IP and Legal Filings

JULY 21, 2022

The time is ripe to strike a balance between the copyright owner’s economic interests and the public’s right to have access to information and knowledge for growth and development of society before it turns out as blessings of talent over the curse of poverty. Copyright ensures certain minimum rights and it has never been an absolute right.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

1: YouTuber Hit With Ungodly Number Of Anime Copyright Strikes Gets A Win For Everyone. According to a video he uploaded, his videos will remain available in countries with a broad fair use exemption, like the United States, but not in countries like Toei’s native Japan that have narrow exemptions.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” (S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This is a 512(c) online copyright safe harbor case. The case involves ShutterStock, a photo licensing service. The case involves ShutterStock, a photo licensing service. (We We used ShutterStock as the blog’s image provider for several years). We rarely see opinions like this any more. Pinterest ). Service Provider.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 8, 2023

When someone violates a creator’s exclusive rights to a piece of work, they are engaging in copyright infringement. Music as well as the movie industry are two common industries that face copyright issues on a day to day basis. Through a licensing agreement, they can give consent for other parties to utilize their creations.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Copyright protection automatically attaches to a work when it is created. 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. Posting copyrighted images or photos on your website or social media.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The RIAA filed the lawsuit against the pair of sites alleging that they enabled and encouraged piracy by allowing people to download music from YouTube. 3: Seuss, ComicMix Close Book on Landmark Copyright Dispute Over ‘Star Trek’ Mashup. Initially, the owner of the sites fought back, believing that the sites were legal.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 6, 2021

People who post copyrighted videos to sites like YouTube need to ensure they have the necessary rights to do so. This can include uploads with appropriate licensing or content posted within the guidelines of ‘fair use’, including criticism or parody, for example. ” Why the Videos Are Of Interest to IWUF.

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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. All meme-like images in this article are properly licensed. What is the purpose and character of the use?

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

As a person involved in copyright on a daily basis, I’ve observed a number of events and requests for comment over the last few years on the issue of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be “authors” in the copyright sense (or inventors of patents). I speculated that this was an attempt to avoid a messy fair use dispute.

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BYU Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

University of Chicago Flies Too High With Aerial Photograph Joshua Potter February 21, 08:37 AM February 21, 08:37 AM On November 15 th , 2023, John Fielding (Fielding) filed a complaint against The University of Chicago (UChicago) for copyright infringement, alleging the unlicensed use of one of his photographs (the Work).

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 14, 2022

In the summer of 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Internet Archive (IA). “The only issue is whether Internet Archive’s massive infringement scheme is fair use under 17 U.S.C. § Publishers: IA’s Use is Not Fair.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” ” (S.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 22, 2023

Several recent, high-profile lawsuits raise the issue of whether such training algorithms violate copyright law’s restrictions on creating derivative works without the creators’ consent. That “data” typically includes other creators’ copyrighted material. What is Generative AI? What is a Derivative Work?

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” (S. emphasis original).

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 14, 2021

Publishers Sue IA For Copyright Infringement. “Defendant IA is engaged in willful mass copyright infringement,” the complaint alleged. “Defendant IA is engaged in willful mass copyright infringement,” the complaint alleged. Internet Archive Responds – Fair Use is Not Piracy.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Dear Rich: I'm about to submit a copyright application and have a question about whether or not a song is considered published. That is, you (the copyright owner) authorized the distribution, and there are no explicit or implicit limitations for the disclosure of the work. Copyright killer. Limited publication.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Neo4j Enterprise Edition was originally offered under both a paid-for commercial license and the free GNU Affero General Public License, version 3, but Neo4j then replaced that AGPL with a stricter license (the Sweden license), which prohibited the non-paying public from engaging in commercial resale and certain commercial support services.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Guest speakers will be John Halton, Assistant General Counsel, Financial Times and Karen Rønde, CEO, Danish Press Publications’ CMO (DPCMO), along with Bird & Bird copyright experts, Eleonora Rosati and Clemens Molle. More information and registration to the event are available here.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This post originally appeared in the Scholarly Kitchen on 11/28/23 Monday, October 30 was the final date for interested parties to submit comments to a comprehensive “ Notice of inquiry and request for comments ” issued by the United States Copyright Office entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Copyright.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

WhenU concluded that copyright was a dead-end. In this lawsuit, the plaintiffs aren’t suing Google for violating their copyrights or trademarks. Plaintiffs want and expect Google to copy and display their websites in Chrome browser and Search App, and acknowledge that Google has license to do so.” Wells Fargo v.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

The domain of copyright deals with the literary, musical, dramatic, and artistic works, and cinematograph films. Before the digital era, copyright protected tangible art or works, allowing authors to easily regulate usage, copies, and earnings.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 3, 2023

The future of “controlled digital lending” is in doubt after a court rules that the Internet Archive’s online library is not protected by fair use. But the first sale doctrine only provides an exception to a copyright owner’s distribution right. million additional books protected by valid copyrights.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

Eight months after filing, the first two Copyright Claims Board (CCB) Final Determinations have been handed down. Flores selected the “smaller claims” track, which is more streamlined, with only one presiding Copyright Claims Officer. Mitrakos, 22-CCB-0035 , February 15, 2023, and Oppenheimer v. I proceeded to do that.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Here are some of the greatest copyright horror stories, featuring such classics as “Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Halloween,” “Dracula,” “Ghostbusters” and … a creepy McDonalds character? You can judge for yourself by downloading a copy of “Jap Herron” here.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 25, 2021

1: Google/Oracle Doesn’t Affect Warhol Fair-Use Ruling, 2nd Circ Says. Recently, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Google, granting a broader fair use exemption to computer code. In that case, they found that Warhol’s use of her photographs of Prince in an artistic piece was not a fair use.

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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. The Microsoft ad was licensed by Campbell and showed the photo at about the 40-second mark.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

ROMs which are possessed or distributed without the copyright holders’ permission likely violate copyright law in various ways. Although this is a complex and multi-faceted case, there are two distinct issues that online Melee tournaments raise: the use of Melee ROMs and Slippi. The second issue comes from Slippi itself.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Thus clarifying that copyright in the screenplay exists independently of the copyright in the film. HarperCollins Publishers India Pvt. the licensee. Hari Shankar.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In this recent case, Epic sought to register this design for "downloadable video game software"—the Loot Llama in Fortnite, which serves as a resource cache for players. May 20, 2021) (R&R) renting existing equipment; Pine was formerly one of Proactive’s licensed distributors for the pumps.

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