Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

A group of artists has filed a first-of-its-kind copyright infringement lawsuit against the developers of popular AI art tools, but did they paint themselves into a corner? But before we get there, we need to ask a fundamental question: What’s a derivative work? Stability AI Ltd. You’d be wrong.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

However, one musical duo exceeded the fan-generated content standards. They later released a 15-song album based on the show’s characters and storylines, entitled “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical.” This year, their album won a Grammy for “Best Musical Theatre Album?” Standing ovation for @abigailbarlow…”.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 20, 2023

by Despoina Dimitrakopoulou Recently, the news of reggaeton mega-star Bad Bunny's eloquently put disappointment spread on social media, bringing up interesting questions concerning music creation using AI. AI-generated music has also taken music platforms such as Spotify by storm. Did the track infringe Bad Bunny's rights?

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 31, 2023

Already a fixture on the pop charts and in the world of bait-and-switch hyperlinks, Astley is now looking to make history yet again, this time with a new lawsuit that may put a damper on the music industry’s latest nostalgia kick. Gravy and his team couldn’t get a license to sample the master recording. “So,

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Goldsmith involved the recasting by Andy Warhol, in or about 1984, of a photograph of the music artist Prince into an orange-hued silkscreen rendition (Orange Prince). At the time Goldsmith was also licensing her original photograph to several magazines that were also writing articles about Prince’s life and music. 1258, (2023).

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 9, 2022

Vanity Fair (magazine) took a license to use and modify the image for its magazine and hired Warhol to use his artistic talents to develop a new image. Goldsmith realized what had happened—that Warhol had made over a dozen works based on her photograph, the majority of which had not been licensed.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 6, 2023

Prior to this case, the focus has been on the transformative nature of the work itself. in other words, whether and to what extent the new work is transformative.” The Warhol court focused significantly on balancing the first fair use factor against the copyright owner’s right to create derivative works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2022

Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., have grappled with how broadly or narrowly to interpret the concept of transformativeness when assessing fair use defenses to charges of copyright infringement. Vanity Fair contacted Lynn Goldsmith’s licensing agency in search of a photograph of that performer to serve as an artist reference.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 6, 2023

Prior to this case, the focus has been on the transformative nature of the work itself. in other words, whether and to what extent the new work is transformative.” The Warhol court focused significantly on balancing the first fair use factor against the copyright owner’s right to create derivative works.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Introduction To AI Copyright Legal Issues Section 1: The Basics of Copyright Every AI Company Needs to Understand Let’s begin by understanding what copyright is. See Traverse Legal’s Copyright page.) Another area that requires attention is the distinction between Open Source and Copyrighted Material.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Introduction To AI Copyright Legal Issues Section 1: The Basics of Copyright Every AI Company Needs to Understand Let’s begin by understanding what copyright is. See Traverse Legal’s Copyright page.) Another area that requires attention is the distinction between Open Source and Copyrighted Material.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2023

A pair of copyright decisions issued in May, one involving the appropriation artist Richard Prince [1] and the other involving works portraying the musician known as Prince, explore and expand on the “fair use” defense to copyright infringement. On May 11, the U.S. 2] A week later, the U.S. 3] Graham v.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

1] That decision shook the art world, as it seems to dramatically narrow the scope of the fair use doctrine, and raises doubts about the lawfulness of many existing works. [2] Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement. Vanity Fair , in turn, commissioned Warhol to make a silkscreen using Goldsmith’s photograph.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

Goldsmith involved the recasting by Andy Warhol, in or about 1984, of a photograph of the music artist Prince into an orange-hued silkscreen rendition (Orange Prince). At the time Goldsmith was also licensing her original photograph to several magazines that were also writing articles about Prince’s life and music.

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

The ambit of IPR when it comes to recognizing these AI generators and whether they are also capable of copyright infringement by transforming other creators work has been discussed in detail in the article. 6] If these claims will be justified then the penalties will be placed for said infringement. [7]

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

Goldsmith involved the recasting by Andy Warhol, in or about 1984, of a photograph of the music artist Prince into an orange-hued silkscreen rendition (Orange Prince). At the time Goldsmith was also licensing her original photograph to several magazines that were also writing articles about Prince’s life and music. 1258, (2023).

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

2] The Court’s decision affirmed the ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the Warhol work was derivative of the original, and noted that “the new expression may be relevant to whether a copying use has a sufficiently distinct purpose or character” but that factor was not dispositive by itself. [3]

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Through the secure blockchain technology, NFTs allow the creation and sale of exclusive and limited content in the form of collectible digital assets that can be transported on multiple media such as images, videos, or music. This case at a minimum provides persuasive authority that copyrights protect NFTs. Copyright Enforcement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. , As usual, readers who are already familiar with the case and/or with copyright law may skip the “Background” sections below (but don’t skip the commentary “The Road Not Taken”). For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

1: ‘ Sports Illustrated’ Model Sues Twitter for $10 million, Accusing its Algorithm of Contributing to Copyright infringement. 2: Three Plead Guilty to Criminal Copyright Infringement. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

Through the secure blockchain technology, NFTs allow the creation and sale of exclusive and limited content in the form of collectible digital assets that can be transported on multiple media such as images, videos, or music. ’” This case at a minimum provides persuasive authority that copyrights protect NFTs.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

2] The Court’s decision affirmed the ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the Warhol work was derivative of the original, and noted that “the new expression may be relevant to whether a copying use has a sufficiently distinct purpose or character” but that factor was not dispositive by itself. [3]

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2023

2] The Court’s decision affirmed the ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the Warhol work was derivative of the original, and noted that “the new expression may be relevant to whether a copying use has a sufficiently distinct purpose or character” but that factor was not dispositive by itself. [3]

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

” The license provided that the use would be for “one time” only. Vanity Fair commissioned Warhol to create the illustration, and Warhol used Goldsmith’s licensed photo to create a purple silkscreen portrait of Prince, which appeared with an article about Prince in Vanity Fair ’s November 1984 issue.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 11, 2024

In simple terms, LLMs operate as colossal prediction machines, using training datasets to forecast the “next best word” or other elements, such as musical chords or pixels. This has significant legal implications as both the original and tokenized datasets constitute reproductions, potentially influencing licensing requirements.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2023

Top 3 Kluwer Copyright Blog posts 1) Generative AI, Copyright and the AI Act by João Pedro Quintais “ Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. ” 3) How to Distinguish Transformative Fair Uses From Infringing Derivative Works? by Pamela Samuelson “In March 2022 the U.S.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

You can always get drunk and order random stuff on Amazon curl up with a scary book or Halloween-themed movie, game or music video that’s found its way into copyright history. So, without further ado, here are 13 Halloween-themed works that someone (hopefully other than you) got sued for. ROMERO’S DAWN OF THE DEAD.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 19, 2022

After all, the last time the Court considered whether a creative work qualified as a “transformative” fair use under the Copyright Act was in 1994’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” case, Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. That’s practically a lifetime ago, even for justices with lifetime appointments. The case, Castle Rock Entertainment v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

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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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Although none has reached a resolution, these private civil actions highlight various legal theories of liability that could arise when participating in the NFT market, including claims for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, breach of contract and violations of securities laws. Damon Dash. Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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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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