Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2024

A federal jury is set to decide whether celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D infringed photographer Jeff Sedlik’s copyright in a Miles Davis portrait by tattooing the image onto her client’s body. A first-of-its-kind copyright infringement trial is scheduled to begin today in Los Angeles.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith by Jaime Chandra Clarifying Fair Use in Commercialized & Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from the Warhol v. We’re talking about Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Although privacy invasion has been the main topic of discussion in this virtual context, there is another issue at hand: copyright infringement. The rights of speakers, organisers, and participants under Indian copyright law will be discussed in this Article, which will explore copyright concerns connected to webinars.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2024

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house, with technical restrictions that prevent copying.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Many find it surprising, but there is no requirement to include a copyright notice on a work for the work to be protected by copyright law. The lack of a copyright notice does not give you permission to use the work. Examples of copyright infringement include the following when done without permission.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

1] That decision shook the art world, as it seems to dramatically narrow the scope of the fair use doctrine, and raises doubts about the lawfulness of many existing works. [2] Vanity Fair , in turn, commissioned Warhol to make a silkscreen using Goldsmith’s photograph. He did just that.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

With more content comes the increased possibility that Netflix is engaging in copyright infringement and on the receiving end of copyright infringement claims. [1] 1] This blog will briefly summarize a few of the notable copyright infringement cases Netflix has defended against in the United States.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Yesterday, the Supreme Court held 7-2 that a specific use of Andy Warhol’s “Orange Prince” silk screen—based on a copyrighted photograph of Prince—was not fair use. Goldsmith alleged copyright infringement after seeing Orange Prince in Condé Nast’s article.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

1: ‘GTA’ Reverse-Engineer Modders Defend Projects as Under “Fair Use”. First off today, Will Nelson at NME reports that video game modders are fighting back against a lawsuit filed by Rockstar Games claiming that their fan-created mods are a fair use, not a copyright infringement.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 24, 2023

Goldsmith , Opinion located here , the estate of deceased pop artist Andy Warhol argued its use of the photo at issue was fair use under the first of the four Fair Use test factors (the “purpose and character of the use”), because Warhol’s contributions were transformative, adding new expression, meaning, or message.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

They allege that Anthropic copies Plaintiffs’ copyrighted song lyrics and its AI chatbot, Claude, then generates those lyrics in response to user prompts—all without a license. See Concord Music Group, Inc. Anthropic PBC , M.D. Tenn, 3:22-cv-01092, ECF No. 1 at ¶ 1. ” Id. at ¶ 10. .”

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 21, 2023

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, only one patron at a time can get a copy. Mass Copyright Infringement or Fair Use?

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The letter claimed that the director, an ad agency, and a popular theme park had all committed copyright infringement because a panda appeared in the background of their TV commercial. But if they appear on film without permission, even fleetingly, they could prompt a copyright infringement lawsuit.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 4, 2021

Is GitHub Copilot a Copyright Infringer? While Ziegler’s use of the word “mostly” may not reassure those fearing copyright infringement, his paper highlights two details that might. Intellectual property law professor Andres Guadamuz argues that Copilot, as it stands, does not infringe copyright.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

First off today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that the team behind the H3 Podcast has asked for the lawsuit against them to be dismissed, saying that the lawsuit is incorrect as a matter of law as they did not commit any copyright infringement. 2: Discovery Extension Requested in Internet Archive Book Scanning Suit.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

Internet Archive The self-scanning service offered by the Internet Archive (IA) differs from the licensing agreements entered into by other libraries. Publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley, and Penguin Random House filed a lawsuit, equating IA’s controlled digital lending (CDL) operation to copyright infringement.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 2, 2023

According to Getty Images, Stability copied Getty’s photographs with associated text and metadata to train its Stable Diffusion model, which uses AI to generate computer-synthesized images in response to text prompts. Getty Images generates revenue by licensing the right to use its assets to businesses and consumers.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The Doctrine of Fair Use is a concept that originates from the case of Folsom vs. Marsh. Justice Story observed in his judgement, when the courts of law decide on cases like this, they must look to the nature and objects of the selection mode, the quantity and value of material used. Percentage of Original Material Used.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use. copyright law. copyright law, the Supreme Court focused on the actual use made, i.e. what the user does with the original work. Copyright law in the U.S.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. Winston & Strawn , 23-cv-11193 (S.D.N.Y.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The series was originally commissioned by Vanity Fair after it bought the license of the photo portrait from Goldsmith. The legal question at the center of the dispute is whether Warhol’s series is fair use of Goldsmith’s original photograph. The trial judge John G. The implication of the result will be far-reaching.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It’s time to start paying attention though, because a Delaware District Court judge just ordered this low-profile AI case to trial, largely denying the parties’ motions for summary judgment on copyright infringement and fair use (read the opinion here). These copies, Ross claims, are fair use.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The decade-long dispute between Google and Oracle over computer code’s copyrightability finally came to an end on April 5, 2021. It is composed of two phases centering on two legal issues that were trialed separately—the copyrightability of APIs and the fair use doctrine. Oracle appealed successfully.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

In 1984, Vanity Fair sought to license the photograph for an “artist reference” in a story about the musician. Goldsmith agreed to license a one-time use of the photograph with full attribution. The first factor of fair use considers the nature of and reasons for a copier’s use of an original work. [4]

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

What is copyright infringement? Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is referred to as copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This prompted Alexander to file a lawsuit against Take-Two, claiming copyright infringement of her work. However, the important thing to know is that there was no doubt that Take-Two did copy the tattoos in question and there was no question of Alexander’s ownership of them. Instead, she only won actual damages totaling $3,750.

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Intepat

APRIL 23, 2021

Android even though they developed their own run time environment independent of Java, used 37 API calls that are similar to Java API and literally copied 11,500 lines of code deemed central to Java. The jury, in this case, held that the re-implementation of 37 Java APIs was protected by fair use.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In the verdict form the jury stated that Defendants had not proven fair use, the Plaintiff (Alexander) should receive $3,750 USD for actual losses from the Defendant’s use of the tattoo designs, and did not answer as to profits can be attributed to the Plaintiff for use of the tattoos. was released. Citing Muhammad-Ali v.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Internet Archive The self-scanning service is different from the licensing deals other libraries enter into. Publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley, and Penguin Random House filed a lawsuit, equating IA’s controlled digital lending (CDL) operation to copyright infringement.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Typically, tattoo aftercare instructions include strictly hygienic recommendations, but tattoo artist Kat Von D might have a unique suggestion: prepare to be an exhibit in a copyright infringement lawsuit. for copyright infringement under the Copyright Act of 1976. Sedlik (“Sedlik”) filed a complaint in the U.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The case involves ShutterStock, a photo licensing service. (We We used ShutterStock as the blog’s image provider for several years). ShutterStock has a “contributor” program that allows anyone to upload photos into their licensing database in exchange for a fee if licensed.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 13, 2023

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house, with technical restrictions that prevent copying.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2024

is one of the most interesting cases in history to rely on a fair use defense, arguing that the alleged infringement qualifies as a parody. ” 2 Live Crew had previously sought to license the track from Acuff-Rose to be used as a parody; Acuff-Rose refused and 2 Live Crew used it anyway. .”

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The 1976 Act was the first major revision of US copyright law since the 1909 Act , which was passed during the era of Mark Twain, ragtime, player pianos, and early silent films. Harper & Row brought suit and The Nation argued that publishing the excerpts was a fair use.

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Velocity of Content

MAY 1, 2024

If so, what specific acts constitute infringement, and what should be done to remedy the problem? 29 town hall, The Heart of the Matter: Copyright, AI Training and LLMs, presented a comprehensive case that AI systems do infringe copyrights and called for a licensing system to compensate content owners.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Last week, an Illinois jury awarded tattoo artist Catherine Alexander $3,750 in damages at the conclusion of a copyright infringement trial. 2K Games rejected similar infringement claims on the basis of de minimis use, implied license, and fair use.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 9, 2021

With the onset of the trend wherein users are gradually switching to online streaming to meet their music needs and discarding traditional methods such as radio, television, and music CDs, compulsory licensing for the internet was recognized as a key policy issue by the music industry last year. Background. The Plaintiff, Tips Industries Ltd.,

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