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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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In this particular case, the government claims that the delay allowed it to properly consider the impact of generative AI on copyright and come to the conclusion that training generative AI systems on copyrighted works does not in fact fall within the scope of the text and data mining exceptions contained in the directive.

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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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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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The IPKat

JUNE 29, 2022

The UK government has published its response to its consultation on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence. Back in 2021, the UK IPO undertook a consultation on AI and IP covering: copyright in works made by AI; text and data mining using copyright material; and patents for inventions devised by AI.

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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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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As some have noted , the government says the companies are stealing content if they link and blocking content if they don’t. But even if there was, the idea that the government and broadcasters are looking to profit from weak Canadian privacy laws isn’t something to brag about. There is no reference to this issue in the bill.

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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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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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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 21, 2022

First off today, Hillel Italie at the Associated Press reports that a judge in Maryland has shot down a law that would have required publishers to make e-books available on “reasonable terms” to libraries in the state. ” 3: U.S.

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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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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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Michael Geist

JULY 20, 2022

For much of the past two decades, copyright groups have steadfastly sought to deny what the Supreme Court of Canada has repeatedly endorsed, namely that the purpose of Canadian copyright law is to serve the public interest by balancing users’ and authors’ rights. ” The decision – SOCAN v.

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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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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As it is discussed at greater length elsewhere ( here ), TDM is an example of an area in which legislative intervention has been broadly justified by reference to the need of freeing up certain copyright-covered spaces to facilitate research and increase innovation and competitiveness.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

2: Possible Copyright Changes Could Mean More Money for Inuit Artists. Next up today, CBC News reports that, In Canada, the government is taking steps to introduce resale rights for artists in the country’s copyright law. 3: Now the Film Producers Sue AT&T and Verizon Over Allegedly Slack Copyright Policies.

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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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Plagiarism Today

JULY 27, 2021

2: Ireland Pledges to Implement New EU Copyright Laws in Weeks After Failing to Meet Deadline. Next up today, Sarah Collins at the Irish Independent reports that the Irish government has agreed to pass the new EU copyright laws into their national code within the next few weeks.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

The members of the European Copyright Society (ECS ) have recently sent a letter to Mr. Thierry Breton ( Commissioner for Internal Market , European Commission ) outlining their view of what should be the priorities for a f uture agenda in the field of copyright law.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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