Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 30, 2021
In February 2019, Tamita Brown, Glen S. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (‘District Court’) held that the defendants’ use of the song was fair use and granted the motion to dismiss the claims. Photo by Geoff Gill via Pixabay. Chapman, and Jason T. Netflix , Inc. ).
IP and Legal Filings
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era.
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IPilogue
MAY 26, 2022
In 2019, West was also hit with a lawsuit for unauthorized use of a sound recording on his Grammy-nominated song, “Ultralight Beam.” The Act states that copyright owners are entitled to “damages and profits of the infringer that are attributable to the infringement.”. The fair use defence is rarely used in music sampling cases.
IPilogue
JULY 18, 2022
Copyright Act —whether Warhol’s print is transformative of the original photograph so that it qualifies as fair use. As an avant-guard artist of his time, Warhol used the mechanical process of copying to challenge the conventional notion of art. Copyright, in the simplest terms, is “ the right to copy.”
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
1] That decision shook the art world, as it seems to dramatically narrow the scope of the fair use doctrine, and raises doubts about the lawfulness of many existing works. [2] Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement. It found that all four fair use factors weighed against fair use. [12]
SpicyIP
MAY 2, 2022
We’re pleased to bring you a guest post from Akshat Agrawal on a recent order that raised questions on the extent / limitations of the exemptions and limitations to Indian copyright law. You can see his previous posts for us here. New(s) Questions and Fair Use: Using Copyright to Curtail Expression?
IP and Legal Filings
JUNE 12, 2023
Since copying was for the purpose of criticism, it amounted to fair dealing and did not constitute infringement of the copyright. The important facts, as well as the circulation and available duration of both the older and newer work, are used to determine the significance of the time of the filing of the claims.
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