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Controlled Digital Lending: A Copyright Analysis

IP and Legal Filings

The libraries use this concept of CDL justify the mass digitalization of copyright works digital versions of their legally obtained items and lending them to patrons in a controlled manner. This rule covers lending digital copies of copyrighted works, while works in the public domain can be freely digitized.

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Nodal Officers: Unbalancing Expedience and Fairness

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Therefore, takedown orders cannot be directed against infringing copy of content hosted on OTT platforms. A complaint has to be filed by the copyright owner or member of the public. First , the amendment seeks to create an artificial distinction between Piracy and Copyright Act. Second , the govt. 239 of this ).

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2023 Quick Links: IP, Keyword Ads

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Another troubling ruling for an Internet access provider trying to shake a contributory copyright claim based on user-caused copyright infringement. 11, 2023): Time and again we have declared that “prevailing defendants in copyright cases are presumptively entitled (and strongly so) to recover attorney fees.”

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Why Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction

Copyright Lately

The full story behind Netflix’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Barlow & Bear, and why it’s actually a win for the fan fiction community. When it comes to copyright cases, Netflix has seen stranger things. Fan sites prompted by a book or film, for example, may benefit the copyright owner.

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work. 103(a) (“protection for a work employing preexisting material in which copyright subsists does not extend to any part of the work in which such material has been used unlawfully.”).

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Time for the 12 O'Clock Boyz to go: court shuts down (c)/TM lawsuit against documentary & feature film about Baltimore bikers

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The 2001 Documentary “sold 50,000 copies in two weeks and revolutionized the Baltimore dirt-bike culture,” inspiring a sequel and plans to make a third film. So too with unjust enrichment, which was based on defendants’ copying. Plaintiffs allegedly used the 12 O’Clock Boyz trademarks since 2001 and registered the marks in 2016.