Copyright Alliance

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The 2024-2025 National High School Policy Debate Topic is: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks. […] The post How Strong Copyright Laws Empower Local Communities appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 1, 2024

Though many websites have attempted to prohibit AI data scraping of their content through their terms of use, a federal court clarified this year that the extent to which public data may be scraped from social media platforms should be governed by federal copyright law. By: ArentFox Schiff

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Pirate Party Enters Czech Government. After several weeks of formation discussions, the party changed its opposition role for a spot in the Government. This is the first time in history that a Pirate Party forms part of a government coalition, which is a major achievement. Pirates Have Evolved.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

by Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Sam Berriman IPKat-approved scraping As regular readers of the IPKat will be aware, the UK government is currently undertaking a consultation on AI and copyright , previously covered here and here. What does this mean for the AI and copyright consultation?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

ABSTRACT Technology advancements are linked to copyright, which gives authors of original works of literature, music, drama, or art, as well as audio recordings and cinematic films, a legal claim over their creations. Every day, there are several ways that someone’s copyright is violated on social networking sites.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 24, 2023

Copyright law, with its protection of materials ranging from literary, musical and artistic works to cinematograph films and computer programs, etc. Access, within the field of copyright law, is a question of ownership, authorisation or exception. organises access to some or even most of these resources.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Hong Kong Government published a public consultation paper on 24 November 2021 on updating Hong Kong’s copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 29, 2024

This puts educators in a rather fragile position where they risk violating the rights of copyright owners in their endeavours of enriching their teaching with a variety of materials. Promote free educational resources which are licenced under an open licence and free from copyright discourage the use of copyright resources.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Welcome to the fourth and final trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. European Parliament and Council, Agreement on the Data Governance Act. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. We reported on this here.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 17, 2022

Right to Research (“R2R”): An Independent Right with an Imposed Dependence in Copyright Law? However, a full-fledged discussion around whether a ‘Right to Research’ exists in India, whether it be internal, or external to Copyright laws seems largely absent. a user right under copyright law. Lokesh Vyas.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

Copyright Office announces that the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) has launched its new website, ccb.gov. government passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (CASE Act). 2: Senate Passes Bill to Strengthen Copyright Law, Prohibits Online Duplication, Rebroadcasting without Consent.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Copyright infringement cases on the internet have increased because the internet has become more widely available. Legal Framework governing take down notice.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. The IPO has said that it will continue evaluating potential changes to copyright law but did not set a timetable. 2: Maryland Defends Its Library E-book Law, Seeks Dismissal of AAP Lawsuit.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Copyright law was never meant to work this way. It is a law that was designed to let humans govern how other humans use content. Bots are much more than a copyright problem. However, they are an especially difficult one for copyright. Is using a clip of X seconds allowed under the law? Bottom Line.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Taming the ‘LAION’: Lessons for Harmonising AI and Copyright Law Unpacking the Hamburg Regional Court’s landmark ruling in Robert Kneschke v. Tanishka Goswami explores how text data mining can qualify as an exception to copyright infringement. Read her analysis on the evolving intersection of copyright law and AI!

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2025

” Problematic Reporting Obligations In addition to matters directly related to blocking, the tech industry is concerned about recent amendments to Italian copyright law that introduce obligations that contradict the principles set forth in the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2025

copyright protection standards. Various groups stressed the importance of copyright protection when it comes to new AI technologies. They argued that foreign governments should be mindful of potential copyright infringements. Other countries, including Japan, have already written AI exceptions into law. In the U.S.,

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JD Supra Law

JULY 15, 2022

The UK government is set to introduce new provisions in copyright law to permit data mining and analysis of datasets for commercial use. This will have an effect on all parties who license or permit third parties to access their data. By: Dentons

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 19, 2024

In addition to Fortune 500 companies and governments across various continents, the American company also provides its services to pirate sites. is a responsible intermediary pursuant to Article 156 of the Italian Copyright Law,” the decision reads.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2025

Then seemingly out of nowhere, in 2008/2009 the government began shutting down popular sites including Extremebits, Rapthe , Superfundo and later, LeechersLair. The details appeared in a government presentation, Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Malaysia , and were just as impressive.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

and torrents.yts.rs , all violate local copyright law. “MPA committed to continue to work closely with the Philippine government and creative industry in the fight against the scourge of digital piracy,” IPOPHL wrote. IPOPHL then instructed ISPs to block the domains. And based on comments IPOPHL sent to the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 30, 2024

The Hong Kong government has launched a two-month public consultation on artificial intelligence (AI) and Copyright law. The consultation considers possible improvements to the Copyright Ordinance (Cap. 528) (CO) following amendments enacted last year.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 9, 2021

2: World Kung Fu Governing Body Uses Copyright Law to Hunt Down YouTube Critics. Neither Charter Communications nor the record labels had any comment on the new lawsuit.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2024

While there are various factors affecting the issue of knowledge governance, understanding when IP became an academic discipline in India can be a useful point of inquiry. 1996] the government initiated a process of widespread consultation with all stakeholders before formulating the stand that India was to take at the Diplomatic Conference.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 18, 2025

Copyright Office's refusal to register an artwork created by an artificial intelligence model, saying the government correctly concluded that copyright law protects only works from humans. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Popular Internet infrastructure service Cloudflare has come under pressure from copyright holders in recent years. The company offers its services to millions of customers including multinationals, governments, but also some of the world’s leading pirate sites. copyright law provides.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Patent and Trademark Office hosts an event exploring the intersection of copyright law and artificial intelligence, while the Hudson Institute takes a look at studies by the USPTO and the U.S. Copyright Office on state sovereign immunity from IP infringement suits. Elsewhere, the U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 30, 2022

However, I know very little about Iranian copyright law. and European copyright law. Though much of copyright law is fairly standardized internationally, it may or may not apply to Iran. Generally speaking, ideas and facts cannot be covered by copyright protection. A Difficult Question.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Shadow libraries already clash with the law, but copyright holders want to make sure that governments don’t make exceptions for AI training. “If the West wants to stay ahead in the race of LLMs, and ultimately, AGI, it needs to reconsider its position on copyright, and soon,” it reads. .”

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Rojadirecta famously had its domain name returned after it was seized by the US Government years ago. In addition, the site successfully fought off copyright holders in court. In 2022, the Frederiksberg court confirmed that LaLiga indeed holds copyright over the production and recording of the live football matches.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A federal district court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, just turned an admittedly novel termination theory into a final judgment, risking global copyright chaos. Resnik , a case out of the Middle District of Louisiana that threatened to upend decades of settled copyright law. The Fifth Circuit awaits. There is no such thing.)

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The prosecutors have requested that both Lin and a lawyer involved in the practice receive a lengthy sentence, noting that the lawsuits overwhelmed the Intellectual Property Office and other government institutions. 3: MPLC Joins the Copyright Society.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 3, 2024

Shivam is a 2020 law graduate from Benaras Hindu University and is a former law researcher at the Delhi High Court. AI Image generated by Shivam, using Gencraft Copyright Bill, 1955: the Best Copyright Law that India Never Had By Shivam Kaushik Seen from Nehru’s eyes , Indian independence was a ‘tryst’ with destiny.

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Michael Geist

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Government officials admitted that even basic quotes from news articles that include a hyperlink to the original source would scope user posts into the law and require platforms such as Google and Facebook to negotiate payment for the links. This where the government is at with Bill C-18. pic.twitter.com/8dt618rHaQ.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 13, 2022

2: Morocco Pledges to Strengthen Copyright Law Under New Bill. Omi in a Hellcat rose to prominence and wealth by operating an illegal IPTV service that allowed subscribers access to copyright infringing material. government in November 2019 and, since then, he has had “at least” $5.2 million seized from him.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 30, 2022

Thereafter, no person is entitled to any such right or equivalent right in any such work under the common law or statutes of any State. 17 U.S.C. § 301(a).

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