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Public Domain Day 2024 is Coming: Here’s What to Know

Copyright Lately

Oh Mickey, you’re so fine—but you’re not alone: An avalanche of copyrighted works will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. public domain on January 1, 2024—and that’s a shame. public domain for failure to comply with the various formalities (e.g., copyright terms.

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5 Spooky Articles About Copyright and Halloween

Plagiarism Today

This year, for the first time since 2018, we will be open, and we couldn’t be more excited. Night of the Living Dead is possibly one of the most famous public domain movies of all time. However, at least one copy made it to the United States, where the original book was already in public domain.

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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

Also, many have design errors due to their age. How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie : The second in the Creepy Copyright Mondays series was an explainer on how Night of the Living Dead , one of the most iconic zombie films, fell into the public domain. I’m working to fix those, but it will take time.

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ICANN Simplifies Requests For Hidden Domain Name Registration Data

TorrentFreak

For companies enforcing their intellectual property rights, determining who owns a domain can prove invaluable as part of a wider investigation. When the General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) came into effect in May 2018, it aimed to protect the personal data of EU citizens.

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How Lulu Lost Her Mark

Dear Rich IP Blog

My understanding is that all publicity photos taken back in the 1920s and 1930s were never copyrighted, therefore, in the public domain, especially if the photographer is unidentified. A company from Coral Gables, Florida applied for the Louise Brooks trademark in 2018. The public domain. What to do?

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A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. The wranglings caused the registrant’s sticker to be removed from Amazon for a total of 44 days in 2018 across several different incidents.

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Who Owns the Copyright in AI-Generated Art?

Intepat

Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators. Copyright Office’s guidelines, but a settlement was reached in 2018. AI-generated art represents a fusion of human ingenuity in crafting algorithms and the machine’s ability to produce artworks autonomously. The case faced initial dismissal due to the U.S.

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