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My Concerns with the ‘Can’t Be Evil’ NFT Licenses

Plagiarism Today

Last month, a study published by The Galaxy examined the top 25 most valuable NFT projects and found that, despite many understanding that NFTs transferred either the copyright or the license in the original work, only 1 in 25 of those projects even attempted to do as such. The first problem is that there is no “All Rights Reserved” option.

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Proper Copyright Notice

Erik K Pelton

And frequently you will find the phrase “All Rights Reserved” after that as part of the notice as well, because that used to be more important for some international protections, and it can’t hurt to have that phrase as well, there’s no harm in doing so. Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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In Praise of the Title Verso

Velocity of Content

He recently wrote for Publishing Perspectives about his professional obsession with this “most boring bit of any book.” On every title verso , “all rights reserved” will appear. Charkin tells me why these three words are so important to authors and to publishers. All rights reserved means all rights reserved.

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Nimitz Patent Fight Offers Peek Behind NPE Liability Curtain

JD Supra Law

All rights reserved. Originally published in Law360 - February 10, 2023. This article originally ran in Law360 on February 10, 2023. Patent litigation brought by nonpracticing entities, or NPEs, has seen exponential growth.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

The application was initially approved and published for opposition in June 2022. All Rights Reserved. Last March, Ms. Carey applied for the mark “QUEEN OF CHRISTMAS” at the USPTO for use in connection with a wide variety of goods and services. © 2022 Erik M. Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Getting paid to play? Copyright, contract, and the rewards for UGC

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The existence of this dialectical relationship between rightsholder and user sits at odds with the principles of the copyright system which often assume a dichotomous, all-rights-reserved model of creativity. Commercial’ use is instead more narrowly construed by game publishers to mean use for the benefit of a company (e.g.,

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Protecting Commercial AI Rights Is Harder Than You Think – EU Edition

Velocity of Content

In the quaint days of 2019, when the EU issued its Digital Single Market Copyright Directive (DSM) , much attention was focused on issues such as a news publishersright and the obligations of platforms to take down infringing materials. What about the words “all rights reserved?” Is a copyright notice sufficient?

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