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3 Count: Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic

Plagiarism Today

The case looked at whether You Raise Me Up was similar to a 1977 Icelandic song Söknuður , which is owned by Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd. The owners of Grease sent a cease and desist letter in August 2019 that resulted in performances of Vape being cancelled. 3: ComicMix To Publish Lost Dr Seuss Stories, Out Of Copyright.

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Guest Book Review: The Copyright/Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection is Stifling Cultural Creativity

The IPKat

The title of this book clearly sets out its premise: trademark protection has encroached into what used to be solely copyright’s domain, resulting in an undesirable over-protection of works which impoverishes the public domain and restricts others’ creative endeavours.

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

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

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. When it first was published, Eric did an excellent job summarizing the opinion in this post. Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter.

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

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

And “[i]f unauthorized publication is the gravamen of [the plaintiffs’] claim, then it is clear that the right they seek to protect is coextensive with an exclusive right already safeguarded by the Act—namely, control over reproduction and derivative use of copyrighted material.” Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. Nation Enters. ,

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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 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. 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). That’s an idea for a story.