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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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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The IPKat

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The plaintiff sued the defendants for copyright infringement. The Court held that its decision does not unduly restrict copyright owners’ rights. Right holders may limit the allowed use, e.g. by adding a copyright notice or other language to the wallpaper in which they reserve their rights.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2022

Post Removed By Reddit For Copyright Infringement. As the embedded image shows, the user’s post was subsequently removed by Reddit’s Legal Operations team following a “copyright claim by a third party.” ” The important thing here is to find out who sent the notice and on what grounds. .”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

The Cause of Action The cause of action in both cases is the same and can be summarized as follows: Direct Copyright Infringement (17 U.S.C. § LLaMA language models cannot function without the expressive information extracted from the alleged infringed works and the LLaMA language models are themselves infringing derivative works.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In a new low for Indian media, Aaj Tak (owned by the media conglomerate Living Media) has allegedly taken to using copyright claims to prevent criticism of its reportage by media watchdog Newslaundry.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The website does not have a notice about not being allowed to use them. Is it still considered copyright infringement to use them? How do you tell if materials are public domain or fit under fair use? You should presume works are protected by copyright unless proven otherwise.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

and that the DMCA claim and attorney’s fee claims would be dropped, leaving only the copyright infringement claim.” The CCB in the Final Determination sidesteps that issue, and looks to Prutton’s two defenses: fair use and unclean hands. The citations for the basics of fair use do come from 9th circuit cases.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2022

Using the DMCA’s takedown process as a weapon, persons unknown sent copyright notices to YouTube, claiming that the targeted videos should be taken down for infringing Bungie’s rights. Earlier this year, Bungie and its enthusiastic Destiny fan community were plunged into chaos.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 31, 2023

As a final note, the complaint alleges a violation under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for removal of copyright notices, attribution, and license terms, but conspicuously does not allege copyright infringement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

¯_(ツ)_/¯ We can infer from this opinion that treatment of Copyright Management Information (“CMI”) will be tricky for generative AI developers. Also, ignoring copyright licenses is at least arguably copyright infringement, and your fair use claim probably won’t get you out of the lawsuit at the motion to dismiss stage.

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Intepat

JULY 11, 2024

Introduction The issue came to light when one of the founders of a company named Dorje Teas put up a post on LinkedIn claiming that they have been served a copyright infringement notice by Shark Tank India for the unauthorized use of clips of their pitch on the show to advertise on Youtube and Meta ads.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

In 2012, US NASA’s robotic rover touched down on Mars. It was taken down after one hour, as it was subject to a copyright notice by a news channel relying on the US DMCA. Urban, Joe Karaganis, Brianna Schofield, Notice and Takedown in Everyday Practice ; the underlying data is, however, from 2017). 17 (4) DSMD).

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The class of plaintiff authors seeking to hold OpenAI liable for copyright infringement has faced yet another setback. Vicarious copyright infringement (Count II) – DISMISSED OpenAI argued that this claim fails because plaintiffs did not make a threshold showing of direct infringement.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Such uses, they argue, constitute copyright infringement. Fair Use Precedent? Google Books and Transformative Use The past two decades have seen a wealth of technological developments, but generative AI is qualitatively different from everything that has come before. However, the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Fifth, assuming Trump owns a valid copyright, did he grant an implied license to Woodward to publish transcripts of the interviews and/or the record­ings themselves? Sixth, assuming Woodward published copyrighted material without Trump’s authorization, was he permitted to do so, either as a fair use, or by the First Amendment?

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