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The stubborn memory of generative AI: overfitting, fair use, and the AI Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In an ever more fragmented digital landscape, this provision has become a key instrument of self-regulation, playing a crucial role in the allocation of rights and obligations around the licensing of copyrighted works as training data (see here ).

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Copyright Conundrums in the Tattoo World

Nelligan Law

Entertainment furnish invaluable insights into how the subtleties of copyright law and the doctrine of fair use are navigated differently in the context of tattooing, reshaping the legal terrain for artists and copyright custodians alike. Conversely, the confidential settlement reached in S. Victor Whitmill vs. Warner Bros.

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Are Memes Dangerous?

LexBlog IP

But wait, shouldn’t the Fair Use Doctrine imputed under the First Amendment apply to an obviously parodied creative work? All meme-like images in this article are properly licensed. Table of Contents: Fair Use Under the Copyright Act How much risk are we talking here? Yes and no. What about meme generators?

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Are Courts Finally Getting Fed Up With Copyright Shakedowns?

Copyright Lately

The complaint raised concerns that Dolezal was using copyright law to purge the historical record of her controversial past, while seeking substantial monetary damages in the process. The defendant, CBS Interactive, had a solid fair use defense, but never needed to assert it. The settlements are confidential.]

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HIT NETFLIX CONTENT AND THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT THAT FOLLOWS

JIPL Online

In 2018, the Satanic Temple sued Netflix for fifty million dollars when Netflix used a sculpture of a goat-headed deity on “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.” [9] 13] In 2017, a photographer and copyright owner of images of VHS cassettes asserted that “Stranger Things” used these photos for its Collector’s Edition boxed set. [14]

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A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. 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. A few plaintiffs have won default judgments (including one I blog below).

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2H 2022 Quick Links, Part 3 (Copyrights and More)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

31, 2022): When an individual’s decision to disseminate an Instagram post is the “very thing the article [is] reporting on,” the use of the Instagram post and its copyrighted material in the reporting has been deemed sufficiently transformative to support a fair use defense. Evox Productions, LLC v. Verizon Media, Inc.,