Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

And unlike the vast majority of songwriters and performing artists who have relinquished ownership rights to musical publishers and record labels, Barlow & Bear decided to release “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” themselves, which means keeping more of the earnings. Barlow & Bear refused.”

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

As a person involved in copyright on a daily basis, I’ve observed a number of events and requests for comment over the last few years on the issue of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be “authors” in the copyright sense (or inventors of patents). This article was originally published in The Scholarly Kitchen. v Stability A.I.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

They’re not doing step 2 in any event. In 1963, Disney expressed skepticism about monopoly aspects of extended term and “expressed doubt that Congress would approve a longer ownership period.” Wu: Expert says I’ve never seen this pattern before—doesn’t that say something about the base rate? A: This is base rate misestimation, then.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

By defining purpose only as licensing image of Prince—use in a well-structured conventionalized market—the majority gets to be dismissive of the dissent; it doesn’t matter how much Warhol contributed b/c he created a substantially similar image which is now competing with her photograph. It participates in the same conventionalized market.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

But socially valuable innovations can be difficult to marketize/commodify. Music sampling: the tapestry/raw materials of early hip-hop practice make those kinds of works works assets that can’t attract investment. Said: ownership records; interview a few repeat players. Derivative work?

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The company also asserts copyright ownership in two “director’s statements” written by Coakley about the alleged on-set bullying, as well as in Coakley’s planned derivative project about the making of Runt. Copyright Office, claiming ownership through a written agreement with Coakley. LFP , Inc. ,

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Highlights of the Week Bayh Dole-esque Guidelines Notified by Dept of Biotechnology Image from here Earlier this month, Dept of Biotech notified the DBT IP Guidelines for ownership and commercialization of IP arising from DBT funded research outcomes. This comes nearly 10 years after the PUPFIP bill’s withdrawal.

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