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Too Rusty For Krusty–Nickelodeon v. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post)

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The Rusty Krab court expands upon these points in its subsequent section detailing findings of law, but its discussion is fairly conclusory, mainly comprising maxims about what a parody is and isn’t rather than specific discussion of the defendants’ use and why it fails to qualify.

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IPSC Breakout Session #2: mostly copyright and then marijuana innovation

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Michael Carroll (w/ Peter Jaszi), Fair Use After Google and Warhol Codification is a big deal; clarifies that fair use is a distinct doctrine, whereas well into 20th century courts were using it as noninfringement. Courts weren’t using four factors before that. A: we have to give meaning to the verbiage.

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Copyright Office Technical Measures Consultations

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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. Encourage CO to think carefully about smaller nonprofit and educational uses. Careful justifications/written record when we make those exceptions.

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WIPIP session 5: Anti-Circumvention

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Allowed producers to control coffee machines by putting software in them; can prevent use, resale, using unsupported coffee. Usufructuary rights—use and benefit from property; interference w/right to repair and w/right to use it with other stuff by preventing interoperability. Property v. property: TM v. chattels; IP v.

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