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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws. Copyright law forbids duplication, public performance, and so on, unless the person wishing to copy or perform the work gets permission; silence means a ban on copying. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

As I wrote back in December, scraping claims are almost always about unwanted copying and distribution of data. 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. citations omitted) X Corp. Bright Data at 21.

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Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Art Law Journal

For example, anybody can publish a book about three teenagers who solve magical mysteries at a wizarding school. Your Copy-Rights. For those looking to find copyright-free works to use, one rule of thumb is that any work created prior to 1924, no longer has copyright protection (in the public domain).

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Why Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction

Copyright Lately

Netflix could have sent Barlow & Bear a cease and desist letter hand-delivered by Regé-Jean Page. “ [W]hy sign a label deal and not own all of our masters and publishing? ,” Bear told The New York Times shortly after the pair’s Grammy win. Even better, it’s in the public domain.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 8- May 13)

SpicyIP

The series presently contains 50+ Copyright related empirical studies and 50+ Patent related empirical studies published over the period of the last 15 years, and this will continue to be expanded over time. They further argued that they had issued a cease and desist notice on 6th November, 2020 to which no response was received.

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Which Types of IP (Intellectual Property) Protection Do Artists Need?

Art Law Journal

For example, anybody can publish a book about three teenagers who solve magical mysteries at a wizarding school. Your Copy-Rights. For those looking to find copyright-free works to use, one rule of thumb is that any work created prior to 1924 no longer has copyright protection (in the public domain).