Remove Copying Remove Copyright Notice Remove Public Domain
article thumbnail

3 Count: Grand Theft Copyright

Plagiarism Today

Second, since he was a federal employee at the time the image was taken, the work itself is in the public domain. 2: Bungie’s Copyright Infringement Claims Against AimJunkies ‘Insiders’ Can Continue. 3: Original GTA Creator Reports Rockstar Put Copyright Strikes on His Prototype Videos.

Copyright 246
article thumbnail

Publicly Posted PowerPoint ≠ Public Domain

Dear Rich IP Blog

The website does not have a notice about not being allowed to use them. Is it still considered copyright infringement to use them? How do you tell if materials are public domain or fit under fair use? There's a difference between authorized end-user activity and unauthorized copying.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Take What You Want From Sherwood Forest

Dear Rich IP Blog

Despite the publication date, I can't tell if this book is in the US public domain. It appears to have been only published in the UK, and I've seen evidence the copyright was renewed in the 30's. I have a recent UK copy of the book, and it has no copyright notice.

article thumbnail

The Copyright Legacy of Martin Luther King

Copyright Lately

Shortly after his “I Have a Dream” speech was delivered in August 1963, King moved for a preliminary injunction preventing record companies from selling copies of the speech. CBS brought a summary judgment motion to establish that the speech was in the public domain. The defendants, Mister Maestro, Inc. What’s the difference?

article thumbnail

The United States Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry on AI: A Quick Take

Velocity of Content

Significant amounts of content are also available through the public domain. 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. Copyright is, and should remain, an opt in regime.

article thumbnail

IP Reveries: Class 1 – IPR: A Tantalising Term or Troubling Terminology?

SpicyIP

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. . They didn’t need permission to borrow from the public corpus or public domain. Definitely, I will not like somebody copying it without my permission. Very annoying!

IP 136
article thumbnail

Copyright Office Technical Measures Consultations

43(B)log

Designed to be freely available licensed or public domain; we occasionally use fair use images where no free image is available, such as when a famous work has been destroyed. Wikimedia Foundation, Jacob Rogers: DMCA compliance lead for 7 years. Careful justifications/written record when we make those exceptions.