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First duel between NFTs and copyright before the Spanish courts: NFTs 1 – Authors 0

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The rise in popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has attracted a great deal of attention from copyright practitioners and aficionados. Basically, because an NFT is an encoded digital metadata file of a copy of a work that can be copyright protected. And why is that? an exploitation that caused them no harm).

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Religious Group Targets Parent With Copyright Lawsuit Over Kids’ Curriculum

TorrentFreak

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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Prof. Avichal Bhatnagar v. The CEO, Pralek Prakashan Pvt. Ltd : Taking a Look at The Conundrum Surrounding Copyright Protection vis-a-vis Accessibility for PwDs

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Emphasizing the lack of a robust mechanism to ensure access to literary work by persons with disability, the authors highlight how the existing copyright framework comes in conflict with the rights enshrined under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. Views expressed here are those of the authors’ alone.

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Lidl v Tesco – Court of Appeal overturns copyright infringement finding

Kluwer Copyright Blog

On 19 March 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down its decision on the appeal in the Lidl v Tesco case ( [2024] EWCA Civ 262 ), holding as follows. These were used as part of a marketing campaign by Tesco to indicate to customers which products were subject to discounted prices for Clubcard holders.

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SAD Scheme Leads to Another Massively Disproportionate Asset Freeze–Powell v. Schedule A

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

As part of a SAD Scheme case, she claims an Amazon seller infringed on her work. Here is the comparison: This looks like a derivative work to me. I note this is a copyright case instead of the more common SAD Scheme trademark claims. Judge Pushes Back on Copyright SAD Scheme Cases–Viral DRM v. Would fair use apply?

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Cloned-and-Revised Legal Documents Aren’t Copyrightable–UIRC v. William Blair

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This case revisits the venerable topic of if, and when, cloning-and-revising a legal document can be copyright infringement. The plaintiff gets an expensive lesson in the law of derivative works. * * * UIRC offers bonds using a private placement memorandum (PPM) and an indenture of trust.

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Public Domain Day 2023 is Coming: Here’s What to Know

Copyright Lately

A new crop of copyrighted works (including rights in a certain famous British detective) will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2023. There’s no indication that Hulu’s decision was influenced by the copyright status of The Hardy Boys ’ titular characters. Check out the Copyright Myth Project for more.