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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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

on text data mining and its interpretation as an exception to allegations of copyright infringement, SpicyIP Fellowship applicant Tanishka Goswami highlights the key findings of the Court and explores the probable lessons for Indian policymakers in harmonizing copyright with AI and innovation. Her previous post can be accessed here.

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Copyright Alliance

JUNE 1, 2023

Goldsmith case, reining in the transformative use test under the first fair use […] The post May 2023 Roundup of Copyright News appeared first on Copyright Alliance. Supreme Court finally issued its long-awaited decision in the Andy Warhol Foundation v.

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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. Jury awards American Airlines $9.4 Talk about a case of the tail wagging the dog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

McDermott kept the copyright to those photo and granted NY Post a license. The article included multiple photos of Sewell, including the photo in question , and the Post apparently liked the image so much that they used a portion of the photo as the background for the newspaper cover that day (see screenshot at right).

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JD Supra Law

MAY 22, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited ruling clarifying one element of the Copyright Act’s fair use doctrine. The Court held that because both Warhol’s art and the Petitioner’s photograph were used with magazine articles about Prince, the purpose and character of both works were the same.

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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 s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. Goldsmith was not paid or credited for this use.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 22, 2023

Five things to know about the Supreme Court’s new purpose-driven fair use opinion in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (“ Warhol “) is that relatively rare fair use case in which both the original and follow-on works were more or less directly competing in the same market. Andy Warhol Foundation v.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Thousands will compete, many are objectively baseless, but only five can be crowned the worst of the worst copyright lawsuits of 2023. We’re nearing the end of December, which means it’s time for Copyright Lately ’s annual worst-of list. When Netflix refused to pay up, Cramer sued for copyright infringement.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 14, 2023

Photographer Jeff Sedlik and tattoo artist Kat Von D each claim that the Supreme Court’s Warhol decision entitles them to summary judgment in their long-running copyright dispute. Goldsmith on a first-of-its-kind copyright infringement lawsuit involving celebrity tattoo artist Katherine Von Drachenberg (aka Kat Von D).

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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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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 25, 2021

1: Nirvana Beats T-Shirt Copyright Lawsuit Involving Dante’s ‘Inferno’ First off today, Bill Donahue at Billboard reports that members of the band Nirvana have emerged victorious in a battle over their iconic Dante’s Inferno shirt, even if it is likely not the final word on the case.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2024

is one of the most interesting cases in history to rely on a fair use defense, arguing that the alleged infringement qualifies as a parody. 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.”

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s ruling that the reproduction of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince on the cover of a magazine tribute was not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photo of the singer-songwriter Prince, on which the Warhol portrait was based. 21-869 (May 18, 2023). Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

It’s always good to start off the year with an overview of trademark and copyright cases to watch. In this case, the Supreme Court will decide whether the Andy Warhol Foundation made fair use of a photo of the late artist Prince. We’ll start with Andy Warhol Foundation v. Next, we have Abitron Austria GmbH v. There, U.S.-based

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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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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On September 25, 2023, a United States Circuit Judge determined that fact questions surrounding issues of fair use and tortious interference required a jury to decide media conglomerate Thomson Reuters’s lawsuit against Ross Intelligence, a legal-research artificial intelligence (AI) startup. By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP

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Copyright Alliance

JANUARY 9, 2024

Copyright enthusiasts knew that 2023 would bring with it a highly anticipated decision in one of the biggest fair use cases in decades: Andy Warhol Foundation v. Indeed, […] The post Copyright Cases in 2023: A Year in Review appeared first on Copyright Alliance. Lynn Goldsmith.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 7, 2023

A few years ago copyright holders paid little attention to these discussions. In 2017, the site removed ‘just’ 4,352 pieces of content in response to copyright holders’ complaints. User access requests, which allow users to ask for a copy of their account information, skyrocketed in the first half of 2023.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

TLDR Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. In the EU, a crucial legal issue is whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under existing text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in the Copyright in Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This post looks back at the key developments in AI and copyright in 2022, covering generative AI, text and data mining exceptions, the pastiche exception, deep fakes, voice cloning and infringement and enforcement of copyright using AI. Very few jurisdictions expressly provide for copyright in computer-generated works.

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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. Given this, it is clear in the US, AI alone cannot be an author.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

On February 11, 2025, Judge Bibas of the Third Circuit, sitting by designation in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, issued a decision granting partial summary judgment to Thomson Reuters in the closely watched case of Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence Inc. By: Jenner & Block

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 13, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its first decision this century on copyright fair use in the artistic context. 1258 (2023). Andy Warhol Found. for the Visual Arts, Inc. Goldsmith, 143 S. By: Lathrop GPM

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Despite receiving this accolade and Allen’s arguments that he contributed significant creative elements to the AI-generated Work, his attempts to copyright the work have been unsuccessful. Allen originally filed for copyright registration on September 21, 2022, but did not disclose that he had used an AI system to create the work.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 6, 2023

The fair use defense to copyright infringement has been remastered by the Supreme Court—at least the first factor. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Andy Warhol Foundation v. By: Benesch

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The following is an excerpt from the article “The Heart of the Matter: Copyright, AI Training, and LLMs,” authored by Daniel Gervais (Milton R. The full article can be read in the Journal of the Copyright Society. 7 This does not, however, fully answer hard questions about the right to prepare derivative works under US law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Photo by Joey Csunyo on Unsplash In recent years, copyright departments in governments around the world have been preoccupied with AI’s effects on copyright industries and, more recently, copyright law challenges created for AI industries. Which copyright issues has the Australian government been grappling with?

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JD Supra Law

MAY 22, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of the respondent copyright holder in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Lynn Goldsmith et al., Lynn Goldsmith et al., By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2024

The libraries use this concept of CDL justify the mass digitalization of copyright works digital versions of their legally obtained items and lending them to patrons in a controlled manner. This rule covers lending digital copies of copyrighted works, while works in the public domain can be freely digitized.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

carries significant implications for Generative AI and pending Copyright cases worldwide. On September 25, 2023, Judge Bibas rendered his initial opinion on summary judgment motions concerning direct infringement and fair use. Ross Intelligence Inc. But, first, Some History! But, first, Some History!

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Internet Archive, our fellowship applicant Tanishka Goswami explains the implication of the decision on fair use. She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Through this post, I shall: firstly , examine the Appellate Court’s “fair use” analysis w.r.t.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

However, a quest by local parents, to raise public awareness of the nature of that instruction, has led to one of their group in Indiana being sued by LifeWise for copyright infringement. Copyright Complaint, Religious Controversy Filed in the Northern District of Indiana (Fort Wayne Division) on July 2, 2024, plaintiff LifeWise Inc.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 18, 2024

As 2023 came to an end, it offered a prime opportunity to examine significant legal developments in intellectual property case law and implications for the real estate industry in the year to come.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2025

Considering that deepfakes are original, and are a result of human authors own intellectual creation, they are copyright-protected. In the United States, following the Feist publication, a work that has a modicrum of creativity is sufficient to benefit from copyright protection. WHERE SHOULD THE LINE BE DRAWN TO CURB MISUSE?

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