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Generative AI and creativity: A quick analysis of US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Against that background, this blog post provides some tentative musings on the impact of text-to-image generators on human artistic creativity by analysing recent US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works. For simplicity, I will label this ‘commercial significant artistic creativity’.

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Around the IP Blogs

The IPKat

Take shelter in this post and check what was published last week around the IP blogs. The Patent Lawyer Magazine blog commented on this milestone as it points out a surge in innovation. The year has barely begun, and another period of Mercury retrograde is already upon us. Jamaica is the 110th Member State to join the Madrid Protocol.

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CCPA Definitions Confuse the Judge in a Data Breach Case–In re Blackbaud

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

So the judge implies that the data broker registration functioned like an admission. 24 is the Wrong Policy Approach, at the Wrong Time, via the Wrong Process”. * Over 50 Privacy Professionals & Experts Oppose Prop. Nevertheless, Blackbaud argued that it’s a “service provider,” not a “business.”

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Chegg Is Likely to Prevail on Its Anti-Scraping CFAA Claim…But Doesn’t Get an Injunction–Chegg v. Doe (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The domain registration is cloaked. Chegg sent a cease-and-desist letter to Homeworkify’s domain registrar, Namecheap, its proxy server, Cloudflare, and the email address associated with domain registration, but they have found nothing. When doing so, defendant had to agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy.

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Domain Name Sniping Covered by Section 230–Scott Rigsby v. GoDaddy

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

“Rigsby’s suit under § 1125(a) is essentially a repackaging of secondary liability claims, targeting the domain registrar directly for the acts of the registrant.” Section 230 applies to Rigsby’s claims for invasion of privacy, publicity, trade libel, libel, and violations of Arizona’s Consumer Fraud Act. Lanham Act.

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Another Court Finds an “Enforceable Browsewrap.” MAKE IT STOP–Hawkins v. CMG

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This is a Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) case against a media website, so you have good reason to wonder about the legitimacy and sincerity of the case. CMG appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The named plaintiff created a WSBTV account by opting to log in using Facebook. CMG Media Corp. 2024 WL 559591 (N.D.

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Court Orders Unmasking Subpoena of Alleged Infringers–Baugher v. GoDaddy

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This fast lane is a historical anachronism; it does little to balance the privacy interests of the alleged infringer. Knowing what we know now about the dangers of unmasking subpoenas, I would like to think that Congress would draft 512(h) with more privacy sensitivity today. Does (Guest Blog Post). Case citation : Baugher v.

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