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South Africa Rejects Copyright Lobby Critique, Defends Broad ‘Fair Use’ Exceptions

TorrentFreak

IIPA is concerned that South Africa isn’t doing enough to deter copyright infringement. There are also grave concerns that proposed “fair use” exceptions, which are partly modeled after U.S. law but go further on some issues, could lead to problems in the African country.

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Copyright Fair Use for Education

IP and Legal Filings

The law is an important part of protecting intellectual property and protecting creators’ rights to their original works. Fair use provides some exceptions to copyright protection, allowing limited use of copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner.

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GTA Modders to Court: Our Game Fixes & Enhancements Are Fair Use, Not Piracy

TorrentFreak

The company demanded damages under copyright law claiming that the team “willfully and maliciously” copied, adapted and distributed its source code and other content without permission. Affirmative Defense – Fair Use. As such, US copyright law lacks reach, the defendants say.

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EFF Assists Critic’s Fair Use Defense Over Kids’ Religious Program ‘Leak’

TorrentFreak

Parrish Publishes LifeWise’s Children’s Curriculum, LifeWise Sues In the belief that the curriculum contains information supportive of the opposition group’s cause, Parrish obtained a copy of the closely-guarded documents and, in the public interest, posted them publicly online.

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Triller: H3 Podcast Can’t “Steal” Jake Paul Fight Video & Claim Fair Use

TorrentFreak

Early September the defendants fired back with a motion to dismiss the “fatally defective” complaint, arguing that they only used a very small portion of the four-hour broadcast for the purposes of commentary and criticism, a key component of a fair use defense. “But Defendants did not do this.

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

TorrentFreak

The only claim that wasn’t contested by OpenAI is direct copyright infringement, which the company plans to address at a later stage. Among its arguments to dismiss the claims, the AI company cited fair use. “Fair use, of course, is an important—yet limited—feature of U.S. copyright law. .

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The Art Critic’s Role in Fair Use

Patently-O

Although Warhol is dead, his art, legacy, copyrights, and potential copy-wrongs live on. Litigation ensued, and the basic question in the case is whether Warhol’s unlicensed uses constitute “fair use” under Section 107 of the Copyright Act. by Dennis Crouch. Andy Warhol Foundation v.

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