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3 Count: Copyright Claims Onboarding

Plagiarism Today

2: Senate Passes Bill to Strengthen Copyright Law, Prohibits Online Duplication, Rebroadcasting without Consent. Next up today, Vanguard reports that the Nigerian Senate has passed a bill that would reform the nation’s copyright law and add new penalties for those that broadcast any digital or online works.

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Derivative works: the Adventures of Koons and Tintin in French copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.

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The Art Critic’s Role in Fair Use

Patently-O

As part of that process, VF obtained a license from Goldsmith, but only for the limited use “as an artist’s reference in connection with an article to be published in Vanity Fair Magazine.” The published article acknowledges Goldsmith. As part of that process, Warhol created a set of 16 Prince prints.

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The Bizarre Career of Damien Hirst

Plagiarism Today

In 2010, artist Charles Thomspon compiled a list of 15 separate plagiarism allegations against Hirst and published them in the art magazine Jackdaw. However, even if they do infringe copyright and are successfully sued, often the settlement amount or the damages is miniscule compared to what they were able to earn.

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We Need to Rethink YouTube

Plagiarism Today

As we discussed back in September, the bots of YouTube have largely supplanted copyright law on the site. Rules around fair use, notice and takedown and so forth are replaced by bots that are incapable of understanding the nuances of the law itself. This has put YouTubers in a bind.

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Supreme Court Rules adaption of Warhol print not “fair use”

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Supreme Court has ruled that Andy Warhol’s orange silkscreen portrait of musician Prince, adapted from a photograph by Lynn Goldsmith, does not qualify as “fair use” under copyright law. The commercial nature of the copying further weighed against fair use.

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Warhol’s Canvas

Nelligan Law

So, when Prince’s untimely exit prompted a resurrection of the original article alongside a commemorative Conde Nast magazine featuring the full Prince Series, Goldsmith saw red—and not just any red, but a vibrant, copyright-infringement red. Last summer, in the case of ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, INC.