Contracts Derivative Work Licensing Litigation 
Traverse Legal Blog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
As more and more projects in these fields adopt open-source licensing, the legal complexities tied to these licenses are becoming increasingly relevant, with dual licensing being a case in point. Second, altering the license could alienate a project’s community, leading to forks or abandonment.
Velocity of Content
MARCH 16, 2023
Each of these cases is unique, fact dependent, and likely, if fully litigated on the merits, to shed light on different aspects of copyright law. The Defendant argues (1) that breach of contract (essentially downloading in violation of the terms and conditions) is preempted by copyright law, and (2) that the copying was fair use.
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LexBlog IP
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
As more and more projects in these fields adopt open-source licensing, the legal complexities tied to these licenses are becoming increasingly relevant, with dual licensing being a case in point. Second, altering the license could alienate a project’s community, leading to forks or abandonment.
43(B)log
AUGUST 11, 2022
Do other jurisdictions have litigation over editors/give © credit to editors? Also: what about derivative works? So how do you build in that to recognize contribution to singular work v. creation of derivative work. Benefits: it’s about copyright, not contract, law. Not available in ©.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
OCTOBER 19, 2021
As a result, the legal issues rarely are litigated any more. * * *. Underlying this litigation is an epistemological question: what does a “canonical” version of a web page look like? We need to know more about this license. WhenU concluded that trademarks was a dead-end. ” Wait, what? Trespass to Chattels.
JIPEL Copyright Blog
MARCH 9, 2022
addition of written or pictorial elements) of a work not in the public domain and/or where the creator is still alive. infringement of the creator’s exclusive right to reproduce and/or prepare a derivative work) or VARA/moral rights (i.e., For the most part, liability may be avoidable: museums could defend any copyright (e.g.,
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
If not, the court may have to address several other interesting, rarely-litigated issues concerning the proper scope of copyright in recorded interviews. Based solely on the complaint that was filed, there are six major issues raised by the case: First, were the recorded interviews a copyright-eligible “work of authorship”?
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