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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie : The second in the Creepy Copyright Mondays series was an explainer on how Night of the Living Dead , one of the most iconic zombie films, fell into the public domain. It’s an interesting look at how a public domain source and a modern interpretation can clash.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

IP and Legal Filings

Later, in 1914, Copyright Act was amended which was highly influenced with the Copyright Act, 1911 of Britain, such as both the legislation shared resemblance in the duration of copyright protection, focused on the protection of literary works, and had similar provisions regarding the concept of public domain and exceptions.

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Enhance Curriculum with Copyrighted Content

Velocity of Content

In a 2016 report, Marci Goldberg of K-12 Market Advisors reported that “teachers spend an average of five hours per week creating materials and seven hours per week searching for materials.” Exceptions include materials in the public domain such as documents and materials the U.S. I am not alone.

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Monkey Business at the Ninth CircuitThe Monkey Selfie Strikes Back

Shades of Gray

where he asserted copyright ownership in the image, including by sending a cease and desist letter to Wikimedia for including the image in its database of public domain images. An appeal has been filed with the Ninth Circuit, and Naruto’s opening brief is scheduled to be filed on June 28, 2016.

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Analysing the Intersection of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Intellectual Property Rights

IP and Legal Filings

In 2016, the USPTO rejected Bitcoin’s trademark application. In the NFT space, a buyer is granted ownership over a copy of a digital artifact. Several individuals have been held for falsifying copyright ownership over a work that exists in the public domain.

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2023 Quick Links: IP, Keyword Ads

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

His defense is that the work he used was free for all; after his victory, that work remains in the public domain for others to build upon. 512(f) case in the context of an ownership dispute is sent to a jury. For more on the irrationality of this ethics opinion, see this 2016 paper. Serc-CA Discos, Inc.

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Modern monarchy and the media: Duchess of Sussex wins historic privacy case against the British tabloids

IP Whiteboard

Prince Harry) in 2016. The remaining issue, which is yet to be determined at the time of writing, relates to ownership in the Letter (an issue which the Court considered to be of minor significance to the wider copyright claim). [7] The Duke of Sussex, a.k.a.

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