Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

One of the practices that has generated a sizeable number of disputes and rulings is the use of photos to illustrate articles. These three cases address fair use in this context. McGucken moved for summary judgment on the fair use defense. The second factor weighs slightly against fair use.

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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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Larson & Larson

JUNE 21, 2021

Without a shred of doubt, copyright law envisages the protection of the copyright holder’s rights. The most common limitation where the exclusive rights of a copyright holder can be limited fall under the doctrine of fair use- a defense against copyright infringement. What is Fair Use?

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2024

AI Boom Triggers Copyright Troubles Presser wasn’t wrong, but the dataset didn’t just help garage AI startups. Several of the world’s largest tech companies discovered it too and used it to improve their own language models. It is clear, however, that the company plans to rely on a fair use defense, at least in part.

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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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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

JULY 24, 2023

for allegedly using their copyrighted content without authorization to train artificial intelligence (AI) language models. The lawsuits, filed in San Francisco federal court, highlight the legal challenges faced by developers of chat bots who rely on copyrighted material to create realistic responses.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This post looks back at the key developments in AI and copyright in 2022, covering generative AI, text and data mining exceptions, the pastiche exception, deep fakes, voice cloning and infringement and enforcement of copyright using AI. AI-generated art was used for magazine covers, including Cosmopolitan and The Economist.

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BYU Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In our June 6, 2021, blog post we reported on a lawsuit between two companies that guide prospective college students in their application process. Lehren”), claiming that Lehren copied “significant portions” of its website.Since then, Lehren has responded to these allegations. Plaintiff Ivy Coach, Inc. (“Ivy”)

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2024

Two billion copyright claims are processed every year through YouTube’s Content ID platform – a staggering figure that underscores the scale of this content management system. Aside from addressing copyright infringements in an automated fashion, the Content ID system brings in billions of dollars in revenue.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Remembering another frustrating year with a countdown of 2021’s most unsatisfying copyright rulings. Here are my personal picks for the copyright opinions from 2021 that, much like the year itself, leave a little something to be desired. Walt Disney Company.

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Intepat

JANUARY 8, 2024

student from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun Introduction The New York Times, one of the most respected news organizations, has taken legal action against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of using their articles without authorisation to train their powerful AI models, including the widely used ChatGPT.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Fair Use None of the allegations above address the copyright infringement allegations directly. However, OpenAI stresses that its use of third-party texts should fall under fair use. The fair use defense will eventually be argued in detail when the case is heard on its merits.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 8, 2023

Copyright infringement & fair use. To promote fair trade, which will contribute to economic and social development. Copyright is the inherent right of a creator, artist, composer or another creator to prevent the use of their work. One of these exceptions is the Fair Use Doctrine.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

1: H3 Podcast Asks Court to Throw Out “Fatally Defective” Triller Copyright Lawsuit. 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.

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SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

As most readers must be aware by now, the Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on India’s IP regime has revealed a problematic, maximalist approach to IP protection, showing no more than a tokenistic appreciation of public interest considerations. Limitations on storage of copied works in digital formats.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In order to train their technologies, should AI companies be allowed to use works under copyright protection without consent? Such uses, they argue, constitute copyright infringement. Fair Use Precedent? In this regard, an important precedent lies in the history of US litigation involving Google Books.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a 2019 federal district court’s ruling that held a French court’s ruling was unenforceable due to a conflict in copyright laws between the countries. De Fontbrune held the position that the estate did not have the power to approve such use.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Filed in May, the complaint alleged two types of copyright infringement, violations of the Federal Communications Act (FCA), conversion, and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Later that same month, Triller filed its first amended complaint naming Ted Entertainment Inc. and 10 ‘Doe’ defendants.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Exploring Section 113(c) of the Copyright Act, an underutilized defense that could have changed the outcome of a recent infringement case. There’s a provision of the Copyright Act that provides a simple and straightforward defense to an entire category of infringement claims. 17 U.S.C. § 17 U.S.C. §

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 19, 2022

First off today, Pamela Chelin at Variety reports that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a significant victory so singer Toni Basil, granting her sole copyright in her 1981 debut album, which included the hit song Mickey. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: How Toni Basil Got the Rights to ‘Mickey’ Back.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2024

Fair use provides some exceptions to copyright protection, allowing limited use of copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner. Understanding legal and fair use is especially important in academic settings because dissemination of information often requires the use of evidence.

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Intepat

JANUARY 25, 2024

A key player in this arena is Digital Rights Management (DRM), a technological solution designed to prevent unauthorized redistribution of digital media and uphold the copyright policies of streaming platforms. It also explores forensic watermarking, an essential component of DRM, crucial for identifying and curbing copyright violations.

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Velocity of Content

MAY 1, 2024

Do the creators and users of large language models (LLMs) and as sociated generative AI applications infringe the copyrights of content creators? Thus, it can be said that they have made complete and exact copies of everything they have ingested. Fair use loomed large among those rights.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 31, 2021

The focus of the case is copyrightability of the SAS statistical software and its outputs. SAS argues that it made a “plethora of creative choices” in developing its material, and that creativity is more than sufficient to satisfy the originality requirements of copyright law. The Federal Circuit’s Google v.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2023

– Does YouTube employ a technological measure that effectively controls access to copyrighted works? Copyright Alliance Backs RIAA Earlier this month, the RIAA replied to these arguments in a detailed answering brief. These questions will ultimately determine whether Yout and similar stream-ripping services operate legally.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 13, 2023

had a dream—and a copyright. Dr. The answer, my friends, is copyright. Yes, in addition to being a noted clergyman and civil rights leader, Dr. King was a copyright litigant. The New York Times reported on Dr. Martin Luther King’s copyright lawsuit over “I Have a Dream” in 1963. Mister Maestro.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 21, 2022

Among the other solutions, the most easy and feasible way to come out of the problem of unavailability and unaffordability was to start copying the books, study materials, and video lectures with the help of different mechanisms. Copyright ensures certain minimum rights and it has never been an absolute right. Evolution afterward.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 7, 2023

.” As CEO of Twitter, Musk understands that his platform has certain obligations if it wishes to maintain protection from liability under copyright law. A dispute that boiled over yesterday began with these two steps but ended up with the copyright holder having his account suspended, presumably by Musk himself or on his instructions.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 19, 2024

In our previous newsletter here , we reported a decision from the Beijing Internet Court ruling that the copyright of a portrait generated by an artificial intelligence (“AI”) program is owned by the user who “controlled meticulously” the parameters for creating the image.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Upon failure to resolve the matter privately, AWF filed suit against Goldsmith, seeking a declaratory judgment that Warhol’s works did not infringe Goldsmith’s copyright in the original photograph, or, in the alternative, Warhol’s works constituted fair use of the subject photograph. [1]

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

For the purpose of this report, however, we’ll home in on the copyright issues faced by Reddit during the last year and how the site responded to them. Copyright Removals. “In 2021, Reddit received 177,450 copyright notices reporting 920,672 pieces of content. Invalid Copyright Notices Are Rejected.

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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. SETTLEMENT CASES.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

Fuxi, the putative copyright owner, has a registration for an image of printed sage leaves (the left image): The alleged infringer, the Sunny Factory, sells the candles on the right on Amazon. ” Copyright owners don’t have any policing duty. See, e.g., Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. ,

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The IPKat

JULY 27, 2021

The window for stakeholders and interested parties to make written submissions in response to the invitation of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry in South Africa regarding certain clauses of the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) closed earlier this month on 9 July 2021. The point of debate is what to do about it.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As reported on Entrackr , Pocket FM has filed a copyright infringement case against Kuku FM before the Delhi High Court. Pocket FM alleges that Kuku FM has violated its copyright by providing audio summaries of books to which Pocket FM has exclusive rights to create audiobooks. Image from here. The matter is still being heard.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

RIGHTS PROTECTED : Under this law Copyright law protects the copyright of authors, musicians, etc. Copyright is essentially a right to copy. Copyright is a term describing rights given to creators for their literary and artistic works. Image source:Gettyimages].

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