SpicyIP

JULY 31, 2023

Image from here Yesterday, July 31, the Lok Sabha passed the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023 , which was earlier passed by the Rajya Sabha on July 27, 2023. Furthermore, the 2023 bill enables aggrieved individuals to pursue action under Section 51 of the Copyright Act 1957 for copyright infringement.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of famed rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith against the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.’s In 2016, Vanity Fair licensed Orange Prince from AWF for the cover of their commemorative issue about Prince. Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 13, 2023

While the industry group’s definition is broad enough to encompass all streaming services offering licensed content, a more specific description for the lion’s share of related piracy is carried out by people using YouTube-ripping tools. It is now the most prevalent form of online music copyright infringement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Grande Communications Networks, LLC, 2023 WL 1422808 (W.D. Jan 31, 2023). 11, 2023): Time and again we have declared that “prevailing defendants in copyright cases are presumptively entitled (and strongly so) to recover attorney fees.” . Hoffmann Air Conditioning and Heating, LLC, 2023 WL 2681994 (E.D. March 29, 2023).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. We have also included a list of other notable IP developments of 2023. The judgement was passed in October 2022, but was uploaded in September 2023 on the High Court’s website. A special thanks to Mr. G.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the third trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this edition, we update you on what has happened between July and September 2023 in EU copyright law. The government has until 31 October 2023 to respond to these recommendations. Read more here.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 1, 2025

What Kindle sells, instead of books, is licenses. Kindle Content is licensed, not sold, to you by the Content Provider. When purchasing e-books on the Kindle app for Desktop or for the E-reader, books are not sold in the EPUB format, instead these licenses are downloaded in their own proprietary formats: AZW3 and KFX.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

Also, ignoring copyright licenses is at least arguably copyright infringement, and your fair use claim probably won’t get you out of the lawsuit at the motion to dismiss stage. 2023 WL 3449131 at *1 (N.D. May 11, 2023). The court also held that plaintiffs were permitted to proceed pseudonymously. Complaint at 2. GitHub, Inc.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 10, 2025

If the AI learning process does not result in (non-incidental) copies of works used during AI training, then we do not need to discuss copyright exceptions, and we cannot talk about remuneration of right holders at all. some training datasets contain only hyperlinks to content stored online rather than copies of content).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This post is the third and final instalment in the “Africa IP Highlights 2023" series of posts highlighting some of the key developments in IP in Africa in 2023. As previously stated, the Africa IP Highlights 2023 is the result of collaboration between myself and Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Last month, the Canadian Federation of Library Associations released a much-needed statement that sought to counter the ongoing misinformation campaign from copyright lobby groups regarding the state of Canadian copyright and the extensive licensing by libraries and educational institutions. York University ruling.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 20, 2023

So-called ‘stream-ripping’ services typically use YouTube as a source while allowing users to keep copies of copyright tracks on their devices. While around three-quarters of internet users do obtain content illegally, 88% of Indian music consumers use licensed streaming services too. That statement deserves nuance.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

The plaintiffs’ factual allegations in Kadrey v Meta and Chabon v Meta The first class action, Kadrey v Meta ( here ), was filed on 7 July 2023, in U.S. The second class action, Chabon v Meta, was filed on 12 September 2023 before the same court ( here ). District Court for the Northern District of California – San Francisco Division.

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Since the 2023 survey, there is a notable increase in both the number of people with whom published content is shared per week and the number of people with whom that information is shared in all verticals. Downloading content through any tool makes a new copy of that content and copying often requires permission.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Welcome to the fourth (and last) round up of EU copyright law for 2023! CJEU judgments Seven.One, CJEU, C-260/22 Coming from Germany, this preliminary reference concerned broadcasting organisations and their entitlement to fair compensation as a result of private copying. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Dear readers, Happy new year!

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Firstly , appropriate licensing is the foremost requirement for IPTV applications to operate legally. [This post is authored by Tanishka Goswami. Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 25, 2022

Reviewing IP Agreements and licensing assistance. Term: September 2022 – April 2023, with a possibility to continue on for the 2023 summer term. Copy of your resume and unofficial grades. Performing freedom-to-operate and clearance searches. Performing trademark searches. Conducting legal research. 750 words).

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The copyright office seeks input on the legality of training generative models on copyrighted works obtained via the open internet, but without an express license. In particular, an approach that does not store or actually copy the underlying works would be less likely to be be infringing.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we bid adieu to 2023, let’s take account of the interesting developments that we came across last week. Highlights of the Week A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023 Continuing with our annual tradition, we curated a list of the top IP developments in India. Other Posts Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC V.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

In the belief that the curriculum contains information supportive of the group’s cause and in the wider public interest, it’s alleged that Parrish set out to obtain a copy. He also improperly obtained and posted a digital copy of the entire LifeWise Curriculum.” Parrish does not support LifeWise’s mission.”

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TorrentFreak

JULY 26, 2023

So-called ‘cam’ copies appear online within hours of movies first appearing in theaters, yet as piracy releases go, cams are unique in their ability to disappoint just about everyone. ” The bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha (upper house of parliament) on July 20, 2023. . And quite rightly so.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 12, 2023

According to IFPI’s Engaging with Music 2023 report released this week, online piracy remains a problem worldwide, stream-ripping and illegal music apps in particular. When asked about their reasons for pirating, more than half of all respondents (55%) said that they do it to avoid paying for licensed music streaming subscriptions.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Significant amounts of content are available through licenses, including open licenses such as CC BY and CC BY-NC. To what extent are copyrighted works licensed from copyright owners for use as training materials? To your knowledge, what licensing models are currently being offered and used? ROSS Intelligence Inc.,

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Other than a brief period in 2020, the Archive maintained a one-to-one ratio of books owned by it in physical copies and made available digitally for users through its free digital library. billion today, only to grow manifold.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 9, 2024

In a 2023 report published by EndPoints News , it is suggested that for 2022, an estimated 70% of US FDA approvals for new treatments originated in small companies when compared to 66% in 2021. In It’s important to know, however, there are many types of open-access licenses. Why does it matter, and what can you do?

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

While at this stage the particulars of Getty’s claim are unavailable, their press release states that Stability AI “unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright and the associated metadata owned or represented by Getty Images”. temporary copy which is; 2. transient or incidental; 3.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. Winston & Strawn , 23-cv-11193 (S.D.N.Y. Cannon , 789 N.W.2d

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Professor Paul Goldstein, for example, has argued that, in light of the enumeration, the statutory text is intended primarily to protect certain licensing markets. 785, 851 (2013) (“By copying a master’s work, the ‘pupil’ might at least get a glimpse of the great author’s mind, which would seem like a normatively desirable process.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A Case of ‘Smart Copying’: ‘Peace Maker’ Restrained from Imitating ‘Officer’s Choice’ Do you enjoy your whiskey? They further argued that they lack a distribution license for it in Delhi, and neither party has a registered office or conducts their business in Delhi. Would you mix up these two labels: Officers choice and Peace Maker?

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

The article was rejected for copyright protection in 2023, and the argument was that the absence of human authorship disqualified the work from the right. Who owns the right to copy-authors, the programmer, the user, or the transmitter commissioning the work? Copyright Office, Compendium of Copyright Office Practices , 2023.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 7, 2023

Since most tweets relating to the initial dispute have since been deleted or disabled, here we rely on archived and cached copies for evidence. Mauduit’s pinned tweet is/was a stunning short video dated March 4, 2023. Copies of these communications have not been made public, so their nature remains unknown.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The film’s production started right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit and the planned theatrical release was pushed back several times, to eventually premiere in June 2023. A few days ago, high-quality pirated copies of the new Mission Impossible film began circulating on pirate sites.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

In April 2023, India’s Union Cabinet gave the bill a green light and during July it was passed by both Houses of Parliament. While not everyone involved in movies is a copyright holder (some will be licensed, for example), having no authorization to act sounds a lot like having no permission, but there may be some exceptions.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2024

” 2 Live Crew had previously sought to license the track from Acuff-Rose to be used as a parody; Acuff-Rose refused and 2 Live Crew used it anyway. Without obtaining permission, Lokka made a copy of the report, added his own subtitles, and then retransmitted the new version to the public via Twitter. Subtitle Defense 2.0:

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

For example, if you write a novel, copyright protects it from being copied or sold by others without your permission. Trade Secrets Trade secret is the information that is confidential, commercially valuable, known to limited persons and is actively kept secret from the public, and which may be sold or licensed.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Does 1-10 are described as the infringing IPTV service’s operators, who knowingly and unlawfully transmit, and publicly perform in the United States, TV channels for which DISH holds or held an exclusive license. A third infringement notice sent to Massive Wireless on May 5, 2023, performed as well as the two sent previously.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 1, 2023

According to the 2023 Information Seeking and Consumption Study, executives report the highest level of copyright awareness (91%) but are most likely to share in ways not allowed by their companies’ own policies. Downloading content through any tool makes a new copy of that content – and copying often requires permission.

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