JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

infringement of the creator’s exclusive right to reproduce and/or prepare a derivative work) or VARA/moral rights (i.e., For the most part, liability may be avoidable: museums could defend any copyright (e.g.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

The plaintiff gets an expensive lesson in the law of derivative works. * * * UIRC offers bonds using a private placement memorandum (PPM) and an indenture of trust. This case expands the canon of copyright protection for lawyer-drafted documents such as legal briefs and contracts. Copyright Protection for Legal Documents.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

NFTs can be based on three-dimensional items or artwork, or can be purely digital creations—for example, a collectable digital sneaker or a token used in a videogame. Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

NFTs can be based on three-dimensional items or artwork, or can be purely digital creations—for example, a collectable digital sneaker or a token used in a videogame. Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Racial stereotypes in children’s works can reinforce internalized racism, sexism, and white supremacy. Is publicly cancelling a work abandonment? Would it allow fair use? In many cases, works edited rather than withdrawn. Team-authored works: dramatic, musical, audiovisual. Derivative work?

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Although none has reached a resolution, these private civil actions highlight various legal theories of liability that could arise when participating in the NFT market, including claims for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, breach of contract and violations of securities laws. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

When she became aware of the use, she promptly sent a C&D. (It The court also rejected summary judgment on a fair use defense. Even assuming the purpose of Defendants’ use was to make the BTO ad available for commentary and criticism, that purpose itself, in the context of this case, is commercial” (citing Warhol ).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s ruling that the reproduction of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince on the cover of a magazine tribute was not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photo of the singer-songwriter Prince, on which the Warhol portrait was based. By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa By a 7-2 vote, the U.S. Goldsmith , No. 569 (1994).

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

” The case raises questions of fair use and whether the new paintings were transformative enough to be non-infringing or if they were simply derivative works. In addition to the above fair use issues, there is also one other to consider: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Bottom Line.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Is this relevant to fair use? Satire involves using the same style to clothe different ideas; therefore it shouldn’t infringe (lack of substantial similarity as in the Greatest American Hero case; German case law; perhaps the jury’s reasoning in the Kat von D case). W/o fair use, these tools are far more limited.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Upon failure to resolve the matter privately, AWF filed suit against Goldsmith, seeking a declaratory judgment that Warhol’s works did not infringe Goldsmith’s copyright in the original photograph, or, in the alternative, Warhol’s works constituted fair use of the subject photograph. [1]

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Justin Koo, Exporting Fair Use to Developing Copyright Systems Difficult to grow when the law doesn’t have flexibility—across the Commonwealth Carribean. Either involuntarily imposed on us or adopted from UK w/o adaptation to local needs/lack of resources in former colonies. Will importing fair use solve any problems?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It’s not possible to “trespass” an intangible asset; any legal protection for the asset comes from contract law (but the plaintiffs gave a license) or IP law, such as copyright law, which the plaintiffs aren’t invoking. Implied-in-Law Contract/Unjust Enrichment. That can’t possibly be right. Implications.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Works almost like a fair use defense. 30% in dataset prevail on independent de minimis defense, which is not just substantial similarity and not just fair use, contrary to Nimmer and previous study. Where is de minimis used elsewhere? Could attend to contracts of adhesion in that way.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

” They argued that had Twain really written the book, Clemens’ estate would own the copyright and Harper would have the exclusive right under contract to publish it. New Line successfully moved for a preliminary injunction to block the video’s release.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

Those snippets seem arguably suggestive of an intent to use the former President’s input generously, perhaps more generously than fair use might otherwise allow, and in a manner often unvarnished or unprocessed to the point of being an author’s, or an author-like, contribution.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

Also: what about derivative works? So how do you build in that to recognize contribution to singular work v. creation of derivative work. In UK/Canada, joint ownership rules allow us to say “no derivative works without all of us agreeing.”

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The case involves an interesting interplay between copyright law, entertainment contracts and the First Amendment. There’s a fair amount to unpack here, so let’s start with the facts, which I’ve compiled from my review of court files in both New York and California. .” LFP , Inc. ,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Sixth, assuming Woodward published copyrighted material without Trump’s authorization, was he permitted to do so, either as a fair use, or by the First Amendment? Absent consent, fair use, or a First Amendment defense, publishing the interviews without Trump’s consent is therefore a violation of his copyright.

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