Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

DistroKid defends against the direct copyright infringement claim using the volitional conduct argument. However, direct copyright infringement is strict liability, so the volitional conduct provides an important “fast lane” to survive cases that otherwise look dangerous to defendants.

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Republished by Blog Post PromoterYou’ve heard the tale in one form or another: A bar plays a recorded song over its sound system (without permission), then gets sued for violating the public performance right of the musical composition’s copyright holder. Copyright infringement. It happens. It happens.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Mass Copyright Infringement or Fair Use? Not all rightsholders are happy with IA’s scanning and lending activities.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

However, with the convenience of streaming music through these digital platforms, the music industry has also had to deal with a wide range of copyright issues, including online copyright infringement. Spotify has encountered its fair share of copyright infringement lawsuits filed by music artists, record labels, and publishers.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Last week, an Illinois jury awarded tattoo artist Catherine Alexander $3,750 in damages at the conclusion of a copyright infringement trial. Among the tens of thousands of tattooers working in the United States, the tiny handful who have brought copyright infringement claims are rare outliers. Take-Two is likely.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Here is the original retweet as it appears now, reflecting some of Twitter’s product “enhancements” since 2020: Thus, this case raises the issue of whether a retweet can constitute copyright infringement. Instagram ), where embedding isn’t an infringement. From my perspective, this is an easy call.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

According to the lawsuit, Unicolors created and registered a copyright in a pattern that H&M used when creating multiple products. This prompted Unicolors to file a copyright infringement lawsuit and, initially, they were victorious, with a jury in the lower court ruling in their favor and awarding them $800,000 in damages.

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IPilogue

MAY 19, 2022

Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay are next in a line of artists to face allegations of copyright infringement — after Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa. Music distribution company The Orchard , a subsidiary of Sony , released First Time in 2014, and the original written song had been submitted to the US Copyright Office by Melomega in 1980.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. There is no copyright in facts and historical events; however, writers can claim copyright in their letters if they are sufficiently original. It is common practice for jockeys to equip horses with blinders.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

However, in 2022, the Sheeran found himself engaged in another copyright infringement litigation over the said song. This time around, the singer was accused of infringing a 2015 song named “Oh Why” sung by Sami Chokri. The post Ed Sheeran’s Copyright Infringement Battles appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 26, 2022

If you have ever incorporated music into your Instagram or Facebook videos, you may have committed copyright infringement. In the official pleading , they argued that Meta violated the US Copyright Act 17 USC § 501 for direct, induced, and contributory copyright infringement. The Infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 21, 2022

However, VeePN distinguished itself by actively promoting the use of its services for the purpose of piracy, including promoting the use of Popcorn Time in a blog post. The company has removed the “Popcorn Time VPN” blog post from its site, but still lists PayPal and Alipay as payment options.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Copyright infringement is the violation and piracy of an author’s exclusive right through the unauthorized use of a Copyright-protected work. Section 15 (1) (a)-(g) of the Copyright Act, C28, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (“LFN”), 2004 , provides several acts that amount to copyright infringement in Nigeria.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 11, 2021

Here's what Mirko writes: German court: copyright infringement by ‘re-pin’ on Pinterest by Mirko Brüß A Kat pin Readers of this blog will remember the CJEU decision Renckhoff ( C-161/17 ), which was discussed by Eleonora here.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As one of the leading niche blog platforms, Tumblr receives thousands of DMCA takedown requests every year. Many of these point to copyright-infringing material, but not all. The person behind the Tumblr blog “ Mapping La Sirena ” has spent countless hours and dedicated dozens of posts to the iconic Speed Freighter.

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IPilogue

MAY 26, 2022

Moten, a Texas pastor, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against rapper Kanye West for incorporating a sample recording of his religious sermon into one of his songs. A grant of permission may accompany a written agreement to compensate the copyright holder through either a flat fee or royalty payments.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Copyright Infringement? . By using and copying Pearson’s original creative content to make answer sets based on that content, Chegg infringes Pearson’s exclusive rights as a copyholder, including the rights of reproduction, preparation of derivative works, and distribution.” . Code, subsection 101 , states: . “ Under the U.S.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

Getty Images alleges that Stability’s actions constitute copyright infringement, false copyright management information, removal or alteration of copyright management information, trademark infringement, unfair competition, trademark dilution, and deceptive trade practices under Delaware law.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Canada’s largest media companies, including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Postmedia, CBC, and Canadian Press, came together last week to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI, the owners of ChatGPT. First, the Canadian claims are much narrower than those found in other lawsuits such as the NY Times case.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

JULY 18, 2022

Sedlik’s copyrighted image of jazz artist Miles Davis as a basis for a tattoo, she probably never thought about the legal consequences beyond making sure she complied with health and safety codes. The post Kat Von D Tattoo Copyright Infringement Suit – A Permanent Mistake? appeared first on Greenspoon Marder LLP.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

District Court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant with regard to a copyright infringement suit. Lang Van is a California corporation that produces and distributes Vietnamese music and entertainment, owning the copyrights to thousands of songs and programs. District Court in California.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ross Intelligence Inc will provide guidance for similar AI training/copyright infringement cases and, as a bonus, it provides a bit of clarity (or muddies the waters… depending on your point of view) in the application of a post-Warhol fair use defense. These are the basic facts underlying this lawsuit.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

In my opinion, this is the crux of the decision, and critics might argue that the court is coming quite close to treating fair use as a right rather than just a defense against a copyright infringement claim. Bright Data is the Decision We’ve Been Waiting For (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

The Ninth Circuit recently addressed the issue of whether parties can contractually agree to shorten the statute of limitations period for bringing a copyright infringement claim. Normally, the statute of limitations for a copyright violation is three years. In an unpublished opinion in the case, Evox Productions, LLC v.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

On April 5 th 2022, the Federal Court released its decision for August Image LLC v AirG Inc , a copyright infringement action concerning images of singer-actress, Jennifer Lopez. However, the Court ultimately dismissed August’s case because they failed to prove all the necessary elements of copyright infringement.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2022

The Supreme Court granted a petition for writ of certiorari filed by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts that arises from a copyright infringement action filed by photographer Lynn Goldsmith, who took the photos of Prince that were subsequently the subject of Warhol’s allegedly infringing works.

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Copyright Alliance

AUGUST 31, 2023

This is the third and final edition of our blog on insightful movie copyright cases for film and TV industry professionals. Part 1 of the blog addressed copyright infringement and […] The post Movie Copyright Cases Filmmakers Should Know: Part 3, Copyright Authorship appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

¯_(ツ)_/¯ We can infer from this opinion that treatment of Copyright Management Information (“CMI”) will be tricky for generative AI developers. Also, ignoring copyright licenses is at least arguably copyright infringement, and your fair use claim probably won’t get you out of the lawsuit at the motion to dismiss stage.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Remember the Fifth Circuit case from 2018 holding that a real restaurant’s name could infringe trademark rights in the name of a fictional restaurant from the TV show SpongeBob SquarePants, the Krusty Krab? The court then moves on to consider Viacom’s copyright infringement claim. Pixi Universal, LLC, 2022 WL 909865 (S.D.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Trademark infringement 6. Copyright Infringement 10. The Points Guy (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Tortious Interference with a Contract 3. Unfair Competition by Misappropriation 4. Trespass 5. Dilution 7. Dilution under Texas State Law 8. False Designation of Origin 9.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Plainfield, Indiana – Allen Lee Asher-Butler has filed a copyright infringement suit against Amazon KDP and Jeff Bezos , claiming they are committing copyright infringement regarding four books that he designed and illustrated the covers for.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

Also in 2018, FDN filed the original complaint, targeting both Amazon and CCA, alleging that they both breached contracts and committed copyright infringement. There wasn’t even a system for registering blog content, like this site, until June 2020. It is ill-equipped to handle how copyright-protected works are shared today.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

On March 26, 2021, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York found that the famed artist Andy Warhol violated photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s copyright by using her photo of the singer Prince to create his “Prince Series.” Photo Credit: Artnet News. . Tianchu Gao is an IPilogue Writer and a 1L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. .

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Less than 3 seconds and only a small fraction of screen real estate makes this depiction a good candidate for “de minimis infringement,” but the doctrine isn’t universally accepted. 18, 2023) Prior Tattoo Copyright Blog Posts Jury Awards Damages to Tattoo Artist for Video-Game Depiction–Alexander v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

In so holding, the Ninth Circuit created (or widened) a circuit split with the Second Circuit, which previously held that even under the discovery rule, damages for copyright infringement are limited to “a three-year lookback period from the time a suit is filed.” Background: The Copyright Act’s Statute of Limitations.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

If the Supreme Court upholds the discovery rule for copyright cases, or simply declines to address it, the decision will leave copyright defendants exposed to very large awards for years of infringing conduct (as they have been everywhere but the Second Circuit). By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Last week, the U.S. 3d 39 (2d Cir.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 27, 2024

This blog involves a unique approach being used by a Hawaii law firm to seek to uncover the name, address, email address, MAC address and other information about alleged copyright infringers. The firm is using a DMCA 512(h) subpoena to seek to uncover this information.

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