Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

Copy-reliant technologies have banked heavily on that principle over recent years and it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that the principle of non-expressive use has become the legal foundation of how the internet essentially works. Litigation against these models has piled up at the same breakneck speed as they have gained ground.

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43(B)log

MAY 19, 2023

Its TOS provide that users will not use Roblox content outside of the Roblox Platform, monetize Roblox content, or imply an association with Roblox for their businesses outside of the Roblox Platform. Wowwee sells a line of dolls called “My Avastars,” which plaintiffs allege were “copied directly from Roblox’s Classic Avatars.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s ruling that the reproduction of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince on the cover of a magazine tribute was not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photo of the singer-songwriter Prince, on which the Warhol portrait was based. By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa By a 7-2 vote, the U.S. Goldsmith , No. 569 (1994).

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2024

The TLDR is that Sedlik owns a valid copyright in the Miles Davis photo, and Kat Von D admits to using the photo as a reference image to create her tattoo. This is the first case I’m aware of in which the owner of a copyrighted reference image has sued a tattoo artist for copyright infringement. The Good, the Bad and the.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

However, the channel the ‘reference video’ was uploaded to has none of these qualities, the defendants say. The entire broadcast, to which Triller owns the copyright, lasted much longer – four hours in fact – meaning that any use of the Jake Paul fight by the defendants in their two-hour podcast was necessarily small.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2024

For example, Danish anti-piracy group Rights Alliance demanded The Eye to remove their copy of Books3, which it did. The authors further stated that, as far as their books appear in the Books3 database, they are referred to as “infringed works” This prompted Meta to respond with yet another denial. 107,” Meta notes.

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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.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

The Supreme Court recently upheld an appellate court’s ruling that Andy Warhol’s use of a photograph of Prince as a reference for a collection of screen prints is not fair use – to the extent his foundation decided to license them at least. Goldsmith, Andy Warhol not only used Ms. Goldsmith et al, Case No.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2024

Patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house, with technical restrictions that prevent copying. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, only one patron at a time can rent a digital copy of a physical book. “In short, IA’s practice of CDL is radical and unlawful.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 5, 2023

David Oppenheimer’s case against Douglas Prutton was referred to the CCB by the U.S. Oppenheimer admitted that he copied and displayed the photograph without permission, but said his adult daughter actually found the photo and placed it on his site, and also argued fair use and unclean hands in defending his use of the work.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2024

is one of the most interesting cases in history to rely on a fair use defense, arguing that the alleged infringement qualifies as a parody. ” 2 Live Crew had previously sought to license the track from Acuff-Rose to be used as a parody; Acuff-Rose refused and 2 Live Crew used it anyway. .” Campbell v.

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

APRIL 10, 2021

When developing Android, Google had copied the text and format of function calls from Oracle’s Java SE Application Programming Interface (API). LEXIS 1864 (2021), the Supreme Court held that Google’s copying was permissible fair use. In Google LLC v. 18-956, 2021 U.S. Software and IP.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Is this relevant to fair use? Satire involves using the same style to clothe different ideas; therefore it shouldn’t infringe (lack of substantial similarity as in the Greatest American Hero case; German case law; perhaps the jury’s reasoning in the Kat von D case). Writing ad copy, which authors need to sell their works.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2021

Finding Google’s copying a fair use, the Supreme Court ended Oracle’s decade-long attempt to recover copyright damages. In designing the mobile platform, Google independently developed most of the code but copied what the parties referred to as “declaring code” for 37 application programming interfaces, or APIs.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

De Fontbrune held the position that the estate did not have the power to approve such use. At the request of De Fontbrune , in 1998, the police confiscated copies of Wofsy’s book, and De Fontbrune sued for copyright infringement. The plaintiffs argued that the book has a commercial purpose, which weighs against fair use.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 2, 2023

The Supreme Court recently upheld an appellate court’s ruling that Andy Warhol’s use of a photograph of Prince as a reference for a collection of screen prints is not fair use – to the extent his foundation decided to license them at least. Goldsmith, Andy Warhol not only used Ms.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Fischer found triable issues on substantial similarity and fair use. To freehand ink the tattoo, Kat Von D created a stencil by using a light box to trace the Davis photograph. On March 18, 2017, Kat Von D posted an image on her personal Instagram of herself using the Davis image as a reference while inking the tattoo.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2022

In response, Newman, the community moderator, copied all of the community’s posts and uploaded them to Dreamwidth–an action we used to call “mirroring” in the old days. Nevertheless, the registration is worthless because Newman qualifies for fair use. ” Nature of Use. ” Nature of Use.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 27, 2024

This claim isn’t far-fetched, since NVIDIA publicly stated that it used EleutherAI’s ‘The Pile’ dataset, which includes Books3. NVIDIA Responds in Court The main question for this and other lawsuits is whether the use of this data is permitted under U.S. The company admits that it used “The Pile” dataset for training purposes.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2023

A pair of copyright decisions issued in May, one involving the appropriation artist Richard Prince [1] and the other involving works portraying the musician known as Prince, explore and expand on the “fair use” defense to copyright infringement. On May 11, the U.S. 2] A week later, the U.S. 3] Graham v.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

It is that functionality, and not the copying, to which Apple truly objects. But fair use protects precisely this kind of analysis. Opening software to information gathering and vulnerability testing is transformative, just as gathering information about and criticizing other types of works are classic transformative fair uses.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2022

” With respect to whether Babybus’ baby character infringed Moonbug’s baby, Babybus claimed that the alleged copying related to generic features found in nature. . Day to Day Imports. * Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court. * 512(f) Preempts Tortious Interference Claim–Copy Me That v.

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Copyright Lately

JUNE 2, 2022

In a 30-page order, the district court largely denies both parties’ motions for summary judgment, finding triable issues on substantial similarity and fair use. and High Voltage Tattoo) asked the court to determine that the use of Sedlik’s photo as a reference image qualified as a fair use of the copyrighted work.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The 1976 Act brought in many aspects of copyright with which we are now familiar, including codifying fair use in Section 107 (it previously had been applied on a common law basis). Harper & Row brought suit and The Nation argued that publishing the excerpts was a fair use.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2024

While we would never vouch for the accuracy of any fingerprinting filter, WebKyte provided us with access to their platform, allowing us to upload files and check the accuracy. After uploading a copy of TPB-AFK to the system, near-instantly it found over 2,000 matches across the dozen platforms.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use. copyright law, the Supreme Court focused on the actual use made, i.e. what the user does with the original work. copyright law. Copyright law in the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

These include misuse of copyright, fair use, unclean hands, and excessive damages. “Plaintiff does not enforce its alleged copyrights to protect the market for its works or to further the useful arts and sciences,” John Doe writes, referring to the purpose of copyright as defined in the US Constitution.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

If a webinar’s speeches, lectures, and addresses (collectively referred to as “lectures”) are scripted, they are copyrightable as literary works under section 13 of the Act (i.e. Fair use; webinar recordings. Ownership of copyright in the lectures presented by the speakers. written in advance).

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

A: History differs a lot—US foundation for ROP was set much earlier. Justin Hughes The Sub Rosa Rules of Copyright Fair Use Two competing descriptions of fair use: (1) Vague, unpredictable, ad hoc. (2) You can cluster fair use cases. Those are where fair use is stable, predictable, and coherent.

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SpicyIP

MAY 1, 2023

Some have argued in favour of fair use, at least in the US context. It has been contended that use of databases should generally be allowed for training, whether the contents of such database are copyrighted or not. It could be argued that such use is protected under Section 52(1)(b) of the Act (i.e.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

’s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2023

’s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2023

Adjusted for inflation, imported Japanese N64s changed hands for the equivalent of $1,400 in today’s money; a copy of Super Mario 64? Imported into the gray market in Europe, US cartridges were cheaper than their Japanese counterparts. An emulator reference, presumably. A snip at $165.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 19, 2024

Sony didn’t copy movies and television shows to build VCRs; Defendants built their AI models by copying millions of Times articles and other copyrighted works without permission or payment.” ” Microsoft’s defense is largely predicated on its conclusion that the use of copyrighted content for AI training is fair use.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

Looking at the reference images, the copyright owner appears to be overclaiming its rights to depict green sage leaves. Day to Day Imports. * Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court. * 512(f) Preempts Tortious Interference Claim–Copy Me That v. Implications. A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial!

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Yesterday, the Supreme Court held 7-2 that a specific use of Andy Warhol’s “Orange Prince” silk screen—based on a copyrighted photograph of Prince—was not fair use. The first factor did not apply to Warhol’s image as published in Condé Nast in 2016, so that specific use was not fair use.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Digital Era And Copyright Infringement- Issues Easy Accessibility Online Now days the use of internet and online based systems has increased manifolds and it is no more a complex task to gather or collect any data from the internet. REFERENCES The Copyrights Act 1957, § 52, No. Kim cartoon and Ors. , 14, Acts of Parliament, 1957 (Ind.)

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