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US Copyright Office Expands Jailbreaking Exemption to Roku and Apple TV

TorrentFreak

Access controls on these devices are designed to prevent unauthorized access to copyrighted works,” the copyright holders wrote. According to the Office, the current limitations hinder fair use modifications of these devices.

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Atari’s Copyright Claim Against State Farm Survives Challenge

Copyright Lately

In May, State Farm filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit (read here) , arguing that Atari was “seeking a windfall for the inadvertent and fleeting use of a decades-old arcade game.” The Fair Use Defense The court also denied State Farm’s motion to dismiss Atari’s copyright claim based on the fair use defense.

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Rounding Up Recent Copyright and AI Rulings

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

See Star Trek: The Next Generation: Schism (Paramount television broadcast Oct. ” (The “in part” language is funky, because surely a line or two of lyrics constitutes fair use). Having done so, the only remaining equitable issue is the use of the copyrighted works for training purposes.

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Jury Awards Damages to Tattoo Artist for Video-Game Depiction–Alexander v. WWE 2K (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Alexander claimed that Take-Two Interactive infringed the tattoo designs she inked on her client, professional wrestler Randy Orton, when the company produced and distributed a video game featuring a realistic in-game depiction of Orton. Oracle , which stressed the trial judge’s role in the ultimate fair use determination.

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Tattoo Artist’s Trial Win is a Loss for Bodily Autonomy, Free Speech

Copyright Lately

Despite a number of solid affirmative defenses—including implied license, de minimis use and waiver—the jury was only asked to determine whether defendants had proven that their conduct qualified as a fair use under the Copyright Act. Skull arm design. Bible verse design. Upper back design. Tribal design.

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Spoiler Alert: Behind Movie Recap Videos

IPilogue

Autoai Design Co., They claimed that his videos infringed by using their movie clips without permission. In response , AmoGood argued that he used the materials for commentary, criticism, parody, news reporting, research, and scholarship, which do not require permission from rights holders.

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Tattoo Artist Copyright Win Will Create Uncertainty Over Celebrities with Tattoos

The IP Law Blog

Those arguments were that (1) Take-Two’s use of the tattoos was authorized by an implied license, (2) the fair use doctrine insulates their utilization of the tattoos and (3) the tattoos constitute a de minimis part of the video game. The District Court also found that the use was not fair use.