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It’s No Laughing Matter As Spotify Removes Comedy Tracks

Copyright Lately

Spotify’s removal decision stems at least in part from claims by Spoken Giants, a rights administration service that is seeking compensation for the use of its members’ spoken word content in much the same way that songwriters are paid for the use of their musical compositions. Musical Works: One Song, Two Copyrights.

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Bad Bunny or Bad Business?

LexBlog IP

The lawsuit states that De La Cruz’s “distinguishable voice” also has been used without her consent for songs, records, promotions, worldwide concerts, television, radio and social and musical platforms. De La Cruz and Martínez first became a couple in 2011.

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Who Owns the Copyright in AI-Generated Art?

Intepat

These algorithms analyze colossal datasets of existing art, music, literature, or other forms of creative content to learn patterns and generate original works. In 2011, wildlife photographer David Slater captured a monkey selfie, which gained widespread attention online. Slater, 16-15469, popularly known as the Monkey selfie case.

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De Minimis & Copyright Infringement : Where To Draw The Line?

IP and Legal Filings

The recent surge in technological advancements and social media hacks have resulted in trivial violations being brought to court that necessarily may not be copyright infringements. Music sampling has also rapidly emerged as another violation that has to undergo scrutiny to prove that the sampled works infringes the original one.

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Why SNL’s “Muppets” Parody Had Even the Media Fooled

Copyright Lately

Nevertheless, almost immediately after the sketch aired on the East Coast, a number of Muppets fans began to weigh in on social media, wondering if they had just seen an authorized (albeit unconventional) appearance by Kermit and Co. Jason Segel and the Muppets on SNL (2011). Kermit the Frog and Robert De Niro on SNL (2004).

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Battle of the spiritual and holistic therapists over ‘Archangel Alchemy’ trade mark

The IPKat

Since 2011, she had provided spiritual and holistic education, training and therapy services to the public in person and online. A claim in passing off could therefore not be sustained to protect goodwill that any reasonable person would consider to be trivial (Laddie J in Sutherland v V2 Music Ltd , [22]).

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Takedown Services Under Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

The author or creator of any theatrical, literary, creative, or musical work has an exclusive right to copyright. In addition, social media intermediaries must appoint a Chief Compliance Officer in accordance with the Act and IT Rules. SCIL) (2016) Myspace Inc.