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Copyright Alliance
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
As seen in parts 1 and part 2 of our blog series, where there is art, there are artists who love to push boundaries, particularly in copyright law. This is […] The post Copyright Cases Visual Artists Should Know: Part 3, Fair Use appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 30, 2021
Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v.
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TorrentFreak
MARCH 19, 2022
After reviewing McFree’s videos, last month a New York judge denied the Watch Tower application declaring that McFree’s use of Watch Tower clips was permitted under fair use. However, Watch Tower is still pursuing a parallel copyright infringement lawsuit against McFree in another court. Until now, that is.
The IP Law Blog
MAY 25, 2023
In a closely watched copyright case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. She emphasized that both uses were commercial in nature, making them substantially similar in purpose.
IPilogue
MAY 26, 2022
The Act states that copyright owners are entitled to “damages and profits of the infringer that are attributable to the infringement.”. An artist who fails to acquire permission from the copyright owner can use the ‘fair use’ defence. The fair use defence is rarely used in music sampling cases.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Promoting research and access to its products has always been a core purpose of copyright law, often expressed in limitations and exceptions for research uses. Empirical scholarship has highlighted the positive impact on scholarship of copyright exceptions for TDM and of more “open” exceptions for research uses.
The IP Law Blog
JULY 9, 2021
They provide a recap of last week’s episode , which covers the Second Circuit decision in favor of Goldsmith, the photographer whose image Warhol used to create the Prince Portraits, and the holding that Warhol’s renditions were not transformative enough to be fair use. Watch the episode on YouTube at this link.
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