Kluwer Copyright Blog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.
Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
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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43(B)log
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
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. §
Copyright Lately
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
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.
Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
” 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.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
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.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 16, 2021
In 2019, Artem Stoliarov, a Russian DJ whose stage name is Arty, filed a lawsuit before the US District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that Marshmello’s song ‘ Happier ’ copied the synthesizer melody from his 2014 remix of OneRepublic’s ‘I Lived’ (OneRepublic is an American pop rock band). Background and decision.
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