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Facebook’s LLaMa Defeats Copyright Claims–Kadrey v. Meta

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This short opinion squarely addresses when AI training models constitute derivative works. Simply indexing copyrighted books into the model doesn’t create derivative works (the judge calls the argument “nonsensical”) because the training model doesn’t recast or adapt the books. .”

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Jury Awards Damages to Tattoo Artist for Video-Game Depiction–Alexander v. WWE 2K (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

While the occasional commercial use of a tattoo in a video game remains rare, tattooers use copyrighted material in their work on a regular basis. Eric’s Prior Tattoo Copyright Blog Posts. WWE 2K (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. An appeal in Alexander v.

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Artists Attack AI: Why The New Lawsuit Goes Too Far

Copyright Lately

If you’re interested in doing a deeper dive into how all of this works, I recommend following Andres Guadamuz’s blog on the topic.) This allegation is factually flawed and legally suspect; it’s also overreaching in a way that could actually undermine the work of many artists who are members of the proposed class.

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Supreme Court Holds Warhol’s “Orange Prince” Not Transformative, Not Fair Use

IP Tech Blog

What is or is not “transformative,” however, is largely framed by the original author’s statutory right to control derivative works, i.e., a new work of authorship that is created by modifying, transforming or adapting the original in some way. At this point, this speculation seems a little premature.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Copyright Act grants authors five exclusive rights: “to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords”, “to prepare derivative works based on the copyrighted work,” “to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public,” “to perform the copy­righted work publicly,” and “to display the copyrighted work publicly.”

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HIT NETFLIX CONTENT AND THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT THAT FOLLOWS

JIPL Online

1] This blog will briefly summarize a few of the notable copyright infringement cases Netflix has defended against in the United States. 7] Before the court could decide if the subtitled version, a type of derivative work, could still be protected even if the underlying film on its own was available to be used by all, both parties settled. [8].

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

The challenge becomes even bigger if NFTs are to be commercialized, exploited, and protected in different jurisdictions and at the same time — particularly when those markets include China, where protection for a foreign NFT creator or exploiter may face unique challenges. Therefore, DCs cannot be freely transacted in the Chinese market.

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