TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2024

Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. Still, some believed 2 Live Crew’s music shouldn’t have been on sale at all. Without obtaining permission, Lokka made a copy of the report, added his own subtitles, and then retransmitted the new version to the public via Twitter. Campbell v. Subtitle Defense 2.0:

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

Stable Diffusion Doesn’t Store Copies of Training Images The complaint also mischaracterizes Stable Diffusion by asserting that images used to train the model are “stored at and incorporated” into the tool as “compressed copies.” None of it includes copies of images. You’d be wrong.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

” The music companies disagreed. In its filing, Cox points out that the music companies want a “notice and terminate” scheme to boot persistent pirates off the Internet. On top of that, it notes that the $223 million damages for derivative works should not have been granted. Landmark Case.

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McBayer IP Blog

APRIL 15, 2022

Of course, buying a copy of a book, no matter how rare, does not grant you the copyright or license to its contents. More > Tags: Copyright , copyright license , Intellectual Property , music copyright.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

But this time, Netflix is the one doing the suing, and it’s targeting the creators of “ The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical ” with what I’ll call “The Official Bridgerton Musical Copyright Infringement Lawsuit” (read here). Okay, But What if Bridgerton Was a Musical?

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 25, 2023

Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. In a 7-2 decision, the high court sided with Goldsmith’s argument that Warhol’s “Orange Prince” constituted an infringing derivative work of her copyrighted photograph.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

2] The Court’s decision affirmed the ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the Warhol work was derivative of the original, and noted that “the new expression may be relevant to whether a copying use has a sufficiently distinct purpose or character” but that factor was not dispositive by itself. [3]

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IPilogue

MAY 26, 2022

Music, Def Jam Recordings and Universal Music Group. Sound recordings are subject to copyright protection under the US Copyright Act of 1976 (Title 17) (“Act”), which also provides that the owner of a sound recording has exclusive rights to reproduce, prepare derivative works from and publicly distribute the work.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 6, 2023

Schneider’s first amended complaint alleged that YouTube and its users infringed her copyrighted musical compositions and sound recordings, and that YouTube facilitated infringement by removing copyright management information (CMI) from her copyright works, in violation of the DMCA. YouTube’s Motion For Summary Judgment.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

The author plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI infringed on their published works by using these works to help train its LLM. The plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI copied their published books, which are protected by copyright law, and used them in a training dataset for its LLM. East Coast Foods, Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. , Legal Background: Copyright and Derivative Works Copyright law protects original works of authorship, including “pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works,” 17 U.S.C. For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

The Conan Doyle estate, heirs to the author of the works about the famed detective Sherlock Holmes, alleged that Netflix infringed on the character Sherlock Holmes in its portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the 2020 movie “Enola Holmes.” [2] 18] Netflix admitted it had access to and copied the memoir. [19]

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Miramax claims, among other things, that the preparation and sale of these derivative works constitutes copyright infringement because the contractual rights Tarantino reserved in his 1993 agreement with Miramax don’t cover NFTs. A used copy will set you back $1.09; for reasons unknown, a new copy is going for $113.03—In

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2024

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. These rights generally include the rights to reproduce, distribute, perform, publish and create derivative works.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Other than a brief period in 2020, the Archive maintained a one-to-one ratio of books owned by it in physical copies and made available digitally for users through its free digital library. The NEL was held to be a derivative work, and the Archive’s lending practices violative of copyright law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Basically, because an NFT is an encoded digital metadata file of a copy of a work that can be copyright protected. That is, in an NFT there can be an underlying copy of a work of art –typically an image, photograph, piece of music, video or certain audiovisual content– that may be subject to copyright.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A core inquiry is whether original works that would ordinarily be copyrightable should be denied unless a human author is identified. Generative AI models produce outputs like text, art, music, and video that appear highly creative and would certainly meet copyright’s originality standard if created by natural people.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Dance is commonly associated with music, but at the same time, there are dance forms like contemporary performances, which utilize silence while expressing the art form. The music, costumes, scenery, or lighting effects would not be accounted for while seeking such protection. are excluded from the ambit of copyright protection.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

The main principle practitioners can derive from Goldsmith is that transformation alone is not enough render copying of a reference work “fair use.” The Court recognized that the “purpose and character” of some copying could be “transformative” and thus could favor a finding of fair use. Goldsmith et al, Case No.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

A Few Words for a Lost Friend: Tribute to Dmitry Karshtedt (Bob Brauneis, Mark Lemley, Jake Sherkow) Closing Plenary Session: Fair use Robert Brauneis, Copyright Transactions in the Shadow of Fair Use Suppose a work does not infringe another work because and only because it’s been ruled a fair use. Prince is work plus embodiment.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Even worse, the defendants allegedly conspired for an impersonator to unlawfully sing the plaintiff’s copyrighted music on stage. Wilson had no difficulty finding that the unauthorized novel infringed the Tolkien works. Also, who is this girl in the back of the room?

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

You can always get drunk and order random stuff on Amazon curl up with a scary book or Halloween-themed movie, game or music video that’s found its way into copyright history. So, without further ado, here are 13 Halloween-themed works that someone (hopefully other than you) got sued for. “Nosferatu” (1922).

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 31, 2023

Already a fixture on the pop charts and in the world of bait-and-switch hyperlinks, Astley is now looking to make history yet again, this time with a new lawsuit that may put a damper on the music industry’s latest nostalgia kick. Gravy and his team couldn’t get a license to sample the master recording. “So,

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 22, 2023

Several recent, high-profile lawsuits raise the issue of whether such training algorithms violate copyright law’s restrictions on creating derivative works without the creators’ consent. What is a Derivative Work? What is Generative AI? Stability AI Ltd.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 25, 2023

Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. In a 7-2 decision, the high court sided with Goldsmith’s argument that Warhol’s “Orange Prince” constituted an infringing derivative work of her copyrighted photograph.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

1] That decision shook the art world, as it seems to dramatically narrow the scope of the fair use doctrine, and raises doubts about the lawfulness of many existing works. [2] That factor asks “whether, if the challenged use becomes widespread, it will adversely affect the potential market for the copyrighted work.” [20]

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 2, 2023

The main principle practitioners can derive from Goldsmith is that transformation alone is not enough render copying of a reference work “fair use.” Plainly the Warhol “Orange Prince” was a derivative work, but was there something about it that could support a finding of fair use?

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Kashishipr

JUNE 16, 2021

Copyright and trade secrets like software, secret formula/recipes, music, etc., Of these crimes, Intellectual Property (IP) theft is one of the many, which involves stealing copyright, patents, industrial designs, etc., by using the internet and computers as a medium.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

7) MUSIC LICENSE AGREEMENT A music license agreement is a legally binding document that outlines the terms and conditions under which a copyright holder, typically a musician, permits another party to use their copyright material i.e The clarity in ownership further helps avoid any disputes at a later stage. (7)

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Copyright is essentially a right to copy. Copyright is a term describing rights given to creators for their literary and artistic works. It’s an intellectual property, if an individual owns the copyright to something, then he’s the only owner of it and also the decider that who can copy it. Image source:Gettyimages].

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 11, 2024

For their part, some GenAI companies like OpenAI argue that there is no infringement, either because there is no “copying” of protected materials or that the copyright principle of fair use uniformly applies to generative AI activities. These arguments are deeply flawed and gloss over crucial technical and legal issues.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2023

The crucial question is “whether the ‘work’ is basically one of human authorship, with the computer [or other device] merely being an assisting instrument, or whether the traditional elements of authorship in the work (literary, artistic, or musical expression or elements of selection, arrangement, etc.)

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SpicyIP

MAY 23, 2024

Image from here Sweet Sound of Victory: Looking at the Calcutta HC’s Decisive Decision on Rights of Authors By Surabhi Katare In a major development, Calcutta High Court’s passed a landmark judgement on May 17, 2024, in safeguarding the copyrights of authors of music and literary work used in sound recordings.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 6, 2023

Prior to this case, the focus has been on the transformative nature of the work itself. in other words, whether and to what extent the new work is transformative.” The first fair use factor will now analyze whether the purpose of the use of the second work is different enough from the first to reasonably justify copying.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

A transformative work is fair use, and therefore not a copyright infringement, based on a reading of the Supreme Court’s holding in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. , In a narrower sense, a use may be justified because copying is reasonably necessary to achieve the user’s new purpose.” ” Id. ” Id.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 14, 2024

The author plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI infringed on their published works by using these works to help train its LLM. The plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI copied their published books, which are protected by copyright law, and used them in a training dataset for its LLM. East Coast Foods, Inc.,

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LexBlog IP

JULY 6, 2023

Prior to this case, the focus has been on the transformative nature of the work itself. in other words, whether and to what extent the new work is transformative.” The first fair use factor will now analyze whether the purpose of the use of the second work is different enough from the first to reasonably justify copying.

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