Barry Sookman

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Federal Court issued another troubling copyright decision involving Blacklock’s Reporter (BR) in the recent case, 1395804 Ontario Ltd, operating as Blacklock’s Reporter v AG Canada , 2024 FC 829. The Blacklock’s Reporter decision is riddled with mistakes.…

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 3, 2022

In addition to rising visitor numbers, copyright enforcement complaints have skyrocketed to previously unimaginable levels. Reddit detailed these trends a few days ago in its latest transparency report. During the first months of the year, copyright holders asked Reddit to remove a record-setting 738,010 pieces of content.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 1, 2022

Twice a year Mega publishes a transparency report that reveals the volume of copyright complaints. The latest release shows that in the first quarter of 2022, copyright holders sent 1,187,646 takedown requests. Mega has a repeat infringer policy when it comes to copyright infringement claims. 1,187,646 Takedown Requests.

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Copyright Alliance

AUGUST 1, 2024

Copyright Office published a highly anticipated report on AI issues and new regulations relating […] The post July 2024 Roundup of Copyright News appeared first on Copyright Alliance. In July, several much-anticipated actions were taken on artificial intelligence and on other topics.

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Copyright Alliance

MARCH 29, 2022

About a half century ago, when the existing Copyright Act was enacted, the nature of journalism did not look like the fast-paced nature of the field today. Reporters, editors, fact-checkers, […]. The post Copyright in Journalism and News Reporting appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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Copyright Alliance

JANUARY 24, 2023

During December 2022, while the holiday season was in full swing, the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) released the latest installment of a series of economic studies that quantify the […] The post IIPA Report Shows Copyright Industries’ Strong Contributions to the U.S.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

My daughter’s (copyrighted) art, circa 1990, age 5 (Used with permission) It is rare that a copyright story makes the national news, in Canada or elsewhere, but this one had all the needed ingredients. A teacher exploiting students, irate parents, and a possibly negligent school board. What’s not to like?

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 19, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit weighed in for a third time on an eight-year copyright battle, this time finding that a district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding the plaintiff’s proposed expert or granting summary judgment to the defendant with respect to a copyright claim related to software.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 12, 2024

The US Copyright Office has issued a report in which it recommends passage of a federal law that would create a form of property right in a person’s digital replica. By: AEON Law

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 11, 2021

1: Apple Drops iPhone Copyright Lawsuit Against Cyber Startup Corellium. First off today, Thomas Brewster at Forbes reports that Apple has settled a lawsuit with the cybersecurity company Corellium, putting an end to their two-year-long battle. 2: Oh, Where Does the Seuss-Star Trek Copyright Battle Go Next?

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

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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IP Law 360

JULY 25, 2024

The justices ruled there's no time limit for how far back copyright plaintiffs can pursue infringement damages as long as their claims are timely, and an Ohio jury said video game developers didn't infringe a tattoo artist's works by depicting the images on basketball players.

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Copyright Alliance

JULY 14, 2022

Copyright Office issued its Copyright Protections for Press Publishers report, examining the relationship between press publishers and news aggregators, applying copyright law […]. At the end of last month, the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 7, 2024

Copyright Office has released the first of four reports in its Copyright and Artificial Intelligence series, this one to address digital replicas. After receiving input from thousands of stakeholders during a public comment period, the U.S. By: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

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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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books. The IPO has said that it will continue evaluating potential changes to copyright law but did not set a timetable.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 7, 2024

On July 31, 2024, the United States Copyright Office (Copyright Office) published a report urging Congress to create a federal law protecting individuals against unauthorized artificial intelligence (AI) generated digital replicas, commonly known as “deepfakes” (Report). By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

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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JD Supra Law

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

A few weeks ago, the UNION-IP Designs Commission in association with the UNION-IP Netherlands national group – “Design & Copyright Law: siblings or rival?” held another roundtable session ( Thursday Thingies ), the topic of which related to the overlaps between copyright and design law (details of the event to be found here ).

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Hugh Stephens Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The all-party Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the British House of Commons has just (August 30) issued a welcome report condemning plans announced by Britain’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in June of 2022 to create a limitless copyright exemption to enable tech companies to develop artificial intelligence (AI) applications without having (..)

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 13, 2024

In light of the ongoing copyright dispute between legendary composer Ilaiyaraaja and makers of the hit Malayalam movie “Manjummel Boys” we are pleased to bring to you this tidbit by SpicyIP intern Tejas Misra. 17 of the Copyright Act to decide who owns the right over a musical composition played in a movie.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

On August 31, at the request of Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) provided a report to Congress analyzing infringement disputes between patent and trademark rights holders and states and state entities. The Senators' letters were prompted by the March 2020 Allen v.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 8, 2024

Late last month we reported on the latest copyright claim data made available by YouTube. Given the upward trajectory, soon there will be a billion Content ID copyright claims every six months, which rounds to over two billion claims every year. A massive surge in reports filed by Google could be at least partly responsible.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 11, 2024

Welcome to this week’s issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies.

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The TTABlog

MAY 2, 2024

The Trademark Reporter has published its "Annual Review of European Trademark Law," with contributions from an impressive roster of authors from across Europe. Text Copyright John L. The volume may be downloaded here. 2 (March-April 2024). Read comments and post your comment here. Welch 2023.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

To protect copyright holders, YouTube regularly removes, disables, or demonetizes videos that contain allegedly infringing content. For years, little was known about the scope of these copyright claims, but that changed two years ago when the streaming platform published its first-ever transparency report. submitted manually.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 4, 2024

That basically allows one party to request evidence from the other, to properly support or refute the copyright infringement claims that form the basis of the lawsuit. OpenAI Seeks NYT ‘Source’ Material In its quest for evidence, OpenAI is particularly interested in the copyrights of the New York Times’ works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The European Intellectual Property Office ( EUIPO ) has recently published a report on Online Copyright Infringement in the European Union. The report examines the consumption of copyright-infringing content in the EU Member States and the UK between January 2017 and December 2020. 8 t imes per month. 8 t imes per month.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Welcome to this week's issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies. In these weekly reports, we hope to keep our clients and friends abreast of that Washington-focused set of potential legislative, executive, and.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Copyright Office general counsel Suzanne Wilson told attendees at a Los Angeles conference on the intersection of technology and entertainment Wednesday that generative artificial intelligence went from something "no one" is talking about to something everyone is, which is why her office expects to issue a major AI report soon.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 17, 2024

This applies to photographers, artists, music companies, journalists, and authors, some of whom formed groups to file copyright infringement lawsuits to protect their rights. Authors sued NVIDIA Earlier this year, several authors sued NVIDIA over alleged copyright infringement. The authors clearly have a different take.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2023

As previously reported for the IPKat here , the UK Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee recently conducted an inquiry into the impact of AI on several sectors. This Kat gave evidence at the Inquiry in the session focusing on the impact of AI on copyright and the creative industries (you can watch the session here ).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 7, 2024

Last Thursday, June 27, 2024, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its largest shareholder, Microsoft, in the U.S. The lawsuit accuses the tech giants of using CIR’s copyrighted material without authorization. This free rider behaviour is not only unfair, it is a violation of copyright.

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The IPKat

APRIL 30, 2024

Should the EU unify copyright laws? The session started with the highly disputed topic of copyright unification with Prof. see Katpost here ) When finally addressing the question, "Should the EU unify copyright laws?" the PermaKat stated loud and clear, and I quote: “The short answer is: yes!

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 26, 2024

Reports seem to vary but if servicing a billion users each month sounds like a lot, TikTok is on a mission to push way beyond that. Another thing they have in common is copyright complaints. According to a statement alongside its latest transparency report, TikTok exists to help creators thrive.

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