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NFT Copyright License Rights: Due Diligence is Critical.

Traverse Legal Blog

On the Kings of Leon NFT sale site, you can identify the owner and other due diligence information. You have a license to use, copy and display the art and included merchandise solely to use it, copy it, and display it. Due Diligence Checklist for Your NFT Purchase. That’s it.

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Section 60 of the Copyright Act: Finally, Some Answers(?)

SpicyIP

The safeguard against groundless threats alleging copyright infringement in Section 60 suffers from a lack of clarity around some of its key terms like “due diligence”, “groundless” and “prosecution” One decision that attempts to address this lacuna is the Bombay High Court’s decision in Manya Vejju v.

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The James Corden Plagiarism Controversy

Plagiarism Today

Gervais took the dispute in stride, saying that it was most likely someone on Corden’s writing team that “’came up with it’ for him” and that it was unlikely he would knowingly copy such a famous routine. . I doubt he would knowingly just copy such a famous stand up routine word for word like that.

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Apologies Without Accountability: Canadian Heritage Committee Seeks Answers on Government Funding an Anti-Semite

Michael Geist

The process failure, including the lack of due diligence, can be addressed by fixing the systems and engaging in greater antisemitism education. Indeed, there was no defending the absence of due diligence or the failure to respond quickly once the concern came to light. It is a shame it does not happen more often.

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The Nightmare Plagiarism Scenario Comes True

Plagiarism Today

How was Meyer able to obtain a copy of the unpublished paper? Why was this copying not detected? Specifically, the narrator, after seeking out Lobachevsky’s advice, uses his connections to obtain a copy of a paper before it is published and then beat the real author to the punch. However, questions linger about this case.

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Blurred Lines: How the Lack of Regulation of NFT Platforms Has Fueled Rampant Art Theft

IPilogue

Artists in the digital space have always been vulnerable to the unauthorized distribution, copying, and sale of their work. Listing someone else’s artwork on an NFT marketplace is as simple as saving a copy of the work from an artist’s website or social media platform and uploading it onto a marketplace where it is minted into an NFT.

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Intellectual Property Strategies for Development of AI in China

IP Tech Blog

If a secret is stolen, or the ownership or its proper apportionment are disputed, or if a third party is trying to copy software containing AI algorithms, the right holders must not shy away from taking proper enforcement measures.