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Fair Use for Documentaries in US Copyright Law: Brown v Netflix

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v. Netflix , Inc. ).

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AI Generated Art and its conflict with IPR

IIPRD

This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. With the development of latest technologies like the Creative Adversarial Network (“CAN”), many areas which were yet unexplored in the realm of Intellectual Property Rights have arisen.

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Copyright Infringement in edited photographs

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Photographs are under the subject matter of copyright which means that photographs are artistic works that attract copyright protection. In India, photographs enjoy copyright protection under Section 2 (c) i of the Copyright Act, 1957 , which mentions the certain types of artistic works granted copyright protection in India.

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Generative AI and Copyright – Some Recent Denials and Unanswered Questions

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Copyright Office’s denial of a copyright application for a work created using generative AI due to lack of human authorship ( Thaler v. Where AI alone creates a work, this point seems clear. Shortly following the Thaler decision, another artistic work created with generative AI was denied copyright protection.

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IP and NFTs: Where are We?

LexBlog IP

Indeed, the directors of the US Patent and Trademark Office and US Copyright Office are in the process of conducting a joint study to untangle the various interests at play, having promised Sens. They are sold and/or traded in connection with “smart contracts” that govern the terms of transfer.

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Copyright and Generative AI: What Can We Learn from Model Terms and Conditions?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The results of these disputes are likely to take years to work through and may have very different outcomes in different jurisdictions given the very wide scope of fair use in the US compared to (inter alia) the EU.

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The clash of artistic rights: Warhol, Goldsmith, and the boundaries of copyright in Brazil and in the U.S.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

A third reflection emerges: undoubtedly, Warhol’s work was created based on Goldsmith’s. However, it is important to recognize that all artistic works are influenced by those that came before them. [1] 3] Regardless of the creative level of a work, copyright comes with limitations. 37, 2018). [3]