TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Popular Internet infrastructure service Cloudflare has come under pressure from copyright holders in recent years. The company offers its services to millions of customers including multinationals, governments, but also some of the world’s leading pirate sites. copyright law provides.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2025

” Problematic Reporting Obligations In addition to matters directly related to blocking, the tech industry is concerned about recent amendments to Italian copyright law that introduce obligations that contradict the principles set forth in the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. Without this rule, many authors fear the UK market would be flooded with cheaper international copies. The IPO has said that it will continue evaluating potential changes to copyright law but did not set a timetable.

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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. European Parliament and Council, Agreement on the Data Governance Act. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. We reported on this here.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 29, 2024

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. Promote free educational resources which are licenced under an open licence and free from copyright discourage the use of copyright resources.

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Michael Geist

JULY 20, 2022

For much of the past two decades, copyright groups have steadfastly sought to deny what the Supreme Court of Canada has repeatedly endorsed, namely that the purpose of Canadian copyright law is to serve the public interest by balancing users’ and authors’ rights. ” The decision – SOCAN v. 339, at para.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2025

copyright protection standards. Various groups stressed the importance of copyright protection when it comes to new AI technologies. They argued that foreign governments should be mindful of potential copyright infringements. Other countries, including Japan, have already written AI exceptions into law. .”

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 19, 2024

In addition to Fortune 500 companies and governments across various continents, the American company also provides its services to pirate sites. is a responsible intermediary pursuant to Article 156 of the Italian Copyright Law,” the decision reads.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

In analogizing semiconductor chips to traditional areas of copyright law, the legislative history notes that, just as a plagiarist who copies only one chapter of a book may be held liable for infringement, a person may be liable for copying a part of a mask work if it is a qualitatively important portion that results in substantial similarity.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Copyright infringement cases on the internet have increased because the internet has become more widely available. Legal Framework governing take down notice.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the first trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this edition, we report on an AG Opinion that came out late in 2022 and update you on what has happened in the first trimester of 2023 in EU copyright law.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As it is discussed at greater length elsewhere ( here ), TDM is an example of an area in which legislative intervention has been broadly justified by reference to the need of freeing up certain copyright-covered spaces to facilitate research and increase innovation and competitiveness.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the third trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this edition, we update you on what has happened between July and September 2023 in EU copyright law. The government established a working group which started meeting this summer. Read more here.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In July 2021, the Government of Canada launched a consultation on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and the Internet of Things (“IoT”). The scholars acknowledged the government’s commitment to “keep pace” with technological developments in AI while protecting the public interest through Federal statute (the Copyright Act ).

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. Registration of a mask work with the Copyright Office provides certain legal benefits, including the ability to bring a lawsuit for infringement of the mask work. government. Id, section 2407.2(C).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 10, 2025

It is essential to answer this question before we discuss defences to copyright infringement claims or remuneration for the use of protected content in the AI learning process. some training datasets contain only hyperlinks to content stored online rather than copies of content). What/where is the legal problem? in files and folders).

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

The guide is an amazingly thorough overview of copyright, written in a way to be understood by lay people and it includes nearly all of the important information one needs to know in just 10 pages and 4,000 words. Copyright Office, which is part of the federal government, the work itself is in the public domain.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

Back in January, the crypto group Spice DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) made headlines for spending approximately $3 million to acquire a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune , a bible for a planned Dune move that would have been made in the 1970s. . The payment beyond excessive. One potential use is Safe Creative’s.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

It is a common practice to make copies of deteriorating or far away cultural heritage. As of 2022, it is not even a new idea to use digital methods to copy heritage, considering that the mass digitisation of cultural heritage, especially books, started more than two decades ago. Photo by awsloley via Pixabay.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

As previously reported , between October 2021 and January 2022 the UK Intellectual Property Office held a public consultation on the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property laws (more specifically, copyright and patents). The consultation closed in the beginning of January 2022.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2023

An interesting feature of copyright law is its tendency to lag behind the times while new technology races ahead and exploits its numerous ‘loopholes’ One of the most famous loopholes was ‘exposed’ when streaming overtook BitTorrent to become the delivery method of choice for millions of video-oriented pirates.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

In Brooktree, the court stated that “If the copied portion [of the mask work] is qualitatively important, the finder of fact may properly find substantial similarity under copyright law and the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act,” even if other portions of the chip were not copied. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,

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Patently-O

AUGUST 30, 2022

Contract not Copyright: Genius does not hold the copyright to the lyrics and so has no copyright infringement claim. But, Genius does require its users to agree to an extensive contractual agreement that includes a promise that the user will not commercially reproduce, copy, or distribute any portion of the Genius service.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 29, 2024

In a January 2024 report and recommendation later adopted by the court , the magistrate judge found that the repost infringed the plaintiff’s display right simply because it shows a copy of the photo on Chicken Joes social media account. law in generalapplies only to domestic rights. The shot heard round the world.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As digital spaces grow in popularity, so do the stakes around intellectual property, particularly copyright. Copyright governs the rights of creators over their digital works, ensuring they are protected from unauthorized use. Jurisdictional conflicts arise, as copyright laws differ significantly across countries.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

I had no involvement whatsoever with the statement, but was happy to tweet it out and was grateful for the effort to set the record straight on what has been a relentless misinformation campaign that ignores the foundational principles of copyright law. Further, it would mean less access to materials for Canadian students.

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SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

The Report’s recommendations boil down to: Permitting photocopying (only) in Government-owned educational institutions and storing it in libraries for easy access to students. Limitations on storage of copied works in digital formats. Restricting this photocopying to 10% of the total pages of a book. Bench decision).

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 22, 2025

The stakes are particularly high in copyright law, where anthropomorphic thinking has led to problematic comparisons between human learning and AI training. When humans read books, we do not make copies of themwe understand and internalize concepts. ” These human terms feel natural, but they are misleading.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The IIPA notes that China has made some progress recently, such as copyright law amendments introducing broadcasting and public performance rights for producers of sound recordings. In addition, the maximum punitive damages for copyright infringers in China was increased ten-fold. ” Piracy Apps and Devices.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 24, 2022

When YouTube first got off the ground in 2005, most of its users would’ve been oblivious to how closely copyright law would govern their online activities moving forward. These heavily edited copies of mainstream movies aim to summarize key plot lines via voice-over narration in about 10 minutes.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Taiwan made amendments to copyright law that outlawed piracy-configured devices. government as a serious piracy threat, the pressure on Taiwan continued. government as a serious piracy threat, the pressure on Taiwan continued. Government. government. With Hollywood regularly reporting UnblockTech to the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 27, 2024

To protect the interests of these businesses around the world, copyright holder groups can count on help from the U.S. Government. The annual list of ‘ notorious markets ,’ for example, is a well-known diplomatic mechanism to encourage other countries to up their enforcement actions and improve laws.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

government, another of the world’s most recognized book piracy platforms has fresh legal problems of its own. Defendants have absolutely no legal justification for what they do and operate in complete and knowing defiance of the rule of law,” the complaint adds. . “[T]he Sites undermine the very purpose of U.S.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Record labels argue that AI developers infringe on copyright when using their catalog for training without authorization. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA): This law protects against unauthorized digital copying and distribution. AI-generated content that replicates copyrighted music may violate DMCA provisions.

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

Blog sought to study global moves or court cases that have taken place regarding uses of copyright in made-always-with-an-AI creation and provide discussion over possible solutions to the future of intellectual property laws. Fixation : To qualify for copyright protection, the work must be recorded in a tangible medium.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 30, 2023

Before any new laws or policies are introduced, the Government typically seeks input from stakeholders. Quoting data from the United States Chamber of Commerce, a lobbying group operating independently of government, USPTO notes that video piracy alone causes losses of up to $115.3

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

3: Copyright and the Takings Clause. One of the more confusing areas of copyright law in the United States is how it impacts states. Under the current law, all copyright matters are federal. However, that ended up not being the end of the issue.

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