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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Specifically, a group called Spice DAO purchased an NFT displaying a copy of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ for $3 million, assuming it would grant them the ability to produce derivative works, such as an animated Dune series.

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Legal Background: Copyright and Derivative Works Copyright law protects original works of authorship, including “pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works,” 17 U.S.C. For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work.

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

Copyright Lately

Produced by Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland and based on the novels by Julia Quinn, Bridgerton was seen by a then-record 82 million households when the first season premiered on Netflix in early 2021. Fast forward to September 2021 when “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” became the top album on iTunes’ U.S.

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Prince, Prince, Prints: Will the Supreme Court Revisit Fair Use?

LexBlog IP

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] On March 26, 2021, the Second Circuit issued an opinion reversing the district court’s decision. 1183 (2021).

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A Brief Thematic Review of Non-Fungible Tokens and their Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

In today’s digital world, a lot of data and information have been shared online and are susceptible to corruption and copying. Due to the recurrent copyright difficulties, which have a significant impact on an individual’s business interest, it is imperative to preserve the ownership rights of digital works.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

The good news is after the holiday was effectively ruined last year, we’re more or less back in business in 2021. As the story goes, they provided him with a copy of a few scenes from “Ghostbusters” in which the theme would appear. You can judge for yourself by downloading a copy of “Jap Herron” here.

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A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

If the work was published with proper copyright notice, it received a federal statutory copyright. If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. 202(a) ] “Fixed” means that the work is embodied in a material object in some permanent form.

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