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Reaction Videos Are Fair Use–Thiccc Boy v. Swindelles

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Thiccc Boy then sued for copyright infringement. The court finds fair use. Purpose and Character of Use. “the allegedly infringing videos undisputedly commented on the quality of the discussion in the copyrighted works.” Both aspects can have significant implications for fair use.

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Protection Of Fictional Character’s Copyright And The Doctrine Of Fair Use In The Digital Age

IP and Legal Filings

The fact that the media experience (whether in a book, film, video, game, or interactive television) depends on both the creator, whose rights are protected by copyright law, and the viewer, who brings their own personal vision to the character, has become increasingly important in the context of interactive technology and user-generated content.

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Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The video depicted its award as the well-known Emmy statuette with a coronavirus replacing the atom in the holder’s hands: The Television Academies, who own the IP rights to the statuette, targeted the video with a DMCA notice to YouTube, which YouTube honored. Copyright Infringement/Fair Use.

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YouTubers Must Pay $3.5m Damages For Uploading 10-Minute Movie Edits

TorrentFreak

Japan does not recognize fair use and even if it did, experts predicted that ‘Fast Movies’ would still cross red lines. “This is a ruling that fully upholds our allegations, and we believe that it should be a great deterrent against copyright infringement in the future,” a joint CODA and JVA statement reads.

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Publishers Secure Widespread Support in Landmark Copyright Battle With Internet Archive

TorrentFreak

Publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley, and Penguin Random House filed a lawsuit, equating IA’s controlled digital lending (CDL) operation to copyright infringement. Earlier this year a New York federal court concluded that the library is indeed liable for copyright infringement.

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

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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Publishers Cite Napster and AI Training Threats in Legal Battle with the Internet Archive

TorrentFreak

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Last year, a New York Federal court concluded that the library is indeed liable for copyright infringement.