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US—Copyright Round-Up

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Recent appellate decisions in the United States have recognized expanded grounds for personal jurisdiction in cases of internet-based copyright infringements; divided on the extent to which the three-year statute of limitations limits damage recoveries; and increased the occasions for motions to dismiss on the ground of fair use.

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Court Mistakenly Thinks Copyright Owners Have a Duty to Police Infringement–Sunny Factory v. Chen

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Plus, the court says Fuxi had a legitimate motivation to send takedown notices because “Copyright holders have an obligation to police the field where their marks may be used and to give notice to potential infringers in order to preserve their rights.” New Destiny Church. * ‘Reaction’ Video Protected By Fair Use–Hosseinzadeh v.

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Parliamentary Standing Committee and Copyright Reform: One Step Forward, Three Steps Back

SpicyIP

Limitations on storage of copied works in digital formats. Historically, the exceptions for teaching, education and research have never been qualified by the nature of ownership of the institution where the use of the work is carried out. To put things in perspective, even the most IP-friendly jurisdiction of US in Cambridge v.

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Nodal Officers: Unbalancing Expedience and Fairness

SpicyIP

Therefore, takedown orders cannot be directed against infringing copy of content hosted on OTT platforms. Institutional Mechanism of Nodal Officers: Learning from the Past The ‘Statement of Object and Reasons’ 2023 Act mentions the attempt to ‘curb the menace of film piracy by transmission of unauthorised copies on the internet.’

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

Copyright Lately

And unlike the vast majority of songwriters and performing artists who have relinquished ownership rights to musical publishers and record labels, Barlow & Bear decided to release “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” themselves, which means keeping more of the earnings. 1962, 1976 (2014). Petrella v.

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“What’s Mine Is Not Yours To Give Me”—Nor To Take Without Just Compensation: A New Jersey’s Reaction To Sovereign Immunity, Intellectual Property, & Takings

LexBlog IP

26 , rejected the claim that taking away, or ignoring, the ability-to-control indicia of ownership amounts to a taking: Similarly, property rights, including copyright, have been described as ownership of a bundle of rights or interests. 34,] 51-61[(2014) ]. See Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. Nation Enters., 2218, 85 L.Ed.2d

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Copyright, Free Speech Clash in Dispute Over Cameron Boyce’s Final Film

Copyright Lately

The company also asserts copyright ownership in two “director’s statements” written by Coakley about the alleged on-set bullying, as well as in Coakley’s planned derivative project about the making of Runt. .” The Sixth Circuit ruled in Balsley’s favor, rejecting Hustler ‘s fair use defense.