Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The creation of AR experiences may involve acts of reproduction and communication to the public that have potential copyright implications. AR can concern two categories of cultural goods – those that are in the public domain and those embedding a copyrighted work of art. . (i) i) Public domain works.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

performances of “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical”) or other derivative works that might compete with Netflix’s own planned live events,” including the multi-city “ Bridgerton Experience.” For now, suffice it to say that Barlow & Bear haven’t exactly dedicated their musical to the public domain.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In addition to using copyrighted works for training data, the LLM models themselves are also infringing derivative works, and the same applies to the output of the models. Piracy as a Source The authors also double down on their piracy allegations and mention three types of copyright infringement.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 25, 2023

Material that is in the public domain. Think of human modifications to AI as a quasi-derivative work—the copyright in a derivative work only extends to the material contributed by the author of that work , as opposed to the underlying material. Previously registered material.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Thus, here, given that the plaintiff has Copyright Registrations, the burden shifts to Defendants to come forward with “evidence that the work[s] [were] copied from the public domain.” As a result, Defendants contend that Plaintiff’s Second Holy Temple Product can be copied and used in derivative works.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. Here, merely automated and mechanical work that lacks originality is also protected by the said copyright doctrine. A publishing company called Feist Publications Inc.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

From this perspective then, where an output does not qualify as original in the sense that it reflects the author’s free and creative choices, that output is – from the perspective of copyright – in the public domain. 1] (On the topic of AI outputs and derivative works, see here.).

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

New Copyrighted Works Enter the Public Domain: In 1998, the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act added 20 years to the term of copyright protection for pre-1976 works, and paused the annual expiration of copyright on older works for 20 years. the exclusive right to their respective writings.”

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The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2023

holding that the character of Zorro had fallen in the public domain. A parody is a work that is autonomous from the earlier one because it is characterized by a different spirit, something that the court referred to as a “conceptual overthrow” ( rovesciamento concettuale ).

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The simple answer: public domain came to the rescue. When 1974 (28 years after 1946) came around, NTA failed to file for renewal, which meant It’s a Wonderful Life entered the public domain. This resulted in the production company producing the film at a pretty significant loss.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In this post, we offer an overview of the project to date, stratified across CREATe’s core research themes : Creative Industries , the Public Domain , and Competition and Markets. Public Domain. In a wider sense, what is public and what is private has important innovation and societal effects. Creative Industries.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Goldsmith Could Reshape the Copyright Landscape Inspiration, Derivative Works, Appropriation, and Infringement: Understanding the Differences Empowering Artists: Benefits and Considerations Navigating the Aftermath: Key Takeaways from Warhol v. Goldsmith Navigating the Future Legal Landscape Warhol v. .”

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

An illustration of this idea is that, unless the owner of the copyright expressly grants such a right in writing, a buyer of a sculpture only receives the right to exhibit it, not to make copies of it or derivative works. vii] NFTs are prone to “copyfraud” and other violations of the moral rights of the inventor.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

addition of written or pictorial elements) of a work not in the public domain and/or where the creator is still alive. infringement of the creator’s exclusive right to reproduce and/or prepare a derivative work) or VARA/moral rights (i.e.,

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 15, 2025

Copyright law grants authors and other creators specific exclusive rights over their work, including the rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the works, and to create derivative works such as translations or adaptations.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Section 14 of the Copyright Act, 1957 provides all rights, including further development, translation, reproduction, publication, communication to the public among others, exclusively to the owner of the work. Here’s the To-Dos for the Creators before working on a remix! Then the situation becomes tricky.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

. • Definition Of use In It Age, the authors hold exclusive rights in their works for a particular term subject to the right to use work for fair use. After the term of protection expires, the copyrighted work is out there in the public domain and the rights of the author terminate.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A new crop of copyrighted works (including rights in a certain famous British detective) will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2023. public domain on January 1, 2023. Happy Public Domain Day 2023. On January 1, 2023, Putting Pants on Philip enters the public domain.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Data mining legal documents, work product, court cases, and then create work based on previous work. Taken copyright-protected material and transformed it into public domain material—dangerous for law firms. perhaps you should also reframe the first part of the inquiry to analyze the use and not the work?

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

While the court’s finding on the second ground alone would have sufficed, the first ground is especially interesting because the originality of the concept note was eventually determined on the basis of the originality of its derivative work i.e. Hulm Entertainment’s app.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Complications: what is being cancelled/updated: “classic” works for children; copyrighted v. public domain. The solution they’re working on is not shared in most cases, so it would be hard to find intent to merge. Derivative work? Peter Pan: removing Tiger Song (?). Who is doing it?

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The IPKat

APRIL 8, 2022

And, while the copyright laws were used to try to keep the film from public view, ultimately it failed, to the continuing benefit of cinematic creation. The tale of Nosferatu shows the sometimes-uneasy relationship between copyright protection and the making of derivative works.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

Next, one would, like the Morford court, look at the filtration step, a step trying to decide each “particular element of a work [that] should be filtered out during this stage” because is part of the underlying idea of the piece or derived from the public domain rather than an example of the work’s protectible expressive elements.

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Corsearch

MARCH 13, 2023

Copyright © Walt Disney Animation Studios A background on copyright protections in the US All works that were published in the US prior to 1923 are now in the public domain, as is any work created by individuals in an official capacity for the federal government. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

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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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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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

13] Instead, the Second Circuit held that the differences between the works are more akin to the differences between a novel and an adaptation of that novel—“a paradigmatic example” of a derivative work that would require a license. [14]. It found that all four fair use factors weighed against fair use. [12] Goldsmith , 11 F.4th

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 15, 2022

Disney should also be strategically liberal in its lawsuits—both under trademark law and under derivative works. While copyright protection expires, trademark protection does not. ” Disney has trademark protection for Mickey Mouse.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

It found that because Harvey had not renewed the copyrights on the comics featuring the character that later developed into Fatso, the depictions of the character relied on by Harvey had fallen into the public domain. The Ghostly Trio. stock features of cartoon ghosts in general.?

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

For those looking to find copyright-free works to use, one rule of thumb is that any work created prior to 1924, no longer has copyright protection (in the public domain). For any works created before 1989 and 1924, use the flowchart below. © Steve Schlackman (1975).

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

For those looking to find copyright-free works to use, one rule of thumb is that any work created prior to 1924 no longer has copyright protection (in the public domain). For any works created before 1989 and 1924, use the flowchart below. © Steve Schlackman (1975).

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Dear Rich IP Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Dear Rich: Ian Fleming's Casino Royale entered the public domain in Japan in 2015, 50 years after his death. The same 50-year rule applies in Canada, where Fleming's character of James Bond is also in the public domain. Do you have a list of countries where Casino Royale is in the public domain?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

is] that works produced for the U.S. Government by its officers and employees should not be subject to copyright” and fall “in the public domain.” . “The basic premise of [S]ection 105.[is] ” H.R. 94-1476 at 58 (1976); see also Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 140 S. 1498, 1509-10 (2020).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If the work was published with proper copyright notice, it received a federal statutory copyright. If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. If so, his interview responses are in the public domain and can be freely published without any royalties to Trump.

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