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

AUGUST 17, 2024

When AI hit the mainstream, it became apparent that rightsholders are not always pleased that their works were used to train AI. This applies to photographers, artists, music companies, journalists, and authors, some of whom formed groups to file copyright infringement lawsuits to protect their rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

Rahul Dhawan, her lawyer, argued that the disputed clip was part of Nayanthara’s ‘Personal Liberty’ as it was shot on her device and was already circulating in the public domain. He clarified that Dhanush’s production company, Wunderbar Films Private Limited, did not own the footage.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2024

This rule covers lending digital copies of copyrighted works, while works in the public domain can be freely digitized. The concept of CDL revolves around the idea of two major doctrines under Copyright law i.e. Doctrine of fair use and doctrine of exhaustion. Acuff Rose Music, Inc., Internet Archive, 542 F.Supp.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

But this time, Netflix is the one doing the suing, and it’s targeting the creators of “ The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical ” with what I’ll call “The Official Bridgerton Musical Copyright Infringement Lawsuit” (read here). Okay, But What if Bridgerton Was a Musical?

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

2] While most Sherlock Holmes stories are now in the public domain, the estate alleged that some works and character elements regarding Sherlock Holmes are still protected by copyright. [3] 5] Netflix and the estate quickly settled. [6]. 5] Netflix and the estate quickly settled. [6]. 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10]

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 19, 2021

wrote into the statute) the well-known four fair use factors which provide guidance for assessing whether, in cases of alleged infringement, an unauthorized use ought to be considered a fair use. One section of the new law, Section 107, codified (i.e.,

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), for example, stresses that automated filtering tools often miss important context that can differentiate between clear copyright infringement and fair use. This concern is also broadly supported by comments from the general public, which make up the majority of the consultation responses.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

A Look Through The Lens Of Music Generating AI ’. In this essay, the author takes up a fundamental question in the “AI authorship” arena: whether there are valid reasons for granting AI generated works IP rights, focusing on musical works. The essay is available here.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2021

A blog may contain an amalgamation of such rights since blogs do not merely utilize words and phrases but also videos, eBooks, music, etc. Copyright is a legal protection afforded to an original, creative literary, musical, or artistic work. Blogging and Fair Use. It can be used freely by anyone.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 8, 2022

Their reuse of the underlying materials may (in theory) be excused under the doctrine of fair use, including parody , or what is increasingly referred to as ‘ transformative use’ – a concept itself derived from the four fair use factors called out in Title 17 (Section 107).

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith by Jaime Chandra Clarifying Fair Use in Commercialized & Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from the Warhol v. We’re talking about Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc. Let’s dive in!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The court also credits the self-serving claim by the successor licensee that it considered fair use by comparing the works and evaluating if the works were being sold commercially or for other purposes. Tierra Caliente Music Group SA v. New Destiny Church. * ‘Reaction’ Video Protected By Fair Use–Hosseinzadeh v.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 28, 2022

Hamar Television , regarded Section 52 of the Copyright Act, 1957 as a ‘right’ i.e. “right to make fair use or to deal fairly”, stemming from the fundamental right to free speech. Recently, in India today vs Newslaundry , the Delhi Court, relying on Super Cassettes v. create works and make them available).

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Significant amounts of content are also available through the public domain. Word embeddings are usually stored in vector databases but a detailed description of all the approaches to storage is beyond the scope of this response since there is a wide variety of vendors, processes, and practices that are in use. TVEyes, Inc.,

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

Now recent information has been disclosed that EUIPO turned down IP Protection of an AI-created music piece because it had no human input in the process of creating it. The gaming sector faced such an outbreak in recent years as AI tools, which were trained on fan-created content, sparked the consent and fair use debate.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

You can always get drunk and order random stuff on Amazon curl up with a scary book or Halloween-themed movie, game or music video that’s found its way into copyright history. But no need to worry if you find yourself stuck at home. New Line successfully moved for a preliminary injunction to block the video’s release.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Easy Infringement of IPR in the internet age: It’s very easy to replicate data in the electronic form and piracy of music using CD Rom sharing networks is so very common. Definition Of use In It Age, the authors hold exclusive rights in their works for a particular term subject to the right to use work for fair use.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

ChatGPT , Smodin ), to perform music (i.e., As a software-implemented creation, it was not in the public domain and the company willing to exploit the work had to clear the right to reproduction. Algorithmic tools are gradually colonizing every creative sector, from being able to generate text (i.e., Deepbrain AI , Veed.io ).

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

GitHub, Rose Coogan: More than 73 million creators—students, developers, startups, NGOs, governments using GitHub to collaborate on open source. Unique expertise on code too; code is different from photos, music, videos; some of the most valuable code on GitHub is licensed openly. Not traditional © content.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Music sampling: the tapestry/raw materials of early hip-hop practice make those kinds of works works assets that can’t attract investment. are scenes a faire. Indian classical music: Raga system is the basic framework for composition and improvisation. Mailyn Fidler, Cross-Racial Copyright Litigation in Music: Only a Paper Moon?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

The domain of copyright deals with the literary, musical, dramatic, and artistic works, and cinematograph films. The crux of this debate is the argument that if the theft of restricted digital content is for the purpose of knowledge and research, it should be considered as an act done under ‘fair use’ and ‘fair dealing’ of the content.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2022

A German professor of music theory received Content ID Claims for recordings in the public domain uploaded by his YouTube channels. A German professor of music theory received Content ID Claims for recordings in the public domain uploaded by his YouTube channels.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 17, 2025

Welcome to the rollercoaster world of YouTube and copyright, where creativity collides with boundaries, and fair use lines get blurred faster than a TikTok trend. If someone creates music, films, or memes, they can be considered their owners, especially if it isn’t in public domain. 1] Sounds fair, right?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

Government by its officers and employees should not be subject to copyright” and fall “in the public domain.” ” US Const., . “The basic premise of [S]ection 105.[is] is] that works produced for the U.S. ” H.R. 94-1476 at 58 (1976); see also Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 140 S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Sixth, assuming Woodward published copyrighted material without Trump’s authorization, was he permitted to do so, either as a fair use, or by the First Amendment? If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. This strikes me as the wrong result. 2d at 206. (The

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