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3 Count: Sealed with a Kiss

Plagiarism Today

The lawsuit claimed that the site was offering illegal downloads of their books and specifically targeted two Ukrainian nationals as the operators. Finally today, The Associated Press reports that, with the new year, several prominent works are lapsing into the public domain including the Ernest Hemingway novel The Sun Also Rises and A.A.

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Authors: OpenAI’s Fair Use Argument in Copyright Dispute is Misplaced

TorrentFreak

They accuse OpenAI of using books as training data, without permission, relying on datasets that were sourced from pirate sites. In addition to using copyrighted works for training data, the LLM models themselves are also infringing derivative works, and the same applies to the output of the models.

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Why Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction

Copyright Lately

performances of “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical”) or other derivative works that might compete with Netflix’s own planned live events,” including the multi-city “ Bridgerton Experience.” Fan sites prompted by a book or film, for example, may benefit the copyright owner. Petrella v. 1962, 1976 (2014).

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Evolution of Tests of Creativity in Copyrights

IP and Legal Filings

Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. Here, merely automated and mechanical work that lacks originality is also protected by the said copyright doctrine. A publishing company called Feist Publications Inc.

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What Copyright’s “Unclaimable Material” Rules Mean for Hollywood’s Use of AI

Copyright Lately

Material that is in the public domain. Think of human modifications to AI as a quasi-derivative work—the copyright in a derivative work only extends to the material contributed by the author of that work , as opposed to the underlying material. Previously registered material.

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Out With The Old, In With The Gatsby Sequels: Trademark and Copyright News for the New Year

Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

New Copyrighted Works Enter the Public Domain: In 1998, the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act added 20 years to the term of copyright protection for pre-1976 works, and paused the annual expiration of copyright on older works for 20 years. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby , along with its iconic cover.

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Do I Need a License to Use a Copyrighted Work Even If I’m Only Using It Internally Within My Company?

Velocity of Content

Copyright law grants authors and other creators specific exclusive rights over their work, including the rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the works, and to create derivative works such as translations or adaptations. Copyright law protects not only the overall work (e.g.,