TorrentFreak

MAY 26, 2023

Takedown Trouble Triggers Lawsuit This takedown policy is widely accepted as the standard for social media services but every now and then, disputes can arise. The TV production is licensed to Sony LIV and was a huge success. However, as often happens with popular media, pirated footage was readily available too.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Barlow and Bear went on to become viral sensations on social media and Grammy-winning artists (2022 Best Musical Theatre Album) for their production. Netflix has responded that “ Barlow & Bear’s conduct began on social media, but stretches ‘fan fiction’ well past its breaking point. District Court in D.C.

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IP Tech Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As a way to supplement her income, she put on a contest whereby her social media followers would buy gift certificates for future tattoos and would get to vote on one of several funny tattoos that would eventually be tattooed onto the artist’s husband. Netflix moved to dismiss the complaint on, among other grounds, fair use.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

On the other hand, professional photographers have to make a living by licensing their photos to publishers (and other intermediaries) who are willing to pay them to reproduce and display those photos. The Ninth Circuit ultimately ruled, however, that making and displaying thumbnail images to facilitate an image search engine was a fair use.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

” It also protects images, photos, videos, and other written work, such as blog posts. Posting copyrighted images or photos on your website or social media. Using a copyrighted song, or portion of a song, in a presentation, at an event, on your website, or on social media. That is not the case.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

After he was released from jail, he got copyright registrations for the photos and sued (pro se) the media entities for copyright infringement, 1202 violations, and more. The court held that the photographer, and not the group or other members, held the copyright, so the group’s posting of the photos to social media could infringe.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

How Fair Use Helps Bloggers Publish Their Research , Association of Research Libraries blog, Feb. Blog Posts. I’ve blogged 100+ posts so far this year. Will California Clone-and-Revise Some Terrible Ideas from Florida/Texas’ Social Media Censorship Laws? Analysis of CA AB587). Attorney General.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

The plaintiffs gave Instagram a license to display the photos. Judge Rakoff: Embedding Social Media Content is a “Display” Under the Copyright Act. Court Definitively Rejects AFP’s Argument That Posting a Photo to Twitter Grants AFP a License to Freely Use It — AFP v. Update: I got this cleared up. The complaint.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Sedlik claims that Kat Von D infringed the copyright protection of his iconic photograph of world-famous jazz musician Miles Davis (“Davis”) when she tattooed the image onto a client’s body without authorization and posted photos of the tattoo on social media. Fischer found triable issues on substantial similarity and fair use.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

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. The local news could then take photos of the shirt to use in a story about what a lousy dad I am. Carlos Vila’s photo of Irina Shayk wearing Deadly Doll sweatpants.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

31, 2022): When an individual’s decision to disseminate an Instagram post is the “very thing the article [is] reporting on,” the use of the Instagram post and its copyrighted material in the reporting has been deemed sufficiently transformative to support a fair use defense. Verizon Media, Inc., 2K Games, Inc. ,

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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). The second comer/licensee assigned the exclusive license to a successor licensee, the defendant in this case. A New 512(f) Plaintiff Win!

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

This is the sixth (and, for now, final) post in this series, where we’ve looked at the copyright requirements and options for digital content creators, such as blogs and podcasts. Note that the algorithm does not work perfectly — most prominently, it doesn’t understand the US legal doctrine of fair use very well. (To

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

There will be debates over whether generative AI is, for the purposes of copyright, a tool used by a human author or is an autonomous creator of works (see previously on this blog e.g. here , here , here and here ). Very few jurisdictions expressly provide for copyright in computer-generated works.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

With this brief background in mind, this blog post explores the implications of copyright protection of memes. In this blog I argue that copyright protection of the content underlying memes does not matter because of the relative weakness of enforcement mechanisms for copyright infringement of this scale.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

The museum industry, it would seem, is taking note of technology’s growing role in its operations, particularly in regards to visitor engagement and staying relevant in a social media-driven society where declining visitation rates have only been exacerbated by the ongoing pandemic.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that the parodical and satirical use of Fun World’s copyrighted “Ghost Face” mask was permitted under the fair use doctrine. Here, it was held that although a full-body banana suit is a “useful article”, the sculpted banana design itself may be copyrighted.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As time passed, several developments happened on this front and there were brilliant posts on the blog, e.g. by Mrinalini Kochupillai , Prof. (Dr.) 400 crore war between Monsanto and Indian seed companies with threats of price control and compulsory licensing of patents.” Trivedi , Mr. Essenese Obhan. The issue of Monsanto Bt.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2022

The school moved to dismiss on fair use grounds, and the district court granted the motion and awarded attorneys’ fees to the school. (I Bell appealed to the Fifth Circuit, which easily affirms the fair use dismissal and attorneys’ fees. Nature of the Use. ” Bell sued anyways. Nature of the Work.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2023

Through an examination of ChatGPT’s ‘Terms of Use’, our former blogger Varsha Jhavar attempts to investigate the copyright implications of the chatbot inter alia touching upon the issue of ownership and assignment of the output generated. Her previous posts on the blog can be viewed here , here , here and here.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

It will learn that tables most commonly have four legs, but not always; that tables found in a dining room are used for seated persons to eat meals, while tables found next to a bed are used to hold objects like alarm clocks; that tables don’t need to be made from any particular material or have a particular color, etc.

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JIPL Online

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

This blog will argue that copyright law should not be leveraged to destroy donation-based mods the way it has done so to paywalled mods. First, this blog will explain the reason that mods have turned to crowdfunding by discussing the history of mod monetization. 6] Mod creators are not always deterred by these setbacks. [7]

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

In the same vein, studies by Piotr Przybyła et al and Alison O’Mara-Eves et al show the usefulness of AI and data mining for prioritizing and identification in Systematic Reviews. Many of the projects described below use this basic function of TDM in various specific applications. million abstracts. HathiTrust, 755 F.3d 3d 87 (2d Cir.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

This is not the first time that readers of the Kluwer Copyright Blog will have read about either the CDSM Directive or the reCreating Europe project. freedom of expression-based exceptions and limitations, which might be covered by fair use in the US) or they were not clear enough on the practical application of those flexibilities (e.g.,

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Players rallied against Nintendo’s actions, causing #FreeMelee to trend across social media and throughout the gaming world. After the #FreeMelee debacle, and as in-person tournaments resumed, Nintendo partnered with Panda Global to launch a licensed Smash Bros. tournament circuit beginning in 2022.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

As previously reported on this blog , non-fungible tokens (or “NFTs”) recently emerged as one of the hottest new items on the art market—artists, auction houses, museums, sports organizations and others have jumped at the chance to create and sell their own versions of these unique tokens.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

This will potentially impact the copyright licensing landscape insofar as filmmakers will have to enter into dedicated agreements to claim protection for works not listed within the scope of Section 17. Microsoft Technology Licensing v. The case was discussed on the blog here. the licensee.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

What will “Google Zero” mean to online audience traffic flows (specifically, blogs and podcasts)? Think of these rights management tools as super-charged, AI-powered IP rights management assistants , akin to Creative Commons licenses but tailored for an AI-driven interface. Would there be any incentives to create original content?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

On the heels of the mandatory editorial transparency provisions in Florida and Texas’ social media censorship laws, the California legislature thought it could one-up those states by passing a law with at least 161 different disclosure requirements. The opinion upheld every aspect of Texas’ social media censorship law.

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