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Copyright Cases Visual Artists Should Know: Part 3, Fair Use

Copyright Alliance

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.

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Watch Tower vs. McFree: Nonprofit Defends Critic’s Fair Use & Anonymity Rights

TorrentFreak

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.

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Kanye West Faces A Copyright Infringement Lawsuit: Is “Fair Use” Fair?

IPilogue

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.

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The Briefing – Andy Warhol’s Prince Prints: Not Fair Use!? (Part Two)

The IP Law Blog

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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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s ruling that the reproduction of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince on the cover of a magazine tribute was not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photo of the singer-songwriter Prince, on which the Warhol portrait was based. This has important implications for the doctrine of fair use.

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X Corp. v. Bright Data is the Decision We’ve Been Waiting For (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

But it won on a different and, in many respects, much broader legal theory: conflict preemption with copyright law. A Brief Recap on Contract Preemption To appreciate the significance of this opinion, let’s revisit the law of copyright preemption. The Copyright Act includes an express preemption clause, 17 U.S.C. §

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Can Intellectual Property Rights Safeguard Your Blog?

Kashishipr

A blog is like any other creative work of literature manifested in a different form. Due to creative and original use of expressions, blogs are deemed to be counted as private property for which Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) can be sought. Copyright and Blogs. Alternatives to Seeking Copyright Protection.