TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

In addition to archiving the web, IA also operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, IA patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house. Internet Archive’s theory of fair use represents a threat just as grave.”

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Publishing Copyright Fair Use Intellectual Property Law 141

IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This past Monday, Osgoode’s very own Professor David Vaver delivered the 2021 Brace lecture on “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond” as the series’ very first international speaker from outside the United States. That anyone’s use of a copyright-protected work infringes the copyright owner’s property.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As reported on Entrackr , Pocket FM has filed a copyright infringement case against Kuku FM before the Delhi High Court. Pocket FM alleges that Kuku FM has violated its copyright by providing audio summaries of books to which Pocket FM has exclusive rights to create audiobooks. The matter is still being heard.

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Copyright Copyright Infringement Licensing Fair Use 126

LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use. copyright law. copyright law, the Supreme Court focused on the actual use made, i.e. what the user does with the original work.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

.” I was barely out of law school when a senior partner muttered those words as he handed me a scathing demand letter sent to one of the firm’s commercial director clients. This was the late ’90s, and the entertainment industry was still reeling from a well-publicized copyright infringement lawsuit involving the movie 12 Monkeys.

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Artwork Copyright Infringement Copyright Art 89

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Meta Platforms (parent company of Facebook) and OpenAI (creator of ChatGPT) have individually filed a Motion to Dismiss the class-action lawsuit filed by comedian Sarah Silverman and authors Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden for alleged copyright infringement.

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Fair Use Derivative Work 52

IPilogue

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a 2019 federal district court’s ruling that held a French court’s ruling was unenforceable due to a conflict in copyright laws between the countries. De Fontbrune held the position that the estate did not have the power to approve such use.

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Fair Use Copyright Copyright Infringement Copyright Law 105

LexBlog IP

JULY 24, 2023

The lawsuits, filed in San Francisco federal court, highlight the legal challenges faced by developers of chat bots who rely on copyrighted material to create realistic responses. Under the fair use doctrine of the U.S. Google’s commercial nature and profit motivation do not justify denial of fair use.”

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Fair Use Copying 52

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

1] That decision shook the art world, as it seems to dramatically narrow the scope of the fair use doctrine, and raises doubts about the lawfulness of many existing works. [2] Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement. It found that all four fair use factors weighed against fair use. [12]

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2024

Introduction Controlled Digital Lending (“ CDL ”) in context of book lending became a buzzword during the pandemic period when the physical access of libraries was not possible. CDL offers a way to lend books in a different format, helping those with disabilities, limited physical access, research needs, or digital content requirements.

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Copyright Fair Use Public Domain Copying 85

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In addition to archiving the web, IA also operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, IA patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house. This is a feature of copyright law, not a bug,” the brief reads.

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Copyright Fair Use Publishing Marketing 119

Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

1: Manhattan Judge Rejects ‘Server Test’ for Internet Copyright Infringement. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a controversial ruling denying the “server test” of copyright law and ruling that embedding images can be an infringement of copyright law.

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Law Licensing Reporting 246

Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The culmination of a decades-long effort, and well before the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Copyright Term Extension Act were passed in 1998, the 1976 Copyright Act ushered in a new era of copyright law in the United States. Nation Enterprises.

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Copyright Fair Use Copyright Law Copyright Notice 116

IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Copyright infringement cases on the internet have increased because the internet has become more widely available. Legal Framework governing take down notice.

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Copyright Law Copyright Law Copyright Infringement 74

Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.

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Derivative Work Copyright Law Copyright Law 105

Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Such uses, they argue, constitute copyright infringement. Fair Use Precedent? Google Books and Transformative Use The past two decades have seen a wealth of technological developments, but generative AI is qualitatively different from everything that has come before.

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Fair Use Copyright Moral Rights Copyright Law 135

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The same could apply to IA’s other projects, including the digitization of old books and records. Several record labels including Sony and UMG, sued the Internet Archive for copyright infringement in Manhattan federal court last year. ” Fair Use?

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Copying Licensing Fair Use Cease and Desist 107

The IPKat

JULY 9, 2023

As its title suggests, this book focuses on the relationship between US copyright law and street art and graffiti. This book should not be perceived as a classic manual on the application of copyright to these art forms. Chapter 3 is entitled "Copyright within the street art and graffiti circles".

Art 56

Art Copyright Moral Rights Cease and Desist 56

Velocity of Content

AUGUST 9, 2022

She brought suit for copyright infringement, lost at the trial court because of the Warhol estate’s fair use defense but won on appeal to the Second Circuit. First, there are not that many Supreme Court cases that address fair use. Why would the Supreme Court take up another fair use case so quickly?

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Fair Use Licensing Derivative Work Art 98

SpicyIP

JUNE 26, 2024

Data published by the World Blind Union in 2014 indicated that less than 10% of published material was available in accessible format for persons with visual impairment, and most such material was only available in English, thereby leading to a ‘book famine’.

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Copyright Copying Publishing Cinema 81

Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Common Crawl dataset is owned by a non-profit, which makes the data available to the public for free — but it is intended to be used for research and education and, according to the plaintiffs, it was never intended to be turned into an AI product for commercial use (see here and here ). 4th 1149 (9th Cir. 4th 1149 (9th Cir.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

Regardless, as of this writing there are now five cases that may provide some clarity on this less frequently discussed but foundational issue of the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials as training data for AI (I use “AI” here as a shorthand which also includes text and data mining and machine learning).

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Litigation Fair Use Copying Derivative Work 98

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It highlights the importance of understanding copyright laws when using data for AI training or generating content. It debunks common misconceptions, such as assuming publicly available data is protected from copyright protections. It is essential to understand the boundaries of Fair Use, especially regarding AI.

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Copyright Fair Use Copyright Law Intellectual Property 52

Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It highlights the importance of understanding copyright laws when using data for AI training or generating content. It debunks common misconceptions, such as assuming publicly available data is protected from copyright protections. It is essential to understand the boundaries of Fair Use, especially regarding AI.

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Copyright Fair Use Copyright Law Intellectual Property 52

IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” (S.

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Fair Use Licensing Music Art 105

IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2024

The law is an important part of protecting intellectual property and protecting creators’ rights to their original works. Fair use provides some exceptions to copyright protection, allowing limited use of copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner.

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Fair Use Copyright Privacy Copying 96

Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

Recent decisions suggest courts are losing patience with those who bring dubious copyright infringement claims as part of their business models. Back in May, I wrote about an overzealous copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Rachel Dolezal , the woman best known for mispresenting her racial background.

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Copyright Fair Use Settlement Designs 90

IPilogue

DECEMBER 20, 2021

What may seem like a harmless activity in the spirit of fandom can at times give rise to copyright infringement. . This year, Japan made headlines by proposing a new law that could potentially create copyright infringement problems for cosplayers. Some authors, most notably the late Anne Rice and George R.

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Copyright Television Copyright Infringement Derivative Work 122

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The calls for revisiting copyright in the wake of generative AI – with proposals to create new exceptions or design remuneration models for authors – further fortify this “faith,” I believe. The overreliance on fair dealing, I argue, inadvertently expands the scope of copyright law and harms the public domain.

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Fair Use Public Domain Copyright Litigation 58

IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This is a major point of contention in the realm IP laws today whether or not AI can be given the said rights and protections under law. This question even after a broad reading of the Indian Copyright law remains unanswered, demanding an amendment in the present law or more clarity on the same by the way of judicial decisions.

Art 52

Art Artwork Intellectual Property Copyright Law 52

Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I’m talking about section 113(c) , which allows photographs of useful articles incorporating copyrighted works to be made and used without violating copyright law. Vila later filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement against Deadly Doll based on the unauthorized reproduction and distribution of his photo. .

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Copyright Derivative Work Artwork Fair Use 96

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2024

These meticulous archiving skills are a vital part of the digital history books, which are being ‘written’ as we speak. However, good intentions themselves are not immune to copyright complaints, or worse, multi-million dollar lawsuits. copyright law. Copyright Act has a three-year statute of limitations.

Music 105

Music Cease and Desist Copyright Copyright Law 105

SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2023

It is capable of writing articles, translating, summarizing and answering follow-up questions and can also create content that can be protected under copyright law. There is a higher probability of such Output being considered as infringing by the courts, when a user uses ChatGPT’s Output for commercial purposes.

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Copyright Copyright Law Ownership Copyright Infringement 105

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

I would read an article or book passage, take notes, write what I’d learned in my own words and voila my homework, research, or report was complete. It’s a topic that feels right out of a thrilling legal drama: should AI models be fed with copyrighted content? Much of that content is protected by copyright laws.

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Copyright Due Diligence Content Creation Copyright Law 52

IPilogue

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The doctrine of fair dealing in Canada has long played an important role in balancing the scales of copyright law from leaning too far in favour of copyright holders. The parallel doctrine in the US tracks along similar reasoning and is known as the ‘fair use’ doctrine. Our answer is yes.”

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Fair Use Derivative Work Copyright Copyright Law 59

Velocity of Content

MAY 1, 2024

Legal & Copyright Issues With that technical background, the discussion moved to legal and copyright issues. Gervais noted that copyright law and the rights of copyright holders have adapted to new technologies as they have been developed and commercialized over the centuries. with that in the U.S.

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Fair Use Copying Licensing Copyright 52

Copyright Lately

MAY 17, 2021

Parody is tricky, both as an art form and as a matter of copyright law. And putting aside its pure entertainment value, the sketch also raises some interesting questions about just how much of an original work may be taken before parodic fair use crosses the line into copyright infringement.

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