Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

As we’ve discussed in the past , copyright has played an oddly oversized role in our modern Halloween festivities. However, one of the areas that is generally less talked about is copyright’s impact on Halloween costumes. However, one of the areas that is generally less talked about is copyright’s impact on Halloween costumes.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2024

Acuff-Rose sued members of hip hop group 2 Live Crew, claiming that their track “Pretty Woman” infringed the label’s copyright in the Roy Orbison song, “Oh, Pretty Woman.” When he copied and then rebroadcast the news report, that was copyright infringement. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 1, 2024

This is quite the picture of how the Indian copyright laws are treating the employees who try to become such exceptional creators. This means that if an employee makes any copyright then the owner would have the title of that intellectual property unless there is an agreement stating otherwise. Unlike the U.S.A.,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It does seem a bit one-sided in making it sound (to me, anyway) like people, governments or courts who oppose copyright protection of AI-generated works are fighting a rear guard battle and that at some point copyright protection of such works will almost “naturally” happen. Copyright Act, R.S.C.

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

The photographer became aware of the use of her photograph in 2016 when Prince died, and the Andy Warhol Foundation licensed the use of Warhol’s “Prince Series” to use in a magazine commemorating his life. There was no image copyright credit or compensation to Lynn Goldsmith.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

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 ). From this constitutional dimension of copyright emerged the notion of ‘user rights’ ( Geiger, 2020 ).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Perhaps it comes as no surprise that a copyright dispute regarding a fire- breathing – sneezing dragon would get so heated. John Lewis responded by providing evidence which it said showed that adam&eve had conceived of the idea a year prior to FFD’s publication (the “2016 outline”). Was Ms Evans’ work protected by copyright?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2024

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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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 17, 2021

In 2016, companies including Bell Canada, Videotron, Group TVA and Rogers Communications filed a copyright infringement action at Canada’s Federal Court. The plaintiffs complained that this breached their rights in respect of at least 386 copyrighted works. Canadian Media Companies Target Set-Top Box Retailers.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The plaintiff, NOC, is a teenager who has copyrighted designs in hand-drawn dots that Target allegedly copied in the clothing line. This picture shows the copyrighted works and Target’s efforts: At issue is whether Target independently created the works. The work was also posted to Facebook and Instagram in 2016.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

By Dennis Crouch and Timothy Knight* The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on February 21 in an important copyright case – Warner Chappell Music v. ” Copyright’s statute of limitations bars claims not “commenced within three years after the claim accrued.” ” 17 U.S.C. §

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2023

” That wasn’t what Maria Schneider had in mind, according to her 2016 Music Tech Policy piece, which begins with a surprise apology. When copyright holders report uploaded content as infringing, YouTube follows the DMCA and takes the content down. 1202 , which prohibits the removal of Copyright Management Information.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 18, 2023

In common with content created in other fields, photographs generally enjoy protection under copyright law, allowing photographers to determine who can duplicate and/or distribute their work. Photographers Alexis Hunley and Matthew Brauer posted several of their copyrighted works on Instagram.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 23, 2023

On May 17th, 2023, the Supreme Court handed down a decision with potentially far-reaching consequences in the evolving landscape of copyright fair use, particularly for commercial works that reproduce copyrighted work.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Court of Genoa held that the architect was the author of the work and that RAI had infringed her copyright. First, an original work can be protected by copyright law only if it meets two requirements: - originality, i.e., objective novelty compared to creative works or segments of previous creation; - creativity.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 15, 2022

However, that all changed in 2016, when local police raided its Malmo office. Two years later, the Stockholm Patent and Market Court found several people connected to the company guilty of copyright infringement and the unauthorized decoding of broadcast signals. No Prison, No Copyright Damages.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 16, 2023

In a long-awaited decision, the court allows Cher’s royalty lawsuit to proceed despite copyright termination notices from Sonny Bono’s heirs. The heirs’ right to terminate under the Copyright Act preempts Cher’s state law breach of contract claim,” Mary’s lawyer’s wrote.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 13, 2023

In May, the Supreme Court issued an unusually contentious 7-2 decision concerning the fair use defense available to alleged copyright infringers. The majority decision in The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

31, 2022): When an individual’s decision to disseminate an Instagram post is the “very thing the article [is] reporting on,” the use of the Instagram post and its copyrighted material in the reporting has been deemed sufficiently transformative to support a fair use defense. Wallster, Inc. Redbubble, Inc., LEXIS 198181 (C.D.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 18, 2022

1: Support Specialist Rimini Street Found in Contempt of Court for Continued Oracle Copyright Infringements. The dispute goes back more than a decade as Oracle sued Rimini Street in 2010 alleging that the third-party support firm was violating the copyright of Oracle software as part of its service. Next up today, Tara C.

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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 26, 2023

As a result, the unauthorized reproduction of such works not only results in material damage due to the non-payment of copyright fees but also inflicts intangible harm through the symbolic devaluation of the artistic creation. The dispute revolved around a work of art created by Warhol, which incorporated a photograph of the musician Prince.

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The IPKat

MAY 28, 2023

Copyright infringement cases often involve works of art, literature, or design. This recent French decision gives us an opportunity to look at a rarer case, that of copyright infringement in a typeface. 112-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code (CPI) , the court reiterated that typographic works are protectable under copyright.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 29, 2024

Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo, a fictionalized memoir with factual footnotes, ignited a feminist groundswell in South Korea and has sold over 1 million copies worldwide since its publication in 2016. The Vegetarian by Han Kang received the 2016 Man Booker International Prize and has been translated into two dozen languages.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Among other things, on 12 September 2023, French MPs tabled a bill " aimed at providing a copyright framework for artificial intelligence ". This Kat questions the point of adding such a paragraph to CPI provision that deals with the formalism of copyright assignment. This has not escaped anyone's notice.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to consider whether a copyright plaintiff’s timely claim under the discovery rule is subject to retrospective relief for infringement occurring more than three years before the suit was filed. Musician Sherman Nealy and his company, Music Specialist Inc. § 501.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

The Ninth Circuit recently addressed the issue of whether parties can contractually agree to shorten the statute of limitations period for bringing a copyright infringement claim. Normally, the statute of limitations for a copyright violation is three years. In an unpublished opinion in the case, Evox Productions, LLC v.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 3, 2021

Earthbound is no exception, yet content creators are running into unexpected copyright claims. Copyright Claims Earthbound content and music have remained mostly unscathed on YouTube for many years. Users have attempted to dispute copyright claims, only to allegedly be hit by counterclaims from Sony. History of Earthbound.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Nealy , an appeal of the Eleventh Circuit’s determination that a copyright plaintiff can recover damages for infringement occurring more than three years prior to filing suit. Much of alleged infringement occurred while Nealy was incarcerated, and he alleged that he did not become aware of the infringement until 2016.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2022

PPL filed an application for re-registration as a copyright society in March 2013. The Registrar of Copyrights, in 2014, rejected the withdrawal application on the grounds that the interests of rights holders was involved, and no unilateral decision could be taken by PPL on its status as a copyright society. Background.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 30, 2023

for Copyright Infringement, Removal of Copyright Management Information and Addition of False Copyright Management Information. Per the StrossStock website, Stross was nominated and accepted as a professional member of the American Society of Photographers in 2016. He received his B.S. Gotsch, Sr. 3:23-cv-00061-DRL-MG.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 24, 2021

1: Sirius XM Wins Appeal of Turtles Members’ California Copyright Claims. The two sides actually settled the case for $25 million back in 2016, but Sirius agreed to pay an additional $5 million for each Appeals Court win. 2: Michael Moore Hit With Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 28, 2022

1: Drake Dropped From Copyright Suit Over Chris Brown Collab “No Guidance,” Judge Makes “Started From the Bottom” Joke. The lawsuit was filed by a pair of songwriters that claimed the 2019 track was an infringement of their earlier song 2016 song I Love Your Dress. Bungie can amend and refile the copyright claims.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 8, 2022

Many readers will already be familiar with this title, since it won our IPKat book of the year award 2021 for best copyright book! But, for those who are yet to pick up a copy, here is what is in store: The EU legislature adopted Directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM) in 2019.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 23, 2022

An interesting case recently decided by the Italian Supreme Court ( Corte di Cassazione ) has focused on whether the slogan “ 500% FIAT ” can be protected by copyright (decision No. This was not the first time the Italian Supreme Court has taken a position on copyright protection for advertising claims. Richter via Pixabay.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

APRIL 20, 2022

Corson claims she took a picture of a bocce ball court (the “Photograph”) and registered with the United States Copyright Office on September 18, 2016. As Corson did not license the right to use the Photograph to Vive, she seeks damages for direct copyright infringement in violation of 17 U.S.C. § 501 et seq.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

In 2015, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) set out to conduct empirical research on the impact of copyright exceptions. We soon realized that information about the changes to copyright law over time – which would be especially useful for empirical studies – was lacking.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2021

Before mid-2022, the Copyright Office will deploy a new adjudicatory function called the Copyright Claims Board (CCB). The CCB will be dominated by claims over alleged online infringement, so it’s a major development for online copyright law. Currently, all federal copyright infringement claims must be filed in federal court.

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