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7 Takeaways from YouTube’s Copyright Transparency Report

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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. However, YouTube’s first report comes out in a very different context than the others.

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The Bizarre Copyright Battle Over Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

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Life Music Inc, representing songwriters Gloria Parker and Barney Young, filed a lawsuit against Disney and others involved in the film alleging that the Disney version of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious violated the copyright of their 1951 song Supercalafajalistickespeealadojus. However, the case didn’t make it very far.

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3 Count: AI Copyright

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1: The US Copyright Office Says an AI Can’t Copyright its Art. First off today, Adi Robertson at The Verge reports that the U.S. Copyright Office has declined to register the copyright of an AI-created image that it says did not include an element of “human authorship.” Copyright Office on the work.

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3 Count: Grand Theft Copyright

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1: Ex-White House Photographer Sued for Copyright Over His Own Photo: ‘You Can’t Make This Up’. First off today, Bevan Hurley at The Independent reports that former White House photographer Pete Souza says that he is facing legal threats over his use of a photograph he took on his own website. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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3 Count: Copyright Claims Onboarding

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1: Copyright Office Launches New Copyright Claims Board Website. Copyright Office announces that the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) has launched its new website, ccb.gov. government passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (CASE Act). Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Dreamstime Launches LicenseGuard to Track Copyright Infringements

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When it comes to copyright, the photography space has been especially fraught with litigation and legal threats over the past decade plus. Getty Images, along with several other stock photography companies, engaged in a massive copyright campaign that began in the 2000s. It’s a grim landscape. How LicenseGuard Works.

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Professor Sues Cheating Student for Copyright Infringement

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Yesterday, a report by Scott Schwebke at the Orange Country Register highlighted a lawsuit filed by Chapman University processor David Berkovitz, who has filed a lawsuit against a John Doe student that he accuses of posting questions from his exam online. Course Hero states that it has a policy to not tolerate copyright infringement.