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[Guest post] ‘Ghiblification’ and the Moral Wrongs of U.S. Copyright Law

The IPKat

Copyright Law by Angela Chung Do everything by hand, even when using the computer. But general styles alone are not a form of attribution under copyright law, so artists like Miyazaki cannot seek to remove an iconic "style" from another's AI-generated image. Castillo v. G&M Realty L.P., 3d 155, 166 (2d Cir.

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3 Count: Copyright Claims Onboarding

Plagiarism Today

Copyright Office announces that the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) has launched its new website, ccb.gov. The CCB became a reality in December 2020 when the U.S. government passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (CASE Act).

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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.

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Why Are There So Many Pop Music Lawsuits

Plagiarism Today

Back in 2020, Rolling Stone reported that the sharp rise in such cases was causing songwriters to pick up insurance against such lawsuits. As we discussed in early 2020, the idea of the Blurred Lines case being some form of legal ground shift should be buried. To that end, it’s a trend that has been going on for some time now.

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EU countries call for legislation on international application of EU copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The English version of the letter is available here.

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EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2021

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Welcome to the fourth and final trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. We started this rubric in the beginning of 2021. We reported on this here.

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3 Count: Small Claims, Open Doors

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Hillel Italie at the Associated Press reports that a judge in Maryland has shot down a law that would have required publishers to make e-books available on “reasonable terms” to libraries in the state. ” 3: U.S.