Plagiarism Today

MAY 16, 2022

The owners of Grease sent a cease and desist letter in August 2019 that resulted in performances of Vape being cancelled. According to the judge, Vape is a fair use as its goal is to be a parody of the source material and not meant to replace it in the marketplace.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

Netflix could have sent Barlow & Bear a cease and desist letter hand-delivered by Regé-Jean Page. While Barlow & Bear may now try to argue that their work constitutes fair use, it’s a weak defense in this case. Was it a license on the world’s greatest terms?

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Music Derivative Work Fair Use Cease and Desist 107

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

And many of the sites where the data is collected also have prohibitions on automated data collection and web scraping in their terms of use. Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws. But fair use isn’t a defense to a breach of contract claim.

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Blogging Copyright Contracts Cease and Desist 78

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

To settle that dispute, the parties worked out an “exclusive” license: the second-comer could sell the design on Amazon, and the registrant could keep selling it on eBay. The second comer/licensee assigned the exclusive license to a successor licensee, the defendant in this case. assertions. Signal 23 Television v.

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