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MPA & RIAA Deployed 60+ Lobbyists in 2022, Piracy Top of The Agenda

TorrentFreak

The campaign hopes to pay a lobbyist $187,500 to “educate government officials and policymakers” on a new threat to the creative industries – AI-generated artwork. The last time the RIAA spent more was back in 2018, and before that, 2011. million.

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Inside Arbitration: Cyber disputes – are there borders in the blockchain?

Herbert Smith Freehills

In April and May 2021, Mr S participated in an auction of digital art held by Nifty, placing a bid for an NFT associated with an artwork by Beeple titled "Abundance". According to Nifty's rules, the highest 100 bidders were winners of a numbered edition of the artwork corresponding to the position of their respective bids.

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Copyright Infringement in edited photographs

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

In 2011, the district court ruled in favour of Cairou but appeal was filed. Lastly, the court pointed out that the target audience of the photographs and the artistic works were different in nature and no evidence could be provided to show that the artistic works of Prince had negatively affected the market for the photographs of Cairou.

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Fair Use for Documentaries in US Copyright Law: Brown v Netflix

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The song “Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots” was composed by the plaintiffs in 2011. Finally, the Second Circuit found that the fourth factor – the ‘effect on the potential market’ – favors fair use as well. Background. As mentioned, the Second Circuit upheld the District Court’s decision.

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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] A relaxed regulatory environment helps explain the enormous growth of the Chinese art market.

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Is Generative AI Fair Use of Copyright Works? NYT v. OpenAI

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The lawsuits brought by the owners of such works, including artworks in the case of image-generators and journalism in the NYT case, claim that this should not be allowed. Instead, Google Books was found to support the marketing of books by giving them increased public exposure. Such uses, they argue, constitute copyright infringement.

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Trademarks And the Metaverse

IP and Legal Filings

Virtual characters can play themed games, create original artwork, visit exhibition locations, shop for virtual clothing for their collections or gaming outfits, and partake in social events after arriving in “Gucci Town.” Users are expressing their annoyance at the frauds that have already taken over the NFT market.