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The Intersection of Copyright Law and Online Education

IP and Legal Filings

Another lesser-known problem of the authors of the schools providing educational services through the Internet is the question of the control of the distribution of copies of copyrighted works. Moreover, these kinds of works, in most cases, have inadequate rights protection based on the existing laws of copyright.

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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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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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The Doctrine of Fair Use in Copyright Law

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The Doctrine of Fair Use is a concept that originates from the case of Folsom vs. Marsh. Justice Story observed in his judgement, when the courts of law decide on cases like this, they must look to the nature and objects of the selection mode, the quantity and value of material used. Percentage of Original Material Used.

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Copy and Paste – Supreme Court Holds Copying Software Function Calls Was Fair Use

TraskBritt Intellectual Property

When developing Android, Google had copied the text and format of function calls from Oracle’s Java SE Application Programming Interface (API). LEXIS 1864 (2021), the Supreme Court held that Google’s copying was permissible fair use. In Google LLC v. 18-956, 2021 U.S. Software and IP.

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Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture by Professor David Vaver – “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond”

IPilogue

For fifty years, the Copyright Society of the USA (CSUSA) has invited numerous esteemed figures to present the annual Donald C. This past Monday, Osgoode’s very own Professor David Vaver delivered the 2021 Brace lecture on “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond” as the series’ very first international speaker from outside the United States.

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Use of Warhol’s Prince Image Found Not to Be Sufficiently Transformative for Fair Use 

LexBlog IP

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use. copyright law. copyright law, the Supreme Court focused on the actual use made, i.e. what the user does with the original work.