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Kenya Copyright Board on "responsible use of memes": quasi-judicial powers and balanced perspectives

The IPKat

KECOBO did mention that a work may be in the public domain because copyright has expired and companies should conduct due diligence before engaging in meme creation]. Beyond the need to provide a balanced and accurate view of copyright statutes, there are positive lessons to draw from KECOBO's work as the copyright regulator in Kenya.

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The ‘ Dune’ scenario is a well-known ‘tale of crypto folly’ featuring NFT purchasers who failed to exercise appropriate due diligence in determining what rights are granted when procuring an NFT. The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority had emphasised this in its April 2021 guidance on advertising cryptocurrencies.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This does require a violation of a due diligence obligation, however. In the view of the BGH, an infringement of the film producer’s related right does not require that a copyright protected part had been used. The BGH assumed that an infringement of the related right of the film producer had occurred.

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Second and Third drafts of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice have been released

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photo by BoliviaInteligente on Unsplash Last year we reported on the European AI Office facilitating the drawing-up of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (the Code ). This blog post is to report on the updates in the second and third drafts of the Code. The first draft of the Code was published on 14 November 2024.

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First draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice has been released

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Before contracting with third parties for the use of data sets for GPAI model development, the Providers must conduct reasonable copyright due diligence. The Providers must create and implement an internal policy to comply with EU copyright laws, covering the entire lifecycle of any GPAI model.