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A Movie Falls Into the Public Domain.

Dear Rich IP Blog

Dear Rich: If a movie falls into the public domain, are all of the individual images in it also public domain? Yes, you are free to copy the individual frames or images from a public domain movie without permission. What if the image is of a movie star? What about movie stars?

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When Collective Works Are Made From the Public Domain

Dear Rich IP Blog

Speaking of the public domain, the Public Domain Review has an informative essay (“ The Mark of the Beast ”) about the first anti-vaxxers Dear Rich: I wish to reproduce photographs from a website. If the photos are in the public domain and the website hasn’t substantially modified them, you are free to copy them.

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Navigating Book Copyright: Key Insights for Business Owners

Intepat

Make copies. Selling Copies: If you want to publish or sell copies of the book, royalties or licensing fees may apply. Public Domain Books Once copyright expires, a book enters the public domain, allowing unrestricted use. Resources like Project Gutenberg host many public domain books.

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Court Rules Lego Creation Based on Religious Texts is Eligible for Copyright Protection

The IP Law Blog

Thus, here, given that the plaintiff has Copyright Registrations, the burden shifts to Defendants to come forward with “evidence that the work[s] [were] copied from the public domain.” As a result, Defendants contend that Plaintiff’s Second Holy Temple Product can be copied and used in derivative works.

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Contractual Control over Information Goods after ML Genius v. Google (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. We know, however, that many laws limit free access and use of information goods, most prominently copyright law (and IP law generally). Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Michael E.

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[UPCKat] Access to confidential information by parties and the public in the UPC

The IPKat

The UPCKat trying to keep confidential information confidential in the UPC As part of our UPCKat reporting on the latest UPC developments, the IPKat brings readers a roundup of how the UPC is treating confidentiality and third party access to court documents. Further guidance on protecting confidential information is set out in Rule 262A RoP.

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OpenAI Wants New York Times to Show How Original Its Copyrighted Articles Are

TorrentFreak

This includes copyrighted news articles, which are often based on a variety of information gathered by its journalists. 12: Documents sufficient to show each and every written work that informed the preparation of each of Your Asserted Works, regardless of its length, format, or medium. For example, discovery requests no.

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