Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

Back in May, I wrote about an overzealous copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Rachel Dolezal , the woman best known for mispresenting her racial background. The complaint raised concerns that Dolezal was using copyright law to purge the historical record of her controversial past, while seeking substantial monetary damages in the process.

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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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SpicyIP

MARCH 1, 2025

In light of Amazon’s decision to disable the ‘Download or Transfer via USB’ feature from their Kindle devices, Arnav Kaman discusses DRMs/TPMs, the rights of the user, what users can do with their ebooks within the fair use doctrine, and the future of ebooks in this guest post.

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Nelligan Law

MARCH 25, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes In a courtroom drama that could rival a Warholian masterpiece, the Andy Warhol Foundation and photographer Lynn Goldsmith have finally put their legal paintbrushes down, reaching a colorful settlement that’s sure to leave both sides seeing the world through a different lens. GOLDSMITH ET AL.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

At an initial conference on January 23, 2023, the parties reached a settlement and asked to dismiss the claim. The CCB in the Final Determination sidesteps that issue, and looks to Prutton’s two defenses: fair use and unclean hands. Fair Use: From my perspective, the fair use analysis is what I’ve been waiting for.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Meme Culture Meets Copyright Law: A Guide for Businesses & Creators Memes, often humorous media fragments that spread rapidly through online sharing, are a global phenomenon that have made their way into mainstream culture. Table of Contents: Fair Use Under the Copyright Act How much risk are we talking here?

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

JANUARY 9, 2017

It is believed there were productive settlement discussions and that the Studios were working on guidelines for amateur, nonprofessional filmmakers to help avoid similar disputes in the future. One major area of dispute between the parties is whether Axanar’s works fall under copyright law’s “fair use doctrine.”

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of the Week ANI vs OpenAI: Indias Copyright Act is outdated. India’s copyright law does not envision an exception permitting LLM trainings from copyrighted materials. Anything we are missing out on? Can it Deal with New Legal Conundrums? the Bolar provision.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

To dwell into the same, this post will restrict its analysis to the copyrightability of the impugned data as the same is the most popular reserve to protect data and NSE’s officers’ statement that they in particular do not have a problem with genuine educational platforms depicts a digression towards fair use exemption.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. On one hand, those who view intellectual property rights as a limited monopoly would suggest that even derivative use of the content in a meme is infringement on the rights holder’s interest. Minc Law (Sept. 29, 2013), [link]. [ii]

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Understanding IPR law enables “legally aware entrepreneurs/techno-entrepreneurs” to navigate these complex transactions and negotiate favourably. Neglect of IPR law can lead to unintentional infringement, resulting in costly legal disputes.

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Likelihood of Confusion

AUGUST 19, 2021

The IMPACT® blog reports a settlement in the Second Life dispute. Originally posted 2010-03-28 10:00:14. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. The post Second Life case settles appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

More recently in 2020, Sankalp Jain discussed the copyright challenges in “Dreams,” a video game enabling user-generated content, arguing for the Indian copyright law’s limitations in addressing the the issues around the fan-made creations within the game. These cases continued to unfold, as detailed by Prashant here.

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43(B)log

APRIL 7, 2023

Moderator: Martin Senftleben, University of Amsterdam Copyright Law and/or/vs. a ‘Brussels Effect’ for the Digital Services Act Jennifer Urban, Berkeley Law School The Brussels Effect claim is descriptive, not predictive—can it apply to the DSA? Consider Digital Services Coordinator.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Bell has separately registered a copyright in the passage. Bell has filed at least 25 copyright lawsuits. Two prior blog posts on Bell’s litigation efforts: Fair Use Protects High Schools Use of Inspirational MemeBell v. It must be all of that copyright infringement keeping sales down.]

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 18, 2021

First off today, Joseph Menn at Reuters reports that, despite a recent settlement, Apple has appealed a lower court decision in its ongoing lawsuit against the security firm Corellium. Apple sued the company, alleging that it violated both their copyright and their rights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This prompted a quick settlement which allowed the chair to remain in the picture. Fair use and de minimis defenses are often unreliable, and even if you have a solid case, defending copyright infringement lawsuits is an expensive proposition. copyright law. AI-Generated Art to the Rescue?

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

As described here in a previous post: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected an artistic intent or purpose test for fair use on March 26, 2021, in The Andy Warhol Foundation v. ” Then, as I noted , the US Supreme Court decided a few days later, “in Google v. at 7-9) were transformative.,”

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Trump went on to testify that “everybody on the internet could use [the video] once it was put up.” ” So much for Trump having a basic understanding of copyright law. Trump, have either you or any of your 15· ·entities been plaintiffs in copyright infringement 16· ·actions? 14· · · · · Q.· ·Mr.

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