Plagiarism Today

MAY 19, 2022

2: Delhi HC Seeks Expert Help on Whether Event Firms Need License to Play Music at Weddings. Next up today, The Wire reports that the Delhi High Court is seeking an outside expert to assist in determining whether event firms in the country should be required to obtain a license to play music at weddings and other gatherings.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

1: RIAA Flags ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Music Mixer as Emerging Copyright Threat. Those recommendations include a slew of familiar names, but also a new one, “AI-based” music mixers and extractors. Cardi B had previously argued that the use of the image was a fair use because it was transformative.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 25, 2023

Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. Acuff-Rose Music, which held that a work is transformative if it adds something new and has a different purpose or character. In a closely watched copyright case, the U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 3, 2022

First off today, Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide reports that musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims her 2020 hit Levitating is an infringement of an earlier song. However, the lower court tossed the lawsuit, saying that the use was a fair use, and awarded the school some $10,266.37

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 16, 2022

2: Judge Says ‘Vape’ Musical Parody May Go On as ‘Grease’ Copyright Claim Flops. Next up today, Jonathan Stempel at Reuters reports that a judge has ruled that Vape: The Musical will be allowed to proceed despite a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the rightsholders of the musical Grease.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

They further claim that the podcasters obtained a pirated copy of the fight to use in the show. According to H3’s response, their use of the video in the podcast was a fair use and if the version they had was pirated, that is not itself a copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In 1984, Lynn licensed one of her photographs of the musician Prince to be converted into a painting by Warhol for Vanity Fair magazine. However, after Prince died in 2016, it was revealed that Warhol actually made an additional 14 prints using the photograph. Lynn sued allegiging that those prints were a copyright infringement.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2022

Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., Orbison song could be fair use because it transformed the original song by adding something new, with a different purpose, or a new meaning or message. It held that Warhol’s use was not transformative because the photograph was the “recognizable foundation” of the Warhol Prince Series.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 9, 2021

Internet streaming in India contributes to the majority of revenues of the recorded music industry. Licensing is imperative for the product because it is known that music rights holders have worked hard. Licensing is imperative for the product because it is known that music rights holders have worked hard.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

In the case, Nicklen argued that a photographer or videographer that uses Facebook or Instagram to promote their content should not automatically give up the right to license it to third parties, such as Sinclair. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

1] That decision shook the art world, as it seems to dramatically narrow the scope of the fair use doctrine, and raises doubts about the lawfulness of many existing works. [2] Vanity Fair , in turn, commissioned Warhol to make a silkscreen using Goldsmith’s photograph. He did just that.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 18, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was correct in holding that the Andy Warhol Foundation's (AWF's) licensing of an orange silkscreen portrait of the musician Prince, created by Andy Warhol using photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s photo, was not fair. The Supreme Court ruled today in Andy Warhol Foundation v. that the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The ‘ Great 78 Project ‘ received praise from curators, historians, and music fans but not all music industry insiders were happy with it. The motion is centered around the statute of limitations but IA also stressed the importance of their archiving efforts, hinting that it would be eligible for a fair use defense.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s ruling that the reproduction of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince on the cover of a magazine tribute was not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photo of the singer-songwriter Prince, on which the Warhol portrait was based. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. , Goldsmith , No. 21-869 (May 18, 2023).

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2024

Publishers vs. Internet Archive The self-scanning approach differs from the licensing deals other libraries enter into. Publishers Respond to IA’s Appeal IA argued that its scanning-and-lending activities amount to fair use.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

Publishers vs. Internet Archive The self-scanning service offered by the Internet Archive (IA) differs from the licensing agreements entered into by other libraries. These industry groups draw a parallel between the impact Napster and BitTorrent had on music and movie sales, and the threat IA’s self-scanning library poses today.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

The organization doesn’t license authorized digital copies from publishers; instead, its books are scanned and digitized in-house. Lawsuit and Appeal Internet Archive believes that its approach falls under fair use but publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley, and Penguin Random House disagree.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 7, 2024

At the same time, some rightsholders such as Reddit and Getty Images are making deals to license their ‘data’, although that’s still relatively rare in the AI space. Music Companies vs. Anthropic In one of these lawsuits, music publishers including Concord and Universal sued AI startup Anthropic.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 31, 2023

I have had people tell me with doctrinal certainty that Creative Commons licenses allow text and data mining, and insofar as license terms are observed, I agree. Full disclosure: CCC offers RightFind XML, a service that supports licensed commercial access to full-text articles for TDM with value-added capabilities.) GitHub Inc.,

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

A Few Words for a Lost Friend: Tribute to Dmitry Karshtedt (Bob Brauneis, Mark Lemley, Jake Sherkow) Closing Plenary Session: Fair use Robert Brauneis, Copyright Transactions in the Shadow of Fair Use Suppose a work does not infringe another work because and only because it’s been ruled a fair use.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

If the costume isn’t licensed, why is it not infringing regardless of the name change? Where copyright protects works of creative authorship, such as books, movies, music, etc., In short, Juice Demon is Juice Demon because he can’t be Beetlejuice, not without a license. Why did the company do this?

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Art Law Journal

MARCH 13, 2018

For years, videographers have used music as a backdrop in their films, short videos, and documentaries. The law around music licensing is pretty clear: a license is required to use copyrighted music in a video. This has been a standard practice since the dawn of music recordings.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In response to a Texan Church’s unauthorized performance of Hamilton , where the musical’s contents were altered to reflect Christian Values , Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the Hamilton musical tweets, “Now lawyers do their work.” So, what exactly does this “work” entail?

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

The Supreme Court recently upheld an appellate court’s ruling that Andy Warhol’s use of a photograph of Prince as a reference for a collection of screen prints is not fair use – to the extent his foundation decided to license them at least. Goldsmith, Andy Warhol not only used Ms. Goldsmith et al, Case No.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Visual art for examples, but can be extended to music and text. Is this relevant to fair use? Satire involves using the same style to clothe different ideas; therefore it shouldn’t infringe (lack of substantial similarity as in the Greatest American Hero case; German case law; perhaps the jury’s reasoning in the Kat von D case).

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

The world’s largest record company says it has a clear view of the legal landscape surrounding AI-generated music. If you’ve been glued to news coverage of the Ed Sheeran trial for the past two weeks, you may have missed an even bigger story from the world of music copyright. The reality is more complicated.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Copyright law “protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.” While the fair use doctrine excuses some uses of copyrighted material, the fair use exceptions are much narrower than most people understand.

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SpicyIP

MAY 1, 2023

Licensing of training datasets The licensing of datasets – for the concerned rights under Sec. The problem is how do you license all the copyrighted images/information available on the web? The problem is how do you license all the copyrighted images/information available on the web? private or personal use).

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear combined their talent with their love for the Netflix Original, Bridgerton , to create the 15-song “Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” album. Barlow and Bear went on to become viral sensations on social media and Grammy-winning artists (2022 Best Musical Theatre Album) for their production. The Netflix v.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Music is an artistic work which is subject to copyright protection. Music lovers can now effortlessly stream music from anywhere in the world. Even in restaurants, bars, and lounges, the music is played to entertain their customers, whether by employing DJs or playing music through sound systems.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 19, 2021

Given the disparity in negotiating power between a platform the size of Twitch and individual creators, Twitch is better situated to take on the burdens of negotiating a music licensing solution on behalf of all of the creators who drive traffic to their site. Background.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The RIAA filed the lawsuit against the pair of sites alleging that they enabled and encouraged piracy by allowing people to download music from YouTube. According to the estate, the book infringed the copyright of the Dr. Seuss work Oh, the Places You’ll Go , but the defendants argued that the book was a parody and a fair use.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

’s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] Goldsmith was not paid or credited for this use.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2023

’s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] Goldsmith was not paid or credited for this use.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 25, 2023

Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. Acuff-Rose Music, which held that a work is transformative if it adds something new and has a different purpose or character. In a closely watched copyright case, the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2024

Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. is one of the most interesting cases in history to rely on a fair use defense, arguing that the alleged infringement qualifies as a parody. ” 2 Live Crew had previously sought to license the track from Acuff-Rose to be used as a parody; Acuff-Rose refused and 2 Live Crew used it anyway. .”

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2023

A pair of copyright decisions issued in May, one involving the appropriation artist Richard Prince [1] and the other involving works portraying the musician known as Prince, explore and expand on the “fair use” defense to copyright infringement. On May 11, the U.S. 2] A week later, the U.S. 3] Graham v.

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