Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

The decision mirrors the recent order, in a summary judgment, of the Civil Court of first instance of Venice (Tribunale civile di Venezia) in the Vitruvian Man (Uomo Vitruviano) case commented on by Giulia Dore on this blog. In particular, under EU law the Italian public cultural property seems to be inconsistent with art.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

We have recently published a white paper , authored by Julia Reda ( Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte ) and Paul Keller ( Open Future ) that proposes to build a public repository of Public Domain and openly licensed works.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

JANUARY 5, 2021

Dear Rich: Which (if any) US postage stamp images are in the public domain? I have read that stamps issued prior to 1978 are in the public domain. postage stamps issued before 1971 are definitely in the public domain. stamps are "public domain if issued before 31 December 1977." Is this true?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Opposing the claimants’ arguments, Ravensburger challenged the cross-border application of Italian law, alleging that the claims conflict with article 14 of Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive since they attempt to unlawfully impose property assertions on public domain works. 633/1941, l.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It would be improper to list yourself as the publisher of a public domain song (we assume that by "traditional" you're referring to PD music). Because public domain songs are not protected by copyright (they are free to the public) no one can claim ownership of these compositions.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Dear Rich: If a movie falls into the public domain, are all of the individual images in it also public domain? Yes, you are free to copy the individual frames or images from a public domain movie without permission. What if the image is of a movie star? What about movie stars?

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Dear Rich IP Blog

JUNE 19, 2021

Speaking of the public domain, the Public Domain Review has an informative essay (“ The Mark of the Beast ”) about the first anti-vaxxers Dear Rich: I wish to reproduce photographs from a website. If the photos are in the public domain and the website hasn’t substantially modified them, you are free to copy them.

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Chicago-Kent Intellectual Property Journal Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

Disney’s Limiting of the Public Domain Sydney Fenton | April 6th, 2022 Creation of Copyright and the Public Domain On May 31, 1790, the first copyright law was enacted under the new United States Constitution, modeled after Britain’s Statute of Anne.[1]

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IPilogue

MARCH 27, 2023

Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. These intersections between trademark and copyright law may stop Mickey from strolling into public use for the coming years.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

AUGUST 21, 2021

Public domain. The French and English books were published before 1926 and are in the public domain and you are free to reproduce everything from those two versions. Or would we need to get permission from the publisher that republished the book as part of their classics series?

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Dear Rich IP Blog

AUGUST 18, 2020

I have used public domain quotes within the novel (from Aristotle, Lincoln, etc.), According to the Supreme Court , there is no legal requirement to provide attribution when public domain works are copied and placed into new works. Dear Rich: I have just finished writing a fantasy novel. Is this hinky?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

And that, in turn, further restricts what should be in the public domain and gives companies power to create property rights where none are otherwise granted in the law. The post Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 14, 2024

I saw this question online and decided to answer it here on my blog. Many people want to know, is police footage or vehicle cam video from law enforcement in the public domain. It raises some very interesting and timely questions about the scope and reach of copyright law in our modern age. I would state "it depends.".

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Although most countries have placed the artist's works in the public domain (based on the life+70 years rule), the U.S. for 95 years from publication. That puts all of the artist's works published before 1925 in the public domain in the U.S. follows a different course. A work first published outside the U.S.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2021

A blog is like any other creative work of literature manifested in a different form. Due to creative and original use of expressions, blogs are deemed to be counted as private property for which Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) can be sought. Copyright and Blogs. Therefore, it is always an option to copyright the entire blog.

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IPilogue

JULY 27, 2022

According to an interesting study on “ The effect of copyright term length on South African book markets ,” a book entering the public domain generates 26.5 additional editions on average after it enters the public domain. The concerns are loud and clear.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

Do these creations belong to the artists or the public domain? The post How A Century-Old Insight of Photography Can Inform Legal Questions of AI-Generated Artwork (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Do creators who use generative AI maintain copyright in their creations?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

With the exception of CC0, CC licences allow authors to keep their copyright whilst at the same time communicate which rights they reserve and which rights they waive for public benefit. In their blog post , CC have effectively warned readers that many people misunderstand what a CC licence actually means.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

Materials from my talk: The paper The video The image repository (all in the public domain per prevailing copyright law !) The post Why Generative AI is Doomed appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. In each case, it was clear that the technology would have revolutionary but uncertain impacts on society.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The whole point of copyright preemption is that Congress sought to prevent states from infringing on the public domain and undermining key concepts of copyright law. Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The post Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms?

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Dear Rich IP Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

If I can determine that said letters have been on display at those libraries since before 1927, can I conclude that the first publication occurred before 1927, thus placing them in the public domain ? All unpublished works by individual authors who died in 1932 or earlier are in the public domain.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Thus, here, given that the plaintiff has Copyright Registrations, the burden shifts to Defendants to come forward with “evidence that the work[s] [were] copied from the public domain.” Defendants argued that because information concerning the Second Holy Temple is in the public domain, Plaintiff’s copyrighted works are not original.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Second, zooming out further, the case revolves around a topic covered on this blog routinely: data scraping. In other words, what level of contractual control over public domain information is acceptable. Google (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 17, 2022

While many were observing the new year, intellectual property scholars and the artistic community were celebrating Public Domain Day. The previously copyrighted works enter the public domain, free to use and copy. public domain. January 1 st marks the expiration of most jurisdictions’ copyright terms.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Freed from the shackles of copyright, Walt Disney’s iconic rodent was now in the public domain and, therefore, available for everyone to copy. It is no surprise that the legalities of the public domain are more complicated than the headlines suggest. But not so fast. But this does not mean use without restriction.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

JANUARY 8, 2024

Mickey Mouse has officially entered the public domain! By: Gavin M. Strube, Esq. 2024 has started off with big news in the intellectual property world.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2023

From what I can tell, the movements have been treated like they are in the public domain, without copyright or trademark notices. So, most of what you want to use is in the public domain due to old age, and you can perform or duplicate the moves and describe them in your own language. Is this accurate?

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Dear Rich IP Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Despite the publication date, I can't tell if this book is in the US public domain. public domain where it can be reproduced or modified without permission. The book is available from the Internet Archives and is preserved by Google Books as part of its public domain project.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Tam ” (2018), and my guest post on Eric Goldman’s Technology and Marketing Law Blog written after the Federal Circuit’s decision in In re Elster.) This type of expression should remain in the public domain available for everyone to use on expressive merchandise to convey ideas, information, and other messages.

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Olartemoure Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

Shakespeare’s works continue to inspire filmmakers, directors, and writers, however, all his works are in the public domain due to the time that has passed since his death.

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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 17, 2024

However, a German court took a different position, ruling that Ravensburger could reproduce the work since in this country copyright does not apply to works in the public domain, and a national law was intended to be applied beyond the corresponding borders.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

The magazine itself was copyrighted, but the ads do not contain any copyright markings, so my understanding is that the ads would have entered into the public domain. The advertisements are most likely in the public domain. How do they become public domain? 3 of the 1909 Act.)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Arguably this type of expression should remain in the public domain available for use by everyone in connection with their goods or services unless it is protected by another intellectual property law. VIP Products (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Following this designation , objects require authorization and a licence fee to be used commercially by third parties regardless of whether the work is in the public domain. The public domain refers to works not protected by copyright, which means the works can be used without acquiring permission or paying a fee.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. Effective January 1, 1978, the date of federal copyright protection was moved back from the date of first publication to the date the work was “fixed in a tangible medium of expression,” or permanently recorded in some form.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

Or does failing to renew the unpublished version put the song in the public domain? If the copyright was renewed, it’s protected for 95 years from the first publication. If the music was published in 1950, it wouldn't become public domain until 2045.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. publications of the translated work, which lacked both registration and copyright notice in Scott-Giles’ name. Background. In 1949, C.W. Scott-Giles created an illustration called Upper Hell. It was published in the U.K.

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