Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

After all, while we are pondering the weighty issue of future ownership, we are not focusing on the fundamental issue of wholesale copying of works to train AI in a wide variety of situations. I speculated that this was an attempt to avoid a messy fair use dispute. is being used as code.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Napster was an online platform used to download and access compressed digital music files in MP3 formats, making it one of the most popular peer to peer services in 1999. operated a P2P (peer-to-peer) system which would allow its users to search, access and download MP3 music files on their own devices.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The RIAA filed the lawsuit against the pair of sites alleging that they enabled and encouraged piracy by allowing people to download music from YouTube. Cooper, who goes by the stage name Mr. Cooper, and Valentine, AKA Drum’n Skillz, allege that No Guidance copies several elements from their earlier work.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Modifying an image or photo and using it in a presentation, brochure, on your website, or on social media. Making a copy of a video or audio recording. Creating merchandise, such as T-shirts, that uses copyrighted images, photos, or text. Downloading videos or audio from the Internet without permission or payment.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2023

Millions of people use so-called stream-ripping websites to download music tracks from YouTube, without permission. YouTube’s terms and service prohibit this activity but there are hundreds of online tools through which people can easily ‘rip’ and download content from the site.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” (S. The district court agreed, but was reversed by the Second Circuit, which found the degree of new expression insufficient to justify a finding of fair use. Goldsmith , 598 S.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2023

Starting with a simple Google search for ‘youtube download legal’, there is a TON of sources – well-known, serious, public magazines – basically all stating: Yeah, it’s totally legal to download videos from YouTube.” “We also got ourselves informed about ‘fair use’ under German law.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The YouTube download portal has more than 40 million monthly visits but believes this figure would muc: higher today if Google hadn’t removed many of its search results. — A copy of the CreativeCode’s request, filed at the U.S. nu Takedowns YTMP3.nu nu is one of the sites regularly targeted by takedown requests.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

means to show a copy of it, either directly or by means of a film, slide, television image, or any other device or process or, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to show individual images nonsequentially.”. Fair use : The court also grapples with fair use. Is Embedding a Display?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Recent appellate decisions in the United States have recognized expanded grounds for personal jurisdiction in cases of internet-based copyright infringements; divided on the extent to which the three-year statute of limitations limits damage recoveries; and increased the occasions for motions to dismiss on the ground of fair use.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 25, 2024

Thus, some countries will have strict laws on making copies of copyrighted content to “train” an AI system while others will be more relaxed. Laws are about economics, and countries with more relaxed laws are likely to be countries with smaller creative industries and which wish to use the relaxed legal regime to attract AI investment.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Copyright is essentially a right to copy. It’s an intellectual property, if an individual owns the copyright to something, then he’s the only owner of it and also the decider that who can copy it. A standard myth about the Internet is that anything posted online can be copied or downloaded.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 28, 2023

“Cheat software negatively impacts the gaming experience of Bungie’s community of honest players who enjoy playing and winning fairly using skill and developed through practice,” Bungie wrote. For circumvention violations under the DMCA, each cheat software download goes towards the final damages amount, which can be susbstantial.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Despite the broad attention, the download numbers were relatively low for this low-quality leak that took place before the US theatrical premiere. The download numbers picked up later in the year when a high-quality copy appeared online. The Pirate Bay is Pretty Broken Right Now But Can Be Coaxed Back to Life (January).

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Dear Rich IP Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

If I send copies to a few people, is that considered "published," or does it have to be a mass distribution, like a sale? Dear Rich: I'm about to submit a copyright application and have a question about whether or not a song is considered published. What exactly is meant by "distributed to the public"? Limited publication. Copyright killer.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 14, 2021

. “Without any license or any payment to authors or publishers, IA scans print books, uploads these illegally scanned books to its servers, and distributes verbatim digital copies of the books in whole via public-facing websites.” Internet Archive Responds – Fair Use is Not Piracy.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Modifying an image or photo and using it in a presentation, brochure, on your website, or on social media. Making a copy of a video or audio recording. Creating merchandise, such as T-shirts, that uses copyrighted images, photos, or text. Downloading videos or audio from the Internet without permission or payment.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

“We claim that our project falls under fair use: our goal is clearly not piracy or anything as you still need the original game. Additionally, the re3 GitHub Repositories include links to locations where members of the public can download a complete, installable build of the re3 and reVC software,” Take-Two adds.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” The district court agreed, but was reversed by the Second Circuit, which found the degree of new expression insufficient to justify a finding of fair use. ” (S.

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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. The exceptions in fair dealing have been stated in general terms and the list is not exhaustive.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 8, 2023

modification, and other forms of copying of the work fall under this category. A product or piece of information may be easily copied thanks to modern technology, and some businesses get a significant portion of their income from copying what other businesses have produced. Rameshwari photocopy services & ors. The Tips v.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” (S. The district court agreed, but was reversed by the Second Circuit, which found the degree of new expression insufficient to justify a finding of fair use. emphasis original).

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Kashishipr

JUNE 9, 2021

The Bombay High Court, in a decision not very long ago, held that the existing provisions on statutory licensing under the Copyright Act and Copyright Rules did not include internet broadcasting by means of internet streaming and/or downloading. Background. The Plaintiff, Tips Industries Ltd., Court’s Decision.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2021

Cathay Smith: Do you foresee a point in time at which an AI might be able to make a fair use/fair dealing decision in the moment? But fair use/dealing typically involves reproduction of a limited portion, and AI could calculate portion. EFF doesn’t want fair use cases in the system; MPAA does.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 11, 2023

There is no question of fair use as although it is not commercially beneficial but it is neither limited to private use. However, the US Court has held Napster [2] , which was a file-sharing platform as well, guilty of infringing copyrighted materials and was denied the defence of fair use.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 22, 2023

.” To prepare a derivative work without being considered an infringing work, the new creator would need authorization from the original copyright holder, and copyright protection would extend only to new elements or changes (or the new creator would need to establish that their work is protected under the fair use doctrine).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Instead, the plaintiff complained about the lingering backend copies and copies cached in third-party databases. The DMCA takedown notices never gave a URL for the backend copies, and ShutterStock had no responsibility for flushing the third-party caches. I can see future problems from the court’s approach.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 3, 2023

The future of “controlled digital lending” is in doubt after a court rules that the Internet Archive’s online library is not protected by fair use. When the electronic version is “checked out,” the physical copy is taken out of circulation. ” What is Controlled Digital Lending?

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

A: History differs a lot—US foundation for ROP was set much earlier. Justin Hughes The Sub Rosa Rules of Copyright Fair Use Two competing descriptions of fair use: (1) Vague, unpredictable, ad hoc. (2) You can cluster fair use cases. Those are where fair use is stable, predictable, and coherent.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

When acting unlawfully, AI developers receive materials from pirate sites, through downloading in violation of express terms and flags, and from so-called “shadow libraries,” among other things. To what extent are copyrighted works licensed from copyright owners for use as training materials? ROSS Intelligence Inc., 529 F.Supp.3d

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Before the digital era, copyright protected tangible art or works, allowing authors to easily regulate usage, copies, and earnings. It creates ‘Secure Distribution’ of content which generally use encryption and digital watermarks (Pandey).

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

Temporary or incidental storage of work or performance to provide electronic links, access, or integration, where the owner has not expressly prohibited such links, access, or integration, falls under the ambit of fair use of copyright, according to Section 52(1)(c) of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

Prutton admitted to copying and said that his adult daughter had helped him with his website. (A As part of those changes I believe I may have downloaded a photo of the federal courthouse in Oakland, California and put it on his website. Fair Use: From my perspective, the fair use analysis is what I’ve been waiting for.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Plaintiffs want and expect Google to copy and display their websites in Chrome browser and Search App, and acknowledge that Google has license to do so.” A website can own the copyrights to the HTML code and the files that users download. ” Wait, what? We need to know more about this license. Implications.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

This means that TOs have been tasked with getting enough GameCubes, Wiis, copies of the game, and clunky CRT TVs to play on. While it is technically possible to distill a ROM from the game’s original disk, most players opt for the easier route of finding the file online and illegally downloading it.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A USA Today 2 producer downloaded the BTO ad from YouTube and then took a high-resolution screengrab from the commercial that comprised the Sowers photo. He uploaded the high-resolution screengrab of the Sowers photo and the downloaded video into Presto, Gannett’s content management system, and added tags including “USA TODAY” and “Ad Meter.”

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 4, 2023

Liability could be disputed under the doctrine of fair use but since that’s a defense in response to an actual lawsuit, any details would require scrutiny – at huge expense – under the supervision of a judge. Despite Williams appearing pro se , the takedown notices are clear and well-formatted.

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