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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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. It found that all four fair use factors weighed against fair use. [12]

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 17, 2024

When AI hit the mainstream, it became apparent that rightsholders are not always pleased that their works were used to train AI. This applies to photographers, artists, music companies, journalists, and authors, some of whom formed groups to file copyright infringement lawsuits to protect their rights. Trial in Two years…?

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

This article originally appeared in the Scholarly Kitchen Back in March of 2023, when there were only a handful of cases alleging copyright infringement for training purposes by AI companies, I predicted that we would soon have some guidance from the court in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Center GMBH and West Publishing Corp.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s ruling that the reproduction of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince on the cover of a magazine tribute was not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photo of the singer-songwriter Prince, on which the Warhol portrait was based. This has important implications for the doctrine of fair use.

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Art Law Journal

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Fair use is a common art law issue that arises for artists. Here, we review the College Art Association's Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts. Nicole Martinez.

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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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Larson & Larson

JUNE 21, 2021

Copyright law provides a safeguard against copyright infringement. That being said, here is a brief elucidation of all you need to know about copyright and copyright infringement. That being said, here is a brief elucidation of all you need to know about copyright and copyright infringement.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. All of these facts placed Defendant on actual notice that it was highly likely that, in fact, Plaintiff’s Sticker Sheet was not infringing the Subject Design.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith by Jaime Chandra Clarifying Fair Use in Commercialized & Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from the Warhol v. We’re talking about Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc. Let’s dive in!

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Internet Archive (read the opinion here) , the court dealt a decisive blow to the Internet Archive, ruling that its practice of scanning and lending digital copies of books doesn’t qualify as fair use under the Copyright Act. million additional books protected by valid copyrights. It also includes 3.6 For research.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

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. Barlow & Bear claim copyright ownership in “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical.”

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 3, 2023

The future of “controlled digital lending” is in doubt after a court rules that the Internet Archive’s online library is not protected by fair use. IA’s Open Library project includes millions of public domain books that users can download and read without restriction. It also includes 3.6

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2023

For the last few months, I have been wondering if our belief in “fair dealing” (or broadly, “limitations and exceptions”) has silently slipped into our “faith” in it – a faith that demands complete surrender to it while blinding us to the harm it covertly causes to the public domain. What Fuels Faith in the First Place?

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

But Lewis thought the song was a rip-off of “I Want a New Drug” and asserted a copyright infringement claim against Columbia Pictures. Harvey wasn’t saved by the fact that later issues of “Casper” remained subject to copyright. Ghostbusters, Part II. The Ghostly Trio.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 13, 2024

Nearly all the materials a teacher, school, or district seeks to distribute in the classroom are subject to copyright. Exceptions include materials in the public domain such as documents and materials the U.S. While uncommon, publishers have sued school districts for copyright infringement. million dollars.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 15, 2025

Using scientific literature to build a knowledge base for a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) model that will be used internally by the data science team. RAG models pose copyright infringement risks by creating potentially unauthorized copies of protected materials during the training process and storing them in the knowledge base.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

Perhaps one of the most salient legal issues is whether there is copyright infringement or a violation of the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (“VARA”) in the virtual modification (e.g., addition of written or pictorial elements) of a work not in the public domain and/or where the creator is still alive.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

The crux of this debate is the argument that if the theft of restricted digital content is for the purpose of knowledge and research, it should be considered as an act done under ‘fair use’ and ‘fair dealing’ of the content. Digital Rights Management & Fair Use If everything is so well designed, then where is the issue?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

And many of the sites where the data is collected also have prohibitions on automated data collection and web scraping in their terms of use. Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws. But fair use isn’t a defense to a breach of contract claim.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

First , the amendment seeks to create an artificial distinction between Piracy and Copyright Act. Lokesh, points out here, that the Act avoids defining ‘Piracy’, which normally means copyright infringement. On occasion, an infringing material might be saved by the fair use exemption under Copyright Act ( here ).

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Despite technological measures and legal frameworks, combating copyright infringements continues to be a serious challenge in cyberspace. Definition Of use In It Age, the authors hold exclusive rights in their works for a particular term subject to the right to use work for fair use.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The court found the claims of direct, contributory, and vicarious copyright infringement time-barred because plaintiffs didn’t submit evidence of continuing infringement by the moving defendants within 3 years of the filing of the complaint. Right of publicity and unjust enrichment claims were preempted. Trademark etc.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v.

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Art Law Journal

MARCH 11, 2021

If the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be found, can I use it? Louis Smoller. It may be possible if you analyze the orphan work properly.

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Art Law Journal

MARCH 11, 2021

If the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be found, can I use it? The post Using Orphan Works (Copyright Holder Can’t Be Located) appeared first on Art Business Journal. It may be possible if you analyze the orphan work properly.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

They argue that AI models trained on their catalog without permission amount to copyright infringement, much like streaming services before licensing agreements were established. Lawsuits have already been filed against AI developers, demanding transparency on data sources and compensation for artists whose works are used to train AI.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

These include overviews from the big tech platforms that already use automated takedown tools, such as Google , Microsoft , and Meta Platforms. Google, for example, provides an overview of the various technical measures it uses to combat copyright infringement. Many other artists and creators share the same outlook.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In a nutshell, generative AI raises two main copyright issues that branch off into further sub-problems which in turn intercept (if not collide with) some fundamental rights, especially freedom of artistic expression, freedom of art and science and the right to science and culture (Arts. 11 and 13 EUCFR , 19 UDHR , 27.1 UDHR, and 15.1

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

Potential for Copyright Infringement The significant challenge created when AI systems are trained on copyrighted content is found when they accidentally copy parts of old works into new ones and, in turn, generate infringement.

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Patently-O

APRIL 6, 2023

In that case, the Court found that Google’s use of Java API naming conventions in its Android operating system was fair use under copyright law. Because its fair use decision decided the case, the court did not rule separately on whether the API was even copyrightable in the first place.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2024

This rule covers lending digital copies of copyrighted works, while works in the public domain can be freely digitized. The concept of CDL revolves around the idea of two major doctrines under Copyright law i.e. Doctrine of fair use and doctrine of exhaustion.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 17, 2025

A copyright claim appears. Welcome to the rollercoaster world of YouTube and copyright, where creativity collides with boundaries, and fair use lines get blurred faster than a TikTok trend. COPY RIGHT BASICS So the good news: copyright laws were established to help protect creators. 1] Sounds fair, right?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Lawyer Maya Madeiros explained to the Committee that copyright law had the potential to become a serious obstacle to AI’s development: AI learns to think by reading, listening and viewing data, which can include copyrighted works such as images, video, text and other data.… data —reside).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Niklas Jansson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons On 30 December 2022, the Italian Supreme Court ( Corte di Cassazione ) issued an order that intervened again on the interpretation of the quotation exception under Article 70 of the Italian Copyright Act ( l. 633/1941 , l.aut.).

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

In the fair use calculus? In what ways is the ornamental nature of a defendant’s use relevant to defences based on artistic or expressive use (or some other defence)? Defenses: we don’t have fair use as a catchall; specific list of enumerated defenses. But there is a defense for nondistinctive use.

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