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Kanye West Faces A Copyright Infringement Lawsuit: Is “Fair Use” Fair?

IPilogue

Raenelle Manning is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Moten, a Texas pastor, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against rapper Kanye West for incorporating a sample recording of his religious sermon into one of his songs. The fair use defence is rarely used in music sampling cases.

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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

The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era. However, with more advantages, some disadvantages also come into play.

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Parody under the Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

Since copying was for the purpose of criticism, it amounted to fair dealing and did not constitute infringement of the copyright. Hindustan Coco-Cola claimed the defence of parody, however, the Court restraining Hindustan Coco cola to use such sentence held that such commercial was a colourable imitation of Pepsi Co.’s

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Why do artists infringe copyright – the tension between artistic creativity and copyright law

IPilogue

Last year, Andy Warhol lost an infamous copyright infringement lawsuit against photographer Lynn Goldsmith regarding an image of the pop singer Prince. Copyright Act —whether Warhol’s print is transformative of the original photograph so that it qualifies as fair use.

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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] Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement. It found that all four fair use factors weighed against fair use. [12]

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Think Kiwi Farms Is Legally Unassailable? Copyright Law Might Disagree–Greer v. Moon

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

But if you really want Kiwi Farms gone, have you considered using copyright law for its censorial power? Greer sued Moon and Kiwi Farms for contributory copyright infringement and other claims. Direct Infringement. on Kiwi Farms” in April 2019. CloudFlare’s block ). Greer] money.” ” Ugh.