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Incidental use of artworks

Olartemoure Blog

The Andean Tribunal of Justice, through prejudicial rulling 135-IP-2020, has established a determinant factor to differentiate between the public communication of a pictorial work in an audiovisual work and its incidental use. La entrada Incidental use of artworks se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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Artificial Intelligence Art and Indian Copyright Registration

IP and Legal Filings

AI generated art is made autonomously by artificial intelligence without human creative input (see below for the artwork Dall-E 2 created in response to my suggestion “a machine painting a canvas”). Under the Indian Copyright Act , such works are classified as “computer generated works”. The basis for registration is not specified.

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AI Generated Art and its conflict with IPR

IIPRD

This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. This is a major point of contention in the realm IP laws today whether or not AI can be given the said rights and protections under law.

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In 2020 the District Court agreed with the defendants that the use of the song in the documentary was fair use and hence granted the motion to dismiss. Since the Second Circuit found the use of the song in the film fair and thus there was no direct infringement, the claims for secondary copyright infringement were also dismissed.

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AI art and Indian copyright registration

SpicyIP

Such works qualify as ‘computer generated works’ under the Indian Copyright Act. For such works, copyright law confers authorship to the “person who causes the work to be created”. The Indian Copyright Office is also unsure how to deal with such applications. This copyright office granted registration in this case.

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Deadly Dolls and a Forgotten Copyright Exception

Copyright Lately

I’m talking about section 113(c) , which allows photographs of useful articles incorporating copyrighted works to be made and used without violating copyright law. One of Deadly Doll’s popular designs is a cartoon image of a bikini-clad pin-up girl holding a skull: Deadly Doll’s original artwork. You get the idea.

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U.S. Artificial Intelligence Notice of Inquiry – deadline extension

Kluwer Copyright Blog

On 5 February 2020, the U.S. Copyright Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held a symposium that looked at the relationship between copyright and AI. Copyright Office and the U.S. Copyright Office launched a study to examine the copyright law and policy issues raised by generative AI.