The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Specifically, copyright protection attaches to the original, creative work when it is fixed in a tangible medium, such as when it is written, drawn, recorded digitally, or typed electronically. Further, only a modicum, or small amount, of creativity is required for copyright protection to attach.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 21, 2022

Several major music industry companies including Artista Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music, and Warner Records, have filed lawsuits against some of the largest U.S. According to the music companies, the ISP failed to terminate persistent pirates. .” ” Piracy Notices Never Came Through.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This legal requirement remained largely unenforced for nearly two decades but a series of copyright infringement liability lawsuits, including a billion-dollar damages award against Cox, have shaken up the industry. Music Companies Sue Optimum While Internet terminations are more common today, that hasn’t stopped the lawsuits.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

Not for engaging in piracy per se , but for not responding aggressively enough against subscribers mostly accused of repeatedly pirating movies and music. Just before the weekend, dozens of record labels including UMG, Warner, and Sony, filed a massive copyright infringement lawsuit against Verizon at a New York federal court.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2024

Fair use provides some exceptions to copyright protection, allowing limited use of copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner. Copyright Law Copy Right is a legal concept that gives creators exclusive rights over their original works and allows them to control the use and distribution of those works.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

In 2019, a Virginia jury ordered Internet provider Cox Communications to pay a billion dollars in damages to record labels including Capitol Records, Warner Bros, and Sony Music. Lawsuit Accuses Comcast of Copyright Infringement. The movie companies say they notified Comcast of these infringements in more than 250,000 DMCA notices.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 30, 2021

The new lawsuit raises a host of complicated legal issues that, while exciting for copyright nerds like me, are often a nightmare to litigate. Key among them is the extent to which pre-1978 works first published abroad without proper copyright notice are still protected under U.S. copyright law. Copyright Office.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 5, 2024

On January 1, 2024, TorrentFreak published a review of the wrongful DMCA notices filed against us in 2023, either directly via email or at Google demanding deindexing of our articles. Our small request for 2024 was not unreasonable: stop sending us bogus copyright notices.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2022

Using the DMCA’s takedown process as a weapon, persons unknown sent copyright notices to YouTube, claiming that the targeted videos should be taken down for infringing Bungie’s rights. “It seems like it’s not just the music community getting hit. 2 non-music channels cannot be a mistake,” he tweeted.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2022

Over the years we’ve published thousands of articles on copyright law, from how it works in theory to its application in full-blown lawsuits. In most cases involving pirate sites, for example, the unlicensed distribution of movies, TV shows, music and games is easily determined. We might have one of those today.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Rather, such uses fall under the general copyright regime. law, copying copyrighted content to train AI can state a cause of action for infringement [Citing, Thomson Reuters Enters. 2021) (downloading and copying of Westlaw database for the purpose of training AI).] Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., ROSS Intelligence Inc.,

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SpicyIP

APRIL 24, 2022

For e.g., copyright does not actually protect a particular physical copy of the book or its pdf file, rather, it protects what lies inside it. . Recently, I launched my song where I composed the music and wrote the lyrics. Definitely, I will not like somebody copying it without my permission. Is she copying, or sharing?

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Specifically, copyright protection attaches to the original, creative work when it is fixed in a tangible medium, such as when it is written, drawn, recorded digitally, or typed electronically. Further, only a modicum, or small amount, of creativity is required for copyright protection to attach.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 31, 2023

The making of copies to perform text and data mining, machine learning, and AI training (collectively “TDM”) without additional licensing is authorized for commercial and non-commercial purposes under CC BY , and for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

Prutton admitted to copying and said that his adult daughter had helped him with his website. (A Therefore, there is a market available for this Work, which Prutton evaded by copying and displaying the Work on his website without permission. BMG Music Publ’g, 512 F.3d Screengrabs from October 29, 2019 from the Wayback Machine.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Unique expertise on code too; code is different from photos, music, videos; some of the most valuable code on GitHub is licensed openly. Black Music Action Coalition, Willie “Prophet” Stiggers: Founded to combat racism in the music industry. TDEX is a multistakeholder body creating better licensing of music.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. How To Win Big In a Copyright Infringement Case. Your Copy-Rights. That’s understandable.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

It was taken down after one hour, as it was subject to a copyright notice by a news channel relying on the US DMCA. This news channel had used the (open source) NASA video for its own news video and ended up raising unjustified claims against other copies on YouTube, including NASA’s original video.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Unfortunately, IP law has gotten so complicated that many people aren’t even sure which types of IP (copyright, trademarks, or patents) protects their creative work.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Last summer, Optimum chose to settle its lawsuit with some music industry giants, including BMG, UMG, and Capitol Records, under undisclosed terms. In a similar yet separate lawsuit, the company is pitted against a group of almost 50 music labels , that also accused Altice of mass-infringement.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The novel continues to be protected in Germany and other countries with copyright terms lasting 70 years after the author’s death, which includes much of the world. Among the iconic musical works entering the U.S. charts in 1929 after appearing in the second musical talkie, Gold Diggers of Broadway. public domain.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 28, 2022

Takedown notices are a vital tool for copyright holders who want to make sure that infringing copies of their work are not widely distributed. In fact, quite a few high-profile DMCA takedown notices have been sent to the platform, including several that targeted tweets from former U.S. Takedown Notices Increase.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If the work was published with proper copyright notice, it received a federal statutory copyright. If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. 101 ] Issue 1: Are the recorded interviews a copyright-eligible “work of authorship”? .

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