IP Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

On June 6, Paramount Pictures got its tower buzzed for copyright infringement in the U.S. According to the allegations in the complaint, in 1983, author Ahud Yonay wrote a magazine story about the real-life exploits of two naval fighter pilots entitled, “Top Guns.” Fast forward a few decades.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 8, 2023

But number 1 when it comes to number 2 is a new copyright infringement lawsuit filed this week over a jigsaw puzzle called “101 Pooping Puppies.” Unfortunately, this widely-taught legal principle isn’t actually very helpful in predicting how copyright cases will be decided in the real world. Columbia Pictures.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 9, 2024

District Court for the Central District of California ruled on Friday that Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay, the widow and son of Ehud Yonay, who authored a 1983 magazine article that inspired the renowned film, Top Gun, were not entitled to damages for copyright infringement related to the 2022 sequel to the film.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As reported on Entrackr , Pocket FM has filed a copyright infringement case against Kuku FM before the Delhi High Court. Pocket FM alleges that Kuku FM has violated its copyright by providing audio summaries of books to which Pocket FM has exclusive rights to create audiobooks. Image from here. The matter is still being heard.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 9, 2024

District Court for the Central District of California ruled on Friday that Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay, the widow and son, respectively, of Ehud Yonay, who authored a 1983 magazine article that inspired the renowned film, Top Gun, were not entitled to damages for copyright infringement related to the 2022 sequel to the film.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This post looks back at the key developments in AI and copyright in 2022, covering generative AI, text and data mining exceptions, the pastiche exception, deep fakes, voice cloning and infringement and enforcement of copyright using AI. AI-generated art was used for magazine covers, including Cosmopolitan and The Economist.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

At TorrentFreak, we write about copyright issues on a daily basis. However, this week we find ourselves on the receiving end of an infringement claim. The outfit accused us of using a photo in one of our articles without permission from the copyright holder. Attribution Required. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 6, 2024

A federal court has shot down a copyright infringement lawsuit claiming that Top Gun: Maverick flew too close to a 1983 magazine article that inspired the original film. The case may also serve as a cautionary tale when historical source material is used as the inspiration for an entertainment project.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The Hollywood group sees copyright infringement as one of Telegram’s growth drivers and it urged the US Trade Representative to put the service on the annual list of notorious piracy markets. A few days ago copyright holders scored a win at the Intellectual Property Court in Lisbon, Portugal. Telegram Blocking Injunction.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 6, 2024

A new lawsuit over Broadway’s Stereophonic tests copyright’s limits, as Fleetwood Mac’s former sound engineer claims the hit play copies his real-life story about working on the Rumours album. Case in point is the recent lawsuit over the magazine article that inspired the film Top Gun.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In order to train their technologies, should AI companies be allowed to use works under copyright protection without consent? Such uses, they argue, constitute copyright infringement. Judge Denny Chin initially found Google liable for failing to secure the consent of copyright owners before scanning their books.

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IPilogue

JULY 14, 2022

Ehud Yonay authored the 1983 California magazine article that inspired Top Gun. Shosh and Yuval claim that Paramount has infringed on the copyright to Ehud’s article which they own as of January 24 th , 2020. 203 of the Copyright Act , authors have the right to terminate grants of copyright after thirty-five years.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As a result, copyright holders have yet another battle on their hands. The seizure order relates to 545 Telegram ‘resources’ suspected of distributing copyrighted content and individuals said to be involved in their operation. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 4, 2024

Indianapolis, Indiana – Defendant Circle City Broadcasting, LLC d/b/a WISH-TV , is being sued by Plaintiff Christopher Sadowski over alleged copyright infringement. Sadowski is a photojournalist from New Jersey , who has been published in numerous popular newspapers and magazines.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

What is copyright infringement? Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is referred to as copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 9, 2024

One area that often gets overlooked in the outsourcing and collaboration process is how to manage copyright compliance and the associated risks of non-compliance. While smaller companies without a librarian or information specialist onboard may be unaware of their obligations under copyright law, their lack of knowledge won’t help them. 

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

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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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Eight years later, Japan’s parliament passed new copyright amendments that banned the unlicensed downloading of manga, magazines and academic texts from the Internet, in line with the previously outlawed media categories. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JUNE 17, 2022

the Plaintiff claims to have numerous copyright registrations for its unique statue designs, 5 of which are at issue in this case (“Tascono Works”). According to the Complaint, Design Tascono is the owner of numerous copyrights for various decorative pieces, including wall sculptures. Otisco, Indiana – Design Tascono, Inc. Section 502.

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Nelligan Law

MARCH 25, 2024

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.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JUNE 1, 2023

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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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 27, 2021

Hosting providers are generally seen as neutral intermediaries, but some copyright holders believe that these companies should bear more responsibility. This association also triggered a separate lawsuit by magazine publisher Perfect 10, but that was eventually settled. This isn’t a new idea. Movie Companies Sued Leaseweb.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 27, 2024

Another media organization has filed a copyright infringement suit against OpenAI over how the Microsoft-backed brand trains its ChatGPT software, this one on Thursday coming from a nonprofit that recently began operating the political magazine Mother Jones.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. The Supreme Court granted certiorari in March 28, 2022, presenting the question of whether a work of art is “transformative” for purposes of a fair use defense under the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

A detailed analysis of Goldsmith , however, yields little comfort to content owners when assessing the applicability of fair use to non-expressive uses of copyrightable content for use in AI learning models. See Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Goldsmith , 598 S. 1258, (2023).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 16, 2025

A quick glance at last week finding the real Burger King saga continues now at the Supreme Court, EDs involvement in the Shankar-Tamilnandan copyright case, right to health and compulsory licensing for rare disease medicine Risdiplam. The inclusion of copyright infringement in an anti-money laundering statute sounds a little strange, right?

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office has published a new edition of its Online Copyright Infringement Tracker study. Overall Rates of Infringement Overall infringement rates in the report should be viewed in context. The annual survey aims to understand the piracy habits of citizens aged 12 and above.

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IAM Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2022

The amendment aims for a hard line to be taken against illegal use of STBs, in a bid to protect copyright owners and prevent copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 19, 2022

Millions of scientific papers, novels, textbooks, and magazines are now just a couple of clicks away, making unlicensed sites like Sci-Hub and Libgen both wildly popular and prime candidates for anti-piracy enforcement. Copyright Infringement Allegations. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The attention of this SpecialKat was recently drawn to the decision of the Nigerian Court of Appeal in Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd regarding the question of authorship and ownership of copyright in photographs used for advertising purposes and the issue of image rights in Nigeria.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 20, 2024

The organization explained that its complaint wasn’t a straightforward copyright infringement matter actionable under Section 512 of the DMCA. “N/MA’s members publish copyrighted content on websites protected by paywalls which the technology identified below [BPC] circumvents. . See 17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(1).

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 18, 2024

According to the publishers’ complaint, around 8,200 pirated copies of manga and magazines (73,000 volumes) were offered on Mangamura. Copyright infringement cases are not limited to pirated sites targeting manga, but also include movies, anime, etc., and the scope of damage is wide-ranging.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 7, 2022

Each year the UK Government publishes a new edition of its Online Copyright Infringement Tracker which reveals the results of an annual survey polling the piracy habits of people twelve years old and above. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. The full report can be found here.

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IAM Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2022

Taiwan’s top court has clarified the scope of compulsory licensing in an attempt to safeguard consumers from becoming involved in copyright infringement disputes further down the line.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 9, 2022

Vanity Fair (magazine) took a license to use and modify the image for its magazine and hired Warhol to use his artistic talents to develop a new image. She brought suit for copyright infringement, lost at the trial court because of the Warhol estate’s fair use defense but won on appeal to the Second Circuit.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2024

They include the Japan Satellite Broadcasting Association, Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Japan Video Software Association, Japan Magazine Publishers Association, Association of Japanese Animations, plus several others involved in the videogame, software, and content protection legal sectors.

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