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It’s Fair Use Week again, but the party’s over.

The Illusion of More

Thus ends the 12th Annual Fair Use Week, and after the Warhol decision, it must be asked whether the parties who invented this holy week of the copyleft intend to continue the farce much longer. As a refresher, the fair use doctrine has been part of the U.S. appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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First duel between NFTs and copyright before the Spanish courts: NFTs 1 – Authors 0

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In fact, on 11 January 2024, Barcelona Commercial Court number 9 handed down what is indeed the first judgment in Spain in a case where NFTs and copyright are at a crossroads. Findings of the Court The long-awaited judgment of 11 January 2024 of Barcelona Commercial Court number 9 dismisses the Authors’ complaint in its entirety.

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Cloned-and-Revised Legal Documents Aren’t Copyrightable–UIRC v. William Blair

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The plaintiff gets an expensive lesson in the law of derivative works. * * * UIRC offers bonds using a private placement memorandum (PPM) and an indenture of trust. Even if the verbatim copying qualifies as putative infringement, many republications are likely to be covered by fair use. See, e.g., White v.

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The Latest Chapter in Authors’ Copyright Suit Against OpenAI: Original Pleadings Insufficient

LexBlog IP

District Court for the Northern District of California has knocked out the majority of their claims, refusing to accept the blanket allegation that “every output of the OpenAI Language Model is an infringing derivative work.” ” The plaintiffs now have until March 13, 2024 to file an amended complaint.

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The 5 Worst Copyright Lawsuits of 2023

Copyright Lately

Netflix was decided after the Supreme Court managed to make fair use even more complicated in Andy Warhol Foundation v. And remember to keep your head in the stars and your feet near some clouds in 2024. When Netflix refused to pay up, Cramer sued for copyright infringement. Even though Cramer v.

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