2021, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law and Intellectual Property Law

Smells Like Copyright Infringement

IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, enrolled in Professor David Vaver’s 2021-2022 Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program. copyright law, a particularly confusing subject for foreign works published before 1978. copyright law. Copyright Act of 1909.

Copyright Infringement

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This is Garbage! Photographer Battles Circle City Broadcasting Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 4, 2024

Indianapolis, Indiana – Defendant Circle City Broadcasting, LLC d/b/a WISH-TV , is being sued by Plaintiff Christopher Sadowski over alleged copyright infringement. In 2021, Circle City Broadcasting purportedly published Sadowski’s work on their website, without obtaining the necessary licensing.

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-06-12

Barry Sookman

JUNE 13, 2021

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-06-05 [link] 2021-06-06. Federal Appeal Court ruling upholds first-ever court blocking order against Canadian ISPs [link] 2021-06-06. News release: Federal, Provincial and Territorial Information and Privacy Commissioners and Ombudsman Issue Joint R… [link] 2021-06-08.

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. iii] While intellectual property remedies are painfully slow, the internet is on the cutting-edge of fast paced communication. LAW AND ECONOMICS. Costs Versus Benefits of Copyright Protection. Minc Law (Sept.

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-06-19

Barry Sookman

JUNE 20, 2021

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-06-12 [link] 2021-06-13. Bill 95: The Québec government’s desire to allow access and optimal use of its data [link] 2021-06-14. Getting Cyber Insurance Right: 5 Practical Tips [link] 2021-06-14. – Lawfare [link] 2021-06-14.

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-12-25

Barry Sookman

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-12-18 [link] 2021-12-19. Brand Protection KPIs: How to Focus on Outcomes, Not Takedowns – INCOPRO [link] 2021-12-20. Can an Idea, Style or Method Be Protected Under the Copyright Act? link] 2021-12-20. No copyright in a style [link] 2021-12-20.

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-11-13

Barry Sookman

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

An unreal issue: managing IP in the metaverse [link] 2021-11-07. Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-11-06 [link] 2021-11-07. A Workspace by the CAI to assist with Bill 64 Compliance | McCarthy Tétrault [link] 2021-11-09. OSFI Technology and Cyber Risk Management [link] 2021-11-09. link] 2021-11-11.

Privacy

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-08-07

Barry Sookman

AUGUST 8, 2021

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-07-31 [link] 2021-08-01. Damages and injunction awarded in social media libel case Aslani v Sobierajska [2021] EWHC 2127 (QB) (28 July 2021) [link] 2021-08-01. New Brunswick, 2021 SCC 31 (CanLII) [link] 2021-08-01.

Social Media

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-08-14

Barry Sookman

AUGUST 15, 2021

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-08-07 [link] 2021-08-08. Singapore’s Copyright Act Revisions: A Step in the Right Direction [link] 2021-08-11. Thompson, 20… [link] 2021-08-11. Sellers of preconfigured set top boxes liable for copyright infringement, Bell Canada v. link] 2021-08-11.

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Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture by Professor David Vaver – “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond”

IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

For fifty years, the Copyright Society of the USA (CSUSA) has invited numerous esteemed figures to present the annual Donald C. This past Monday, Osgoode’s very own Professor David Vaver delivered the 2021 Brace lecture on “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond” as the series’ very first international speaker from outside the United States.

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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Emily Prieur is an IPilogue Writer and a 3L JD Candidate at Queen’s University Faculty of Law. . In September 2021, Indigenous model and activist Quannah Chasinghorse turned heads at the Met Gala wearing a gold cut-out gown by Peter Dundas and traditional Navajo turquoise jewelry. Photo By Andrej Lišakov ( Unsplash ).

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Analysis of OTT Predominance and IPR Violations

IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This article covers copyright infringement and related rules for OTT platforms. Authors of creative works are legally granted certain rights known as intellectual property rights (IPRs). The 19th century saw the emergence of the phrase “intellectual property.” They need to be accepted by the law.

Intellectual Property

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EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2021

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

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

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Canadian IP Scholars Submit their Recommendations to the Federal Government on AI, the Internet of Things, and the Modernization of the Copyright Act – Part 1

IPilogue

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Emily Prieur is an IPilogue Writer and a 3L JD Candidate at Queen’s University Faculty of Law. . . In July 2021, the Government of Canada launched a consultation on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and the Internet of Things (“IoT”). The scholars rejected the notion of copyright protection for AI-generated works. Background.

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Copyright Clash: Ivan Radic’s Legal Stand Against AllCity Adjusting, LLC and Zor Development, LLC

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JANUARY 19, 2024

The complaint explains that the heart of the matter lies in Radic’s creation, a photograph titled “ Plaster falling off the ceiling ,” crafted in 2020 and officially registered under copyright law in 2021.

Copyright

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Does Copyright Extend to “facts”? The Federal Court Sets the Story Straight on the Extent of Copyright Protection in Nonfiction Work

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2021

INTRODUCTION In the recent 2021 decision of Winkler v. Hendley, 2021 FC 498 [ Winkler ], the Federal Court (the “Court”) addressed an unusual issue of copyright protection in a nonfictional work containing descriptions of events with questionable historical accuracy. the defendants, for copyright infringement.

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TikTok: A New Copyright Minefield

LexBlog IP

MARCH 7, 2022

In fact, some statistics have shown that, in 2021, TikTok overtook Google as the year’s most popular domain. However, as the platform becomes more popular, it opens its doors to a multitude of legal challenges with copyright infringement near the top of the list. were copyright related. .”

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-03-19

Barry Sookman

MARCH 20, 2022

Court determining damages in this trade secret misappropriation and copyright infringement case, 2021 BCSC 2126 (Ca… [link] 2022-03-15. Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-03-12 [link] 2022-03-13. link] 2022-03-14. Singapore Court orders worldwide freezing injunction related to stolen cryptocurrency [link] 2022-03-15.

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Nintendo’s Actions Demonstrate Our Intellectual Property Laws are Broken

JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

ROMs which are possessed or distributed without the copyright holders’ permission likely violate copyright law in various ways. It is therefore possible that TOs would be liable for some form of secondary liability of copyright infringement. To play in an online tournament, players utilize their own ROMs.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 2 of 4: Exploitation rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In 2017, the BGH had the opportunity to implement the case law of the CJEU on communication to the public in the area of links in German law, to the extent it concerned links to copyright-infringing content. Nevertheless, the BGH applied the CJEU principles on posting links to copyright infringing content.

Law

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 3 of 4: Related rights and exceptions and limitations

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Parts 1 and 2 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here and here , and part 4 will be published on the blog shortly. In addition to rights of the author, German copyright law also recognises related rights.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

The legislative history also expressed an intent to retain existing case law on vicarious liability of a principal for the acts of its agents, including independent contractors. A handful of other district courts have agreed with Goldman in rejecting the “server” test in the context of deliberate “embedding” of allegedly infringing content.

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YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 – A step towards “factfulness”

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

At the end of 2021, YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 (“Report”) was published. Regarding the question of unjustified copyright takedown on YouTube, YouTube’s Report provides a chance to take a fact-based or “factful” look – assuming that YouTube has correctly indicated the facts. 17 (4) DSMD).

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Implementation of Art. 17 DSM Directive into German National Law – the German Act on the Copyright Liability of Online Content Sharing Service Providers (UrhDaG)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

17 of the DSM Directive, the Directive stipulates that online content sharing service providers like YouTube or Vimeo are now also responsible under copyright law for user uploads, if these providers fail to meet certain obligations. 8 UrhDaG); general responsibility under copyright law for user uploads is established in Sec.

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European Copyright Society (ECS): Comment on Copyright and the Digital Services Act Proposal

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

In November 2021, the Council of the European Union reached agreement on an amended version of this proposal , and on 20 December 2021, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) released a draft for an EP legislative resolution. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. 41(3)(b) DSA.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Claims under copyright law. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq.

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What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s a-happening (around Article 17)? Tales from Hungary, Germany, Italy and Sweden

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Article 17 has been a (the) leading buzzword of the copyright reforms of the European Union in recent years (at least half a decade already). As of June 6, 2021, however, only a handful of Member States have implemented Directive 2019/790/EU (Copyright in the Digital Single Market; hereinafter CDSMD). Hungary (Péter Mezei).

Cease and Desist

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” copyright law. Compendium, at Section 313.2 ]. ” Welsh (2015) at 134. ” Id. at 135-36. .”)

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The Duchess and the tabloid: copyright, fair dealing and freedom of expression in personal letters

Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In February 2021, the High Court granted Ms Markle summary judgment on her claim for misuse of private information, and also on the central issues of her copyright claim. that Ms Markle’s copyright was outweighed by the Mail’s right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the ECHR. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-01-08

Barry Sookman

JANUARY 9, 2022

2021 CanLIIDocs 13247 [link] )) 2022-01-02. Damages for copyright infringement, Ark Innovation Technology Inc. 2021 FC 1336 [link] 2022-01-02. Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-01-01 [link] 2022-01-02. Cyberlibel : Information Warfare in the 21st Century?, Matidor Technologies Inc., Republican Rep.

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Smells Like Copyright Infringement

This is Garbage! Photographer Battles Circle City Broadcasting Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-06-12

IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-06-19

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-12-25

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-11-13

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-08-07

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-08-14

Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture by Professor David Vaver – “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond”

Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

Analysis of OTT Predominance and IPR Violations

EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2021

Canadian IP Scholars Submit their Recommendations to the Federal Government on AI, the Internet of Things, and the Modernization of the Copyright Act – Part 1

Copyright Clash: Ivan Radic’s Legal Stand Against AllCity Adjusting, LLC and Zor Development, LLC

Does Copyright Extend to “facts”? The Federal Court Sets the Story Straight on the Extent of Copyright Protection in Nonfiction Work

TikTok: A New Copyright Minefield

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-03-19

Nintendo’s Actions Demonstrate Our Intellectual Property Laws are Broken

Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 2 of 4: Exploitation rights

Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 3 of 4: Related rights and exceptions and limitations

Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 – A step towards “factfulness”

Top 3 posts of the autumn from our IP law blogs

Implementation of Art. 17 DSM Directive into German National Law – the German Act on the Copyright Liability of Online Content Sharing Service Providers (UrhDaG)

European Copyright Society (ECS): Comment on Copyright and the Digital Services Act Proposal

Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Top 10 Posts on the Kluwer Copyright Blog in 2021

What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s a-happening (around Article 17)? Tales from Hungary, Germany, Italy and Sweden

WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

The Duchess and the tabloid: copyright, fair dealing and freedom of expression in personal letters

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-01-08

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