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3 Count: Dark Horse Dismissal

Plagiarism Today

1: Katy Perry Wins in Dark Horse Copyright Appeal. First off today, Mark Savage at the BBC reports that Katy Perry has emerged victorious once again in the lawsuit over her 2013 song Dark Horse. copyright law. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. But that undersells the level of inconsistency in courts’ interpretations of the law of copyright preemption. But fair use isn’t a defense to a breach of contract claim.

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Copyright as an Access Right: Concretizing Positive Obligations for Rightholders to Ensure the Exercise of User Rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The purpose of copyright, at its very basic level, finds its normative implementation in the interplay between access to protected works and the protection of the moral and material interest of creators (see Geiger, 2017 ). licenses for specific uses). However, it is only a first step towards making user’s rights a reality.

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German Federal Court of Justice: Copyright Case Law of 2021 – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photo by Christian Wiediger from Unsplash The implementation transposition of the Copyright Directive 2019/790 (DSMD) in the summer of 2021 represented probably the greatest reform in German copyright law since the German Copyright Act (UrhG) came into force. Germany’s implementation of Art.

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UK Government axes plans to broaden existing text and data mining exception

The IPKat

It should be noted at the outset that, on the one hand, some commentators hold the view that TDM would not even be covered by copyright law. On the other hand, the debate around TDM has not developed in a context devoid of licensing practices, at least in Europe.

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The Battle Over Poker NFTs

Plagiarism Today

In that apology, Butz admitted he was “clearly ignorant about copyright laws and got defensive when it was brought to my attention.” Prince appealed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which largely reversed that decision in April 2013. 3: The Andy Warhol Ruling.

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Copyright Infringement and Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendants

The IP Law Blog

The Court also found it significant that VNG had “contracted with U.S. There was evidence before the Court that VNG had the ability to geo-block users as early as 2013 (if not earlier) but chose not to. law and, at the very least, affect U.S. law and, at the very least, affect U.S. businesses in conjunction with Zing MP3.”