Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to a recent article by Benj Edwards at Ars Technica , several major art sites including Newgrounds and Inkblot have banned AI-created art from their services. Plagiarism: Though humans do direct AIs in the creation of art, humans are not doing the actual drawing, painting or creation of the work.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The deathcore band Oceano has found itself at the center of controversy after an artist accuses it of plagiarizing his flyer design. The post The Deathcore Flyer Plagiarism Battle appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

Wizards of the Coast has found itself at the center of yet another plagiarism scandal, this one involving an AI image in marketing materials. The post Understanding Wizards of the Coast’s New AI Art Debacle appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Costumes are considered “useful articles” and, similar to most of the fashion industry , does not qualify for any kind of copyright protection. . First, design elements that are “physically or conceptually separate” from the article can be protected. They are part fashion, part artwork, part branding and part character.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 7, 2022

They claim that they exercised their copyright termination rights to the 1986 magazine article written by Ehud Yonay upon which the original Top Gun movie was based. The post 3 Count: Maverick Lawsuit appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Users on Twitter began to notice similarities between Pranjkovic’s artwork and a photograph taken by Scottish photographer Iain Leach. To be clear, there is no way to 100% guarantee that the winner of such a contest isn’t a work of plagiarism. However, the announcement did not go over well once it was made public.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Specifically, users were upset that that their artwork would be used to train the new system and that, if they wanted to opt out, their options were limited. The post Lessons from DeviantArt’s AI Debacle appeared first on Plagiarism Today. However, this is a time DeviantArt created their own mess.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Types of Works Eligible for Copyright Registration Under the Copyright Act, 1957 , a wide range of works are eligible for registration, including: Literary Works : Books, articles, research papers, computer programs, and more. manuscript, artwork, software code). Musical Works : Compositions, songs, and music scores.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The court explains that, according to an expert report from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture’s art restoration department, Wali’s drawings lacked any originality or ingenuity and, given the similarities between both works, amount to plagiarism. Commentary & Conclusion Kurasov v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The court explains that, according to an expert report from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture’s art restoration department, Wali’s drawings lacked any originality or ingenuity and, given the similarities between both works, amount to plagiarism. Commentary & Conclusion Wali v.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 10, 2022

Plaintiff Joe Morford claims that the copyright in his artwork (L) has been infringed by defendant Maurizio Cattelan. He sold three versions of the artwork for a total of nearly four hundred thousand dollars before enormous selfie-seeking monkeys crowds forced him to split early. Plagiarism much?” Copyrightability.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

Over the past week, the plaintiffs’ lawsuit has been the subject of thousands of articles which have largely parroted the complaint’s key talking point: that AI image generators are nothing more than “ a 21st-century collage tool that remixes the copyright works of millions of artists whose work was used as training data.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

This is explicitly stated in Article 5, XXVII, of the Brazilian Constitution, and Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution. 2] At one end of the spectrum, we find plagiarism: a completely derivative work that fails to contribute any creative elements to the original piece.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

But deeply troubled by algorithmic fair use cases that allowed lots of exploitation—iParadigms (plagiarism detection) and Perfect 10 (exposing women to public view when they contracted for more restricted nudity). Methodology actually applied to fair use cases: a D who creates an artwork for exhibition or sale will almost never compete.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Yesterday, Getty Images and iStock have announced that they are following in the footsteps of other art sites , including NewGrounds and Inkblot, in banning artwork generated by artificial intelligence (AI) from their service. It’s worth noting that other stock photo agencies, including Shutterstock, currently have no rule against AI artwork.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

That artwork was used by Koons in his later work, prompting the lawsuit. Therefore, he argues, the work is a useful article and doesn’t qualify for copyright protection. The post 3 Count: Insta Victory appeared first on Plagiarism Today. However, Koons’ defense is drawing some attention.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

was accused of copying specific elements, including parts of some of the original artwork. appeared first on Plagiarism Today. used nothing from the source material beyond the characters and general plot points, Oh, the Places You’ll Boldly Go! To that end, The Mean One feels more similar to Who’s Holiday!

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