LexBlog IP

JULY 28, 2021

CBS Corporation, Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Andrew Ross Sorkin, alleging copyright infringement over the hit Showtime television show Billions. Specifically, Shull alleged that one of the show’s main characters, Dr. Wendy Rhoades, is an unauthorized derivative work based on her book. Showtime Networks Inc.,

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Though the Copyright Act of 1909 did protect derivative works, the doctrine of invisibility made it so that you needed the “copyright proprietor”, or the owner of the entire copyright, to file the lawsuit. Often times, such owners couldn’t be bothered, especially over such seemingly temporary works.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

The full story behind Netflix’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Barlow & Bear, and why it’s actually a win for the fan fiction community. When it comes to copyright cases, Netflix has seen stranger things. First, as far as copyright cases go, this one’s easy.

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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] INTRODUCTION.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

When we launched the Copyright Evidence Portal , our ambition was no less than to create a catalogue of all existing empirical studies about copyright. We invited experts to offer a synthesis of empirical evidence catalogued on the Evidence Portal in response to 21 topical copyright questions of importance for the 21 st century.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

Bridgerton is the Netflix television sensation that enraptured the United States in late 2020. A derivative work itself, Netflix’s Bridgerton is based on the book series by Julia Quinn , a Regency-era series set between 1813 and 1827. Together, they explored the concept: What if Bridgerton was a musical ?

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

They do this to create works of fiction expressing the writers’ truths by using, altering, extending, or supplementing others’ reality, and sometimes even use what others have written about their own experiences. The copyright claims came down to a fair use analysis, something that has occupied discussions by this poster before.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Nearly a year after a screenwriter’s lawsuit over Disney’s “Muppet Babies” reboot was dismissed, the trustee of Jeffrey Scott’s bankruptcy estate has filed a new complaint alleging copyright infringement in a production bible and scripts from the original series. The Walt Disney Company. Ehrenberg , Ch.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

JULY 29, 2021

This year, “the most commercialised show on British television” allegedly netted more than £12 million in revenues before the first episode aired on 28 June. According to their Terms of Use, the user owns the copyright to the image posted but automatically agrees to license that image to Instagram.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

One is tempted to characterize these plaintiffs as copyright “trolls.” It is certainly within the definition of chutzpah to publicly display your own work on the Internet, visible for anyone to see for free and without further conditions, and then to complain that others are helping people find your work by linking to it.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Many copyright scholars and most in the world of fine art have loudly condemned the ruling as a travesty of justice. As usual, readers who are already familiar with the case and/or with copyright law may skip the “Background” sections below (but don’t skip the commentary “The Road Not Taken”).

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Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

Just don’t forget about real world copyright law. ? If you remember just a few concepts that I’ll discuss in this post, you’ll be way ahead of the game when it comes to buying, selling and exploiting creative works, whether it’s in the metaverse or here in the boring old regularverse. Buying Copyrights.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

15, 2023) This is a copyright suit against Gannett for advertising-like use of a photo taken by Campbell of NFL coach Katie Sowers; the photo came from a screenshot of an ad run by Microsoft that played during the Super Bowl. Campbell sued for copyright infringement, contributory/vicarious copyright infringement, and CMI removal.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Despite a number of solid affirmative defenses—including implied license, de minimis use and waiver—the jury was only asked to determine whether defendants had proven that their conduct qualified as a fair use under the Copyright Act. That $3,750 works out to a measly $71 for each month the case has been pending. What Happened.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Breaking down Miramax’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Quentin Tarantino, a dispute about NFTs that isn’t really about NFTs. Tarantino is being billed as the first major legal dispute involving copyrights and NFTs, it really isn’t a dispute about NFTs. Frankly, it’s barely a dispute about copyrights.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Although none has reached a resolution, these private civil actions highlight various legal theories of liability that could arise when participating in the NFT market, including claims for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, breach of contract and violations of securities laws. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Trump claims that Woodward did not have his permission to release these audiotapes as a separate audiobook, and sued Woodard and his publisher for, among other claims, copyright infringement. Does Trump have a claim, or is his copyright claim “trumped up”? So there’s no stories coming out, okay. In the 1981 case of Falwell v.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Trump claims that Woodward did not have his permission to release these audiotapes as a separate audiobook, and sued Woodard and his publisher for, among other claims, copyright infringement. Does Trump have a claim, or is his copyright claim “trumped up”? So there’s no stories coming out, okay.

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