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Deadly Dolls and a Forgotten Copyright Exception

Copyright Lately

I’m talking about section 113(c) , which allows photographs of useful articles incorporating copyrighted works to be made and used without violating copyright law. A useful article is an object like clothing or furniture that has an intrinsic utilitarian function that’s not merely to portray appearance or convey information.

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Artists Attack AI: Why The New Lawsuit Goes Too Far

Copyright Lately

Instead, the lawsuit is premised upon a much more sweeping and bold assertion—namely that every image that’s output by these AI tools is necessarily an unlawful and infringing “derivative work” based on the billions of copyrighted images used to train the models. You’d be wrong. 17 U.S.C. §

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Bungie & Ubisoft Reach $300,000 Settlement With Ring-1 Cheat Sellers

TorrentFreak

io but active on hundreds of forums, websites and social media accounts. If the gaming companies can’t “resolve this matter informally” a motion for default judgment is certainly possible but as things stand, there is optimism that a settlement can be reached. Defendants Picked Off, One By One.

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Bungie & Ubisoft Sue Destiny 2 Cheatmakers Ring-1 For Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

io but is also active on hundreds of forums, websites and social media accounts selling cheats that enable Ubisoft and Bungie customers to automatically aim their weapons, reveal the locations of opponents, and see information that would otherwise be obscured. Ring-1 is said to largely operate from Ring-1.io 1201(a)(2)).

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

Given that NFTs are the result of digital work that is transported in images, videos, photography and other forms of digital media, copyright seems to be the closest IP right to protect both the source code of the digital work, as well as its derivative works. Is this the same in the US and China?

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Fair Use: Graham v. Prince and Warhol v. Goldsmith

LexBlog IP

8] Second, as to the works’ purpose, the court found that it was unclear whether Prince intended to create a parody of the original photographs, a satire of society’s use of social media, or neither, pointing out Prince’s own contradictory testimony on the question. [9] Many derivative works.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

LexBlog IP

Given that NFTs are the result of digital work that is transported in images, videos, photography and other forms of digital media, copyright seems to be the closest IP right to protect both the source code of the digital work, as well as its derivative works. Is this the same in the US and China?

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