2020 Copyright Law Derivative Work Licensing 
Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 3, 2022
The lawsuit was filed back in July 2020 by the Authors Guild, a group of publishers including Amazon and a collection of authors. In September 2020, the court granted a preliminary judgment, however, this expands that judgment by granting both damages and a permanent injunction. They are free of copyright.
TorrentFreak
JANUARY 17, 2024
Acuff-Rose sued members of hip hop group 2 Live Crew, claiming that their track “Pretty Woman” infringed the label’s copyright in the Roy Orbison song, “Oh, Pretty Woman.” New law that came into force in April 2023 allows the free use of copyright works for parody, pastiche, and caricature.
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Copyright Lately
AUGUST 10, 2021
In a 91-page report and recommendation, a magistrate judge finds that the new version of the Philadelphia Phillies’ mascot falls within the “derivative works exception” to copyright termination. H/E), a creative design firm, which in 1984 assigned the copyright in the mascot for a term of “forever.”
Copyright Lately
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
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. Vila licensed his photo to various online and print publications for use in articles about Shayk. You get the idea.
TorrentFreak
JANUARY 6, 2023
A 2020 class action lawsuit filed by musician Maria Schneider accused YouTube of mass copyright infringement, failing to suspend ‘repeat infringers, and restricting access to anti-piracy tools, among other allegations. Copyright Law: Infringement Standards. YouTube’s Licensing Defense.
IP Tech Blog
JANUARY 4, 2023
Given that NFTs are the result of digital work that is transported in images, videos, photography and other forms of digital media, copyright seems to be the closest IP right to protect both the source code of the digital work, as well as its derivative works. Is this the same in the US and China?
JIPL Online
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
Mods are beneficial for the video game industry, [3] but mods can threaten a company’s copyright exclusivity because of their status as derivative works. [4] 4] Mods that collect revenue by paywalls are likely to scare copyright holders into litigation. [5] 11] Physical mods of game hardware are considered derivative. [12]
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