Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

First off today, Adam Schrader at UPI reports that New York artist Kris Kashtanova has received a copyright registration for a graphic novel entitled Zarya of the Dawn , representing the first known copyright registration granted to a work of AI-generated artwork. The post 3 Count: Bridgerton Settlement appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

3: Immersive Experiences and Copyright: TeamLab Sues MODS for ‘Copying their Artwork’ Finally today, Jonny Walfisz at Euronews reports that the Tokyo-based art collective teamLab has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles-based museum, the Museum of Dream Space (MODS) alleging copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2021

Next up today, Baek Byung-yeul at the Korea Times reports that a new bill in the South Korean National Assembly follows in the footsteps of other nations in trying to force Google to pay a license fee to local news organization for the use of their content in Google News.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Copyright Office has begun the process of revoking a copyright registration that was granted to the human author of a piece of artwork that was generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Lawyers representing Jackson say that the lawsuit is an attempt to deflect from the fact that they copied the lyrics in question.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

In 1984, Vanity Fair sought to license the photograph for an “artist reference” in a story about the musician. Goldsmith agreed to license a one-time use of the photograph with full attribution. AWF licensed the “Orange Prince” to Condé Nast for an article about Prince.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 6, 2024

It is a legal right that belongs to the originators of genuine artworks like literature, drama and music works, cinematographic films as well as sound records. This gives an artist exclusive rights for use, distribution or licensing the creation thus prohibiting others from abusing it without permission. What is Copyright?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

The first sale doctrine restricts the rights holder’s exclusive right to distribute a copyrighted work to the public, where the distribution right to control secondary sales is ‘exhausted’ upon completion of the first lawful sale of a copy of the work by the rights holder or with their consent.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

If the costume isn’t licensed, why is it not infringing regardless of the name change? This means, theoretically, that elements such as the Superman “S” can be protected by copyright because they are separate elements that are merely copied onto the clothing. They are part fashion, part artwork, part branding and part character.

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IPilogue

MARCH 2, 2023

Orton’s likeness was licensed through defendant WWE to defendant Take-Two Interactive Software, a video game publisher. This is a far cry from the revenues earned on the WWE 2K games, which have sold hundreds of thousands of copies each. megastar Randy Orton. Copyright protection over tattoos has been a hot topic for some time.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Specifically, a group called Spice DAO purchased an NFT displaying a copy of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ for $3 million, assuming it would grant them the ability to produce derivative works, such as an animated Dune series.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 25, 2023

The decision affirms a previous ruling by the Second Circuit, which found that Warhol’s artwork shared the same commercial purpose as the original photograph taken by photographer Lynn Goldsmith. The Andy Warhol Foundation contended that the artworks were transformative and gave new meaning to Goldsmith’s photo.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

2] The Court’s decision affirmed the ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the Warhol work was derivative of the original, and noted that “the new expression may be relevant to whether a copying use has a sufficiently distinct purpose or character” but that factor was not dispositive by itself. [3]

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2023

2] The Court’s decision affirmed the ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the Warhol work was derivative of the original, and noted that “the new expression may be relevant to whether a copying use has a sufficiently distinct purpose or character” but that factor was not dispositive by itself. [3]

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

One of Deadly Doll’s popular designs is a cartoon image of a bikini-clad pin-up girl holding a skull: Deadly Doll’s original artwork. Deadly Doll has applied versions of its artwork to various products, including tops and sweatpants: Deadly Doll’s artwork as reproduced on useful articles.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 16, 2022

It’s heartbreaking to find your artwork on a t-shirt at Forever 21 or as an image on someone’s blog without your permission. What are statutory damages and how can you get them if your artwork is used without your permission? What qualifies as an infringement of artwork? Let’s find out.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 22, 2023

In a 7-2 decision , the Court ruled that the commercial licensing of Andy Warhol’s “Orange Prince” to Condé Nast to illustrate a story about the late musician shared “substantially the same purpose” as the original Lynn Goldsmith photo from which Warhol’s silkscreen was derived, and therefore weighed against fair use.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

The first thing that’s important to understand is that buying a copy of a creative work, even if it happens to the only copy in existence, doesn’t give you any copyright interest in the work. So, if you buy a copy of “Dune,” you can read it. The same rule applies to digital artworks sold as NFTs.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Such offer can be made only on marketplaces/platforms for digital asset exchanges that are licensed by the SEC. However, the SEC has not yet permitted the trading of any category of NFTs on the licensed digital asset exchanges SEC Notification concerning Rules, Conditions and Procedures for Operating Digital Asset Business.

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The IPKat

JUNE 27, 2022

A digital file (an artwork, a song, etc.), Ripps has clearly downloaded the digital files of the original BAYC collection, copied and re-used them to create his own RR BAYC collection. which is not stored on the blockchain but usually on a P2P system like IPFS (“Interplanetary File System”) is linked to the NFT. Ether (USD 1+ million).

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

The Supreme Court recently upheld an appellate court’s ruling that Andy Warhol’s use of a photograph of Prince as a reference for a collection of screen prints is not fair use – to the extent his foundation decided to license them at least. Goldsmith et al, Case No. Goldsmith et al, Case No. Unbeknownst to Ms.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith by Jaime Chandra Clarifying Fair Use in Commercialized & Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from the Warhol v. We’re talking about Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc. Let’s dive in!

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TorrentFreak

JULY 1, 2022

‘History Rewritten’ Tarantino is “shockingly” trying to mischaracterize the license agreements by leaving out critical parts, Miramax informs the court. Aside from the screenplay rights disagreement, the NFT sale also used other images and artwork that were directly related to Pulp Fiction.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 14, 2023

Facilitate effective collective licensing of rights, including where possible, through extended collective licensing systems. archival fonds shall not be subject to the same remuneration as unique artworks, as advocated by scholars ). Promote the interoperability of different licensing models. Proposal 3. Proposal 4.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 2, 2023

The Supreme Court recently upheld an appellate court’s ruling that Andy Warhol’s use of a photograph of Prince as a reference for a collection of screen prints is not fair use – to the extent his foundation decided to license them at least. Goldsmith et al, Case No. Goldsmith et al, Case No. ” Unbeknownst to Ms.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 25, 2023

The decision affirms a previous ruling by the Second Circuit, which found that Warhol’s artwork shared the same commercial purpose as the original photograph taken by photographer Lynn Goldsmith. The Andy Warhol Foundation contended that the artworks were transformative and gave new meaning to Goldsmith’s photo.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

The underlying digital asset is copyright protected and licensed to the buyer of the NFT. Should you hire a lawyer to work with you if you are selling or buying an NFT and licensing the associated digital art? NFTs are being used to store smart contracts and authentication for digital artwork and other digital assets.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2023

In particular, it stands out a concept which is frequently neglected when NFTs are explained: the link to the image, i.e., the artwork, is not contained in the smart contract (the piece of software written in Solidity programming language which generates an NFT) but in a JSON file (“JavaScript Object Notation”) which contains the NFT’s metadata.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

Copy-reliant technologies have banked heavily on that principle over recent years and it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that the principle of non-expressive use has become the legal foundation of how the internet essentially works. Litigation against these models has piled up at the same breakneck speed as they have gained ground.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 28, 2024

These assets can be anything from digital artwork and trading cards to in-game items, all of which are bought and sold using cryptocurrencies. Hence, the smart contract cannot be used for licensing any copyright related works. NFTs are unique digital tokens that represent ownership of specific digital assets.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

While at this stage the particulars of Getty’s claim are unavailable, their press release states that Stability AI “unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright and the associated metadata owned or represented by Getty Images”. temporary copy which is; 2. transient or incidental; 3.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Copy Right Law in the Entertainment Industry The cornerstone of intellectual property protection in the entertainment sector is copyright law. It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

However, many a times, we witness these designs being copied or recreated. Copying designs as well as creating replicas of any sort which closely resemble the general composition or the original blueprint infringes the right of the creator. The submission of hard copies of the logos or decorations is essential.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

According to Plaintiffs, Stable Diffusion scraped the internet to copy and store billions of copyrighted images without consent or licenses to train the programs. As we previously wrote , the Andersen case relates to “Stable Diffusion,” an AI platform that generates images in response to user prompts.

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

Digital assets can be protected by IP and have always been capable of being licensed or assigned via a contract, or protected as a trade mark. For example, the owners of the famous “ Grumpy Cat ” meme licensed the use of the name, image and likeness of the cat – and successfully enforced these rights.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This is the unfortunate reality for most NFT projects: their artwork is entirely mutable which defeats the entire purpose of those NFTs. Nevertheless, there is a global expectation that an NFT is the artwork itself because it is common industry practice to equate the artwork with its token.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

“A photorealistic dining table made out of old license plates” (Midjourney) The tool can then apply its knowledge of tables to the knowledge it has acquired about aesthetic choices, styles and perspectives, all en route to creating a new image that’s never existed before. None of it includes copies of images.

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