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“Pearson v Chegg”: Is “Cheating” a Copyright Infringement?

IPilogue

Copyright Infringement? . Chegg works by hiring freelance workers to prepare step-by-step processes to answer the questions at the end of each chapter of Pearson textbooks. Many lawyers have commented on the possibility of Pearson winning their complaint as it does not quite match the previously mentioned definition.

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Not Past the Post Yet

BYU Copyright Blog

Post University claimed that Course Hero committed, among other things, multiple instances of copyright infringement, trademark infringement, violation of the DMCA, and unfair competition by posting and creating derivative works of educational materials owned by Post University without Post University's permission.

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[Guest post] BAYC sues Ryder Ripps over unauthorized minting of NFTs

The IPKat

Consequently, the definition of NFTs as “certificate of authenticity” or “certificate of ownership” is not accurate. Yuga Labs, therefore, still owns the copyright in each NFT. All this implies the idea that, in the world of NFTs, the IP rights in the digital file are of secondary importance if not outright meaningless.

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AI Generated Art and its conflict with IPR

IIPRD

This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. This question even after a broad reading of the Indian Copyright law remains unanswered, demanding an amendment in the present law or more clarity on the same by the way of judicial decisions.

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Some Thoughts on Five Pending AI Litigations – Avoiding Squirrels and Other AI Distractions

Velocity of Content

I have often felt, however, that these issues were a bit of a misdirection, with at least part of the tech community treating the copyright community like dogs distracted by squirrels. Transformative use” is not mentioned in Section 107 of the Copyright Act but has been read into the first of four fair use factors.

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Web Page Framing Isn’t Trespass to Chattels–Best Carpet Values v. Google

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Once we qualify the copies as “electronic,” it becomes unmistakable that this case deals with intangible items, not traditional “chattel” that are, by definition, tangible items. The Ninth Circuit takes this baffling approach in part due to the 20-year-old Sex.com case (Kremen v. ” That’s true.

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Generative AI, Copyright and the AI Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

TLDR Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. In the EU, a crucial legal issue is whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under existing text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in the Copyright in Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive.

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