Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

To further develop this excursus on the US case law, in this post we consider two recent class actions against Meta launched by copyright holders (mainly book authors), for alleged infringement of IP in their books and written works through use in training materials for LLaMA (Large Language Model Meta AI).

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 30, 2021

The new lawsuit raises a host of complicated legal issues that, while exciting for copyright nerds like me, are often a nightmare to litigate. Key among them is the extent to which pre-1978 works first published abroad without proper copyright notice are still protected under U.S. copyright law. Copyright Office.

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SpicyIP

JULY 1, 2021

If local publishers are not charged hefty royalties or licensing fees, they can make these books available at cheaper prices and reduce their distribution costs. iv) and (v), Balbharati Copyright Policy]. The website of the Karnataka Textbook Society provides access to all books used by the Karnataka Secondary Education Board.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The 1976 Act brought in many aspects of copyright with which we are now familiar, including codifying fair use in Section 107 (it previously had been applied on a common law basis). Of course, The Nation published the juiciest details from the memoir: Ford’s reasons for pardoning his predecessor, Richard Nixon.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Despite the publication date, I can't tell if this book is in the US public domain. It appears to have been only published in the UK, and I've seen evidence the copyright was renewed in the 30's. I have a recent UK copy of the book, and it has no copyright notice.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

Dear Rich: I am working on a book project which would use advertisements from a major U.S. The magazine itself was copyrighted, but the ads do not contain any copyright markings, so my understanding is that the ads would have entered into the public domain. corporation that were published in a popular U.S. 3 of the 1909 Act.)

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 16, 2022

As a new lawsuit involving the popular comic book and animated series “Invincible” shows, the failure to properly document the copyright status of a jointly-created work at the beginning can lead to messy consequences later. Can someone be tricked into giving up copyrights he may never have owned in the first place?

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2024

In many countries, including the United States, inventors receive copyright protection for their creations. This means that creators do not need to register their work with the Security Office or include a copyright notice to benefit from copyright protection. It is fixed in a concrete form, such as written or recorded.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 3, 2021

A piece in the Indian Express examines the Sci-Hub copyright infringement case at length. Former Joint Secretary KL Sharma has published his book ‘Healing the Pharmacy of the World’, on drug regulation in India. News from around the World.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Each issue of the print magazine had a copyright notice ("© Krause Publications, Inc.") 2) If the publisher did not, is the copyright notice meaningless insofar as being able to freely use the articles (we have contacted several of the authors who are still alive and they would be happy to have us re-publish their work). (3)

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2023

MVL Film Finance LLC Targets Google When MVL Film Finance LLC (MVL) was incorporated in 2004/5, its purpose was to finance Marvel Studios’ production of 10 “live-action or animated films” based on up to 10 of Marvel’s comic book characters.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 24, 2022

Today, IP means and may include anything ranging from a comic book to a mobile chip, to a movie name, to software, to a famous chicken , or even one’s fame. For e.g., copyright does not actually protect a particular physical copy of the book or its pdf file, rather, it protects what lies inside it. . raised eyebrows ).

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Does the increasing use or distribution of AI-generated material raise any unique issues for your sector or industry as compared to other copyright stakeholders? In sectors such as science, news, and book publishing, poor quality AI materials can generate bad science, promote misinformation, and lead to harmful results. TVEyes, Inc.,

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The court rejected the conclusory assertion that every output of ChatGPT is an infringing derivative work, finding that plaintiffs had failed to allege “what the outputs entail or allege that any particular output is substantially similar – or similar at all – to [plaintiffs’] books.”

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Violation of DMCA Section 1201(b) (Count III) – DISMISSED This claim alleges OpenAI violated the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) by removing identifying information such as title, author, and copyright notice information for the original work.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

It was taken down after one hour, as it was subject to a copyright notice by a news channel relying on the US DMCA. We are naturally drawn to extreme examples, and they are so easy to recall”, says Hans Rosling in his book Factfulness (2018, p. In 2012, US NASA’s robotic rover touched down on Mars.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Publicity photos published after 1924 were rarely renewed (a requirement for works published before 1964) and they often did not include a copyright notice (a requirement for works published before March 1989). Any published photos pre-dating 1925 are automatically public domain (although Brooks' career didn't begin until 1925).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Before the 1909 Act, the author was required to register the title of the work before publication, as a condition of receiving copyright protection. Under the 1909 Act, an author received a federal statutory copyright merely by publishing the work with proper copyright notice. Wiesen-Hart, Inc. , 2d 706 (6th Cir.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Such uses, they argue, constitute copyright infringement. 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. As such, it was permissible under United States copyright law. copyright law.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Relying on Twin Books Corporation v Walt Disney Company ( Twin Books ), Bundy argued, “a foreign publication of a foreign work, before January 1, 1978, without notice of United States copyright, did not put the foreign work into the public domain in the U.S.”. They brought evidence of U.S.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Copyright is the type of Intellectual Property most often associated with artistic works like fine art, movies, or books. Copyright only protects: original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium. For example, anybody can publish a book about three teenagers who solve magical mysteries at a wizarding school.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Initially distributed in the United States without the copyright notice required under the 1909 Copyright Act, the films were effectively thrust into the U.S. public domain due to noncompliance with formalities like notice, registration, or renewal. public domain.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Copyright is the type of IP most often associated with artistic works like fine art, movies, or books. Copyright only protects: original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium. More importantly, because the work must be tangible, that also means that an idea can’t be copyrighted , only the execution of that idea.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Trump’s lawsuit alleges, however, that the consent he granted to Woodward was limited to publishing excerpts from the interviews in book form, and that he did not consent to publication of the sound recordings or of full transcripts thereof. If the work was published with proper copyright notice, it received a federal statutory copyright.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Additionally, does the public domain status of Casino Royale allow me to use the book title and the character of James Bond in derivative works, such as films? I know that specific elements introduced in the films, such as the Aston Martin DB5 and the Walther PK, remain copyrighted and cannot be used. This is not so in the books.

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