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Fair Use for Documentaries in US Copyright Law: Brown v Netflix

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v. Netflix , Inc. ).

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Court Quashes 512(h) Subpoena Submitted to YouTube–Watch Tower v. Kevin McFree

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The court says the Dubtown video wasn’t copyright infringing because of fair use: Purpose/Character of Use. ” The videos were transformative, even if parts of precedent material were used verbatim. .” However, McFree made transformative uses. This factor weighs slightly against fair use.

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Twitter Can’t Quash a 512(h) Subpoena

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The court says that instead of doing a First Amendment analysis, it’s possible that a fair use analysis is sufficient for 512(h) subpoenas (citing Eldred for the principle that fair use is the First Amendment safety valve to copyright infringement). Q2 2015 Quick Links, Part 1 (IP, Marketing and More).

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What Goldsmith Means to AI Trainers

IP Intelligence

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” (S. The district court agreed, but was reversed by the Second Circuit, which found the degree of new expression insufficient to justify a finding of fair use. Goldsmith , 598 S.

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Don’t Film So Close To Me: Can Copyrighted Music Keep Vids of Police Encounters Off The Internet?

The IP Law Blog

This would include a belief that the display or performance of the copyrighted material in the video was covered under fair use. So would the inclusion of the Taylor Swift or Sublime song recorded in the police/civilian interaction videos mentioned above constitute fair use? Pursuant to the 2015 case of Lenz v.

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Court Quashes 512(h) Subpoena on First Amendment Grounds–In re 512(h) Subpoena to Twitter

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

” Second, Bayside said that copyright already accommodates First Amendment considerations via the fair use defense (citing the Reddit case ). Nature of the use. The photos were already published, which weighs in favor of fair use. ” This also weighs in favor of fair use (?). Market effect.

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EUIPO Fifth Board of Appeal rules out that sale of spare parts for Ferrari’s Testarossa is genuine use of the trade mark

The IPKat

In 2015, the Cancellation Applicant filed a request for revocation of Ferrari’s International trade mark ‘Testarossa’, designating (amongst others) the European Union, initially registered by Ferrari in connection with the premier of its sports car series from the 80’s and 90’s.

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