LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works. ” The brief further argued that the term METABIRKINS refers both “to the context in which he makes the art available (i.e.,

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Copyright Office is referring to 17 U.S.C. § Weigh in in the comments section below or hit me up on social media @copyrightlately. This is because, under U.S. copyright law, the exclusive rights in sound recordings do not extend to making independently recorded ‘soundalike’ recordings.” ” 17 U.S.C. §

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

According to Miramax, the creation of the NFTs constituted copyright infringement because they were unauthorized derivative works of Pulp Fiction. [23] [were] far too narrow for him to unilaterally produce, market, and sell the Pulp Fiction NFTs.” [22].

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Given that NFTs are the result of digital work that is transported in images, videos, photography and other forms of digital media, copyright seems to be the closest IP right to protect both the source code of the digital work, as well as its derivative works. Is this the same in the US and China?

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 19, 2022

It certainly hasn’t helped that the same word is used in the Copyright Act to define a derivative work (a work that is “recast, transformed , or adapted” from a pre-existing work), which in the absence of fair use is reserved to the copyright owner. anyone who posts any sort of repurposed content on social media).

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Copyright Lately

MAY 22, 2023

In an aside that no doubt made the MPAA smile, the Court also confirmed that unauthorized derivative works like book-to-film adaptations won’t pass muster under the first fair use inquiry merely because they have a different aesthetic than the works they borrow. The impact of Warhol v.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

Given that NFTs are the result of digital work that is transported in images, videos, photography and other forms of digital media, copyright seems to be the closest IP right to protect both the source code of the digital work, as well as its derivative works. Is this the same in the US and China?

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Corsearch

MARCH 13, 2023

We also provide a full suite of Entertainment Availability and Copyright search offerings which include a Full US Copyright Search, enabling you to learn everything about the original copyright, registration, renewals, and all derivative works for the copyrighted work. References [1] [link] [2] [link] [3] [link]

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2023

8] Second, as to the works’ purpose, the court found that it was unclear whether Prince intended to create a parody of the original photographs, a satire of society’s use of social media, or neither, pointing out Prince’s own contradictory testimony on the question. [9] Many derivative works.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In Larson, Dorland claimed copyright in a 381-word letter posted to Facebook and further asserted that, therefore, each of the three versions of Larson’s The Kindest was a derivative work in which Dorland, therefore, owned the copyright because her letter and the later Larson works were substantially similar.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

Derivative works? There is some evidence on social media that people were blaming Nike (then again, people on social media blame Biden for the Delta variant, so). Whether a court engages with copyright limitations in the decision appears to make a big difference about who wins the case. bodega but CVS v.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

Media will be all over this.” ” Coakley DM to Harvey Berger (from court files) Referring to the Bergers’ daughter, Coakley wrote, “Nicole will be subpoenaed as this advances. In September 2021, Coakley issued his “Director’s Statement” on social media to coincide with Runt ‘s official release.

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