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3 Count: Swimsuit Edition

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Kevin Shalvey at Business Insider reports that “Sports Illustrated” swimsuit model Genevieve Morton has filed a lawsuit against Twitter alleging that the site was slow to remove infringing material and that an AI photo editing tool created unlawful derivative works.

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Amicus in Apple v. Corellium

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For example, Apple did not attempt to explain how slowing down the execution of its code using CORSEC created an infringing derivative work or unauthorized copy, any more than slowing down video playback would. 101 (derivative works “represent an original work of authorship”); L. Patton, 769 F.3d See 17 U.S.C. §

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The Battle Over Poker NFTs

Plagiarism Today

” The case raises questions of fair use and whether the new paintings were transformative enough to be non-infringing or if they were simply derivative works. 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.

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Public Domain Day 2023 is Coming: Here’s What to Know

Copyright Lately

The principle that characters which evolve over time don’t enter the public domain all at once was established by the 2014 opinion in Klinger v. At the same time, those aspects of the character’s evolution that don’t appear until later works may still be eligible for copyright protection. Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd.

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Digital Death Penalty? Legal Battle over Piracy Disconnections Heats Up in Appeals Court

TorrentFreak

On top of that, it notes that the $223 million damages for derivative works should not have been granted. In 2013 and 2014, Cox terminated over 600,000 residential and 20,000 business customers for nonpayment — over 800 terminations a day. Music Companies See a Profit Motive. The music companies see things quite differently.

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Legal Background: Copyright and Derivative Works Copyright law protects original works of authorship, including “pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works,” 17 U.S.C. For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work.

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YouTube Wins Partial Summary Judgment in Maria Schneider Copyright Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

In April 2014, MWP and YouTube signed a Publishing Licensing Agreement (PLA) that granted YouTube a license to compositions “owned or controlled” by MWP. “Consequently, the salient question is whether YouTube has demonstrated as a matter of law and undisputed fact that the PLA grants it a license to all of Schneider’s works-in-suit.

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