JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

2] While most Sherlock Holmes stories are now in the public domain, the estate alleged that some works and character elements regarding Sherlock Holmes are still protected by copyright. [3] 18] Netflix admitted it had access to and copied the memoir. [19] 5] Netflix and the estate quickly settled. [6].

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 17, 2024

These enforcement efforts aren’t limited to Books3 either, or the English language for that matter; earlier this week anti-piracy group BREIN reported that it helped to remove a Dutch language dataset. Second, whether making copies of the books is fair use. The authors clearly have a different take. Trial in Two years…?

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SpicyIP

MAY 30, 2025

Earlier highlighted by the Reporters Collective , and now by a viral video uploaded by YouTuber Mohak Mangal (with more than 6 million views as of 30 May 2025), an aggressive ANI business strategy that has been targeted towards several creators is in the news. Who gets to report news, and why is this relevant for copyright and free speech?

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Last week we reported that a San Francisco law firm acting for Japanese publisher Shueisha had filed an ex parte application at a California district court. A declaration filed with the court by Shueisha ( pdf ) contains a copy of Cloudflare’s response to the DMCA subpoena filed earlier this year.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

They further claimed that any similarities that did exist were derivative of Irish folk songs such as Danny Boy (aka Londonderry Air ), which was in the public domain. Before turning to the differences in the expert witness reports, the district court examined the legal framework for a copyright infringement claim.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The issue has already made its way to the courts in several instances and a few weeks ago we reported that anti-piracy groups are also getting involved. Last month, the Danish Rights Alliance was the first group to claim a major victory on the takedown front, by removing a copy of the controversial Books3 AI training dataset from the web.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. Eventually, a publication featuring sixteen of the forty-two matriculation papers was released by the University Tutorial Publishing Limited. specialised in regional phone directories.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 26, 2022

Copies of his images also appeared on other websites, again without the metadata. A Bloomberg Law report says the Eleventh Circuit adopted a “heightened standard” towards CMI, with Trace Jackson, an intellectual property attorney at Rogers Towers, offering his understanding of what that means.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 13, 2023

The New York Times reported on Dr. Martin Luther King’s copyright lawsuit over “I Have a Dream” in 1963. 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. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mister Maestro.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 17, 2023

The mapping of national legal sources of copyright flexibilities and their comparative analysis provided a detailed overview of the state of the art of copyright flexibilities in all the 27 Member States, organized in 27 national reports which illustrated national provisions using the same taxonomy applied to EU sources.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 16, 2023

The mapping produced a wealth of data and findings, which are systematized in a dataset available on the user-friendly website www.copyrightflexibilities.eu , and analyzed in a report downloadable from Zenodo , SSRN or ResearchGate , entitled “Copyright Flexibilities: Mapping and Comparative Assessment of EU and National Sources”.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Specifically, a group called Spice DAO purchased an NFT displaying a copy of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ for $3 million, assuming it would grant them the ability to produce derivative works, such as an animated Dune series. TSPs are natural or legal persons responsible for the validation and security of digital signatures.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 22, 2025

When humans read books, we do not make copies of themwe understand and internalize concepts. AI systems, on the other hand, must make actual copies of worksoften obtained without permission or payment encode them into their architecture and maintain these encoded versions to function.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2021

It may not always prevent unauthorized copying; however, it may serve as a public notice by securing a public record in one’s favor. The extent of use of such content: whether the entire content is being copied or a specific excerpt relevant to the purpose (teaching, commenting, etc.) is being utilized?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In a report published in September 2022, I undertook research into the national implementations of these two provisions in 11 Member States : Austria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands and Spain. The report was commissioned by C4C , but written in complete academic independence.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 3, 2023

book publishers, rejecting the Internet Archive’s argument that its practice of scanning and lending digital copies of books qualifies as fair use under the Copyright Act. When the electronic version is “checked out,” the physical copy is taken out of circulation. ” What is Controlled Digital Lending?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 15, 2022

The EU took the Intellectual Property route by introducing a related right under its copy right law. It is introduced with intension to correct the market failure which presumes that allowing the author’s work to be copied freely discourages the author to create, innovate or invest.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

According to a report by Markets and Markets, the cryptocurrency market is expected to grow from USD 1.6 According to a report by Business Insider, more than half of the 100 largest banks in the world have already invested in crypto and blockchain-based companies. billion in 2021 to USD 2.2

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The course packs were copied and typically sold as an alternative to course textbooks. Copyright lobby groups and their supporters have long claimed that the practice relies on fair dealing and that universities are profiting from copying without compensation.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This was understood in the very first patent statute of 1623 and also discussed in the Tek Chand and Ayyangar Committee Reports. UoI and this co-authored report by Prof. Interestingly, this has been described as a method to reduce the burden on patent applicants since this information is already available in the public domain.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Significant amounts of content are also available through the public domain. According to this report , open models accounted for 31% of articles, reviews and conference papers in 2021. law, copying copyrighted content to train AI can state a cause of action for infringement [Citing, Thomson Reuters Enters. 529 F.Supp.3d

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SpicyIP

APRIL 24, 2022

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. smug smile ).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Here the final version is a clear improvement over the original Parliament text as it no longer suggests that model providers need to distinguish between copyright-protected and public domain training materials and then apply different transparency standards to both, which would be unworkable.

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Intepat

APRIL 6, 2022

Also, the national examiners most often follow the Search Report conducted in the International Phase. A copy of the international application is required only if the applicant has not received Form PCT/IB/308 and the Patent Office have not received a copy of the international application from the International Bureau under PCT Article 20.

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Intepat

APRIL 6, 2022

Also, the national examiners most often follow the Search Report conducted in the International Phase. A copy of the international application is required only if the applicant has not received Form PCT/IB/308 and the Patent Office have not received a copy of the international application from the International Bureau under PCT Article 20.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Genius planted tiny mistakes in some of the lyrics it posted, and once those appeared in Google’s information boxes, it argued that Google copied lyrics from Genius. Genius’s “browsewrap,” however, prohibits copying for commercial use, and Genius sued Google for breach of contract.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 13, 2024

In a 2016 report, Marci Goldberg of K-12 Market Advisors reported that “teachers spend an average of five hours per week creating materials and seven hours per week searching for materials.” Exceptions include materials in the public domain such as documents and materials the U.S. I am not alone.

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The IPKat

APRIL 11, 2023

Indeed, on the eve of the announcement to shutter the company, it is reported that Book Depository was selling 20 million books annually in more than 160 countries. The distribution of books was no less crucial than the means of copying and reproduction. Picture on upper right by Anomie, who has released it into the publkic domain.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2021

They further claimed that any similarities that did exist were derivative of Irish folk songs such as Danny Boy (aka Londonderry Air ), which was in the public domain. Before turning to the differences in the expert witness reports, the district court examined the legal framework for a copyright infringement claim.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

filed an application to place additional documents on record, before framing the issues, against the defendants, ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd, which also included the examination reports of the Registry and the responses by the defendants regarding trademark/taglines that are the subject matter of the suit.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Copyright is essentially a right to copy. 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. A standard myth about the Internet is that anything posted online can be copied or downloaded. Image source:Gettyimages].

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The court via its previous order dated August 22, 2022 had directed Domain Name Registrars to disclose the name of the impugned domain names. However, it was reported that a few DNR are not giving effect to the injunction orders passed by the court. Hindustan Unilever Limited v.

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SpicyIP

MAY 15, 2023

Other Posts World of Possibilities: Single Judge Bench of Delhi High Court Allows Use of Celebrity Information Available in Public Domain Delhi High Court specifies some contours of publicity rights in India! Deadline for the Applications: 11:59pm IST, 23rd June, 2023.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The special audit report should be submitted to the Reserve. Bank of India with a copy to the banking company. After conducting the inspection of the books, accounts and records of the banking company a copy of the inspection report to be furnished to. auditor to conduct the special audit. banking company.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2024

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. Timing Rule 262A.3

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

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.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

But I will describe what happened when I read a few news reports describing the outcome in Morford v. For a court, that process means “’dissect[ing] the allegedly copied [work’s] structure and isolate each level of abstraction contained within it.’” ’” Id. Newman , 959 F.3d ’” Id.

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