Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

On March 16, 2023, the U. Copyright Office (USCO) launched a new AI Initiative to examine the copyright law and policy issues raised by artificial intelligence (AI), including the scope of copyright in works generated using AI tools and using copyrighted materials in AI training.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2023

The post xQc and the 2023 Reaction Video Controversy appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Streamer and YouTuber xQc is under fire for his reaction videos. Here's why it's not the first such battle and why this may be different.

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Copyright Alliance

JANUARY 4, 2024

On January 3, we published part one of this blog series summarizing the biggest copyright-related AI activities that took place within the federal government. In today’s post, we pick back […] The post AI and Copyright in 2023: In the Courts appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

ABSTRACT Technology advancements are linked to copyright, which gives authors of original works of literature, music, drama, or art, as well as audio recordings and cinematic films, a legal claim over their creations. Every day, there are several ways that someone’s copyright is violated on social networking sites.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Copyright Office published the second part of a planned three-part report on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), this time focused on the question of copyrightability for AI-generated creative works. On January 29, the U.S. By: Troutman Pepper Locke

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

But, before I go, I wanted to leave you with five tales of how copyright has shaped Halloween that I’ve written over the years. 1: How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie. When the film was released, the print was missing a copyright notice. 2: Dracula vs. Nosferatu: A True Copyright Horror Story.

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Copyright Alliance

JANUARY 11, 2024

In 2023, like the rest of us who toil in copyright and creativity, the U.S. Copyright Office was also laser focused on the impact of AI on copyright. Copyright Office Activities in 2023: A Year in Review appeared first on Copyright Alliance. Last week, […] The post U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

However, those familiar with copyright law, immediately began to point out flaws in the plan. Spice DAO has announced that it is implementing a three-stage “redemption phase” that will see it attempt to pay back its members as much as possible and, likely, attempt to sell the book in the fourth quarter of 2023. Copyright Office.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In response to the increased use of sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) technologies capable of producing expressive material, the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

McDermott kept the copyright to those photo and granted NY Post a license. McDermott, represented by the Sanders Law Group, sued KMC for copyright infringement. McDermott argued that KMC was sophisticated about copyright law because the person who attached the photo to the bio had a journalism background.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Image from here IP Court watchers will be pleased to know that the Delhi High Court’s IP Division has published the 2023-24 edition of its Annual Report ! Praharsh had written about the first report published in April 2023. A total of 1977 cases across patents, copyrights and trademarks, were received from the IPAB in 2022.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 22, 2025

Recognizing these challenges, the Copyright Office issued Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence (Guidance) in March 2023, clarifying. This rapid evolution in art generation challenges global intellectual property law. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

Image:www.shutterstock.com There is no better way to start out the New Year, 2024, with a commentary on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and copyright. It was the big emerging issue in 2023 and is going to be even bigger in 2024.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 20, 2024

million in copyright damages against Skiplagged—but the website’s business model remains largely unaffected. Yes, there was a copyright infringement claim in the mix, based on Skiplagged’s use of American’s “flight symbol” logo. This left the copyright claim over the unauthorized use of American’s flight symbol logo.

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The IPKat

MARCH 11, 2025

R1002/2023-3 and R2499/2022-3 ) or, for older models, expired. In a recent decision , the German Supreme Court denied copyright protection for two Birkenstock sandal designs. Since copyright is not freely transferrable under German law, he granted exclusive rights of use to the company Birkenstock. According to Sec.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This week, EUIPO released another in-depth piracy report titled “Online Copyright Infringement in the European Union.” The latest report finds that in 2023 the piracy numbers have somewhat stabilized in the EU. 2023 Piracy in the EU The chart also reveals the most popular content categories per country.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Today’s social media users see copyright conflicts on a regular basis, but probably due to the way copyright is enforced, tend to view images and text as faiir game when compared to movies and music. ” From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. .

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

However, this gives a grand legal question: who has the right to copyright AI-created works? This has to do with the application of copyright to works made through AI. Traditional Copyright Framework and Its Limitations Copyright law is fundamentally based on three principles: Authorship : The creator of a work owns the copyright.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 19, 2025

Europol is no stranger to piracy and online copyright infringement. The “drop in users” prediction is tied to a 2023 Europol IP-crime threat assessment , which includes a near identical statement, shown below. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 25, 2023

HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ is the most pirated TV show of 2023. — Below we have compiled a list of the most-torrented TV shows worldwide released in 2023 (per episode). With no dragon-themed series in the mix, it was hard to predict this year’s winner. However, the data leave little room for doubt.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2025

Copyrightability of AI-generated and AI-assisted work has been a hot topic for a while. The United States Copyright Office (USCO) clarified its position on AI contributions in its 2023 guidelines.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Copyright Office last year, has filed a request for declaratory judgment with the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado asking the court to find that his work is eligible for copyright registration. Copyright Office published a final decision denying registration of Allen’s work in September 2023.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 6, 2024

To protect copyright holders, YouTube uses an advanced content recognition system called Content ID that flags potentially infringing videos. Fewer Content ID Partners The Content ID system works reasonably well, but access is limited to a select group of major copyright holders. For classic webform DMCA takedowns, 7.5%

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 1, 2024

We also received a few direct to us via email, more than usual in 2023. New Year 2023: Peaceful for 19 Days By January 19, 2023, things were looking quite promising. On April 3, 2023, we received an email from Turkey-based anti-piracy outfit DigiGuardians Inc. It didn’t in any way.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 24, 2025

The police further mentioned that the defendant had 134 terabytes of copyrighted material in his possession, strongly suggesting he was not a minor player. Danish Crackdown on The Scene The authorities note that the alleged “Scene” member was active from November 2021 until his arrest in November 2023.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In an interesting development, the CIC recently rejected an RTI application concerning information on IPRS’ compliance with the Copyright Act, upholding privacy for private organizations and confidentiality of inquiry reports that have not been tabled in front of the Parliament. Do Copyright Societies Fall Under the RTI Act?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2025

On February 20, the ED released a press statement on its move to attach the directors asset in light of the 15 year old copyright dispute between the director and writer Aarur Tamilnadan. In this post, we will examine the foreseeable consequences of applying a money laundering law to a copyright dispute. 63 against Shankar.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

The defense concluded that the case was without merits, thus not violating copyright laws. ISSUES ARISING OUT OF DISPUTE The legal validity of the agreements signed by Nayanthara or Vignesh, including an assignment of copyright of any videos, photos, or other works created on the set of Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, is under scrutiny by the court.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2025

It’s been a busy two weeks for copyright and AI cases. March 18, 2025) This case involved the completely AI-generated work, “A Recent Entrance to Paradise”: The copyright applicant, Thaler, disclaimed any human involvement in the work’s creation. The district court ruled it wasn’t copyrightable.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 17, 2024

A few hours ago, the company released its latest transparency report detailing the actions it took in the second half of 2023. 779,628 ‘Infringing’ Items Flagged At TorrentFreak, we are mostly interested in copyright-related actions. That said, the company does signal a significant increase in copyright-related user bans.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Often subject to intense planning and strict media embargoes, we simply stumbled across the live campaign website early October 2023. The main campaign video (above) was uploaded to YouTube on September 12, 2023, and when we spotted it early October, it had already been viewed 484,000 times. What Happens to the Data?

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The following is an excerpt from the ebook, 2025 Copyrighted Content Usage Trends, which draws on data from the 2025 Information Seeking and Usage Study to offer insights into how employees think about, use, and share copyrighted content today, including with AI tools. Employees are accessing more publications than in 2023.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2024

The Australian government has released the 2023 edition of its Consumer Survey on Online Copyright Infringement. Overall Online Consumption 2023 Survey data for overall online content consumption in Australia means respondents’ consumption in total, regardless of whether the sources used were legal or illegal.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2024

This week in Other Barks and Bites: WIPO releases a study that finds intangible investment is growing rapidly in part due to IP; the Center for Investigative Reporting files a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft; and the RIAA files a lawsuit against AI music-generating platforms for mass copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 18, 2024

In April 2023, Uptobox received 34 million visits from users all over the world, around a third of those from France. At several points in its dozen or so years online, Uptobox faced adversity, mostly due to copyright issues. On September 20, 2023, not even the most sophisticated techniques allowed users to connect to Uptobox servers.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 22, 2025

One such legal issues is what is referred to as “fair use,” which becomes particularly problematic in the context of the copyright law. Such databases may include work that is copyrighted. Goldsmith (2023) [2]. Another important factor is market effect.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The growth of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and generative AI is moving copyright law into unprecedented territory. While US copyright law continues to develop around AI, one boundary has been set: the bedrock requirement of copyright is human authorship. This bedrock principle was reinforced in two recent copyright decisions.

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