TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2022

Over the years we’ve published thousands of articles on copyright law, from how it works in theory to its application in full-blown lawsuits. But other copyright disputes, where infringement isn’t so obvious, can trigger new complexity and polarized legal opinions. But would that be illegal under US copyright law?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

Additionally, App Star argues that the applications are denied copyright protection and that “Bar-Z knew or should have known that the design elements cited in the DMCA Notification” are not subject to protection under copyright law. Longarzo * DMCA’s Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law Claims–Stevens v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the district court level, the law of copyright preemption is a morass of ad hoc explanations of whether certain contracts are “equivalent” to the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright law. Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

Netflix could have sent Barlow & Bear a cease and desist letter hand-delivered by Regé-Jean Page. While Barlow & Bear may now try to argue that their work constitutes fair use, it’s a weak defense in this case. Just as remarkable as Barlow & Bear’s success was Netflix’s response.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

scene in the past, things seemed to come to a head in November 2020 when Nintendo sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Tournament Organizers (TOs) of the Big House, an upcoming streamed Melee tournament, and subsequently forced them to cancel the event. Melee , know this better than anyone. tournament circuit beginning in 2022.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Kartik and Aditya are 2nd year students at NLSIU, Bengaluru, and had earlier written for us here and here. Copyrighting The Uncopyrightable – The NSE Saga. Kartik Sharma and Aditya Singh. The legal notices, sent to around half-a-dozen apps, also contain monetary claims for infringement of NSE’s intellectual property rights.

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The IPKat

JULY 22, 2021

Katfriend Dr Sabine Jacques , Associate Professor in IP, IT & Media law at the University of East Anglia and author of The Parody Exception in Copyright Law (OUP 2019), provides the follow review of The Copyright/Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection is Stifling Cultural Creativity – by Martin Senftleben.

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JIPL Online

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Mods are beneficial for the video game industry, [3] but mods can threaten a company’s copyright exclusivity because of their status as derivative works. [4] 4] Mods that collect revenue by paywalls are likely to scare copyright holders into litigation. [5] 6] Mod creators are not always deterred by these setbacks. [7]

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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. It emerges that brands should pay for the use of street artworks.

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Art Copyright Moral Rights Cease and Desist 59

Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Every word and script choice was chosen with the intention of really sticking to the letter of the law and making sure that we are a parody. While parody isn’t protected in the Constitution, fair use was codified into U.S. law with the Copyright Act of 1978, his point remains. Porn Parodies and Fair Use.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2025

In those circusmtances, copyright law is an especially attractive tool to the pugilists, with its strict liability standards, amorphous fair use boundaries, high defense costs, and effectiveness of takedown notices. In the last month, two more copyright lawsuits over city council videos have triggered my alerts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Capitol Records (the successor to EMI) sent its first cease-and-desist letter to Vimeo in 2008 and sued Vimeo for copyright infringement in 2009. ” “Plaintiffs contend that they showed that the Vimeo staff had legal acumen as to copyright laws. Yes, this is a 15-year-old lawsuit.[FN] We disagree.

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