Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Copyright Office (“Office”) has published guidance on its policy and practices for examining and registering works that contain material generated by the use of artificial intelligence technology. The Office recognizes that AI-generated works implicate other copyright issues not addressed in this statement.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

However, as you enjoy your favorite seasonal traditions, it’s important to remember that, just like most things in our lives, copyright has had a role in shaping it. So, since it is the holiday season, let’s take a look at five ways copyright has helped shape our season’s traditions. 1: It’s a Wonderful (Copyright) Life.

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MARCH 21, 2022

Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the “Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies Copyright Act of 2022 , better known as the SMART Copyright Act. This includes the RIAA/NMPA , MPAA , Author’s Guild , the Association of American Publishers and many more. . On Friday, U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

If you’ve had any issues with copyright over the past few years, whether you are on YouTube, Facebook or even operating your own website, it’s probable that your issue didn’t start with a human, but with a bot. According to YouTube, their automated Content ID system handles over 98% of copyright issues on the site.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Yesterday, YouTube published its first every Copyright Transparency Report. With that step, it follows in the footsteps of Google , Facebook , Reddit and other major industry players in publishing such a report. So, what is in YouTube’s inaugural Copyright Transparency Report? 1: The Sheer Volume.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Yesterday, news broke that Pearson Education, the largest publisher of textbooks in the world, has filed a lawsuit against the website Chegg alleging widespread copyright infringement of its content on the site. As a result, Pearson is suing Chegg alleging copyright infringement. Questions, Answers and Copyright.

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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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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

An article by Adi Robertson at The Verge looks at a recent study by The Galaxy , which examines the top 25 most valuable NFT projects and examines what the buyer is obtaining in terms of copyright or other intellectual property rights. NFTs were never meant to address copyright issues, they had a different purpose altogether.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 6, 2024

Several major educational publishing companies, including Macmillan, Elsevier and McGraw Hill, have sued Google in a New York district court alleging contributory and vicarious copyright infringement, trademark infringement and violations of New York’s General Business Law.

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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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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In 2017, Elsevier won a court case against LibGen and Sci-Hub in a New York federal court, which awarded the publisher $15 million in damages. According to the plaintiffs, LibGen is responsible for “staggering” levels of copyright infringement. Court orders LibGen to pay $30 million Yesterday, U.S. and many others.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Last week, five major education publishers filed a lawsuit against Shopify alleging that the ecommerce service provider has enabled rampant commercial textbook piracy on its platform. According to the publishers, many pirate sites offer inexpensive PDF versions of their textbooks using Shopify’s platform.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Sony Music sued by music publisher, Japan government approves AI anti-piracy initiative and a copyright fight over the NY Jets logo. The post 3 Count: Jetting Off appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

As we’ve discussed recently, the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) is the new copyright small claims court that was introduced as part of the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act) of 2020. There is also a mixture of potential copyright and trademark issues, of which the CCB can only rule on the former.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Composers and publishers owed nearly $400 million, Japanese publishers to sue Cloudflare and Sony settles copyright termination case. The post 3 Count: Underpaid Royalties appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

1: Warner Music, Country Star Dwight Yoakam Settle Copyrights Dispute. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that country music singer Dwight Yoakam has reached a settlement with Warner Music Group (WMG) that puts an end to their copyright termination battle. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

On January 1, 2022, works that were first published in the year 1926 lapsed into the public domain. Winnie-the-Pooh is likely the most culturally relevant character to enter the public domain since 2019, when works started entering the public domain again in the United States due to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Beijing court rules AI work protected by copyright, BREIN targets virtual worlds and OpenAI CEO claims they don't want publisher content. The post 3 Count: AI Divide appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Book publishers get a big win on appeal; an author sued over Gemini Man, and an adult anime website sued over ignored copyright notices. The post 3 Count: Gemini Man Lawsuit appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The IPKat

JULY 12, 2024

While the AI Act is not IP-specific legislation, it will have a substantial impact on it, notably copyright and trade secrets. It covers a wide range of areas, from health and safety to CE marking and copyright. IP-related impact Recitals 104 to 109 and Article 53 have a direct impact on copyright.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 29, 2024

Easy to install, the AdBlock browser extension grew in popularity along with its rivals, leading to publishers of all kinds questioning their business models and whether ‘free’ even had a future. 2 of the Copyright Act. Eyeo dismissed the claim as “almost absurd” and Springer carried on regardless.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Copyright Office last year, has filed a request for declaratory judgment with the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado asking the court to find that his work is eligible for copyright registration. Copyright Office published a final decision denying registration of Allen’s work in September 2023.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Recently a professor from the University of California, Los Angeles filed an antitrust complaint against six academic publishers before the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. SpicyIP intern Samridhi Chugh writes on this development, discussing the many problems posed by the business of academic publishing.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

The organization doesn’t license authorized digital copies from publishers; instead, its books are scanned and digitized in-house. Lawsuit and Appeal Internet Archive believes that its approach falls under fair use but publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley, and Penguin Random House disagree.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Yesterday, the Internet Archive lost its appeal in its case against book publishers. Here's what you need to know. The post 5 Takeaways from the Internet Archive Ruling appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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MARCH 16, 2023

US Copyright Office clarifies AI registrations, ACE shuts down a pirate streaming site and publishing groups form a new coalition. The post 3 Count: Shuttered Streamzz appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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MAY 9, 2022

Most mornings, right after I wake up, my morning tasks include gathering any copyright and/or plagiarism news stories that I can find on the internet. . I read pretty much all of them, some copyright-related ones go into the 3 Count column and other stories get set aside for additional research to become full posts on the site.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

Last week, the Hamburg District Court issued a ruling in favor of Eyeo, the company behind prominent ad blocker Adblock Plus, in their long-running battle against German publisher Axel Springer. Since those pages qualify for copyright protection, the modification was essentially creating a derivative (ad-free) work and was an infringement.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 1, 2024

On November 25, economist Will Page, formerly Chief Economist of streaming music company Spotify, published a report on the global value of music copyright, finding that worldwide music copyright revenues had increased 11% to reach $45.5 billion USD during 2023.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Why a new court win for OpenAI and a tough Supreme Court standard could leave AI copyright claims on shaky ground. A relatively obscure Supreme Court case involving the Fair Credit Reporting Act might seem like an odd fit for the high-stakes world of copyright in the age of artificial intelligence. TransUnion v.

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The Illusion of More

AUGUST 24, 2024

The first copyright case decided at the U.S. The allegedly infringed works at issue were published reports […] The post Thinking About an Old Copyright Case and Generative AI appeared first on The Illusion of More. Supreme Court was Wheaton v. Peters in 1834.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

However, it does recognize that IP issues exist and mandates actions by various agencies to address these issues.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Anne never saw her diary in printed form, as the first copies were published by her father Otto Frank in 1947. This organization now owns the copyrights, over which it works hard to maintain control. As a result, the copies published by the Dutch Anne Frank Stichting , are blocked for Dutch visitors.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

years after the implementation deadline, Poland still had to implement the provisions of the 2019 Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive into national law. This must have been the key insight at the Polish Culture and National Heritage Ministry when the new administration took over and discovered that more than 2.5

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 25, 2024

Authors are constantly being targeted by fake publisher scams. Here we break down one such site and explain what to look for. The post Authors Beware of This Scam Macmillian Website appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

district court ruled that San Francisco–based non-profit Internet Archive (IA) infringed the copyright of four international publishing houses when it loaned unlicensed digital copies of … Continue reading "Implications of the U.S. Whether the decision against Internet Archive in the U.S. Earlier this year, a U.S.

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JULY 6, 2022

1: Copyright Royalty Board Confirms Streaming Royalty Raise for Publishers and Songwriters. First off today, Jem Aswad at Variety reports that, in the United States, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has reaffirmed the 15.1% Copyright Office. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? headline rate for the 2018-2022 period.

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