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When a vampire not called Dracula bested the copyright system, and what it tells us about derivative works

The IPKat

The tale of Nosferatu shows the sometimes-uneasy relationship between copyright protection and the making of derivative works. Some also refer to claimed structural similarities with the novel by Wilkie Collins , The Woman in White. But the Stoker book did not emerge from a creative tabula rasa.

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3 Count: Sealed with a Kiss

Plagiarism Today

2: SoundExchange Royalties Dispute with Music Choice to be Referred to Copyright Royalty Board. For works published before 1978, that is 95 years after publication meaning that works from 1926 expired into the public domain at the start of the year. They are free of copyright.

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The Basics of Open Access

Plagiarism Today

To that end, most have adopted an “author pays” system, where the author(s) pay for an article processing charge (APC), commonly referred to as a publication fee. In short, by changing who pays for the publication, Open Access journals make work available to everyone. Open access journals have to find some way to recoup those costs.

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RIAA Flags ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Music Mixer as Emerging Copyright Threat

TorrentFreak

In some cases, it refers to little more than advanced algorithms, but complex self-learning computer systems with human-like traits are actively being developed as well. The algorithm masters your track with the same RMS, FR, peak amplitude and stereo width as the reference song you choose,” Songmastr explains.

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Welcome to the Multiverse: Derivative Works

LexBlog IP

Copyright ownership is often referred to as a “bundle of rights.” ” “Derivative Works” are exactly what they sound like – new copyrightable works of art based on some pre-existing material. First and foremost, grant third-parties the right to create derivative works sparingly.

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Golden Globe statuette 2018 denied copyright protection in the US

The IPKat

The US Copyright Office concluded that the logo was a derivative work of the Oscar statuette and did not possess the requisite authorship to sustain a (self-standing) claim to copyright. It was also found that that as a whole, the elements making up the work were “more mechanical and inevitable than creative and original”.

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AI and Fair Use: Navigating Legal Challenges in India and the United States

IIPRD

One such legal issues is what is referred to as “fair use,” which becomes particularly problematic in the context of the copyright law. Limiting the use of copyrighted works for AI training may too heavily constrain development, and free use threatens to drain the economic rewards that reward the creators.