Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Welcome to the fourth and final trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The bill tackles issues such as equitable remuneration for streaming, contract adjustment, right of revocation and transparency.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Warner Music Central Europe has taken a groundbreaking step by offering its first record deal to a digital character developed with artificial intelligence assistance called Noonoouri. La entrada Warner Music signs contract with digital character se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Copyright and Ownership in the Metaverse In the metaverse, copyright applies to digital creations such as virtual art, music, designs, and even entire virtual worlds. For instance, who holds the copyright to a virtual item collaboratively created by multiple avatars?

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TorrentFreak

JULY 28, 2022

Three years ago, several of the world’s largest music companies including Warner Bros and Sony Music sued Internet Provider Bright House Networks. Specifically, the ISP and music companies both wanted to limit what evidence and arguments the other side can present to the jury. copyright law,” the wrote.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2023

Targeting Youtube-dl’s Host This episode was a massive setback for the music industry, which had been fighting stream-ripping tools for years. However, instead of laying down their arms, the music companies went after Uberspace , youtube-dl’s website hosting company in Germany. It’s a Microsoft-owned corporation.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 19, 2021

Given the disparity in negotiating power between a platform the size of Twitch and individual creators, Twitch is better situated to take on the burdens of negotiating a music licensing solution on behalf of all of the creators who drive traffic to their site. Background.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Also in February , the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) facilitated the emergence of a royalty collection framework between the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria (MCSN) and Disco Jockeys Association of Nigeria (DJAN). and (2) substantial similarity between the version he produced and the ones produced by P.Priime.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Photo by Emily Wang on Unsplash The UK’s attempt to deal with generative AI, training data and copyright law has taken yet another turn. Copyright law has always been an emotional topic. For a full list, see here. Fuelled by AI concerns, it becomes borderline explosive.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

Taylor Swift is notorious for hiding secret messages in her lyrics , music videos , and social media. To get around the tangle of copyright law. As the US Copyright Office puts it , “the composition ‘Respect’ and a recording of Aretha Franklin singing ‘Respect’ are two distinct works” in the eyes of copyright law.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Bill proposed new laws for equitable remuneration for streaming, contract adjustment, right of revocation and transparency. Here's what happened [aside from a whole load of completely unnecessary and tedious oversharing from several MPs about their life stories, or having once looked at a musical instrument *eye roll*].

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 1, 2024

This is quite the picture of how the Indian copyright laws are treating the employees who try to become such exceptional creators. This means that if an employee makes any copyright then the owner would have the title of that intellectual property unless there is an agreement stating otherwise. Unlike the U.S.A.,

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LexBlog IP

MAY 4, 2022

GEA is the Common Collecting Society of GRAMMO (Collecting Society of Music Producers), ERATO (collecting Society of Performers), and APOLLON (Collecting Society of Musicians). The matter was brought in the past before the Greek Copyright Organisation (OPI) and the parties following negotiations found a temporary and partial solution.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 16, 2023

The court’s March 14 ruling (read here) rejected the defendants’ assertion that copyright terminations served by Bono’s heirs effectively preempted Cher’s state law contract rights. At this rate, the Cher-Bono litigation may end up lasting longer than the couple’s marriage.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 5, 2023

A growing number of daily releases makes India’s copyright laws particularly important in. This drawn-out procedure grants rights to several people carrying out various tasks, such as scriptwriting, music composition, art direction, and particular actor appearances [1]. Introduction. Who Owns What and Why.

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IIPRD

DECEMBER 28, 2021

As a result of technological improvements, the music industry has evolved considerably during the last few decades. Piracy, for example, has always been a problem in the music industry, but the nature of the problem has changed over time. MUSIC STREAMING PLATFORMS AND ENFORCEMENT OF IPR. record companies and broadcasters).

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

On one hand, unauthorized mass copying and distribution of movies, TV shows, and music is widely recognized as copyright infringement. The general consensus is that copyright law favors the publishers, but in a recent motion to dismiss, Elbakyan had other things on her mind too.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

Genius sued Google for breach of contract over music transcriptions. The petition states that the Court must clarify whether the Copyright Act’s preemption clause permits a plaintiff to use “state-law contract remedies to enforce a promise not to copy and use its content.” Next up, we have Genius v.

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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. The asserted facts do not become protectable by copyright even if, as [the plaintiff] now claims, all or part of the dialogue was made up.”

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

While the Copyright Act gives the copyright owner the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute a digital file containing a copyrighted work, there’s no such thing as the “exclusive right to mint an NFT” as far as copyright law is concerned. This is, after all, supposed to be a copyright case.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Earlier this year during Grammy season, Baker requested that fans not stream or buy her music. Through Twitter, she expressed that she had outlived all her recording contracts and that her master recordings should legally belong to her. copyright law. Baker’s tweets and subsequent support from fans come as no surprise.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

Apparently the “de minimis” defense to copyright infringement doesn’t exist at all in the 9th Circuit. SA Music LLC v. A lawsuit over allegedly infringing music files uploaded to the iTunes store. Copyright Office’ Imposter Gets Google To Delist URLs On Section 1201 Grounds. LEXIS 50427 (N.D.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Spotify’s removal decision stems at least in part from claims by Spoken Giants, a rights administration service that is seeking compensation for the use of its members’ spoken word content in much the same way that songwriters are paid for the use of their musical compositions. Musical Works: One Song, Two Copyrights.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

As noted above, one of HitPiece’s co-founders is Rory Felton , who for years ran a record company and music publishing company, among numerous other music industry ventures. And rights in music is a really complicated issue. His lengthy answer is worth quoting in full: “We’ve got everyone.

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CoCal IP Law Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Please join us on Monday, November 13, 2023 at Noon, where we will discuss the issue of master ownership and the legal copyright conflicts between record labels and artists. Taylor Swift may be the first to make this copyright issue truly public, leaving fans wondering who really owns Swift's music and why. She says she [.]

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Introduction The media and entertainment industry is a broad and ever-evolving domain that includes several industries, including music, cinema, television, fashion, and more. Copy Right Law in the Entertainment Industry The cornerstone of intellectual property protection in the entertainment sector is copyright law.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 23, 2021

Copyright comes into the picture since the law safeguards the computer software and programs that are used to collect and analyze big data. Also, the European Union has a Database Directive in place as an initiative to harmonize Copyright Protection offered to databases in all Member States alike.

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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. Alvies * Another 512(f) Claim Fails–Tuteur v. Crosley-Corcoran * 17 USC 512(f) Is Dead–Lenz v.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 16, 2022

On 8 December 2021, the Madras High Court delivered an important judgment concerning copyright law. The High Court held that the business of granting copyright licenses can be carried out only through the copyright societies. On Sections 33 and 34, the Court held as follows: “47.The

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 5, 2025

Hence, as is the case with the second point, the existing contracts might shed light on the issue of who is the owner of the Copyright in the BTS. To put it another way, the law does not concern itself with trifles. This principle has also gained significance under Copyright law. vs Yashraj Films Pvt.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2023

In particular, it stands out a concept which is frequently neglected when NFTs are explained: the link to the image, i.e., the artwork, is not contained in the smart contract (the piece of software written in Solidity programming language which generates an NFT) but in a JSON file (“JavaScript Object Notation”) which contains the NFT’s metadata.

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SpicyIP

MAY 23, 2024

Image from here Sweet Sound of Victory: Looking at the Calcutta HC’s Decisive Decision on Rights of Authors By Surabhi Katare In a major development, Calcutta High Court’s passed a landmark judgement on May 17, 2024, in safeguarding the copyrights of authors of music and literary work used in sound recordings.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

“Music is art, and art is important and rare. On 12 th February 2021, Taylor Swift re-released one of her most famous songs “Love Story” the reason being as Swift told Good Morning America last August was, “My contract says that starting November 2020 … I can record albums one through five all over again.”. The Big Move.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

District Court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant with regard to a copyright infringement suit. Lang Van is a California corporation that produces and distributes Vietnamese music and entertainment, owning the copyrights to thousands of songs and programs. law and, at the very least, affect U.S.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

It seeks to address questions of how copyright generates income and how distributions of profits are allocated in the publishing, film and music industries. Chapter 6, ‘Why does a gramophone maker deserve a copyright? As a result, it is not a light read.

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Kashishipr

JULY 14, 2021

Copyright and Recipes. Copyright Law protects works underlying original works of authorship, which are fixed in a tangible medium, and therefore, may include literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works. It does not protect ideas, facts, products, processes, principles, etc. For more visit: [link].

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 26, 2023

According to Section 2(d)(v) of the Copyright Act, the producer of a cinematograph film is considered the work’s creator. [1] This preference for producers in copyright law has recently been questioned. Music compositions are also given their unique copyright protection. In the case of Ilayaraja v.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

AI and Copyright: More Developments – Human Prompts are Not ‘Direct Instructions’ After the Thaler case, the US Copyright Office passed another interesting order on AI-generated works, this time refusing the registration due to the work’s failure to meet the de-minimis threshold. Case Summaries Global Music v.

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