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Should I Register 2020 Vinyl Re-Release or 2005 Original CD?

Dear Rich IP Blog

Dear Rich: My band released a CD in 2005, and we never filed Form SR or PA for the album and underlying works. I am planning a vinyl reissue (with expanded artwork) this year, the songs are in the same order and have been remastered, but the artwork will be slightly different. Should I file the SR and PA for the 2005 release?

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Still No “RKO” for Copyright Law After US Court’s Damage Award in Randy Orton Tattoo Dispute

IPilogue

Since 2005, Take-Two has owned the video game developer that produces the popular WWE 2K series of pro wrestling sports simulation video games. Tattoo artists currently benefit greatly from lax copyright enforcement – popular subject matter for tattoos includes famous artworks, celebrity portraits, and quotes from books and movies.

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Police Shut ‘Club Penguin Rewritten’, 3 Arrested For Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

Created by New Horizon Interactive, massively multiplayer online game (MMO) Club Penguin first opened to the public in 2005. In April 2020, Disney filed a copyright complaint with Google, stating that Club Penguin Rewritten’s domain (cprewritten.net) not only infringed its rights in artwork but also its trademarks.

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U.S. Artificial Intelligence Notice of Inquiry – deadline extension

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Years later, in 2005, the U.S. Copyright Office subsequently reversed its decision to register her copyright ), she has since applied to register a new artwork. court in Mannion v Coors Brewing, 377 F.Supp.2d 2d 444 found originality in the rendition, the timing and the creation of the subject.

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Blizzard: No Piracy Filters? That’s Evidence of Intentional Infringement

TorrentFreak

Github user ‘Chef Nomi’ (who was central to the SushiSwap crypto controversy ) had not only taken the name of one of Blizzard’s characters but was also using Blizzard’s artwork in his avatar. So that’s that then? In a nutshell, the plaintiffs in MGM v.

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

The Regulations also protect the rights of authors of an original applied or fine artwork to a share in the proceeds of sale of that work as long as copyright subsists. A presentation of the report was made by Hon.

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Unroll the Scroll Painting: Inside the Chinese Art Market and Its Regulatory Landscape

LexBlog IP

When Christie’s Auction House first entered the secondary art market of mainland China in 2005, it licensed its brand to a local auction house and received a total of RMB 97,000,000 (roughly $12,100,000) for its inaugural sale. [1] Challenges: exchange control and tax. 22] The tariff rate sometime would also be affected by geopolitics.

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