Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 17, 2022

Copyright Office Argues Warhol’s Use of Prince Photo Was Not ‘Fair Use’. The case pits Goldsmith against the Warhol estate, with Goldsmith alleging that Warhol created a series of paintings of the musician Prince using her images. The post 3 Count: USCO Chimes In appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

1: Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. First off today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that Watch Tower, is pushing ahead with a copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTuber “Kevin McFree” (not his real name) in hopes of revealing the YouTuber’s real name. Watch Tower: So What?

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

First off today, Brian Welk at The Wrap reports that a judge has granted copyright termination for the film Friday the 13th, allowing both the writer, Victor Miller, from the film’s producer/director, Sean S. Ratajkowski fired back, claiming that the photo didn’t qualify for copyright protection and that her use was a fair use.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

1: Manhattan Judge Rejects ‘Server Test’ for Internet Copyright Infringement. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a controversial ruling denying the “server test” of copyright law and ruling that embedding images can be an infringement of copyright law. ” As such, Warner Bros.,

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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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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

First off today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that the team behind the H3 Podcast has asked for the lawsuit against them to be dismissed, saying that the lawsuit is incorrect as a matter of law as they did not commit any copyright infringement. The post 3 Count: Quad 9 appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

First off today, Ashley Cullins at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that Instagram has secured the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against it by two photographers who claimed that the service’s embedding feature enabled copyright infringement. The post 3 Count: Insta Victory appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

After those tattoos appeared in the WWE 2K game series, she sued Take-Two Interactive for copyright infringement. 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.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

This prompted Alexander to file a lawsuit against Take-Two, claiming copyright infringement of her work. In a copyright case such as this, it means that the infringement or harm is so minor, that the court determines it doesn’t matter. It was easily the biggest copyright news story of the year.

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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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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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OCTOBER 19, 2022

As such, he has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the musician and the artist who created the cover, Timm Gooden. Cardi B had previously argued that the use of the image was a fair use because it was transformative. The post 3 Count: Noisy Hill appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In 2020, as part of his campaign, then-President Trump used the song as part of an animation that was meant to lampoon his opponent, President Joe Biden. This prompted Grant to sue, claiming that the use of his music was an infringement. The post 3 Count: Electric Avenue 2 appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

A similar work to that piece was used on the Nirvana Vestibule shirt, also based on Dante’s Inferno. That prompted the lawsuit for copyright infringement. However, a judge has dismissed the lawsuit, arguing that one of the key issues in the case is whether Bundy holds the copyright in question.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Apple sued the company, alleging that it violated both their copyright and their rights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. However, a judge tossed the case, ruling that Corellium’s use was a fair use. 2: Federal Court Awards $29M in Statutory Damages for Copyright Infringement in Media Case.

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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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AUGUST 17, 2021

1: 8th Circuit Revives Copyright Dispute Over House Floor Plans. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a copyright infringement lawsuit against the realtors Columbia House of Brokers Realty over the alleged infringement of floor plans.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Copyright Office published a Notice of inquiry (“NOI”) and request for comments, Artificial Intelligence and Copyright, Docket No. The copyright law implications of AI training are currently being litigated in several different federal copyright infringement actions. On that point, time will tell.

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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 the code original enough to qualify for copyright protection?

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Copyright laws play a crucial role in protecting creative expressions such as literary works, artistic works and musical works. Through copyright enforcement, an exclusive right is granted to creators. This exclusive rights comprises of the right to copy, distribute, perform, license or adapt the work. WIPO Copyright Treaty.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

A group of artists has filed a first-of-its-kind copyright infringement lawsuit against the developers of popular AI art tools, but did they paint themselves into a corner? You might assume that the concept of a “derivative work” under copyright law would be simple to define. Stability AI Ltd.

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