Creative Law Center

MARCH 2, 2019

The post Museums that Give Away Open Access Images of Public Domain Work appeared first on Creative Law Center. Innovative museums share their collections with high resolution open access images that can be used by anyone for anything.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

To that end, 2022 is looking to be a major year for copyright in a myriad of ways. But that raises the question, with the new year what are just a handful of the major copyright stories on the horizon. While there are far too many for any single list, here are 5 copyright stories that you should definitely watch in 2022.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

Image via Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Christoph Schmidt Public Domain Mark 1.0 For more than seven decades, international law has consistently led countries to embrace culture as a global and cross-border value for humanity.

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IPilogue

JULY 15, 2022

Andrew Masson is an IPilogue Writer and 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . The IPilogue previously published about Winnie the Pooh entering the public domain when Ryan Reynolds created a fun viral commercial featuring the iconic original 1926 Winnie the Pooh. Purpose of Public Domain.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

If you are new to copyright, there are many great guides on the internet, including this one here. However, for someone coming in with almost no understanding of how copyright works, it may not be the best place to begin. If your interest in copyright is more broad, you need to be aware of the copyright circulars published by the U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2023

2: Canada Extends Copyright Protection for 20 More Years Under New Trade Obligation. Next up today, Mia Robson at The Canadian Press reports that, in Canada, a new copyright law has taken effect that will extend the copyright on works in Canada another 20 years, bring the country up to the same term used by the United States.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

2: SoundExchange Royalties Dispute with Music Choice to be Referred to Copyright Royalty Board. However, the court disagreed, saying that the Copyright Royalty Board has primary jurisdiction over these issues, and it has oversight in this matter. They are free of copyright. Milne’s book Winnie the Pooh.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Is it public domain or fair use? Public domain? Although state and local police are not prohibited from claiming copyright in their photos the answer depends on the state where the police department is located. BTW, photos by federal law enforcement are public domain. May I use it?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

The Court applies Italian law cross-border to the unitary set of conducts, based on an economic-functional link among all company divisions, indicating as the main criterion of connection with Italian jurisdiction the forum damni ex Article 20 of the Italian code of civil procedure (c.p.c.), 15 B.C.).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2025

Joplin’s song is in the public domain now. The plaintiff Robinson made a recording of it ( here is one such version ) that is copyrighted. Direct Copyright Infringement. Contributory Copyright Infringement. Vicarious Copyright Infringement. Roblox argued that it lacked volition over the copying.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

We have recently published a white paper , authored by Julia Reda ( Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte ) and Paul Keller ( Open Future ) that proposes to build a public repository of Public Domain and openly licensed works. What could be potential uses of this database for the CC community that we haven’t thought of?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 30, 2025

Shivam is an LLM candidate at NUS Law specializing in IP and Tech Laws and a Research Assistant at the Lumens Machine Learning Project. Part I- Applying Natural Intelligence (NI) to Artificial Intelligence (AI): Understanding why training ChatGPT transcends the contours of copyright Shivam Kaushik The hearing in the ANI v.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

A class-action lawsuit filed by authors including Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, and Christopher Golden is one such copyright infringement case. “By downloading through the bit torrent protocol, Meta knew it was facilitating further copyright infringement by acting as a distribution point for other users of pirated books.”

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Hugh Stephens Blog

MAY 14, 2024

Image: Shutterstock.com Canada not the US when it comes to copyright—or anything else.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 12, 2022

Copyright term extension was rightly resisted by successive Canadian governments for decades because it offers few benefits and raises significant costs. As a result, there will be a two decade moratorium on new works entering the public domain, creating an enormous impact on access to Canadian culture and history for a generation.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

Rahul Dhawan, her lawyer, argued that the disputed clip was part of Nayanthara’s ‘Personal Liberty’ as it was shot on her device and was already circulating in the public domain. The defense concluded that the case was without merits, thus not violating copyright laws.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

Saregama India Ltd & Anr deliberated upon the intersection of copyright infringement and confidentiality law and held that ideas cannot be copyrighted but can be protected through the application of confidentiality law. Merely showing certain elements were copied does not pass the threshold for copyright infringement.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The dispute centers around the use of copyrighted music to train AI models and the broader implications for the future of the music business. These AI tools are trained on vast datasets of existing music, raising concerns among record labels about unauthorized use of copyrighted material. Under the U.S. Is AI training fair use?

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IPilogue

JULY 27, 2022

Sally Yoon is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On June 23 rd , 2022, the Parliament of Canada passed legislation to extend the term of copyright protection in literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works from life of author plus 50 years to 70 years.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In the United States, an original work of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression (meaning the work can be communicated in a visual or audio form) is a protectable copyright. Because copyright protection has a set term, copyrights in certain works necessarily expire each year and enter the public domain.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Yet, the rapid rise of podcasting has left many creators overlooking critical legal considerations specific copyright licensing. This article explores the essentials of copyright licensing in podcasting, debunks common myths, examines relevant case laws, and provides actionable steps to ensure compliance while maintaining creative freedom.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Newly discovered evidence [according to a court filing] “proves conclusively that Happy Birthday has been in the public domain since no later than 1922.” The post Where Were You When “Happy Birthday to You” Was Found to Be in the Public Domain? ” At stake is the more than.

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Art Law Journal

JULY 15, 2021

If an artwork is in the public domain, free from copyright protection, then how can a museum claim it holds the copyright? Steve Schlackman.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

In a recent chapter, Ryan Abbott and Elizabeth Rothman present the utilitarian argument for granting copyright in AI-generated works (hereafter AIGW). The utilitarian arguments supporting copyright in AIGW are empirically speculative and theoretically dubious. But copyright has beneficial effects too.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

Josh Hawley’s Move to Strip Disney’s Copyrights Called ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’. He claims that it aims to revoke Disney’s “special” copyright protections though the law would rewrite copyright law for all creators. 3: Wrongfully Accused ‘Pirate’ Recoups $108k From ‘Copyright Troll’.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

The Tribunale di Firenze applied the Italian law: art. 107-108 of the Legislative Decree 42/2004 , Cultural Heritage Code “Codice dei Beni Culturali” (the public law on the regulation of cultural heritage) and, by analogy, art. In particular, under EU law the Italian public cultural property seems to be inconsistent with art.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 18, 2025

Aditya is a third-year law student at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. Part II] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from Gaslighting Design By Aditya Bhargava In the first part of the post, I looked at how jurisprudence has evolved from the Microfibres case in 2006 up to the present case in Cryogas.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 9, 2024

On January 1, 2024, the copyrighted 1928 motion picture “Steamboat Willie,” featuring one of the earlier-versions of Mickey Mouse, became public domain. By: Caldwell

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IPilogue

JULY 12, 2021

Sabrina Macklai is an IPilogue Senior Editor and a 2L JD Candidate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. . May 21 was a historic day for copyright fanatics around the country. She wrote reasons for several landmark copyright decisions, even delivering judgements in four out of the five 2012 “ Copyright Pentalogy ” cases.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

On April 13, Ben Dickson at The Next Web received an email from a lawyer with the name Nicole Palmer with the subject “DMCA Copyright Infringement Notice”. That didn’t stop his investigations, as he realized that the law firm and the lawyer were both fake. First, the subject of DMCA Copyright Infringement Notice is strange.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 13, 2022

Josh Hawley’s proposed copyright legislation is riddled with problems, but you wouldn’t know that from most media reports about the bill. Disney Doesn’t Have Any “Special Copyright Protections” “No more handouts for woke corporations,” Hawley’s May 10 tweet announcing his bill declared.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

The members of the European Copyright Society (ECS ) have recently sent a letter to Mr. Thierry Breton ( Commissioner for Internal Market , European Commission ) outlining their view of what should be the priorities for a f uture agenda in the field of copyright law.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, enrolled in Professor David Vaver’s 2021-2022 Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program. copyright law, a particularly confusing subject for foreign works published before 1978. copyright law. Copyright Act of 1909. law, the U.K.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 16, 2022

1: Supreme Court Leaves in Place Circuit Split Regarding Approach for Assessing Substantial Similarity in Copyrighted Works. 2: Judge Says ‘Vape’ Musical Parody May Go On as ‘Grease’ Copyright Claim Flops. 3: ComicMix To Publish Lost Dr Seuss Stories, Out Of Copyright. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. Seuss works.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2023

legal battle over the character of Zorro, the Supreme Court has provided important guidance on the requirements and limits of parody under both copyright [see also here for a recent French case] and trade mark law. holding that the character of Zorro had fallen in the public domain. Let’s see what happened.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Is it still considered copyright infringement to use them? How do you tell if materials are public domain or fit under fair use? law, a copyright owner does not need to include a copyright notice on published works, nor does the owner need to post notices barring the use of the work. Citing the source.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The Copyright Act of 1976 became Public Law number 94-553 on October 19, 1976 and went into effect (as scheduled) as Title 17 of the United States Code on January 1, 1978. The new Copyright Act was the fourth general revision of copyright law since the original Act of 1790.

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