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When is a derivative work original and thus protectable by copyright? Classicist’s critical edition makes its way to Luxembourg in fresh Romanian CJEU referral

The IPKat

Translated into copyright language: a critical edition is an example of derivative work. In 2015, the Romanian Academy/National Foundation for Science and Art, published a book that allegedly incorporated Slușanschi’s critical edition. Despite (or rather because of ?) Indeed, in Institutul G. When the CJEU decides Institutul G.

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HIT NETFLIX CONTENT AND THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT THAT FOLLOWS

JIPL Online

Then, the post will predict how Netflix may shift its content practices, defense strategies, and settlement tactics as a result of their past litigation successes in copyright actions. Mora, Netflix Will See More Copyright Litigation After Eleventh Circuit Ruling , Daily Business Review (Oct. 22, 2015), [link]. [8]

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AN ARGUMENT FOR EMBRACING THE LEGALITY OF CROWDFUNDED GAME MODS

JIPL Online

Mods are beneficial for the video game industry, [3] but mods can threaten a company’s copyright exclusivity because of their status as derivative works. [4] 4] Mods that collect revenue by paywalls are likely to scare copyright holders into litigation. [5] 11] Physical mods of game hardware are considered derivative. [12]

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With Friends Like These: Copyright Implications Of Novelists Drawing Inspiration From The Real Lives They Cross

LexBlog IP

In Larson, Dorland claimed copyright in a 381-word letter posted to Facebook and further asserted that, therefore, each of the three versions of Larson’s The Kindest was a derivative work in which Dorland, therefore, owned the copyright because her letter and the later Larson works were substantially similar.

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The FTC’s Misguided Comments on Copyright Office Generative AI Questions

Patently-O

But however it is interpreted, the sentence presents several concerns: 1) First, the sentence seems to assume that training a machine learning model on copyrighted works made freely available on the open Internet is likely to be deemed (or should be deemed) a copyright violation. That is far too hasty. Vanderhye v. iParadigms, LLC, 562 F.3d

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Maybe Duct Tape Can’t Fix Everything: Slippery Standards As Copyright Goes Bananas

LexBlog IP

Warhol , at 1283-84 ] This paragraph asks the judge, or the art critic, to carry out their tasks, and consider the meaning of a work. But to do so without considering the work’s significance and without considering the subjective intent of the person creating the derivative work or the subjective impact of that work upon the viewer.

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

The Compendium specifically excludes works alleged to be created by a divine being.” ” Jarrod Welsh, Copyrighting God: New Copyright Guidelines Do Not Protect Divine Beings, 17 Rutgers Journal Of Law & Religion 121 (2015). ” Welsh (2015) at 134. Compendium, at Section 313.2 ]. ” Id. ” Id.