TorrentFreak

MAY 11, 2023

After filing a series of lawsuits against cheat developers, cheat sellers, resellers, and even gamers who use cheats, there’s little doubt that Bungie views cheating as a threat to its business. Bungie continued, business as usual. had no permission from Bungie, that amounts to an unauthorized derivative work.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a buzzword that’s frequently used by startups and established businesses in the tech industry. The RIAA logically doesn’t want third parties to strip music or vocals from copyrighted tracks, particularly when these derivative works are further shared with others. mp3juices.cc.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 20, 2021

Game developer Bungie is continuing its legal battle against businesses and individuals who develop and distribute cheats for its popular multiplayer game Destiny 2. They illegally downloaded Destiny 2 in violation of the company’s licensing terms and willfully distributed copyright infringing code.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

In today’s business landscape, the significance of intellectual property (IP) assets is on the rise and is becoming increasingly crucial in various sectors. The value of a business is now closely tied to its IP assets, which can be licensed, transferred, or used as capital in a joint venture.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 8, 2022

Preface: I wanted to learn more about the concept (and applications) of “derivative works” and adaptations under copyright law, and I was searching for a useful example that might also be interesting for readers of Velocity of Content to read about. All copyrights, except one, expire.*.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 30, 2024

Shumaker: How does CCC’s business model relate to the copyright questions about AI? What role might CCC play in licensing for AI applications? Since our founding, we’ve been putting users and rightsholders together, so people can find good ways to license the works that they need. We offer various licensing models.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 10, 2022

The complaint named Canadian business entities Elite Boss Tech and 11020781 Canada Inc., ” The defendants argued that during the development of the cheating software, no copies of Destiny 2 were made or distributed, and no derivative works were created. The agreement sees Robert James Duthie Nelson, Elite Boss Tech, Inc.,

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Likely good business sense. One aspect of copyright law that makes adaptations attractive is derivative works. A derivative work is a work based on one or more existing copyrighted works. Studios will usually work through licensing deals to smooth out the creation of adaptations.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 28, 2021

“Defendants’ conduct has caused, and is continuing to cause, massive and irreparable harm to Plaintiffs and their business interests. Defendants’ Business Model. Ring-1 is said to largely operate from Ring-1.io “Cheaters ruin the experience of playing the Games.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

JULY 29, 2021

The 21-year-old is the sole director of MMH Group Holdings which plays host to 3 businesses: Filter, MMH International and FM Cosmetics. According to their Terms of Use, the user owns the copyright to the image posted but automatically agrees to license that image to Instagram.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

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]. 14] Before lawyers got involved, pressure from the photographer resulted in the granting of a licensing fee. [15]

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TorrentFreak

MAY 10, 2023

The defendants admitted that Wallhax injected new code into Bungie’s code, thereby creating an unlicensed derivative work. Additionally, Bungie has shown that Larsen violated § 1201(b)(1) by creating an infringing derivative work. In June 2022, Bungie was awarded $13.5m 11020781 Canada Inc.,

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Netflix argued that this is a direct violation of US copyright law , which provides that only copyright holders have the exclusive right to monetize and create derivative works of their IP. Netflix claimed that the defendants declined their licensing offer before the live performance and proceeded without authorization.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 14, 2023

.” Focusing on the tattoo itself, defendants argue that “[t]he specific challenged use—a non-commercial tattoo hand-inked on the arm of Kat Von D’s friend—is nothing like the copyrighted use, a photograph licensed to be used in a magazine article about Miles Davis.”

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Open Source material may seem safe and easy, but it has its licenses and restrictions. It’s not just about avoiding legal pitfalls; it is also about making informed decisions that can impact the growth and credibility of your business. Licenses also play a pivotal role in this context. The post Don’t Get Sued!

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Open Source material may seem safe and easy, but it has its licenses and restrictions. It’s not just about avoiding legal pitfalls; it is also about making informed decisions that can impact the growth and credibility of your business. Licenses also play a pivotal role in this context. The post Don’t Get Sued!

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TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2022

It is unlikely that these features will appear on a licensed mainstream service but that doesn’t stop subscribers from desiring them. for a ‘lifetime’ license. You agree that as a condition of your license, you will not: i. People Want to Download and Keep Movies & TV Shows.

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43(B)log

APRIL 7, 2021

Not all literary works are the same; Infinite Jest gets a different kind of copyright protection than my emails do. Anyway, in GvO, Justice Breyer instead reproduces an entire short story, which was just minding its own business and had nothing to do with the case, in two different languages no less.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

The emergence of blockchain-supported Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has captured the interest of the entertainment and business worlds in the past couple of years. NFTs are both a new creative form of intellectual and artistic expression and a lucrative business opportunity. Is this the same in the US and China? The United States.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

.” The site also removed any piece that they had received a complaint about and promised that they will do what they can to make up for “past mistakes” and that they are reviewing their business model going forward. However, Warhol also created 15 additional works known as the Prince Series that were unlicensed.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

You’d forgive any business-minded licensee for thinking twice about paying escalating fees for the right to use source material that may only be copyrighted within an inch of its life. At the same time, those aspects of the character’s evolution that don’t appear until later works may still be eligible for copyright protection.

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The IPKat

JUNE 27, 2022

Trade mark infringement cause of action is brought under common law while unfair competition cause of action is brought under both common law and California Business and Professions Code §§ 17200 et seq. This is a U.S federal court which has jurisdiction in the case pursuant to Title 28 of the United States Code.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) refer to the legal rights granted to individuals or businesses for their creations or inventions. Although often overlooked by entrepreneurs in the early stages of their ventures, understanding the importance of IPR is critical for startups aiming to thrive in today’s competitive business landscape.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

From the output side, the relevant issues are whether the output is copyright-protected, and whether it infringes the copyright of ‘works “ingested” during the training stage of the AI system’ ( see Quintais, here ; see also here and here ). To facilitate the process of TDM, data is the key.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

The emergence of blockchain-supported Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has captured the interest of the entertainment and business worlds in the past couple of years. NFTs are both a new creative form of intellectual and artistic expression and a lucrative business opportunity. Is this the same in the US and China? The United States.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 31, 2023

What makes Astley’s case interesting is that Gravy and his record label obtained the appropriate copyright license to recreate the melody and lyrics from “Never Gonna Give You Up” (which Astley didn’t write and doesn’t control) for “Betty (Get Money).” The defendants obtained a license to use the former, but not the latter.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Plaintiffs want and expect Google to copy and display their websites in Chrome browser and Search App, and acknowledge that Google has license to do so.” We need to know more about this license. It seems like this license could be dispositive to the case, but the court doesn’t explore it more. ” Wait, what?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

It is certainly within the definition of chutzpah to publicly display your own work on the Internet, visible for anyone to see for free and without further conditions, and then to complain that others are helping people find your work by linking to it. Surely paid licensing should not have to work on an all-or-nothing basis.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

106, et seq): the plaintiffs never authorized Meta to make copies of their works and derivative works, publicly display copies (or derivative works), or distribute copies (or derivative works) during the training process of the LLaMA language models. Vicarious Copyright Infringement (17 U.S.C. §

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

First off today, Kevin Shalvey at Business Insider reports that “Sports Illustrated” swimsuit model Genevieve Morton has filed a lawsuit against Twitter alleging that the site was slow to remove infringing material and that an AI photo editing tool created unlawful derivative works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

In 1984, Condé Nast, the publisher, obtained a license from Goldsmith to allow Andy Warhol to use her Prince portrait as the foundation for a single serigraphy to be featured in Vanity Fair magazine. In 2016, Condé Nast acquired a license from the Warhol Foundation to use the Prince Series as illustrations for a new magazine.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

Also, ignoring copyright licenses is at least arguably copyright infringement, and your fair use claim probably won’t get you out of the lawsuit at the motion to dismiss stage. documents, or other files”, a definition that necessarily comprises source code, and hence the Licensed Materials. (As Complaint at 2.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2023

Accordingly, this case is a useful example of how a court will: (1) assess the derivation requirement (of actual copying) of UK copyright; and, (2) as part of that, consider similarity between musical works for the purpose of copyright infringement.” by Pamela Samuelson “In March 2022 the U.S.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 19, 2022

It certainly hasn’t helped that the same word is used in the Copyright Act to define a derivative work (a work that is “recast, transformed , or adapted” from a pre-existing work), which in the absence of fair use is reserved to the copyright owner.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The good news is after the holiday was effectively ruined last year, we’re more or less back in business in 2021. ” In 2004, video game publisher Capcom contacted MKR, the film’s producer, to inquire about about obtaining a license to use elements from the film in one of its games. It’s Halloween time again!

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

Reproduction and public display are the main alleged rights violated (with lots of overlap); only 71 derivative work claims. Few repeat players, but Joe Hand live entertainment is—business model is working with bars etc for live entertainment broadcasts. Statutory damages requested 22% of time.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

UK: TM protection depends on formalities/registration; registered TMs are property rights; goodwill in a business is a different property right protected through the tort of passing off; no generalized unfair competition law. OED: goodwill—the privilege, granted by the seller of a business to the purchaser, of trading as the successor.

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