Velocity of Content

JANUARY 31, 2023

I have had people tell me with doctrinal certainty that Creative Commons licenses allow text and data mining, and insofar as license terms are observed, I agree. Full disclosure: CCC offers RightFind XML, a service that supports licensed commercial access to full-text articles for TDM with value-added capabilities.) GitHub Inc.,

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

The organization doesn’t license authorized digital copies from publishers; instead, its books are scanned and digitized in-house. They filed a lawsuit in 2020 equating IA’s controlled digital lending operation to copyright infringement. IA points out that it doesn’t lend out digital copies without limits.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

The court also held that plaintiffs were permitted to proceed pseudonymously. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ We can infer from this opinion that treatment of Copyright Management Information (“CMI”) will be tricky for generative AI developers. Complaint at 2. But not so, says the court. At first, I was shocked by this conclusion since it seems obviously wrong.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 2, 2023

Without a license from the Dutch Data Protection Authority, linking the IP address to the subscriber’s information would violate privacy law. The Mircom Angle Dutch courts are required to weigh privacy rights against the interests of rightsholders to determine whether ISPs are required to comply with disclosure requests.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Users may also prefer less advertising or find the amount of user data scooped up by official apps a privacy risk. Massive Copyright Infringement The language used in the complaint makes it extremely clear that the MPA views playlists as a threat and illegal under copyright law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

We analysed clauses affecting user interests regarding privacy or data protection, illegal and harmful content, dispute resolution, jurisdiction and enforcement, and copyright, the last of which provided perhaps our most interesting results and which is the focus of this blogpost. user, service)? Question 2 gave us some clues.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Typically, tattoo aftercare instructions include strictly hygienic recommendations, but tattoo artist Kat Von D might have a unique suggestion: prepare to be an exhibit in a copyright infringement lawsuit. for copyright infringement under the Copyright Act of 1976. Sedlik (“Sedlik”) filed a complaint in the U.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The plaintiff sued Cloudflare for copyright infringement. It found that Cloudflare was liable for copyright infringement due to providing the CDN services but not for the DNS resolver services. Copyright infringement on ddl-music.to infringed the plaintiff’s right under the German equivalent of Art.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As digital ownership evolves, establishing clear guidelines for what constitutes copyright and how it is assigned in the metaverse is paramount. Issues of Counterfeit and Copyright Infringements The metaverses decentralized and user-driven environment provides fertile ground for counterfeiting and copyright violations.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 13, 2022

According to Ziggo, linking IP addresses to specific subscribers raises serious privacy concerns, even if personal information isn’t shared with BREIN. In addition, the ISP also lacks a license to link IP-addresses to personal information. The anti-piracy group was not pleased with this refusal and took the ISP to court.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 21, 2022

VPN services are a useful tools for protecting internet users’ online privacy. The two parties negotiated a licensing deal to distribute a TV program in Serbia and Montenegro. As such, they communicate the content to a new public, something that can constitute copyright infringement. Streaming Service Not Liable.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

Recognising the challenges for performers in the position and enforcement of their rights, the book also includes discussion on other forms of protections and remedies for performers, such as moral rights, contracts, passing off and copyright infringement. Lastly, chapter 11 provides a summary of performer’s rights around the world.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2023

IP law in publishing, especially at The Globe – who is known for being an early provider of digital media and device-agnostic content delivery – goes far beyond copyright infringement and litigation. Complying with privacy regulations, especially in IT contracts, is as important as it can be misunderstood.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

3) What is the effect of open source licenses on the AI model that uses only some open source components? (4) There are many AI models that claim to be open source – just as there are multiple forms of open source licenses , from permissive licenses (e.g. MIT License or Apache License ) to less permissive licenses (e.g.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 25, 2024

And would a user of Generative AI services be much assured by an AI tool created in a so-called “relaxed copyright jurisdiction?” For example, UK law explicitly does not permit text and data mining of copyright materials for commercial purposes without a license, while Singapore law does (where those have been lawfully accessed).

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The IPKat

JULY 7, 2024

Copyright Office in 2012, proceeded to sue the Congressman together with the Committee for copyright infringement and for violation of her son’s privacy. The District Court held the Committee, but not the Congressman, responsible for copyright infringement, although it awarded Griner only the statutory minimum damages.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Analysing Dipak Ranjan Mukherjee vs. Ministry of Commerce & Industry in Context of Transparency, Privacy and the RTI Act Highlighting the underlying public interest in information about IPRS’ compliance with copyright law, Kartikeya S. What would this mean for emerging developers?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

First, because X does not own the copyright in the scraped posts, its ToS impede its users’ ability to exploit their copyright in their tweets. While this conflict might seem minor (X’s users, after all, are not in the business of granting scraping licenses), the next one was not: Fair use.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The applicant, Indigenous artist John Bulun Bulun, sought relief for copyright infringement of a bark painting, which R & T Textiles had used on t-shirts. The court ruled that the tattoo artist did in fact own the copyright in his tattoo design; however, he was limited by the personality rights of the person he tattooed.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2024

Copyright Infringement. The court says “Plaintiffs’ express assent to 1 Hotel’s use of the photograph therefore created an implied license to use the Photograph on Defendant’s “social channels.”” If the consent was legally effective, then it created an express license, not an implied one.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Warhol created these silkscreens from a photograph of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith, who claimed copyright infringement when the Warhol estate licensed Orange Prince to Conde Nast after Prince’s passing in 2016 to illustrate an article about Prince’s life and music. We limit our analysis accordingly.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Although privacy invasion has been the main topic of discussion in this virtual context, there is another issue at hand: copyright infringement. The rights of speakers, organisers, and participants under Indian copyright law will be discussed in this Article, which will explore copyright concerns connected to webinars.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

Case Summaries Abbott Healthcare Private Limited vs Vinsac Pharma on 17 February, 2025 (Delhi High Court) Abbott Healthcare sued two defendants for trademark and copyright infringement, claiming they deceptively copied its well-known LIMCEE Vitamin C tablets by selling LIMEECEE with similar packaging. Read the post for more details.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 5, 2020

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 14, 2023

Goldsmith on a first-of-its-kind copyright infringement lawsuit involving celebrity tattoo artist Katherine Von Drachenberg (aka Kat Von D). Recall that the Supreme Court majority limited its own fair use analysis to the licensing of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince to Condé Nast in 2016.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

More information about this event here.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 21, 2023

The rules for using AI technology under an enterprise license are likely more permissive than those for consumer-facing AI tools, as the former will likely have broader confidentiality and indemnity protections than the latter. What desired use cases give rise to the risk of infringing third-party intellectual property?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2021

Finally, systematic recording of IP addresses of users of P2P networks allegedly engaging in infringing activity to bring a claim for damages is in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Over the past several years waves of copyright infringement lawsuits have targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. Last summer, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Legally, when we talk about “music under copyright,” we’re referring to the ownership of the composition or recording itself. This ownership grants the holder exclusive rights to its distribution and reproduction, as well as the ability to license it and earn royalties. Beyond copyright, data privacy raises its head.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

AI website agreements – terms of use and privacy agreements – play an instrumental role in this context, tackling many complex issues, including data privacy, informed consent, data security, and intellectual property management. But as technology advances, so must the legal framework that surrounds it.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

The court remains skeptical of LinkedIn’s privacy-based arguments: LinkedIn has no protected property interest in the data contributed by its users, as the users retain ownership over their profiles. With that said, the Ninth Circuit did some serious hand-waving on the privacy issues.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

If any of these cases challenging the use of copyright-protected works in generative AI outputs or in developing generative AI models is successful, it could have significant implications for the future of generative AI, which relies on large and diverse datasets in order to provide accurate and unbiased results.

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Intepat

JUNE 6, 2024

This technique raises serious privacy and intellectual property (IP) problems since it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze biometric data. WIPO emphasizes the need for discussing the underlying data used in AI algorithms to prevent copyright infringement, considering biometrics, personal information usage, and “deep fakes.”

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Companies that own copyrighted works have the option to monetize them in any way they see fit. For movies this can include releasing them in theaters, licensing to streaming services, or releasing on physical formats such as blu-ray. We take the privacy and security of our customers’ data very seriously.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 2, 2024

OpenAI’s vision for a fair AI ecosystem The ADAI mentions copyright only in passing, but it is fairly obvious that the desire to ‘deal’ with pending copyright infringement claims (largely in the US) lies at the core of this ambitious statement.

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Trading Secrets

MAY 5, 2022

United States , wherein the Supreme Court held, in a 6-3 ruling, that a former Georgia police officer did not “exceed authorized access” within the meaning of the CFAA by accessing a state law enforcement computer database containing license plate information to determine whether an individual was an undercover officer.

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