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Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Over “Muppet Babies” Reboot

Copyright Lately

Nearly a year after a screenwriter’s lawsuit over Disney’s “Muppet Babies” reboot was dismissed, the trustee of Jeffrey Scott’s bankruptcy estate has filed a new complaint alleging copyright infringement in a production bible and scripts from the original series.

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Why Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction

Copyright Lately

The full story behind Netflix’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Barlow & Bear, and why it’s actually a win for the fan fiction community. When it comes to copyright cases, Netflix has seen stranger things. First, as far as copyright cases go, this one’s easy.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

Given that NFTs are the result of digital work that is transported in images, videos, photography and other forms of digital media, copyright seems to be the closest IP right to protect both the source code of the digital work, as well as its derivative works. Ownership and Enforcement.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

LexBlog IP

Given that NFTs are the result of digital work that is transported in images, videos, photography and other forms of digital media, copyright seems to be the closest IP right to protect both the source code of the digital work, as well as its derivative works. Ownership and Enforcement.

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Copyright and Generative AI: What Can We Learn from Model Terms and Conditions?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

While study of social media and online platform private ordering is a very well-established way to find out how providers deal with copyright, data protection and consumer protection, studies of generative AI T&C have been slower to get going. Is it a proper copyright ownership or an assigned license?

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Why Astley’s New Soundalike Lawsuit Should Be Rickrolled Out Of Court

Copyright Lately

Note that while Primary Wave has an indirect financial stake in “Betty (Get Money)” based on its ownership of Waterman’s piece of the song, the company isn’t named (or even mentioned) in Astley’s lawsuit. ” “The exclusive rights of the owner of copyright in a sound recording.

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New Tools, Old Rules: Is The Music Industry Ready To Take On AI?

Copyright Lately

Chrissy uses voice conversion software to convert the SpongeBob track and ends up with something atrocious like this: AI Drake imitating Drake, imitating SpongeBob Copyright Law, What Say You? That is, in fact, the very nature of sound recording copyright and ownership.” AI Drake original track “Winter’s Cold.”

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