Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 17, 2022

Copyright Office Argues Warhol’s Use of Prince Photo Was Not ‘Fair Use’. First off today, Jaron Schneider at PetaPixel reports that the United States Copyright Office has weighed in on the Andy Warhol case, telling the Supreme Court that they feel Warhol’s paintings were not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photos.

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JUNE 12, 2024

The post 3 New and Interesting Cases Before the Copyright Claims Board appeared first on Plagiarism Today. As such, we're taking a look at three new and interesting cases being heard by it.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

1: Justices to Consider Whether Warhol Image is “Fair Use” of Photograph of Prince. Goldsmith, a case that is expected to be a rare moment of the high court ruling on an issue of fair use. Goldsmith sued, saying that this use far exceeded the agreement that they made. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Copyright termination is a process through which creators that licensed their works can reclaim their rights after a set period of time. Ratajkowski fired back, claiming that the photo didn’t qualify for copyright protection and that her use was a fair use. Cunningham. back in 2016.

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MARCH 3, 2022

However, the lower court tossed the lawsuit, saying that the use was a fair use, and awarded the school some $10,266.37 Finally today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that Oracle and NEC have reached a settlement in their dispute over NEC’s use of Oracle’s database software.

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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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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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OCTOBER 3, 2022

That case, after many stops and starts, went to trial last week with the jury awarding victory to Alexander, saying that Take-Two’s use of the tattoos was not a fair use. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

1: Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. The judge ultimately ruled that any use of Watch Tower material was a fair use and ordered the subpoena quashed. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Watch Tower: So What?

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AUGUST 25, 2021

1: Google/Oracle Doesn’t Affect Warhol Fair-Use Ruling, 2nd Circ Says. Recently, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Google, granting a broader fair use exemption to computer code. In that case, they found that Warhol’s use of her photographs of Prince in an artistic piece was not a fair use.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

Implied License – Second, Take-Two could have argued that, by placing the tattoo on Randy Orton, that Alexander granted an implied license for it to be used as part of his image, including on TV, film and video games. In short, the jury only weighed in on the fair use question, which they found the use to not be fair.

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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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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

He claimed he owned the production bible that the original show was based upon, and Disney did not seek permission or license its use in the reboot. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

1: Pandora Sued By Major Comedians Over Licensing Fees For Writing Jokes. According to the comics, the issue is intentional and points to Security and Exchange Commission filings by the company that cautioned it may lose access to comedy material due to a lack of license. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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APRIL 19, 2022

The court, in this case, rejected the test as well as Newsweek’s fair use arguments. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The post 3 Count: Clubbed Penguin appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Fitzpatrick’s videos includes reviews of manga and anime offerings and often makes use of the source material but in a limited capacity. According to Fitzpatrick, he ensures that himself and those that work for him follow both YouTube’s fair use policy and the various countries that they operate in.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

According to a video he uploaded, his videos will remain available in countries with a broad fair use exemption, like the United States, but not in countries like Toei’s native Japan that have narrow exemptions. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

Cardi B had previously argued that the use of the image was a fair use because it was transformative. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The post 3 Count: Noisy Hill appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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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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OCTOBER 6, 2021

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. The 9th Circuit had previously ruled that the book was not a fair use due to a lack of transformation.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

De La Santos mentions these allegations in his response to the lawsuit, which also makes arguments of fair use and that he is an “innocent infringer,” an argument that could potentially lessen any damages against him. The post 3 Count: Nirvana’s Inferno appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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MAY 16, 2022

According to the judge, Vape is a fair use as its goal is to be a parody of the source material and not meant to replace it in the marketplace. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. 3: ComicMix To Publish Lost Dr Seuss Stories, Out Of Copyright.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

This sends the case back to the district court where other defenses, most notably fair use, will have to be weighed next. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The post 3 Count: Unplanned Floors appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

github copilot, with "public code" blocked, emits large chunks of my copyrighted code, with no attribution, no LGPL license. According to Davis, he used the prompt “sparse matrix transpose, cs_” only to have Copilot produce code very similar to his earlier, open-source work. My code on left, github on right.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

” The case raises questions of fair use and whether the new paintings were transformative enough to be non-infringing or if they were simply derivative works. Three years later, she licensed one of those photos of Vanity Fair who, with permission, commissioned a new work based on it by Andy Warhol. Bottom Line.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

If the costume isn’t licensed, why is it not infringing regardless of the name change? In short, Juice Demon is Juice Demon because he can’t be Beetlejuice, not without a license. However, commercial use of costumes still raises legal questions. Why did the company do this? Even if it is, perhaps, the easiest.

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AUGUST 10, 2022

The Assess Tool also provides a basic fair use analysis and helps to make sure that the use isn’t covered under any other exceptions to copyright law. However, this is something of a misnomer as the letter can be customized to send demands for payment, offer a license for legitimate use or a demand to remove the work.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

In 1984, Condé Nast, the publisher, obtained a license from Goldsmith to allow Andy Warhol to use her Prince portrait as the foundation for a single serigraphy to be featured in Vanity Fair magazine. In 2016, Condé Nast acquired a license from the Warhol Foundation to use the Prince Series as illustrations for a new magazine.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2021

You may sign-up for a Creative Common License where the issue lies in seeking acknowledgment of the work. Such a license would enable using the resources held by owners of the CC Licenses to the extent of editing, remixing, copying, and distributing the work without circumventing the copyright law. Blogging and Fair Use.

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JULY 8, 2021

The most vocal critics were in the open-source programming community , who were upset that GitHub trained their AI on significant amounts of open-source code and can even reproduce that code verbatim in some circumstances, but does not follow the respective open-source licenses. Is it so short that its use is a fair use?

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

This exclusive rights comprises of the right to copy, distribute, perform, license or adapt the work. Moreover, the advent of digitalization in various industries have impacted the manner in which copyrights are marketed, licensed or consumed. Secondly, several have contended that DMCA jeopardizes fair use.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Moreover, as we detail below, the best understanding of the application of fair use principles to AI training would hold that the practice is in most if not all instances a fair use. The FTC has no authority to determine what is and what is not copyright infringement, or what is or is not fair use.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Unique expertise on code too; code is different from photos, music, videos; some of the most valuable code on GitHub is licensed openly. Remediation not removal is often the goal—changes to the code rather than removing often resolves the problem, e.g. addressing violation of open source license by adding attribution etc.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

It will learn that tables most commonly have four legs, but not always; that tables found in a dining room are used for seated persons to eat meals, while tables found next to a bed are used to hold objects like alarm clocks; that tables don’t need to be made from any particular material or have a particular color, etc.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

” But in McGucken , the court denied summary judgment, not only as to the server test, but on Newsweek’s implied license and fair use defenses too. Simply put, the ruling calls into question the ability of tattoo owners to control the right to make or license realistic depictions of their own likenesses.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Therefore, he argues, the work is a useful article and doesn’t qualify for copyright protection. Barring that, he claims that his use was a fair use and is permissible under the law. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Matthew Sag, Copyright Safety for Generative AI Not addressing whether training is always fair use in every circumstance; explain how generative AI fits w/in existing law (nonexpressive uses) and identify best practices to make generative AI fairer. Implications: too much memorization undermines arguments in favor of fair use.

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