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Jury Awards Damages to Tattoo Artist for Video-Game Depiction–Alexander v. WWE 2K (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

While the occasional commercial use of a tattoo in a video game remains rare, tattooers use copyrighted material in their work on a regular basis. Eric’s Prior Tattoo Copyright Blog Posts. WWE 2K (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. An appeal in Alexander v. Take-Two is likely.

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What Is Accidental Copyright Infringement. 2024 Update

Traverse Legal Blog

The four factors which attorneys and courts consider in determining if the use of a work is infringing include: 1. the nature of the copyrighted work. Infringement can be willful or accidental. the purpose and character of your use. the amount and substantiality of the portion taken. the effect of the use upon the potential market.

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Facebook’s LLaMa Defeats Copyright Claims–Kadrey v. Meta

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This short opinion squarely addresses when AI training models constitute derivative works. Simply indexing copyrighted books into the model doesn’t create derivative works (the judge calls the argument “nonsensical”) because the training model doesn’t recast or adapt the books. .”

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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

Legal Background: Copyright and Derivative Works Copyright law protects original works of authorship, including “pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works,” 17 U.S.C. For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work.

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How Can AI Models Legally Obtain Training Data?–Doe 1 v. GitHub (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Plaintiffs allege that use of licensed code “is allowed only pursuant to the terms of the applicable Suggested License,” and that each such license requires that any derivative work or copy include attribution, a copyright notice, and the license terms. GitHub (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Artists Attack AI: Why The New Lawsuit Goes Too Far

Copyright Lately

If you’re interested in doing a deeper dive into how all of this works, I recommend following Andres Guadamuz’s blog on the topic.) This allegation is factually flawed and legally suspect; it’s also overreaching in a way that could actually undermine the work of many artists who are members of the proposed class.

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Deadly Dolls and a Forgotten Copyright Exception

Copyright Lately

Section 113(c) would also allow me to use my photos in a blog post talking about how I flipped the t-shirts for a profit because Alyssa priced them too low. Deadly Doll’s theory was that by taking a photo of Shayk wearing clothes that included its artwork, Vila had created an unlawful derivative work that reproduced its copyrighted image.

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