Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

How do you tell if materials are public domain or fit under fair use? The PowerPoint slides may be available, viewable, and even downloadable, but that does not give you the right to copy and republish them. There's a difference between authorized end-user activity and unauthorized copying.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Dear Rich: If a movie falls into the public domain, are all of the individual images in it also public domain? Yes, you are free to copy the individual frames or images from a public domain movie without permission. What if the image is of a movie star? What about movie stars?

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Dear Rich IP Blog

JUNE 19, 2021

Speaking of the public domain, the Public Domain Review has an informative essay (“ The Mark of the Beast ”) about the first anti-vaxxers Dear Rich: I wish to reproduce photographs from a website. If the photos are in the public domain and the website hasn’t substantially modified them, you are free to copy them.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

AUGUST 18, 2020

I have used public domain quotes within the novel (from Aristotle, Lincoln, etc.), According to the Supreme Court , there is no legal requirement to provide attribution when public domain works are copied and placed into new works. Dear Rich: I have just finished writing a fantasy novel. Is this hinky?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

As I wrote back in December, scraping claims are almost always about unwanted copying and distribution of data. And that, in turn, further restricts what should be in the public domain and gives companies power to create property rights where none are otherwise granted in the law. citations omitted) X Corp. Bright Data at 21.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

With the exception of CC0, CC licences allow authors to keep their copyright whilst at the same time communicate which rights they reserve and which rights they waive for public benefit. By purchasing an NFT one only purchases an actual digital token that normally contains a link to or a copy of a digital artwork.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Thus, here, given that the plaintiff has Copyright Registrations, the burden shifts to Defendants to come forward with “evidence that the work[s] [were] copied from the public domain.” As a result, Defendants contend that Plaintiff’s Second Holy Temple Product can be copied and used in derivative works.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

I have two cases where they were published in book form in the 1990s, but those letters were copied from university libraries where apparently the originals are on display. According to your book, "publication" includes "offering for public display." I would like to include certain quotes from letters of Civil War soldiers.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 17, 2022

While many were observing the new year, intellectual property scholars and the artistic community were celebrating Public Domain Day. The previously copyrighted works enter the public domain, free to use and copy. public domain. January 1 st marks the expiration of most jurisdictions’ copyright terms.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws. Copyright law forbids duplication, public performance, and so on, unless the person wishing to copy or perform the work gets permission; silence means a ban on copying. A copyright is a right against the world.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In a blog post published last week and covered by Adi Robertson at The Verge yesterday , the firm is introducing what it calls “Can’t Be Evil” (CBE) licenses, a series of licenses that can be affixed to NFTs to clearly indicate what rights the NFT creator transfers to the buyer. The original creator retains no exploitation rights.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Genius planted tiny mistakes in some of the lyrics it posted, and once those appeared in Google’s information boxes, it argued that Google copied lyrics from Genius. Genius’s “browsewrap,” however, prohibits copying for commercial use, and Genius sued Google for breach of contract.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

These photos are in the public domain and free for anyone to copy. Pre-existing works might include your public domain photos, a foreword by a third party, or any previously registered or previously published works that are included in your book. Let's start with the things you can't do.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

Do these creations belong to the artists or the public domain? s advertisement for hats, copying Sarony’s Oscar Wilde No. The post How A Century-Old Insight of Photography Can Inform Legal Questions of AI-Generated Artwork (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

1] This blog will briefly summarize a few of the notable copyright infringement cases Netflix has defended against in the United States. 2] While most Sherlock Holmes stories are now in the public domain, the estate alleged that some works and character elements regarding Sherlock Holmes are still protected by copyright. [3]

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Intepat

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This principle is key for podcasters, as it means that if Podcaster A accuses Podcaster B of copying their interview format, the claim would likely fail because formats and factual content are not copyrightable. Additionally, take advantage of public domain resources to use free, unrestricted materials whenever possible.

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IPilogue

MAY 6, 2022

Claimants have the best chance of success if they can prove direct copying of their work, but considering the different lyrics and disparate sounds, these artists are unlikely to plead direct copying. Russel Brown and Sandy Linzer accusing copying of their 1979 disco track “Wiggle and Giggle All Night”. Next Steps.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA): This law protects against unauthorized digital copying and distribution. Some jurisdictions lack clear laws on whether AI-created songs can be copyrighted or if they belong to the public domain. AI-generated content that replicates copyrighted music may violate DMCA provisions.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

For example, when a sound recording of a musical work gets played on Spotify, both the owner of the copyright in the musical work and the owner of copyright in the sound recording (the derivative work) are entitled to royalties for the public performance. at 450) (Skipping commercials was not yet feasible, id. Nation Enterprises , 471 U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

When the said sensor recognizes it is in front of the Ara Pacis, it gives the order to copy the colored reproductions of some parts of the Ara Pacis, stored in a cloud-based database, and display them on the screen of the goggles. i) Public domain works.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 26, 2022

In a 2017 blog post, Schneider described YouTube as a Wood Chipper on Steroids , complaining that when MP3s are uploaded to YouTube, they are converted into a different format and in the process, all metadata – Copyright Management Information – is lost. Copyright Lawsuit, Violations of DMCA.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

Our societys welfare will probably be better served by leaving AIGW in the public domain. Creating the first copy of an original work is often a costly endeavour. And so I think we are probably better off leaving those works in the public domain. This causes a problem for the producer.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Despite the publication date, I can't tell if this book is in the US public domain. I have a recent UK copy of the book, and it has no copyright notice. public domain where it can be reproduced or modified without permission. Like Robin Hood, copyright law takes from the rich and gives to the poor.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 22, 2025

When humans read books, we do not make copies of themwe understand and internalize concepts. AI systems, on the other hand, must make actual copies of worksoften obtained without permission or payment encode them into their architecture and maintain these encoded versions to function.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

In Dastar , the defendant had copied footage from an old television series that had entered the public domain, made minor edits, and sold the resulting videos as its own product without attribution to the original creators. 1125(a)(1)(B) (Section 43 of the Lanham Act).

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The real-life tax company “Liberty Tax” claims that the show copied its logo and style, including the Statue of Liberty, which is a frequent identifier of the company. The fictitious business is run by Betsy and Craig Kettleman, who embezzle money by taking advantage of their clients who do not understand the tax system.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As I’ve blogged many, many times on this blog (see list below), 512(f) has been a complete failure. A few plaintiffs have won default judgments (including one I blog below). Some other 512(f) cases I’ve not previously blogged: * Paul Rudolph Foundation v. Diebold from 2004, which led to a $125k damages award.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 18, 2023

Because the jury is charged with determining whether the defendant copied original elements of the copyrighted work, Judge Gilstrap held an evidentiary “copyrightability” hearing to “filter” out the non-original, non-copyrightable elements of the plaintiff SAS’s software.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 15, 2022

This blog examines how press publishers have claimed rights over their content on digital media platforms like Facebook, Google News, which give a preview of two-three lines along with a hyperlink to the press publication. The EU took the Intellectual Property route by introducing a related right under its copy right law.

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

Blog sought to study global moves or court cases that have taken place regarding uses of copyright in made-always-with-an-AI creation and provide discussion over possible solutions to the future of intellectual property laws. Who owns the right to copy-authors, the programmer, the user, or the transmitter commissioning the work?

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Freed from the shackles of copyright, Walt Disney’s iconic rodent was now in the public domain and, therefore, available for everyone to copy. It is no surprise that the legalities of the public domain are more complicated than the headlines suggest. But not so fast.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

They further claimed that any similarities that did exist were derivative of Irish folk songs such as Danny Boy (aka Londonderry Air ), which was in the public domain. The basic elements that a plaintiff must prove are: “(1) ownership of a valid copyright; and (2) copying of constituent elements of the work that are original.”

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

Man’s ideas are both public and private in their essence. The owners’ and people’s ideas and works are generated with uniqueness and creativity, and they are released into the public domain. If the original contents of a cinematographic film have been duplicated, copied, and pirated.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 22, 2022

He has the right for producing and duplicating his work and can also produce copies for the same. He has the right of communicating the work in the public domain. If the work has been broadcasted and communicated in the public domain without the consent and permission of the performer.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement. A person brings in counterfeit copies of a work Without getting permission from the copyright holder, someone reproduces his work in any way. With today’s technology, it is very simple to copy and share the original works of other people.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Here the final version is a clear improvement over the original Parliament text as it no longer suggests that model providers need to distinguish between copyright-protected and public domain training materials and then apply different transparency standards to both, which would be unworkable.

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