TorrentFreak

JUNE 21, 2024

In 2019, eight men from Las Vegas were named in a grand jury indictment alleging they conspired to violate criminal copyright law through two IPTV services, Jetflicks and iStreamitAll. ” U.S. Attorney Jason M.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the first trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this edition, we report on an AG Opinion that came out late in 2022 and update you on what has happened in the first trimester of 2023 in EU copyright law.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Introduction The media and entertainment industry is a broad and ever-evolving domain that includes several industries, including music, cinema, television, fashion, and more. In this sector, intellectual property (IP) regulations are essential for defending the rights of inventors, artists, and producers.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 31, 2025

The Centre for Intellectual Property Research and Advocacy [CIPRA] of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad is organizing its first blog writing competition in collaboration with us on the theme of Literature, Journalism and IP. Analysing the intersection of journalistic privilege and copyright law.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Herein, Star India alleged that rogue streaming apps such as IPTV Smarters Pro undermine the value of its intellectual property in the original entertainment, sports content, etc.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to the first trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. RTL Television, AG Pitruzzella, C-716/20. On 10 March 2022, AG Pitruzzella issued his opinion in RTL Television. Stay tuned!

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

The Briefing from the IP Law Blog – What’s in a Name: Clearing Titles for Film and Television. In this week’s episode, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the complex process of clearing titles for Film and Television. They discuss recent high-stakes litigation around entertainment titles, including Stouffer v.

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IPilogue

MAY 18, 2022

Lawmakers are playing catch up by addressing what non-human authorship means for intellectual property as we know it. If so, should those works be protected by copyright? And who would own that copyright? . Response from Copyright-granting bodies. Pina D’Agostino. Countless more AI creations may be underway. .

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

While these developments have certainly made our lives easier, it has also led to many concerns regarding intellectual property right protection. In the next section, I would analyze how much the current copyright regime could grant protection in this regard. Digital Millenium Copyright Act, 1998. International Framework.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

. “That would catastrophically harm the digital markets on which the music industry, the movie and television industry, the news industry, and similar industries depend to profitably create and distribute their works—and would thereby undermine the incentive for the creation of new works that copyright law exists to protect.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 7, 2022

Welcome to the second trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. This is perhaps one of the most awaited judgemnts in the history of EU copyright law. EU Intellectual Property Office, 2022 IP Youth Scoreboard.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

Welcome to the second trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. UKIPO, UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime. The copyright in these two titles expired at the beginning of 2021.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The following is an excerpt from the article “The Heart of the Matter: Copyright, AI Training, and LLMs,” authored by Daniel Gervais (Milton R. This has been a long-standing question in copyright law. Lone Ranger Television, Inc. Nimmer & David Nimmer, 1 Nimmer on Copyrights §§ 3.01-3.03. See 17 U.S.C. §

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

Last year saw the introduction of Law 4996/2022, which brought significant changes to IP legislation in Greece, amending several provisions of the existing Copyright Law 2121/1993 as well as Law 4481/2017 on Collective Management. Law 4996/2022 was implemented into the Greek legislation EU Directive 2019/789.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Memes utilize pop culture content, such as movies, television shows, and other various forms of media, often in a parodic way. Such uses are often methods of social commentary regarding the user’s own life, or more broadly, current events; they also often utilize copyrightable material. [i] By: Taylor Bussey. INTRODUCTION.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

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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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

One such case is 20th Century Fox Television v. This case involved a trademark lawsuit by Empire Distribution, a hip-hop and rap record label, based on Fox’s use of EMPIRE as the name of a television series about a fictional New York hip-hop/rap record label. Empire Distribution, Inc.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The courts need to understand the degree to which such usage may harm the work or decrease the profits for the owner of the copyright. Today, this doctrine has become one of most popular doctrines in the realm of copyright law. It allows people a positive defense against the infringement of copyright. Definition.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Additionally, the Covid-19 epidemic has sped up the process of digitization and renewed debate over online copyright. Through the Internet Protocol, the growing idea of intellectual property has successfully adapted the law over time to the online community. They need to be accepted by the law.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Copyright law protects the expression not the idea. But the fact is, copyright law only protects the expression of an idea, not the idea itself. But the fact is, copyright law only protects the expression of an idea, not the idea itself. Lots of films and television shows have similar concepts.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

With the Beijing Treaty, any performance of literary or artistic works or expression of folklore is covered by intellectual property, independently from its nature or medium, including both fixed and unfixed works (live performances), acknowledging the creative activity of these performers in the same way as with regard to musicians and authors.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers announced a tentative agreement, possibly ending a historic writers’ strike that has lasted 146 days. La entrada The writers guild reaches tentative agreement se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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Olartemoure Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The call will be open until February 6, 2023, and projects can be presented in 4 categories, shorts, feature films, series, specials of television and digital experiences. Projects must be in an advanced stage of production, and contain at least 50% of animation within them.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

Netflix’s reaction to “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” was hailed by the fan fiction community, a group which has historically faced a tenuous relationship with the owners of the intellectual property that serves as inspiration for their work. We didn’t ask for permission to use their intellectual property.”.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 12, 2022

On March 10 th , 2022, the Advocate General (AG) Pitruzzella delivered his Opinion on the case RTL Television GmbH v Grupo Pestana S.G.P.S., Furthermore, a transmission through coaxal cable (the “normal” TV cable that links a TV to an antenna) should not be regarded as cable retransmission in the sense of EU copyright law.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

- 24 February 2022 The Institute of European Media Law of the University of Luxembourg will hold the webinar "Piracy on all waves?" WIPS is organised by reCreating Europe and inDICEs and will be hosted by the Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Theory from the University of Szeged on 9-10 June 2022 in Szeged (Hungary).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Common sources of e-waste include televisions, computers, mobile phones and various types of home appliances, from fridges to dishwashers. Therefore, the European Commission has, in the context of a broader set of proposal measures aimed at introducing a ‘Right to Repair’, also addressed intellectual property rights.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In a decision issued [1] November 27, 2023, a Chinese court ruled that AI-generated content can enjoy protection under copyright law. copyright law and may have far-reaching implications. The tech-friendly court strongly emphasized that this decision aligns with the legislative purpose of China’s copyright law.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The plaintiff extended his business and earned revenue by licensing the copyrighted works it owned to FM Radio services, television operators, television broadcasters and multi-system operators (MSO). Hence, the plaintiff filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against them. The defendant no 1 i.e,

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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. Are Memes Dangerous? by Melanie Lane Are Memes Dangerous? Proceed with caution! Warner Bros. Warner Bros.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

The Bombay High Court dismissed the plaintiff’s claim that the title was copyrighted from the outset, citing a number of precedents to support its ruling that “it is settled law, and has been for a very long time, that there is no copyright in a title.”

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SpicyIP

JUNE 25, 2024

Aditya is a second-year law student at NLSIU Bangalore. He is interested in intellectual property, AI regulation and tech law. Wynk Copyright Dispute: Wynk, Wink, and a 12 Crore Nod! could catalyze further discussions on amending copyright laws to better reflect the realities of the digital age.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

a case where plaintiffs alleged that the defendant violated their rights under the Act by selling services that allowed users to watch television programs over the internet at the time the programs were available on live television. Aereo, Inc. ,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the district court level, the law of copyright preemption is a morass of ad hoc explanations of whether certain contracts are “equivalent” to the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright law. Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 19, 2022

David Vaver is a member of IP Osgoode’s Advisory Board, an I ntellectual P roperty Law Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and an Emeritus Professor of IP & IT Law at the University of Oxford. A version of this paper is scheduled to be published in the Intellectual Property Journal. Thanks to Ronald M.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Rejecting the applicant’s argument that “the human authorship requirement is unconstitutional and unsupported by either statute or case law,” the Board observed that “[t]he Office is compelled to follow Supreme Court precedent, which makes human authorship an essential element of copyright protection.” Scholastic Inc. [3] 2] Taylor v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

There is a significant push at this week’s meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights to approve a Diplomatic Conference on a Broadcasting Organizations Treaty that is not strictly limited to combating unlawful interception of traditional broadcast signals.

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