TorrentFreak

AUGUST 20, 2022

What the UFC does have is lots of smart executives, an extraordinarily valuable brand, equally lucrative trademarks, and an extensive copyright-protected back catalog that documents the history of MMA in the United States and beyond. UFC is Not Suing Bisping Himself.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Depending on opinion, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, the supervising body and publisher for the Jehovah’s Witness religious group, either doesn’t like criticism, dislikes copyright infringement, or hates both. ” Fair Use Considerations. Overall then, the first factor weighs in favor of fair use.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

In October, we reported that Post University, a for-profit university located in Waterbury, Connecticut, filed a complaint claiming copyright infringement, trademark infringement, violations of the DMCA, and related violations of law by online service provider Course Hero.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This past Monday, Osgoode’s very own Professor David Vaver delivered the 2021 Brace lecture on “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond” as the series’ very first international speaker from outside the United States. The Court refers to it more specifically as a “user’s right”.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The original Lynn Goldsmith photograph (left) and Andy Warhol’s Prince portrait (right), as reproduced in court documents. The legal question at the center of the dispute is whether Warhol’s series is fair use of Goldsmith’s original photograph. Photo Credit: Artnet News. . The trial judge John G.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

This case revisits the venerable topic of if, and when, cloning-and-revising a legal document can be copyright infringement. The plaintiff gets an expensive lesson in the law of derivative works. * * * UIRC offers bonds using a private placement memorandum (PPM) and an indenture of trust.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This principle is key for podcasters, as it means that if Podcaster A accuses Podcaster B of copying their interview format, the claim would likely fail because formats and factual content are not copyrightable. The key aspects of a podcast that are covered by copyright include: 1.Music: Also, in the Indian Musicians Association v.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 16, 2024

Wayne, Indiana , alleging willful copyright infringement. The organization has developed its own curriculum for use in the program and for licensing by third parties. Counsel for LifeWise repeatedly requested that Parrish remove the curriculum, but he refused, citing fair use. LifeWise, Inc., Continue reading

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Many find it surprising, but there is no requirement to include a copyright notice on a work for the work to be protected by copyright law. The lack of a copyright notice does not give you permission to use the work. Examples of copyright infringement include the following when done without permission.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. HLG ultimately filed suit for copyright infringement.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Other Posts Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive: Archiving Access to Information or Strengthening Copyright Laws? Discussing the US decision in Hachette Book Group v. Internet Archive, Tanishka Goswami explains the implication of the decision on fair use and access to information. 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 26, 2023

The number of removals runs in the hundreds of thousands during a typical month, without getting noticed by the public at large, but if Instagram users continue to post copyright infringing content, they risk losing their accounts. Alternatively, they may be classified as fair use.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 31, 2024

Copyrighted materials are the fuel for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, but misunderstandings persist about how copyright applies to the use of content as training material for AI models. Let’s explore some common assumptions about copyright and AI and address several widely held misunderstandings on the subject.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

However, a quest by local parents, to raise public awareness of the nature of that instruction, has led to one of their group in Indiana being sued by LifeWise for copyright infringement. Copyright Complaint, Religious Controversy Filed in the Northern District of Indiana (Fort Wayne Division) on July 2, 2024, plaintiff LifeWise Inc.

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Trademark infringement and copyright infringement are risks which you need to assess before you buy an NFT or use a linked digital asset. This post is going to discuss the defense of “Fair Use” to a copyright infringement lawsuit or threat letter. Does “Fair Use” Apply to NFTs?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

What is copyright infringement? Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is referred to as copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Just three short years ago, copyright litigation discussions centered around whether it is fair use to copy declaring code or make unlicensed use of Lynn Goldsmiths photographs of Prince. How AI technologies intersect with copyright was but a twinkle in most judicial systems eyes. The vast majority of U.S.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 6, 2024

In addition, the gaming company seeks damages for direct and contributory copyright infringement, accusing the defendant of adding pirated games to consoles. Fair Use and Other Defenses In addition to the denials, Daly presents a list of seventeen affirmative defenses.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2022

McFree filed a motion to quash, arguing that any use of Watch Tower material was protected under the doctrine of fair use. After three years of legal dispute in that matter, in 2021 Watch Tower filed a parallel copyright infringement lawsuit against McFree for the same alleged infringements.

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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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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” (S. The district court agreed, but was reversed by the Second Circuit, which found the degree of new expression insufficient to justify a finding of fair use. Goldsmith , 598 S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

After he was released from jail, he got copyright registrations for the photos and sued (pro se) the media entities for copyright infringement, 1202 violations, and more. Nonetheless, Shah has not alleged authorship under current Seventh Circuit law and the Court dismisses his copyright infringement claim. (To

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2022

In addition to damages relating to the fraudulent notices, the company piled on with additional claims for copyright infringement, false designation, business defamation, breach of contract, and violations of consumer protection law. “I just couldn’t believe that you’d do this to us after 8 years.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Greer sued Moon and Kiwi Farms for contributory copyright infringement and other claims. The district court dismissed the contributory claim because the defendants didn’t materially contribute to the infringement. Direct Infringement. Knowledge of Infringement. The appellate court revives the claim.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 29, 2024

This make chances of piracy and copyright infringement higher because lots of course encompasses material such as video, powerpoint presentation, and text among others, which once created can be duplicated and distributed by people other than the original creator. Interstate educational uses raise more legal issues.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

The document then directed Flores to serve in a “Service Packet,” provided by the CCB in a PDF, and upload proof of service to the CCB within 90 days of notice. The Service packet includes: An initial notice The approved claim, along with any supplemental documents submitted with your claim An opt-out notification form.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 31, 2024

Copyrighted materials are the fuel for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, but misunderstandings persist about how copyright applies to the use of content as training material for AI models. Let’s explore some common assumptions about copyright and AI and address several widely held misunderstandings on the subject.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Instead, in November 2022, the Attorney-General’s Department announced the Copyright Enforcement Review. The Issues Paper , the document that outlines issues for public consultation but does not list specific legislative proposals, was published on 9 December 2022. Google, Australian Society of Authors ).

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BYU Copyright Blog

MAY 10, 2021

As such, the purpose and character factor weigh[ed] in favor of finding fair use."Second, Second, the court considered the nature of the copyrighted work. According to the court, the portion used by Eagle Mountain was "undeniably factual." found] that this factor weigh[ed] heavily in favor of finding fair use."Third,

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SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2023

Unlike trademark law, the concept of honest and concurrent use does not exist in copyright law, and it cannot, as no two people can come up with the same exact play or book! There is a higher probability of such Output being considered as infringing by the courts, when a user uses ChatGPT’s Output for commercial purposes.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 4, 2024

Novex Communications Private Limited vs Siddhivinayak Hospitality on 29 July 2024 (Bombay High Court) Image from here An ad-interim relief was granted by the Court in a copyright infringement case instituted by the plaintiff. The plaintiff company owned the copyright of several films and these were not licensed to any party.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2023

Plaintiffs are seeking roughly $23 in revenue per work, so even if they prevail on every one of their 317 infringement claims, they would be seeking roughly $7,300 in total gross revenue…,” YouTube notes.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 11, 2024

For their part, some GenAI companies like OpenAI argue that there is no infringement, either because there is no “copying” of protected materials or that the copyright principle of fair use uniformly applies to generative AI activities. How Content Use in LLMs Relate to Copyright How does this relate to the lawsuits?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Photo by Artur Shamsutdinov on Unsplash This is a two-part post summarising the authors’ findings from the report on Copyright Infringement in the Video Game Industry which was prepared by the authors for the World Intellectual Property Organization.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It debunks common misconceptions, such as assuming publicly available data is protected from copyright protections. The text also emphasizes the need to navigate the gray areas of copyright law, including understanding Fair Use and the distinction between Open Source and Copyrighted Material.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It debunks common misconceptions, such as assuming publicly available data is protected from copyright protections. The text also emphasizes the need to navigate the gray areas of copyright law, including understanding Fair Use and the distinction between Open Source and Copyrighted Material.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

In China, certain reasonable or personal use of copyrighted works without permission or remuneration is permitted where the use falls within the scope of fair use. For example, quoting a small portion of a work in a scholarly article is considered non-infringing fair use. Conclusion.

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