The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

Now in its second edition, the book offers a perspective on how one can address the overlap between intellectual property (IP) rights, either to reconcile them in whole or in part, or to pre-empt one over the other. Chapter 20, by Maximilian Becker, addresses the overlap between trade secrets and privacy.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

Although Section 81 of the IT Act specifies that the prohibitions of Section 79 do not preclude anyone from exercising any rights allowed under the Copyright Act 1957, intermediaries are exempted from accountability for copyright infringement. As a result, the IT Act’s obligations have precedence over all other laws.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

For example, it operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books, which patrons can borrow upon request. The organization doesn’t license authorized digital copies from publishers; instead, its books are scanned and digitized in-house.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 26, 2023

Over the years, Z-Library established itself as a premier source of pirated books, serving an audience of millions of users. This can help to evade blocking efforts while adding an extra privacy layer. Supporting Copyright Law? The software may trigger a warning noting that it’s from an unverified developer.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

This is a book review of ‘ Copyright, Creativity, Big Media and Cultural Value: Incorporating the Author ’, by Professor Kathy Bowrey , UNSW, Sydney. The methodology of this book is interdisciplinary and socio-legal, so there is a lot to unpack. As a result, it is not a light read.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 6, 2024

That’s because copyright law poses significant hurdles when it comes to real-life stories, and the line between fact and fiction isn’t always as clear-cut as it may seem. But despite numerous similarities between Stereophonic and the events described in Making Rumours , Caillat may be looking at a landslide loss.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

“We deliberately violate the copyright law in most countries. This allows us to do something that legal entities cannot do: making sure books are mirrored far and wide,” they note. They only increased the team’s motivation to go full steam ahead, while being mindful of their privacy. Leave No Trace.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 8, 2024

Anna’s Archive is a meta-search engine for shadow libraries that allows users to find pirated books and other related sources. criminal crackdown, to ensure continued availability of ‘free’ books and articles to the broader public. The site launched in the fall of 2022 , just days after Z-Library was targeted in a U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It could also undercut the commercial market for books and works already created; this is because, on demand, the Products are able not only to summarize books in detail, chapter by chapter, but also to regenerate the text of books (§ I.B.110-111). 4th 1149 (9th Cir. 4th 1149 (9th Cir. 3d 723, 743 (9th Cir.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 5, 2022

When standard approaches failed, a business professor recently turned to copyright law, hoping for a solution. To counter this problem, some faculty have used cameras and monitoring systems or services to watch students take exams, but that raises various privacy rights and requires viewing of hours of videos.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

.” “Every day, countless numbers of books, including ours, are stolen and sold or given away illegally over the internet. “Book authors earn their incomes from legitimate sales of their books, as a percentage of each sale. Whois Privacy Corp., Plaintiffs Lawsuit Was Almost Immediately Effective.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

For a work to be copyrightable, it must be “original ” and fixed in “ tangible form”, such as a sound “recording recorded on a CD” or a “literary work printed on paper ”. [2] It receives the full set of rights under copyright law, just like literary, dramatic, or artistic work”. Beyond copyright, data privacy raises its head.

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

According to the survey, 52% of respondents consider IP infringement a relevant risk, ranking it above other critical issues such as cybersecurity, personal/individual privacy, regulatory compliance, explainability, and equity and fairness. Stay Informed: Keep up with developments in AI copyright law and licensing options.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The Congress is aimed at discussing six main topics and their relation to the Metaverse: the European Digital Acts, the Legal Status of Avatars and Digital Identity, Privacy and Personal Data Protection, Content and Conduct Moderation, Virtual Worlds as Markets and Cybersecurity. It is possible to find the program and book your place here.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

It is little wonder that Common Crawl , a digital archive containing some 50bn web pages, and Books3 , a digital library of thousands of books, have become widely used in AI research. Even synthetic data that comes with privacy guarantees is necessarily a distorted version of the real data. This alternative has some advantages.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 12, 2024

This is showcased by a concentration of academic events (among others, here and here ), global and EU policy initiatives ( here and here ), and a significant number of book contributions as well as dedicated journal issues (such as recent numbers of JIPLP and IIC ) fully focused on the topic of IP and Sustainability.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 28, 2022

But since such a positive duty would intrude into the other interests of copyright holders or/and authors such as privacy, trade, speech, etc., The common law principle ‘ ubi jus ibi remedium’ i.e. “a right without a remedy is no right” also corroborates this incongruity. create works and make them available). 8 as “ liberty of.”

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 6, 2024

In the US, a voice isn’t explicitly protected under copyright law, but there are potential protections under the right of publicity, which is enforced through state laws related to the appropriation of likeness, name, and voice. For instance, ChatGPT was trained on copyrighted books by J.K.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

If, for example, the Foundation had sought to display Mr. Warhol’s image of Prince in a nonprofit museum or a for-profit book commenting on 20th-century art, the purpose and character of that use might well point to fair use. But those cases are not this case. Before us, Ms. See generally A.V.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 16, 2022

Vallianeth wrote , “ From the films we watch to the music we listen to, from the books we read to sometimes even the academic articles we study – plagiarism is fairly rampant.” liability, if any, under copyright law, 2.) liability, if any, under any other law or regulation. (??UGC’s And as Thomas J.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A key aspect of the DMCA, which was passed in 1998 to address the intersection of burgeoning advances in technology and copyright law, is its anti-circumvention provision, which prohibits users from “circumvent[ing] a technological measure that effectively controls access” to a copyrighted work [1] (e.g.,

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 20, 2022

There are few types of literary work for which copyright law has been less relevant than the letter (as in correspondence). How many Kat readers have given legal advice or engaged in a copyright infringement case involving the contents of a letter? [ This does not mean that high-level principles of protection have been absent.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

Using these plugins, brands have been able to harness the power of ChatGPT to help consumers book travel , make restaurant reservations , and create curated product recommendations. For more information on these issues, read our sister blogs here , here , and here. Kristen Maaherra , 114 F.3d 3d 955, 957-59 (9th Cir.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

“If, for example, the Foundation had sought to display Mr. Warhol’s image of Prince in a nonprofit museum or a for-profit book commenting on 20th-century art, the purpose and character of that use might well point to fair use. ” (S. . ” Id. But those cases are not this case. Before us, Ms. ” Id. concurring).

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

If, for example, the Foundation had sought to display Mr. Warhol’s image of Prince in a nonprofit museum or a for-profit book commenting on 20th-century art, the purpose and character of that use might well point to fair use. But those cases are not this case. Before us, Ms. See generally A.V.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

In particular, ChatGPT has been trained on text and databases, including text publicly available on the Internet, including approximately 570GB of data obtained from books, web texts (e.g., For example, in one case, an author (Kristina Kashtanova) sought to copyright images generated by an AI model named Midjourney. ” Ms.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

And, if so, to what extent and what does this mean for the concept of authorship in copyright? Gaon (Harry Radzyner Law School, Reichman University, Israel) considers these and other questions. The book is presented in three parts. In particular, by considering how and when IP protection for computer programs evolved.

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IPilogue

APRIL 4, 2022

I explained that I had just finished reading a recent book about ‘her sister’ and that I only wished to speak to her about conflicting information contained in that publication, as I was conducting research about her medical condition. Upon hearing the name of the author of the book, her nervousness turned to fury. COMPLICATED MATTERS.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 16, 2024

I’m pleased to announce the 2024 edition (15th edition) of my Internet Law casebook, Internet Law: Cases & Materials. The book is available as a PDF at Gumroad for $10, a Kindle ebook for $9.99, a softcover version for $20, and a hardcover version for $28. All printed versions come with a free PDF on request.]

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2024

Fair use provides some exceptions to copyright protection, allowing limited use of copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner. Copyright Law Copy Right is a legal concept that gives creators exclusive rights over their original works and allows them to control the use and distribution of those works.

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

I argue that the Boards as owners of ‘government works’ under Sections 2k and 17(dd) of the Copyright Act should conduct a survey of all their works to establish costs of production and revenue. Some of these could survive the death of the celebrity, however, the right to privacy was not among them. Other Posts.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 21, 2021

In a forthcoming law review article, professor Cathay Smith writes about the increasingly widespread phenomenon of “weaponizing copyright.” And earlier this year I wrote about Dr. Seuss’ Enterprises’ decision to stop publishing several Dr. Seuss books containing racially-insensitive content.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 31, 2025

Bharathwaj is a 3rd year LLB Student at RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur, and loves books and IP. Unfortunately, the authors also note a gap between what machine unlearning techniques can do and what the law might require. His previous posts can be accessed here. Image from here ANI v. Thus, this is also a case of under-inclusiveness.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

Some of these were Rajat Nagi, who used the petitioner’s image in various mobile apps and websites, Rana Pratap Singh who used his famous voice in the Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) lottery scam, Manoj Publications who used his image in a General Knowledge Quiz book. Also, Tamatina, a company made wallpapers using his photographs.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Jakub Wyczik (University of Silesia in Katowice) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the application of copyright subsistence criteria. Human author It is well known that copyright protects products of the human mind (see Feist v.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 29, 2022

Although there’s no statute or act in India relating to secret laws in India, the courts perform their responsibilities beneath enactments like legal philosophy, principles of equity, copyright law, and customary law action of breach of confidence. Principles Of Equity- within the case of John Richard Brady And Ors.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Misuse of copyrighted content: It also includes misuse of copyrighted material, such as using images or content without permission to mislead users. This violates copyright laws and may lead to legal actions for copyright infringement.

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