Copyright Alliance

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As seen in parts 1 and part 2 of our blog series, where there is art, there are artists who love to push boundaries, particularly in copyright law. This is […] The post Copyright Cases Visual Artists Should Know: Part 3, Fair Use appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

Photo: Author A couple of recent cases in the US involving (mis)appropriation of copyrighted photographs indicate the tide may be changing with respect to the interpretation of what constitutes fair use, moving from a very liberal interpretation of “transformation” that has been used in recent years to justify unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted (..)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2025

The plaintiff apparently owned the copyrights to both videos and sued XXL for copyrght infringement. Instead, XXL relied on a fair use defense, which works: Nature of use: “the video was the subject of the news story and because the article added new information and context about the contents of the video.”

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit holding that Andy Warhol’s Prince Series did not constitute fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph. The Second Circuit held in March that “the district court erred in its assessment and application of the fair-use factors and the works in question do not qualify as fair use.”

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 20, 2022

The UFC’s reputation as the world’s leading mixed martial arts promotion is the result of almost three decades of hard work and unwavering dedication to combat sports. That’s why a company who used UFC footage without a license has prompted a new big-money copyright lawsuit. Bisping: The Michael Bisping Story.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 9, 2022

An art editor has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up his dispute with a copyright holder over a French court's €2 million infringement judgment regarding photos of artist Pablo Picasso's work, arguing that the Ninth Circuit parted ways with its sister circuits when it determined that his use of the photos didn't count as fair use.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 12, 2024

The Copyright Claims Board is about to turn two. The post 3 New and Interesting Cases Before the Copyright Claims Board appeared first on Plagiarism Today. As such, we're taking a look at three new and interesting cases being heard by it.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 29, 2024

On Thursday, final judgments were issued in a pair of copyright infringement cases that arose from a now infamous 2014/2015 project New Portraits, where appropriations artist Richard Prince displayed Instagram photos and user comments as a purported commentary on social media and art.

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The IPKat

APRIL 6, 2025

Copyright Law by Angela Chung Do everything by hand, even when using the computer. In addition to having previously criticized the use of AI tools to (grotesquely) imitate human movement, Miyazaki's films often condemn violence, environmental destruction, and overconsumption.

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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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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Copyright Claims Board is seeing a sharp rise in contested cases, here's four of the latest and most interesting to receive a response. The post 4 More Contested Cases Before the Copyright Claims Board appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 13, 2022

Hyperbolic descriptions of the supposed importance of cases dealing with intellectual property rights are as numerous as they are unfounded, but that is not true when it comes to The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Goldsmith, Case No. 21-869, in which the U.S. Supreme Court just granted certiorari.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 22, 2023

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. On May 18, 2023, the U.S.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 24, 2022

The Ultimate Fighting Championship's new lawsuit over a documentary on mixed martial arts fighter Michael Bisping is the latest court case to grapple with the question of when filmmakers in the genre can incorporate copyrighted material in the name of fair use.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Lynn Goldsmith, a case asking the nation’s highest court to determine whether Warhol’s unlicensed use of Goldsmith’s photographs of pop superstar Prince was a fair use of that copyright-protected photo.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

This is just the tip of the iceberg on how generative AI will be used in games and a variety of other creative industries. Music, film, art, comic books, and literary works are some other uses. AI tools are powerful and their use will no doubt be far reaching. Is the output of the AI tool protectable by copyright?

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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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IP Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit holding that Andy Warhol’s Prince Series did not constitute fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2022

Bell has separately registered a copyright in the passage. Bell has filed at least 25 copyright lawsuits. The school moved to dismiss on fair use grounds, and the district court granted the motion and awarded attorneys’ fees to the school. (I Nature of the Use. Bell published a short book in 1982.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 26, 2025

The commercial teaching kit use the artists works in their entirety and encouraged the students to create their own art based on them. Case date:18 September 2024 Case number:No. Toriqul Islam 135

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 19, 2022

Supreme Court recently granted a petition for writ of certiorari to review the extent to which a work of art is a “transformative” fair use under the Copyright Act.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 6, 2024

A new lawsuit over Broadway’s Stereophonic tests copyright’s limits, as Fleetwood Mac’s former sound engineer claims the hit play copies his real-life story about working on the Rumours album. In that case, the court ruled in Adjmi’s favor because 3C was a parody of the sitcom and protected by fair use.

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The Illusion of More

JUNE 1, 2023

Although the most straightforward cases of fair use thus involve a secondary work that comments on the original in some fashion, in Cariou v. Prince, we rejected the proposition that a secondary work must comment on the original in order to qualify as fair use. –

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The sweeping evolution of generative AI models is rapidly reshaping the legal landscape of copyright. But the rapid spread of generative AI models, the latest evolution of copy-reliant technology, has posed another set of challenges to copyright.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

For fifty years, the Copyright Society of the USA (CSUSA) has invited numerous esteemed figures to present the annual Donald C. This past Monday, Osgoode’s very own Professor David Vaver delivered the 2021 Brace lecture on “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond” as the series’ very first international speaker from outside the United States.

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IPilogue

JULY 18, 2022

Last year, Andy Warhol lost an infamous copyright infringement lawsuit against photographer Lynn Goldsmith regarding an image of the pop singer Prince. Copyright Act —whether Warhol’s print is transformative of the original photograph so that it qualifies as fair use.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

Lawsuit and Appeal Internet Archive believes that its approach falls under fair use but publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley, and Penguin Random House disagree. They filed a lawsuit in 2020 equating IA’s controlled digital lending operation to copyright infringement.

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Art Law Journal

JULY 31, 2020

Knowing more about copyright and fair use will help you determine what is yours to use and what is off limits. Nicole Martinez.

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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. Generative AI Computer-generated art reached a tipping point in 2022.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 15, 2023

Court denies Grande Communications a new trial, Richard Prince suffers fair use setback, and the case against GitHub moves forward. The post 3 Count: Not Astounding appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The increasing sophistication of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has had widespread effects on fields ranging from art and film to law and healthcare. What is the proper scope of copyright protection for generative AI outputs?

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Intepat

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Yet, the rapid rise of podcasting has left many creators overlooking critical legal considerations specific copyright licensing. This article explores the essentials of copyright licensing in podcasting, debunks common myths, examines relevant case laws, and provides actionable steps to ensure compliance while maintaining creative freedom.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Perhaps this is what makes “ Who Is the Bad Art Friend? ” Published by the New York Times on October 5 th , 2021, “Who is the Bad Art Friend?” There is no copyright in facts and historical events; however, writers can claim copyright in their letters if they are sufficiently original. so refreshing.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2025

copyright protection standards. Various groups stressed the importance of copyright protection when it comes to new AI technologies. They argued that foreign governments should be mindful of potential copyright infringements. Not just for copyright holders, but also for American tech giants. ” – US company.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 12, 2022

The head of the American Bar Association's copyright division said Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court should establish a clear standard for fair use in a copyright battle over Andy Warhol artwork based on a photo of musician Prince, arguing it's a chance for the court to spell out what counts as a transformative work.

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IP Law 360

MAY 19, 2023

Goldsmith narrows the scope of what qualifies as fair use, seemingly backtracking on nearly two decades of precedent, it does not close the door to appropriation art altogether, say Joshua Schiller and Benjamin Margulis at Boies Schiller. While the recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Andy Warhol Foundation v.

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