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Fair Use for Documentaries in US Copyright Law: Brown v Netflix

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In February 2019, Tamita Brown, Glen S. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (‘District Court’) held that the defendants’ use of the song was fair use and granted the motion to dismiss the claims. Photo by Geoff Gill via Pixabay. Chapman, and Jason T. Netflix , Inc. ).

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Digitalization And Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era. Copyright And Copyright Law Copyright is one of the crucial parts of Intellectual Property Rights which helps the owner of any creative work to have a legal right over the possession of such work or art.

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Parody under the Copyright Law

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In relation to ‘Parodies’, since it is derived from the original work of another writer or artist, it is difficult to draw a line between creative criticism and imitation. Since copying was for the purpose of criticism, it amounted to fair dealing and did not constitute infringement of the copyright.

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Prince, Prince, Prints: Will the Supreme Court Revisit Fair Use?

LexBlog IP

1] That decision shook the art world, as it seems to dramatically narrow the scope of the fair use doctrine, and raises doubts about the lawfulness of many existing works. [2] Originals” [7] : The Works at Issue. Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement.

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Generative AI and Copyright – Some Recent Denials and Unanswered Questions

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The growth of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and generative AI is moving copyright law into unprecedented territory. While US copyright law continues to develop around AI, one boundary has been set: the bedrock requirement of copyright is human authorship. Perlmutter, et.

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Fonts & Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? 

SpicyIP

Fonts & Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? This post only deals with copyrightability of fonts from artistic work perspective and does not explore the copyrightability of fonts as code or literary works. Debunking the ‘no copyright for fonts’ Argument.

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Preserving Indian Culinary Creations; A Perspective Through Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

However, in this context, the ingredient list, and the process — shall not fall under the shelter of copyright protection only the creative delivery and the images used to showcase the preparation of the recipe shall be protected by the medium of copyright laws in India. NMIMS Law Review. 2019, July).