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Some Thoughts on Five Pending AI Litigations – Avoiding Squirrels and Other AI Distractions

Velocity of Content

This article was originally published in The Scholarly Kitchen. After all, while we are pondering the weighty issue of future ownership, we are not focusing on the fundamental issue of wholesale copying of works to train AI in a wide variety of situations. is being used as code. Case 2- Anderson, et al. v Stability A.I.

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Why Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction

Copyright Lately

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. Probably not, but it sure beats getting sued.

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What Copyright’s “Unclaimable Material” Rules Mean for Hollywood’s Use of AI

Copyright Lately

For purposes of a copyright registration, “unclaimable material” has historically included four types of material: Previously published material. Strike or no strike, no one wants to spend millions of dollars to produce and market a work that they can’t fully protect. What is Unclaimable Material?

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Copyright implications of Augmented Reality for cultural goods – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

As a result, AR may be attractive not only to potential users of the cultural heritage-related services, but also for market operators with commercial interests. However, as mentioned, AR can also be developed by third parties, and in particular by market operators that have no initial connection with bodies managing cultural heritage.

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If “Trespass to Chattels” Isn’t Limited to “Chattels,” Anarchy Ensues–Best Carpet Values v. Google

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The Kremen case involved the alleged theft of the sex.com domain name by improperly modifying the electronic records evidencing ownership of the domain name. Website owners can prevent the unauthorized reassignment of their ownership interests, such as someone trying to modify their copyright registration records.

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Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Art Law Journal

More importantly, because the work must be tangible, that also means that an idea can’t be copyrighted , only the execution of that idea. For example, anybody can publish a book about three teenagers who solve magical mysteries at a wizarding school. That’s an idea for a story. How To Win Big In a Copyright Infringement Case.

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WIPIP Concurrent Session #3: Copyright Doctrine

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In 1963, Disney expressed skepticism about monopoly aspects of extended term and “expressed doubt that Congress would approve a longer ownership period.” MPAA is there; “Coalition of Creators and Copyright Owners,” represented by songwriter (ASCAP, music, dramatists, BMI, SESAC, VLA, Writers Guild); National Music Publishers.