TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2024

New law that came into force in April 2023 allows the free use of copyright works for parody, pastiche, and caricature. “[Th]e court determined that this could not be considered a parody as referenced in Section 23a of the Copyright Act, but a prohibited modification of the work,” TTVK explains.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 13, 2023

case number IL-2023-000007). 35 quoting OpenAI’s paper introducing GPT-4 dated March 2023). Code § 103 – Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works and 106 and Circular 14: Copyright in Derivative Works and Compilations of the US Copyright Office ). and others v. Stability Al Ltd.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

EU (CDSM arts 3-4; obligation concerning sufficiently detailed summary in June 2023 draft of AI Act) d. Does the machine infringe when it produces a new “work”? For the right to prepare a derivative work in US, linked to issue 3, see paper #1 and Getty Images lawsuit 3. Impact of Warhol, esp for GenAI) b. Fair dealing c.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 4, 2024

If so, infringement may occur unless an exception applies or the LLM did not have access to the original work. 1 Another key right is the creation of derivative works, which includes adaptations or translations. 7 This does not, however, fully answer hard questions about the right to prepare derivative works under US law.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 23, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

21-869 (May 18, 2023). Legal Background: Copyright and Derivative Works Copyright law protects original works of authorship, including “pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works,” 17 U.S.C. For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work.

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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 Goldsmith , 598 U.S. _ (2023). [2] s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. 2] Slip op. 3] Slip op.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

In 2023, several authors, including the comedian Sarah Silverman, filed putative class action lawsuits alleging various copyright infringement claims. However, the Court noted that “the mere fact that a work is copyrighted does not mean that every element of the work may be protected.” OpenAI, Inc.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Deadline- October 15, 2023. A Look at the Revised Patent Prosecution Timelines in the Draft Patent Amendment Rules The Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023 were recently published in the Gazette of India, with public comments invited by September 22. Image from here Smells like Luxury, Does it Cost a Trademark Battle? Dabur India Ltd.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

21, 2023) (Hector Gonzalez), the District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment regarding the validity of its copyright. Defendants argued that because information concerning the Second Holy Temple is in the public domain, Plaintiff’s copyrighted works are not original.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JULY 29, 2024

The University disputed that Boyages owns all copyright in and has exclusive rights over the contested work. It is important to note that Boyages claimed that her logo was original and not a derivative work. They also admitted displaying the logo as described by Boyages but did not believe such use was unlawful.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

2023-6 on August 30, 2023, calling for comments from interested parties addressing dozens of questions. The Office received roughly 10,000 comments on October 30, 2023. 305 (2023) (available at [link] ) [7] Id. [8] 23-CV-00201-WHO, 2023 WL 7132064, at *14 (N.D. 23-CV-03417-VC, 2023 WL 8039640, at *2 (N.D.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2023

On December 11, 2023, the Copyright Review Board affirmed the Copyright Office’s decision to reject Ankit Sahni’s application to register the AI-generated work depicted above. The Copyright Office opined that the work was a classic example of a derivative work in that it was a digitalization of a photograph.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A third core area focuses on infringement liability associated with AI-outputs that result in a copy or improper derivative work. The public is invited to provide input by submitting comments by the October 18, 2023 deadline. Who is liable — the AI system developers, model creators, and/or end users?

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

Noting that the Parents Against LifeWise Facebook group has already attracted around 2,500 members since it was created September 1, 2023, LifeWise is of the belief that “Mr. According to the complaint, the LifeWise Curriculum is actually a derivative work, i.e Parrish does not support LifeWise’s mission.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Between 25 August 2023 and 13 November 2023, 119 responses were received from 134 universities contacted. A slightly more challenging issue is to establish a causal connection between the original work and the student’s derivative work (i.e., the third criterion).

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use. Applying a new lens on how to view the purpose of a derivative work under U.S. copyright law.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2023

Today (May 18, 2023) the United States Supreme Court rejected AWF’s fair use defense, finding in Goldsmith’s favor. The Court clarifies a common misunderstanding: calling a work “transformative” does not make it so. Litigation ensued, in which AWF advanced fair use as its defense.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 4, 2023

21-869, as part of INDICAM ’s podcast series “IPxSUMMER 2023 around the world” As many will recall, SCOTUS recently upheld a ruling that an early 1980s Andy Warhol’s photograph of the artist Prince was not fair use. one of the copyright rights is the right to prepare derivate works (e.g.,

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

21-869, as part of INDICAM ’s podcast series “IPxSUMMER 2023 around the world”. The Idea of copyright is actually a bundle of different rights… one of the copyright rights is the right to prepare derivate works (e.g., It’s a way where you take your original work and add new expression to it. Goldsmith et al, Case No.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Our pilot empirical work in January-March 2023 mapped ToS across a representative sample of 13 generative AI providers, drawn from across the globe and including small providers as well as the large globally well-known firms such as Google and OpenAI. You can find the full report here.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

It is somehow different from the right to make transformative derivative works (where the word “transformed” is used in Section 101 ) such as film adaptations of books, which clearly require copyright owner consent. Please note that this is in no ways meant to be a comprehensive analysis of the lawsuits. Case 1- Doe 1 v. GitHub Inc.,

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BYU Copyright Blog

MAY 20, 2024

Post University claimed that Course Hero committed, among other things, multiple instances of copyright infringement, trademark infringement, violation of the DMCA, and unfair competition by posting and creating derivative works of educational materials owned by Post University without Post University's permission.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The court rejected the conclusory assertion that every output of ChatGPT is an infringing derivative work, finding that plaintiffs had failed to allege “what the outputs entail or allege that any particular output is substantially similar – or similar at all – to [plaintiffs’] books.” 7, 2023). [3]

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

2023 WL 3449131 at *1 (N.D. May 11, 2023). As of May 2023, GitHub has updated this provision on its website to explicitly read “any code, text, … documents, or other files”). GitHub, Inc. Plaintiffs just amended their complaint to clarify: GitHub’s Privacy Statement defines “personal data” to include “any.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

From the output side, the relevant issues are whether the output is copyright-protected, and whether it infringes the copyright of ‘works “ingested” during the training stage of the AI system’ ( see Quintais, here ; see also here and here ). To facilitate the process of TDM, data is the key.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In his Opinion, however, Advocate General (AG) Cruz Villalón indicated that the notions of parody, caricature and pastiche ‘have the same effect of derogating from the copyright of the author of the original work which, in one way or another, is present in the – so to speak – derived work.’

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

On June 7, 2023, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in VHT, Inc. The Ninth Circuit began by noting that “the question of whether a work constitutes a `compilation’ for the purposes of statutory damages pursuant to … the Copyright Act is a mixed question of law and fact.” Zillow Group, Inc.,

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BYU Copyright Blog

MAY 13, 2024

However, these conferences were adjourned until March 2023. This included adequately identifying specific derivative works and their association with the alleged infringements, as well as demonstrating the effects of Chegg's actions on the value and market for these works.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

598 U.S. _ (2023) (Citations are to the Slip Opinion (“Slip Op.”)). Such pro­tection includes the right to prepare derivative works that transform the original.” One may argue that the dissent treats the copyright holder’s right to make derivative works too narrowly. Goldsmith et al. ,

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 27, 2022

In other words, the termination period began May 18, 2018 and ends May 18, 2023 requiring a notice of termination effective January 2020 to be served in January 2018. It is likely Paramount will assert that Top Gun: Maverick is not based on the Story and therefore is not a derivative work and therefore cannot infringe the Story.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 27, 2022

In other words, the termination period began May 18, 2018 and ends May 18, 2023 requiring a notice of termination effective January 2020 to be served in January 2018. It is likely Paramount will assert that Top Gun: Maverick is not based on the Story and therefore is not a derivative work and therefore cannot infringe the Story.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

billion in the first quarter of 2023 , largely driven by successful releases from Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift, and the aforementioned Drake. ” Michael Nash, April 26, 2023 Again, Nash’s statement is correct as far as it goes. ” On April 26, UMG held an earnings call in which it reported that revenues rose 11.5%

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Copyright Lately

MAY 22, 2023

" — Robert Indiana, artist [link] — Aaron Moss (@copyrightlately) May 19, 2023 2. Each Particular Use Needs To Be Considered On Its Own A focus on the justification for a secondary use means that whether a follow-on work is fair or not can’t be considered in a vacuum. "I knew Andy very well. The impact of Warhol v.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Some IP Thoughts on Dolce & Gabbana’s SS23 Collection Curated by Kim Kardashian, and other Fashion Heritage at Fashion Week By Felicia Caponigri During Milan Fashion Week held last week, the Italian fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana debuted their Spring/Summer 2023 ready-to-wear collection. copyright law. As in the U.S.,

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 14, 2024

In 2023, several authors, including the comedian Sarah Silverman, filed putative class action lawsuits alleging various copyright infringement claims. The Court began by noting that “while it may be unlawful to recreate another’s work (e.g., OpenAI, 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. The NEL was held to be a derivative work, and the Archive’s lending practices violative of copyright law. Internet Archive, our fellowship applicant Tanishka Goswami explains the implication of the decision on fair use.

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