Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

The world’s largest record company says it has a clear view of the legal landscape surrounding AI-generated music. If you’ve been glued to news coverage of the Ed Sheeran trial for the past two weeks, you may have missed an even bigger story from the world of music copyright. The reality is more complicated.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

” The music companies disagreed. In its filing, Cox points out that the music companies want a “notice and terminate” scheme to boot persistent pirates off the Internet. On top of that, it notes that the $223 million damages for derivative works should not have been granted. Landmark Case.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

I would like to use the drawings in a music video. Derivative works and fair use. Fan art involves the creation of a derivative work and only the copyright owner can grant permission for making derivatives. At the same time, it's possible your music video may qualify as a fair use.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2024

Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. Still, some believed 2 Live Crew’s music shouldn’t have been on sale at all. With parody status unavailable, the content posted to Twitter was confirmed as an unauthorized derivative work, distributed by Lokka, in breach of copyright. Campbell v.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

But this time, Netflix is the one doing the suing, and it’s targeting the creators of “ The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical ” with what I’ll call “The Official Bridgerton Musical Copyright Infringement Lawsuit” (read here). Okay, But What if Bridgerton Was a Musical?

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IPilogue

AUGUST 29, 2022

Novelty musician Andy Stone, also known as Vince Vance and the Valiants, filed a lawsuit against Carey, her co-writer, and Sony Music for copyright infringement, alleging that Carey knowingly infringed the rights to Vance’s 1989 song of the same name. While the untimeliness is certainly odd, the lawsuit itself is even odder.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

Instead, the lawsuit is premised upon a much more sweeping and bold assertion—namely that every image that’s output by these AI tools is necessarily an unlawful and infringing “derivative work” based on the billions of copyrighted images used to train the models. You’d be wrong. 17 U.S.C. §

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

However, one musical duo exceeded the fan-generated content standards. They later released a 15-song album based on the show’s characters and storylines, entitled “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical.” This year, their album won a Grammy for “Best Musical Theatre Album?” Standing ovation for @abigailbarlow…”.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 8, 2022

Preface: I wanted to learn more about the concept (and applications) of “derivative works” and adaptations under copyright law, and I was searching for a useful example that might also be interesting for readers of Velocity of Content to read about. All copyrights, except one, expire.*.

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McBayer IP Blog

APRIL 15, 2022

More > Tags: Copyright , copyright license , Intellectual Property , music copyright. Of course, buying a copy of a book, no matter how rare, does not grant you the copyright or license to its contents.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 25, 2023

Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. In a 7-2 decision, the high court sided with Goldsmith’s argument that Warhol’s “Orange Prince” constituted an infringing derivative work of her copyrighted photograph.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 6, 2023

Schneider’s first amended complaint alleged that YouTube and its users infringed her copyrighted musical compositions and sound recordings, and that YouTube facilitated infringement by removing copyright management information (CMI) from her copyright works, in violation of the DMCA. YouTube’s Motion For Summary Judgment.

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IPilogue

MAY 26, 2022

Music, Def Jam Recordings and Universal Music Group. Sound recordings are subject to copyright protection under the US Copyright Act of 1976 (Title 17) (“Act”), which also provides that the owner of a sound recording has exclusive rights to reproduce, prepare derivative works from and publicly distribute the work.

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The IPKat

JUNE 7, 2022

It is the best-selling holiday song by a female artist, and one of the best-selling physical singles in music history. the copyright holder’s exclusive right to reproduction, derivative works, distribution and display the work publicly).

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Copyright Office issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register to clarify the application of the derivative works exception to copyright termination rights within the context of blanket licenses administered under the Music Modernization Act (MMA).

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

The effect upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. [8] 10] The more transformative a work is, the more likely it is to be considered fair use. It will impede new art, music and literature. Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Campbell v. It will make our world poorer.” [18]

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. , Legal Background: Copyright and Derivative Works Copyright law protects original works of authorship, including “pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works,” 17 U.S.C. For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

7] Before the court could decide if the subtitled version, a type of derivative work, could still be protected even if the underlying film on its own was available to be used by all, both parties settled. [8]. 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10] 11] The case has also been settled. [12] 21, 2020), [link]. [3]

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

He also had a bad temper and the unfortunate habit of using barnyard animals as musical instruments. At the same time, those aspects of the character’s evolution that don’t appear until later works may still be eligible for copyright protection. Notable Musical Compositions Entering the Public Domain in 2023. “

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

The Court noted that the Copyright Act “grants the copyright holder exclusive rights to (1) `reproduce the copyrighted work and copies;’ (2) `prepare derivative works;’ and (3) `distribute copies of the copyrighted work to the public’.” East Coast Foods, Inc.,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Basically, because an NFT is an encoded digital metadata file of a copy of a work that can be copyright protected. That is, in an NFT there can be an underlying copy of a work of art –typically an image, photograph, piece of music, video or certain audiovisual content– that may be subject to copyright.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Dance is commonly associated with music, but at the same time, there are dance forms like contemporary performances, which utilize silence while expressing the art form. The music, costumes, scenery, or lighting effects would not be accounted for while seeking such protection. are excluded from the ambit of copyright protection.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 22, 2023

Several recent, high-profile lawsuits raise the issue of whether such training algorithms violate copyright law’s restrictions on creating derivative works without the creators’ consent. What is a Derivative Work? What is Generative AI?

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2023

History suggests the law will split inventorship down the middle and grant rights to those “portions” of an invention or copyrightable work that were created by a human, and avoid granting protection to the “portions” that were AI-generated. Copyright law does this well with the protection of derivative works.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

What is or is not “transformative,” however, is largely framed by the original author’s statutory right to control derivative works, i.e., a new work of authorship that is created by modifying, transforming or adapting the original in some way. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., 569, 579 (1994)) that will clearly be fair use.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2024

Copyright Law Copy Right is a legal concept that gives creators exclusive rights over their original works and allows them to control the use and distribution of those works. These rights generally include the rights to reproduce, distribute, perform, publish and create derivative works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2022

Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., Hence, the panel concluded that the Warhol works had made unfair use of Goldsmith’s photograph. The Goldsmith case raises the very tricky question about how to distinguish transformative fair uses from transformative adaptations that infringe the derivative work right. Goldsmith, 11 F.4th

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 31, 2023

Already a fixture on the pop charts and in the world of bait-and-switch hyperlinks, Astley is now looking to make history yet again, this time with a new lawsuit that may put a damper on the music industry’s latest nostalgia kick. Gravy and his team couldn’t get a license to sample the master recording. “So,

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

1] That decision shook the art world, as it seems to dramatically narrow the scope of the fair use doctrine, and raises doubts about the lawfulness of many existing works. [2] These divergent approaches and the persistent lack of clarity delineating a transformative use from a derivative work may compel the Supreme Court to intervene.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Fair uses tend to divide into buckets: justified by new work; justified by project. New work: Derivative work or embedding work: Cambpell v. Use is justified by context of being placed in new work. Rosenblatt: how we think about that might be different in music sampling than other derivative works.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 25, 2023

Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. In a 7-2 decision, the high court sided with Goldsmith’s argument that Warhol’s “Orange Prince” constituted an infringing derivative work of her copyrighted photograph.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A core inquiry is whether original works that would ordinarily be copyrightable should be denied unless a human author is identified. Generative AI models produce outputs like text, art, music, and video that appear highly creative and would certainly meet copyright’s originality standard if created by natural people.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Even worse, the defendants allegedly conspired for an impersonator to unlawfully sing the plaintiff’s copyrighted music on stage. The plaintiff claimed that ABC Network and its local affiliate falsely reported that she was performing as part of the Renaissance Tour at Soldier Field in Chicago.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 9, 2022

Often, copyright owners and users have to analogize to works as diverse as music and books when assessing whether something is fair use, and a Supreme Court case regarding visual works could be helpful in developing law more specific to that oeuvre. . The case is important for several reasons.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Miramax claims, among other things, that the preparation and sale of these derivative works constitutes copyright infringement because the contractual rights Tarantino reserved in his 1993 agreement with Miramax don’t cover NFTs. The breathless media reports soon followed.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

7) MUSIC LICENSE AGREEMENT A music license agreement is a legally binding document that outlines the terms and conditions under which a copyright holder, typically a musician, permits another party to use their copyright material i.e The clarity in ownership further helps avoid any disputes at a later stage. (7)

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Copyrightable work The works that can claim copyright protection are enumerated under Section 13 of the Copyright Act. It states that an artistic work means – A painting, sculpture, drawing, diagram, map, chart, plan, engraving, photograph An architectural work Any other work of artistic craftsmanship.

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