TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

At TorrentFreak, we write about copyright issues on a daily basis. The outfit accused us of using a photo in one of our articles without permission from the copyright holder. At TorrentFreak, we take copyright issues very seriously, but his email triggered a few alarm bells. Attribution Required. Robert Bradley.

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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. In 2016, Vanity Fair licensed Orange Prince from AWF for the cover of their commemorative issue about Prince. Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] Goldsmith was not paid or credited for this use.

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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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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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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

On March 26, 2021, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York found that the famed artist Andy Warhol violated photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s copyright by using her photo of the singer Prince to create his “Prince Series.” The series was originally commissioned by Vanity Fair after it bought the license of the photo portrait from Goldsmith.

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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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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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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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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. Operating such a site without appropriate licensing is now an arrestable offense.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 5, 2023

He is a Chef in the Scholarly Kitchen and has written and lectured extensively on the subjects of copyright, licensing, open access, artificial intelligence, metadata, text/data mining, new media, artists’ rights, and art law.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 23, 2023

On May 17th, 2023, the Supreme Court handed down a decision with potentially far-reaching consequences in the evolving landscape of copyright fair use, particularly for commercial works that reproduce copyrighted work. By: Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

What happens to information created by online newspapers, magazines, and bloggers if Google does not provide links to their content? And what is the fate of copyright law in this new world order? In the era of AI-generated summaries, the effectiveness of copyright in the digital space faces an existential challenge.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 9, 2022

The encouragement towards innovation is legalized under Intellectual copyrights patents and trademarks Rights are provided by the states around the globe. Copyright- copyright protection is given to the works of authorship. Is Copyright registration mandated in India?

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Postcard: Malo-les-Bains - Avenue Kleber, sent 30 April 1915 Dear Rich: We are a specialized online magazine for postcard collectors. From 1983 to 1989 a print magazine, Postcard Collector, published many articles which we would like to republish. Each issue of the print magazine had a copyright notice ("© Krause Publications, Inc.")

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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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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. Goldsmith realized what had happened—that Warhol had made over a dozen works based on her photograph, the majority of which had not been licensed. federal copyright law)?

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2022

MIP ) magazine recently recognized Fish & Richardson Associate? Cheng is based in Fish’s New York office, where she focuses her practice on trademark, trade dress, unfair competition, and copyright litigation. Managing Intellectual Property ?( Vivian Cheng ?as as one of its 2022 “Rising Stars.” According to?

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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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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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SpicyIP

JUNE 14, 2023

Harper Collins ], the Delhi High Court dealt with the vexed issue of copyright ownership in a component of a cinematographic film, namely a screenplay. The plaintiff’s argument was that the novelization of the screenplay by the defendant infringed its copyright, u/s 51. 2(o)] in the Copyright Act, 1957 [the Act] is not exhaustive.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2023

Supreme Court in the copyright infringement case, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Rather, the opinion takes great pains to confine its opinion the AWF’s commercial conduct, i.e., the license fee it charged for the use of the image on a magazine cover. The question presented to the U.S. Read more

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 25, 2023

In a closely watched copyright case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. She asserted that the dissent failed to address the specific use alleged to infringe the copyright.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 11, 2024

However, this must be done with proper consideration for copyright. Ensuring copyright compliance becomes an additional task for teachers, and despite all that the public domain, OER, and the Creative Commons License have to offer, it’s not enough. We are grateful to our expert panelists for sharing their insights.

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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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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. Dhanush Nayanthara Copyright Saga Update: No Interim Relief, Yet No Mediation?

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 14, 2023

Photographer Jeff Sedlik and tattoo artist Kat Von D each claim that the Supreme Court’s Warhol decision entitles them to summary judgment in their long-running copyright dispute. Goldsmith on a first-of-its-kind copyright infringement lawsuit involving celebrity tattoo artist Katherine Von Drachenberg (aka Kat Von D).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Goldsmith et al sheds light on different perspectives of copyright law in common law and civil law countries. In 1984, Condé Nast, the publisher, obtained a license from Goldsmith to allow Andy Warhol to use her Prince portrait as the foundation for a single serigraphy to be featured in Vanity Fair magazine.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Recently, a district court in the same circuit took up a very similar issue, assessing Viacom’s trademark and copyright infringement claims against the owner and operator of a pop-up restaurant and bar called The Rusty Krab.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

ANI vs OpenAI: Why Delhi High Court Has Jurisdiction While OpenAI has argued that the DHC does not have jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed by ANI, a close look at the Copyright Act and CPC says otherwise. Read the post for more details. Consequently, the plaintiffs’ claims for infringement, passing off, and damages were rejected.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Second Circuit reverses district court’s fair use declaration granted to Andy Warhol Foundation; artist’s works were not “transformative” and could harm the photographer’s market for licensing her image. More from our authors: Exceptions in EU Copyright Law: In Search of a Balance Between Flexibility and Legal Certainty.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Second Circuit reverses district court’s fair use declaration granted to Andy Warhol Foundation; artist’s works were not “transformative” and could harm the photographer’s market for licensing her image. More from our authors: Exceptions in EU Copyright Law: In Search of a Balance Between Flexibility and Legal Certainty.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

’s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. In 1984, Goldsmith gave Vanity Fair permission to use the photograph in a new commissioned purple silkscreen portrait by Warhol that appeared in the magazine’s November issue.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2023

’s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. In 1984, Goldsmith gave Vanity Fair permission to use the photograph in a new commissioned purple silkscreen portrait by Warhol that appeared in the magazine’s November issue.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 25, 2024

In an already busy instructional year, it is a challenge to find the time to evaluate content, secure permissions to use copyrighted content, and then prepare for lessons. The Copyright Caveat Educators in districts across the country take it upon themselves to gather and use relevant content in their schools and districts.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 23, 2023

He is a licensed physician and patent attorney in the United States, and a solicitor advocate in England and Wales. Managing Intellectual Property magazine named him as one of the fifty most influential people in intellectual property in 2019 and again in 2021.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 8, 2023

Goldsmith redefines the contours of the fair use defense to copyright infringement. The Court ruled in favor of respondent Lynn Goldsmith, holding that the licensing to a magazine of an Andy Warhol print depicting the recording artist Prince did not constitute fair use of Goldsmith’s photograph on which the print was based.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

The Supreme Court recently upheld an appellate court’s ruling that Andy Warhol’s use of a photograph of Prince as a reference for a collection of screen prints is not fair use – to the extent his foundation decided to license them at least. Goldsmith et al, Case No.

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