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Nintendo’s Actions Demonstrate Our Intellectual Property Laws are Broken

JIPEL Copyright Blog

ROMs which are possessed or distributed without the copyright holders’ permission likely violate copyright law in various ways. It is an open legal question whether this would constitute an infringing derivative work. ROMs, which are equivalent to the games themselves, are an entirely different story.

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Supreme Court Rules adaption of Warhol print not “fair use”

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Supreme Court has ruled that Andy Warhol’s orange silkscreen portrait of musician Prince, adapted from a photograph by Lynn Goldsmith, does not qualify as “fair use” under copyright law.

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Top 3 posts of the autumn from our IP law blogs

Kluwer Copyright Blog

To ensure you don’t miss out on interesting IP law developments reported on our other IP blogs, we will, on a regular basis, provide you with an overview of the most-read posts from each of our IP law blogs. Top 3 Kluwer Copyright Blog posts. 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive).

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Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith

LexBlog IP

Goldsmith SCOTUS Decision Welcome to the ever-evolving world of intellectual property law, where creativity intersects with legal rights, and the boundaries of art and originality are constantly being defined and redefined. We’re talking about Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc.

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The clash of artistic rights: Warhol, Goldsmith, and the boundaries of copyright in Brazil and in the U.S.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Goldsmith et al sheds light on different perspectives of copyright law in common law and civil law countries. This brief post dives into this duality, as exampled by American and Brazilian law. Firstly, both Brazilian and American legislation stipulate that the creator of a work holds copyright over it.

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AI and Copyright Wars: The New York Times Takes on OpenAI and Microsoft

Intepat

Navigating the Intellectual Property Rights Dilemma The clash between The New York Times, OpenAI, and Microsoft unfolds in the realm of intellectual property law. Training AI models using these works could infringe on these rights, especially without authorisation.

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Don’t Get  Sued! Copyright Essentials Every AI Startup Should Know.

LexBlog IP

It highlights the importance of understanding copyright laws when using data for AI training or generating content. It debunks common misconceptions, such as assuming publicly available data is protected from copyright protections. How your AI interacts with data can have significant legal implications.