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Limitation period for copyright infringement actions in France

The IPKat

This Kat always eagerly awaits decisions from the French Cour de Cassation, so he was delighted to find out about an important recent decision on copyright (Cour de cassation, 1st Civil Chamber, 15 November 2023, n° 22-23.266). The judgment focuses on a procedural aspect, namely the limitation period for an action for copyright infringement.

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Reddit Banned 5,853 Users for Excessive Copyright Infringement Last Year

TorrentFreak

Reddit’s responses to DMCA takedown notices and the site’s handling of excessive copyright infringement are listed separately in the “legal removals” section. Compared to other content removals, copyright actions are relatively modest. Of these requests, close to 80% resulted in items being removed.

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TAMU Copyright Infringement — No Liability

Patently-O

Texas A&M University (Supreme Court 2022). Bynum sued for copyright infringement. That case held that sovereign immunity protected states from copyright infringement liability despite direct Congressional statements otherwise. 20-20503, 2022 WL 445172, at *8 (5th Cir. by Dennis Crouch. Cooper , 140 S.

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Ed Sheeran’s Copyright Infringement Battles

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

However, in 2022, the Sheeran found himself engaged in another copyright infringement litigation over the said song. This time around, the singer was accused of infringing a 2015 song named “Oh Why” sung by Sami Chokri. The post Ed Sheeran’s Copyright Infringement Battles appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog.

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Instagram and Facebook Users Are Engaging in Copyright Infringement?!

IPilogue

If you have ever incorporated music into your Instagram or Facebook videos, you may have committed copyright infringement. On July 20 th , 2022, Meta Platforms Inc. In the official pleading , they argued that Meta violated the US Copyright Act 17 USC § 501 for direct, induced, and contributory copyright infringement.

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Dillon Construction Group Files Copyright Infringement Suit Against Andretti Global Construction Team

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Indiana) in part, for copyright infringement of works of original authorship. According to the complaint, in early 2022, Andretti Global hired the Plaintiff and the Defendants to design and construct a racing facility in Fishers, IN. Hamilton County, Indiana– The Plaintiffs, DCG Indiana, Inc.

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EU law: Generative AI, copyright infringements and liability – My guess for a hot topic in 2024

Kluwer Copyright Blog

One AI topic, which has so far only been examined in any depth in relation to EU copyright law in a few instances, is copyright infringement by generative AI and the associated liability. 1) When does AI output constitute an infringement? 2) Who is liable for copyright-infringing AI output?