Velocity of Content

JANUARY 25, 2024

“Is offshoring the training of AI a credible and efficient response to minimize copyright compliance risks or is offshoring merely a theoretical argument designed to both influence lawmakers and for government relations purposes?” Artificial Intelligence (AI) is global, and copyright laws are national.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

by guest blogger Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law A Web Scraper Beats a Platform: The Same Story, but Different It seems like we’ve been here before, and not that long ago. It lost for two reasons: one grounded in contract law and the other external. Can a breach of contract claim be equivalent to copyright?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 13, 2024

Photo by Chris Spiegl on Unsplash The EU laws on digital services ( Digital Services Act – DSA ) and artificial intelligence (AI Act, cited here according to EP document P9_TA(2024)0138 of 13 March 2024) are intended to ensure safety and trustworthiness on the Internet and in dealing with AI. According to Art.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2024

Copyright exceptions: Quotation and pastiche Apart from exhaustion, another possible avenue of “legitimizing” upcycling in the face of copyright infringement allegations could lie with copyright exceptions. How to reconcile copyright with the human right to a healthy environment? A solution?

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 1, 2023

Court protects Redditor's privacy in piracy case, Saskatchewan demands removal of a parody logo and Twitter's piracy problems continue. The post 3 Count: Twitter Twits appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Barry Sookman

JUNE 13, 2021

News release: Federal, Provincial and Territorial Information and Privacy Commissioners and Ombudsman Issue Joint R… [link] 2021-06-08. Github released from privacy breach class action, Del Giudice v. Tencent ordered to pay compensation for copyright infringement [link] 2021-06-08. link] 2021-06-08.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Users may also prefer less advertising or find the amount of user data scooped up by official apps a privacy risk. Massive Copyright Infringement The language used in the complaint makes it extremely clear that the MPA views playlists as a threat and illegal under copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 29, 2024

However, the twin concepts of privacy and publicity rights are gradually evolving through judicial interpretations. The right to publicity refers to the right to protect, control, and profit from one’s image, name, or likeness, and it is frequently considered as a subset of the right to privacy. In Ar un Jaitley v.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

AimJunkies denied the claims and argued that cheating isn’t against the law. In addition, it refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked substance and were ungrounded because some of the referenced copyrights were registered well after the cheats were first made available.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Pina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the IP Intensive Program, and the IP Innovation Clinic, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IPilogue, the Deputy Editor of the Intellectual Property Journal, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. Is GitHub’s New Feature a Copyright Infringer?

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 17, 2022

Mailchimp Suffers a Data Breach | Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider [link] 2022-04-11. Copyright infringement action dismissed where among other things, it was not proven that a photograph on a website… [link] 2022-04-12. What to Know; High Court Bars Use of Bitcoin as Security [link] 2022-04-11.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Such class actions can be considered part of the evolution of the regulatory landscape dedicated to Generative AI.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Emily Prieur is an IPilogue Writer and a 3L JD Candidate at Queen’s University Faculty of Law. . The Cowichan could have had a stronger claim against Ralph Lauren, given that they had already turned their minds to protecting their intellectual property through trademark law. Current State of the Law on Tattoo Designs.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Contextualized in a sectorial approach - including areas such as health, fashion, environmental, artificial intelligence, automotive, and food industry - expert panels will consider the challenges and developments in IP case law and legislation that lie ahead. Time is flying and we need to pause and analyse what has happened so far this year.

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Barry Sookman

JUNE 5, 2022

Tim Hortons violated law in tracking people with app even when it was not in use, privacy watchdogs say – The Globe… [link] 2022-06-01. Facial recognition: Clearview AI fined more than £7.5m by the ICO [link] 2022-05-30. O Hypocrisy!

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LexBlog IP

JULY 14, 2023

After all the initial hype wears off, we always see a drastic uptick in regulatory action and litigation filed by law firms against any new successful technology. There is also the issue of trademark infringement, copyright infringement, defamation, data privacy, and other legal issues.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JULY 14, 2023

After all the initial hype wears off, we always see a drastic uptick in regulatory action and litigation filed by law firms against any new successful technology. There is also the issue of trademark infringement, copyright infringement, defamation, data privacy, and other legal issues.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The main question from the perspective of the right of communication to the public is whether the operator of a streaming platform which has implemented geoblocking is liable for copyright infringement if the users of its services use a VPN to access content that should not be accessible from a certain territory. 52 of the Opinion).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the third trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this edition, we update you on what has happened between July and September 2023 in EU copyright law. The court held that geoblocking of Steam activation keys infringed EU competition law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 2, 2024

OpenAI’s vision for a fair AI ecosystem The ADAI mentions copyright only in passing, but it is fairly obvious that the desire to ‘deal’ with pending copyright infringement claims (largely in the US) lies at the core of this ambitious statement. For that purpose (i.e.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

One of the ways whereby the court aims to curtail misuse of the recordings of court proceedings is by claiming copyright on these recordings. In this post, SpicyIP intern Niyati Prabhu discusses the issues surrounding access to law and the dilemma surrounding copyright. Niyati Prabhu is a second year student pursuing B.A.LL.B.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 26, 2020

seals the deal on USMCA, says trade agreement can now take effect July 1 [link] 2020-04-25 Civil liberties group warns of 'invasion of privacy' after Ontario gives police COVID-19 test data [link] 2020-04-25 Meghan's privacy action against U.K. On Friday, April 24, MLI will be hostin… 2020-04-24 U.S.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 29, 2022

Quebec Court of Appeal confirms dismissal of the first privacy class action on the merits [link] 2022-05-24. Commercial Software Licensor Has a Valid Claim for Copyright Infringement Under 28 U.S.C. Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-05-21 [link] 2022-05-22. Canadian CASL Compliance Errors [link] 2022-05-22.

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Barry Sookman

JULY 3, 2022

Multijurisdictional privacy class action certified [link] 2022-06-27. Claim for copyright infringement against Google UK dismissed [link] … The post Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-07-02 appeared first on Barry Sookman. link] 2022-06-29. link] 2022-06-30. David Vaver Presents “Mr.

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Barry Sookman

JUNE 12, 2022

Paramount sued for copyright infringement over Top Gun: Maverick – The Globe and Mail [link] 2022-06-06. Announcement: Information Commissioner assumes privacy duties on interim basis [link] … The post Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-06-11 appeared first on Barry Sookman.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

In addition, irregular devices can pose a risk to children and adolescents, with access to inappropriate content, and also a danger to the privacy of user data,” Anatel reports. “In addition, by carrying out the illicit practice, the offender also commits the crime of violating copyrights against immaterial property and smuggling.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. But that undersells the level of inconsistency in courts’ interpretations of the law of copyright preemption. — Of course, no state law claim is exactly the same as a copyright claim.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Srijaa is a 4th year law student and Yaggya is a 5th year law student at Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, interested in exploring the vast scope of Intellectual Property Rights. This violates copyright laws and may lead to legal actions for copyright infringement. Image by starline on Freepik.

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Barry Sookman

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Cloudflare Tests Limits of Contributory Copyright Infringement [link] 2021-11-12. Google wins big with a representative action for breach of privacy dismissed on procedural grounds Lloyd v Google L… [link] … The post Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-11-13 appeared first on Barry Sookman. link] 2021-11-11.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 5, 2020

Strong… [link] 2020-04-01 Marriott data breach exposes over 5M people: Latest major security hack [link] 2020-04-01 Judge Allows Musicians to Move Forward in Suit Aimed at Reclaiming Rights [link] 2020-04-01 How Do You Protect Your Machine Learning Investment? Recorded Artists Ac… [link] 2020-04-04

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Barry Sookman

MARCH 29, 2020

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2020-03-21 [link] 2020-03-22 Commissioner issues guidance on privacy and the COVID-19 outbreak [link] 2020-03-23 Canada's cyber spies taking down sites as battle against COVID-19 fraud begins [link] 2020-03-23 Looking to temporarily lay off staff during the coronavirus crisis?

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 19, 2022

In the Indian scenario, protection: India does not have a separate database protection law as the European Union does. Sui generis protection does not exist in India because the government believes that the Copyright Act’s current level of protection is adequate and that a need for further protection has not yet arisen.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Although privacy invasion has been the main topic of discussion in this virtual context, there is another issue at hand: copyright infringement. The rights of speakers, organisers, and participants under Indian copyright law will be discussed in this Article, which will explore copyright concerns connected to webinars.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. When it comes to privacy and anonymity, an outsider can’t offer any guarantees. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words. That includes copyright infringement.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2021

Finally, systematic recording of IP addresses of users of P2P networks allegedly engaging in infringing activity to bring a claim for damages is in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive. The Belgian court stayed the proceedings and referred questions to the CJEU.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Also in April, a popular Nigerian musician, Veno Marioghae Mbanefo decided to request the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) to use its investigative and prosecutorial powers to investigate and possibly prosecute Airtel Network Limited for copyright infringement.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 3, 2020

Neutron – Technology & Marketing Law Blog [link] 2020-04-26 Changes Result in the Alberta Electronic Transactions Act Applying to Employment and Other Records [link] 2020-04-26 Redbox’s Terms of Use Fail (OUCH)-Wilson v.

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