Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

This is the sixth (and, for now, final) post in this series, where we’ve looked at the copyright requirements and options for digital content creators, such as blogs and podcasts. Definitionally, while YouTube is many things, it is not wrong to understand it as a social online video platform (one such among many).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Recently, a district court in the same circuit took up a very similar issue, assessing Viacom’s trademark and copyright infringement claims against the owner and operator of a pop-up restaurant and bar called The Rusty Krab. The court begins with findings of fact, lavishing attention on the show’s plot and popularity.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 14, 2023

Using the Access to Information Act, I have now obtained a copy of the government’s internal estimates for the economic and production impact of Bill C-11 ( methodology , memorandum , PPT ), which confirm many of my suspicions. Bill C-11 and employment Let me unpack each of the issues.

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The IP Law Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Take-Two Interactive Software found that the depiction of tattoos on wrestler Randy Orton in a video game published by Take Two Interactive infringed the tattoo artist’s copyright in the tattoos. Take Two argued that its use of the copyrighted tattoos was transformative.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Grand Jury Indictment – Copyright Infringement. “The Infringing Service delivered Video Content, including television shows and movies, to subscribers to the Infringing Service, in exchange for payment,” it reads. They also operated a content library called Streams R Us (SRU) containing movies and other content.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Barlow and Bear went on to become viral sensations on social media and Grammy-winning artists (2022 Best Musical Theatre Album) for their production. alleging infringement of federally registered copyrights and trademarks in violation of 17 U.S.C. § On July 29 th 2022, Netflix sued the TikTok stars Barlow and Bear in the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir.

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Dragons' Den

APRIL 4, 2024

You can’t brush off copyright Charlotte's artwork is automatically protected by copyright and she therefore does not have to apply or pay a fee. Copyright protects your work and stops others from using it without your permission. Copyright protection starts as soon as the work is created.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2024

Russia-based trio Rapidgator (file-hosting), RuTracker (torrents) and VK, the largest social media platform in Russia, also maintain their spots. A copy of the USTR’s 2023 Review of Notorious Markets is available here (pdf). After an unexplained absence in 2021, YTS.mx reappeared in the report last year.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Take-Two Interactive Software found that the depiction of tattoos on wrestler Randy Orton in a video game published by Take Two Interactive infringed the tattoo artist’s copyright in the tattoos. Take Two argued that its use of the copyrighted tattoos was transformative.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

A federal district court in New York held that the Internet Archive’s Open Library project was engaging in copyright infringement by publishing digital copies of millions of books online. Universal City Studios , that home users of Betamax machines did not infringe copyrights when the recorded television content for later viewing.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The question then arises as to whether the fiction writer alone owns the copyright to work drawn in whole or part from another’s writings or experience. Larson also sought a declaration that she owns the copyright to The Kindest and that the letter in the short story does not infringe Dorland’s copyright.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Copyright infringement and De Minimis are often replaced to complement each other. However, de minimis is sometimes used as a defence in a copyright lawsuit. More often than not, the lawsuits filed for copyright infringement are cases of de minimis and thereto, get dismissed on the anvil of frivolity. INTRODUCTION.

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43(B)log

JUNE 26, 2023

A&E Television Networks, LLC v. 16, 2023) The court refused to dismiss copyright and trademark claims based on copying of a TV show format, including the hosts. Media critics allegedly readily observed that the new show was “a clone of A&E’s Live PD,” and that “On Patrol: Live is Live PD.” 7411 (KPF) (S.D.N.Y.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Memes utilize pop culture content, such as movies, television shows, and other various forms of media, often in a parodic way. Such uses are often methods of social commentary regarding the user’s own life, or more broadly, current events; they also often utilize copyrightable material. [i] INTRODUCTION.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 17, 2021

Parody is tricky, both as an art form and as a matter of copyright law. And putting aside its pure entertainment value, the sketch also raises some interesting questions about just how much of an original work may be taken before parodic fair use crosses the line into copyright infringement. Did SNL go too far?

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Digital platforms have made it increasingly easy to disseminate unauthorized copies of art works that are copyright protected. Test of substantial similarity to determine copyright infringement for contemporary artworks. Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions Inc. McDonald’s Corp.: McDonald’s Corp.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 18, 2022

“Defendants provide an illicit streaming service known as PrimeStreams that allows users to access, without authorization, Plaintiffs’ internet communications of television programming that were acquired by circumventing security measures implemented by Plaintiffs,” the complaint reads.

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Intepat

JULY 4, 2023

The following cases provide an excellent example of the remedies provided by the courts in such petitions – Living Media Limited and Anr. This bad faith intent refers to the following Complete impersonation of the brand; Masquerading as the individual; Holding the account hostage in exchange for money from the brand owner.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

JULY 29, 2021

This year, “the most commercialised show on British television” allegedly netted more than £12 million in revenues before the first episode aired on 28 June. A huge chunk of Molly Mae’s success comes from social media channel Instagram, where she is reported to charge over £10,000 for each sponsored post.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

The full story behind Netflix’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Barlow & Bear, and why it’s actually a win for the fan fiction community. When it comes to copyright cases, Netflix has seen stranger things. First, as far as copyright cases go, this one’s easy.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Getty alleges that Stability’s image generator, with its uncanny ability to turn text into images, copied millions of photographs from Getty Images’ collection without permission from or compensation to Getty Images. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents the studios, rejected this proposal.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A refresher: in 1998, Congress created a notice-and-takedown scheme for user-submitted items that allegedly infringe copyright. Copyright owners send takedown notices, and service providers either remove the items or lose the safe harbor. The DMCA’s main counterbalance to copyright owner overreach was supposed to be 512(f).

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LexBlog IP

JULY 18, 2023

Getty alleges that Stability’s image generator, with its uncanny ability to turn text into images, copied millions of photographs from Getty Images’ collection without permission from or compensation to Getty Images. One widely covered conflict concerned a moderately convincing track mimicking R&B artists Drake and The Weeknd.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 29, 2024

Late last week they filed a federal court copyright infringement and right of publicity lawsuit against Dudesy, LLC, along with Sasso and Kultgen personally ( read the complaint here ). Here are seven words you should never say in a copyright infringement case: “I don’t have a copyright registration yet.” In 2019, the U.S.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Despite a number of solid affirmative defenses—including implied license, de minimis use and waiver—the jury was only asked to determine whether defendants had proven that their conduct qualified as a fair use under the Copyright Act. Some of Randy Orton’s tattoos from Catherine Alexander’s copyright applications.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Ever since it’s been technically possible to distribute pirated copies of movies and TV shows online, the Motion Picture Association has been attempting to stop it. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. The Ideal Candidate. The full listing can be viewed here.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

Just don’t forget about real world copyright law. ? Buying Copyrights. The first thing that’s important to understand is that buying a copy of a creative work, even if it happens to the only copy in existence, doesn’t give you any copyright interest in the work. Buying Objects ?

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Breaking down Miramax’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Quentin Tarantino, a dispute about NFTs that isn’t really about NFTs. The breathless media reports soon followed. Tarantino is being billed as the first major legal dispute involving copyrights and NFTs, it really isn’t a dispute about NFTs.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 16, 2022

As a new lawsuit involving the popular comic book and animated series “Invincible” shows, the failure to properly document the copyright status of a jointly-created work at the beginning can lead to messy consequences later. Can someone be tricked into giving up copyrights he may never have owned in the first place?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The decisions in the first category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

Oracle , that ‘fair use’ is an ‘equitable rule of reason’ requiring ‘judicial balancing’ of ‘the sometimes conflicting aims of copyright law’ so that copyright does not ‘stifle the very creativity which the law las was meant to foster.’ ’ (Op. Neither Marano [v.

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