property owners need to add the metaverse to places to watch for possible infringement, specifically, trademark or copyright infringement in the form of NFTs or non-fungible tokens. Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

Intellectual property owners need to add the metaverse to places to watch for possible infringement, specifically, trademark or copyright infringement in the form of NFTs or non-fungible tokens. Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

A detailed analysis of Goldsmith , however, yields little comfort to content owners when assessing the applicability of fair use to non-expressive uses of copyrightable content for use in AI learning models. Goldsmith seeks to license her copyrighted photograph to exactly these kinds of buyers. ” (S. Goldsmith , 598 S.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

A detailed analysis of Goldsmith , however, yields little comfort to content owners when assessing the applicability of fair use to non-expressive uses of copyrightable content for use in AI learning models. Goldsmith seeks to license her copyrighted photograph to exactly these kinds of buyers. Goldsmith , 598 S. 1258, (2023).

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” context to see how various other countries have responded to such challenges as well, not only in copyright but in trademark and patent too.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The copyright owner in Runt is seeking to enjoin director William Coakley from releasing a behind-the-scenes project about alleged on-set bullying and sexual harassment that it claims he fabricated. At the time of his death, the 20-year-old Boyce was working on what would prove to be his final film, the independent coming-of-age drama Runt.

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