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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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Chicken Joes delivers a piping hot reality check on the risks of playing copyright roulette. The trouble began when Albany radio station WGNA asked its social media followers to vote for the regions best fried chicken and tagged a few contenders, including Chicken Joes, which retweeted the stations original post.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

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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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

By: Weintraub Tobin Summer Associate Josh Concepcion The Ninth Circuit recently revisited the issue of “embedding” content by a website and its implication for copyright infringement claims. the website displaying that copyrighted image cannot be held liable for infringement. The concept of “embedding” content is not a new phenomenon.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Scroll through social media and you’re certain to find countless posts of images generated by artificial intelligence, or “AI.”

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 20, 2021

But, as an article in MIT Technology Review points out , ML is the brains behind “recommendation systems like those on Netflix, YouTube, and Spotify; search engines like Google and Baidu; social-media feeds like Facebook and Twitter; voice assistants like Siri and Alexa.” In other words, ML provides the magic ( !?!) to 2:30 p.m.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 10, 2025

Premier Aquascapes, an Indiana landscaping company, operates multiple social media accounts, including premiereaquascapes ” on Facebook, “ @PremiereAqua ” on X (formerly Twitter), and “ @premiereaqua ” on Facebook. copyright laws.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

They go as far as to call for people to change their mindset about social media before making the jump. But, while Mastodon does have a slew of important and well-understood differences between it and a centralized platform, like Twitter, there’s a very important one that’s easy to overlook: Copyright. Some Mastodon Basics.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 14, 2022

Many of my clients have contractors or vendors or virtual assistants who assist them with writing blog posts, creating newsletters, doing social media posting and work. But there are some serious copyright issues that you ought to be aware of when you are working with others to create content for you. First, contracts.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 17, 2024

In recent years, the advent of the social media “influencer” has revolutionized advertising. Companies often partner with influencers to market their products, hoping to tap into the influencer’s devoted audience. Likewise, influencers create certain content to secure brand deals and attract advertisers.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

Although Section 81 of the IT Act specifies that the prohibitions of Section 79 do not preclude anyone from exercising any rights allowed under the Copyright Act 1957, intermediaries are exempted from accountability for copyright infringement. As a result, the IT Act’s obligations have precedence over all other laws.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

A Social Media Influencer is someone who creates unique material that keeps people interested on multiple social media platforms, causing them to return for more high-quality information. One of the most significant methods to safeguard material on social media is through copyright.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 10, 2023

So if graffiti can be protected, does one need permission from the artist to photograph the work and then “publish” it to a social media platform? What if the social media account is used to promote the account owner’s own goods or services, or a third party’s brand? As many readers know, U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

Even so, the court’s almost-banal treatment of this super-interesting topic suggests that there may not be much tattoo exceptionalism in copyright law. She tattooed the Sedlik photo onto Farmer and promoted the tattoo on social media. Background. She now does her tattoo artistry pro bono. Nature of the Work.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

It has the potential to significantly restrict the kinds of IP cases that federal courts can hear”—possibly leaving publishers without standing “to sue over model training at all, even for copyright infringement.” Let me know in the comments below or @copyrightlately on social media. OpenAI, Inc.—hopefully

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Specifically, copyright protection attaches to the original, creative work when it is fixed in a tangible medium, such as when it is written, drawn, recorded digitally, or typed electronically. Further, only a modicum, or small amount, of creativity is required for copyright protection to attach.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 26, 2023

World Programming Limited, which effectively denied copyright protection to SAS Institute’s data analysis software. The decision is likely to have lasting implications for developers that seek to protect software through copyright law. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 26, 2025

Yet, despite accusations that Servant stole her story of a delusional mother hiring a young nanny to care for a “reborn baby” doll, the jurys verdict hinged on a more foundationalyet often overlookedprinciple of copyright law: access. Share your take in the comments below or @copyrightlately on social media.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2024

A first-of-its-kind copyright infringement trial is scheduled to begin today in Los Angeles. Like the tattoo at issue in the case, the lawsuit is poised to leave a lasting impression, not only on copyright law, but the entire multi-billion-dollar tattoo industry.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

copyright law, the Tintin rightsholders’ argument is just plain wrong. copyright protection for Tintin. Expressing frustration with these scare tactics, Dukes Jennifer Jenkins told Copyright Lately, Its a shame that community theaters, filmmakers, and fans are being intimidated by erroneous assertions about U.S.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

AUGUST 27, 2021

Social media platforms present countless opportunities for companies looking to connect to consumers and clients in real time. Foley Hoag will present a 60-minute webinar offering guidance on social media issue spotting for in-house legal practitioners, with a focus on intellectual property, publicity rights and advertising.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Historical lookback The amendment to the existing copyright law act of 1957 was carried out owing to the sensitization of issue of copyright management and revenue sharing structure that is fair and reasonable to all owners and writers of filmed and recorded works. [i] Magic Mantra Vision. [ii] Magic Mantra Vision, CS (OS) NO.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Given the fact that the copyright law was originally framed to protect literary and artistic works, it needs to be seen how much the law has evolved to grant protection to digitalized works. Kind of Copyright Infringement. Copyright infringement can take place in various forms in this digital era. Indian Scenario.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 26, 2022

They claimed that Meta, on its social media platforms, has stolen hundreds of their content. In the official pleading , they argued that Meta violated the US Copyright Act 17 USC § 501 for direct, induced, and contributory copyright infringement. Who is Epidemic Sound?

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 14, 2021

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. Social media silos like Twitter, Facebook and TikTok dominate the landscape.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

3: Copyright and the Takings Clause. One of the more confusing areas of copyright law in the United States is how it impacts states. Under the current law, all copyright matters are federal. The post 5 Copyright Stories to Watch in 2022 appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 15, 2023

law, online service providers need to respond to takedown notices and implement a meaningful policy to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules, but according to a lawsuit filed this week by several prominent music companies, Twitter is not among them.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

And if copyright law cannot provide small businesses the legal protection they desire, watchdog accounts and “fashion Tik Tok” have made it clear that they are willing to step in and fill that gap. When Versace copies Fendi, it’s entertaining and kind of embarrassing.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Her inability to control social media accounts referencing her reminded me of the Hayley Paige Gutman litigation , and I will say more about this issue when I blog the JW Dant bourbon case. Because copyright law lets me, I’m reproducing the dog treats recipe below. Case citation : Coscarelli v. Esquared Hosp. ,

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This activity generates many millions of views which are monetized by the social media platform, while rightsholders receive no compensation for the use of their works. A few weeks ago, the social media platform filed a motion to dismiss , refuting all piracy allegations.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

— Bright Data has long sold the data of all the major social media companies. — For the claims related to illegal selling of scraped data, the court dismissed those because they were preempted by copyright. That’s what copyright law is for. In November 2023, X corp. on all counts. Bright Data Ltd. ,

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In this episode of the Briefing from the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss a copyright lawsuit against Buzzfeed, over its practice of embedding images from social media pages into their website. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel, here.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2022

On the flip side, today’s interconnected world has the ability to transform leaks into powerful advertising and hype, keeping message boards and social media alive with discussion of exciting new products, at zero cost to official marketing teams. Riot Games Uses Copyright Law to Unmask Uploader.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 31, 2025

Analysing the intersection of journalistic privilege and copyright law. The role of IP law in combating the spread of misinformation and disinformation. Analysing the impact of Indian copyright law on fair use in academic and critical writing. The challenges of protecting literary works in the digital age.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Fans expressed their love for the show various ways on social media. Netflix argued that this is a direct violation of US copyright law , which provides that only copyright holders have the exclusive right to monetize and create derivative works of their IP. As catchy and creative as Bear and Barlow’s album is?

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Regardless of how one feels about Skiplagged’s business practices, copyright law isn’t the appropriate mechanism for challenging their legitimacy. Let me know in the comments below or @copyrightlately on social media. As always, I’d love to hear what you think.

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