Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

The full story behind Netflix’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Barlow & Bear, and why it’s actually a win for the fan fiction community. When it comes to copyright cases, Netflix has seen stranger things. First, as far as copyright cases go, this one’s easy. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Third, a change in licensing can have downstream effects on derivative works and integrations, potentially leading to legal disputes or claims of copyright or patent infringement. Failing to comply with the terms of either license could result in legal repercussions, including copyright infringement claims.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

“Fair Use” is a flexible defense to claims of copyright infringement. It is a doctrine that evolves as technology and the way in which people use copyrighted works advance.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A few years later, in 1984, Goldsmith’s agency, which had retained the rights to those images, licensed one of them to Vanity Fair for use in an article called “Purple Fame.” Controversy” [8] : The Litigation. Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement. He did just that.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Copyright Act grants authors five exclusive rights: “to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords”, “to prepare derivative works based on the copyrighted work,” “to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public,” “to perform the copy­righted work publicly,” and “to display the copyrighted work publicly.”

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

Vanity Fair commissioned Warhol to create the illustration, and Warhol used Goldsmith’s licensed photo to create a purple silkscreen portrait of Prince, which appeared with an article about Prince in Vanity Fair ’s November 1984 issue. Goldsmith notified AWF of her belief that the work infringed her copyright.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Larson also sought a declaration that she owns the copyright to The Kindest and that the letter in the short story does not infringe Dorland’s copyright. Dorland counterclaimed for copyright infringement, claiming that Larson’s use of Dorland’s letter was a violation of intellectual property law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

As usual, readers who are already familiar with the case and/or with copyright law may skip the “Background” sections below (but don’t skip the commentary “The Road Not Taken”). Legal Background: Copyright and Derivative Works Copyright law protects original works of authorship, including “pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works,” 17 U.S.C.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

In the EU, a crucial legal issue is whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under existing text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in the Copyright in Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

45, to bring enforcement actions aimed at activities, including those involving the training and use of AI, that might involve copyright infringement—although we would note that the copyright consequences of AI are, as yet, undefined. That is far too hasty. Under governing law, that is a judicial function. Meta Platforms, Inc.,

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 3, 2022

From a purely economic standpoint, Alexander’s case was the litigation equivalent of a tattoo fail. That $3,750 works out to a measly $71 for each month the case has been pending. Some of Randy Orton’s tattoos from Catherine Alexander’s copyright applications. What Happened. Skull arm design. Tribal design.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

And, there are still more challenges from authors and creators to the til-now-uncompensated use of their works to “train” artificial intelligence engines, as seen in the recent open letter from the Authors’ Guild to various tech companies. ” Id. Google] , 804 F.3d 3d [202,] 215-216 [(2d Cir. ” Morford , at 13.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

To avoid these issues, religious groups can implement copyright law to prevent all impermissible copying and distribution of the religious works and any derivative works, and therefore maintaining their doctrinal purity. So a lot is implied in, or possible from, the title ( as is often my intent on this blog ).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If not, the court may have to address several other interesting, rarely-litigated issues concerning the proper scope of copyright in recorded interviews. Based solely on the complaint that was filed, there are six major issues raised by the case: First, were the recorded interviews a copyright-eligible “work of authorship”?

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