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The Basics of Open Access

Plagiarism Today

The largest is that it locks important research behind a paywall, meaning that other researchers, members of the public and even government agencies may not be able to access the work they need. This is largely achieved through the use of Creative Commons licenses. Typically, those licenses are Creative Commons Licenses.

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Specifically, a group called Spice DAO purchased an NFT displaying a copy of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ for $3 million, assuming it would grant them the ability to produce derivative works, such as an animated Dune series.

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Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Four: The Disappearance of Course Packs

Michael Geist

Canadian copyright lobby groups effort to persuade the government to restrict fair dealing has often focused on a particular use case: the course pack. The course packs were copied and typically sold as an alternative to course textbooks.

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The Best Starting Place for People New to Copyright

Plagiarism Today

Copyright Office, which is part of the federal government, the work itself is in the public domain. This means that it can be freely copied, printed, shared, distributed without any permission from the U.S. Copyright Office.

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The Copyright Legacy of Martin Luther King

Copyright Lately

Shortly after his “I Have a Dream” speech was delivered in August 1963, King moved for a preliminary injunction preventing record companies from selling copies of the speech. Of course, that distinction is no longer relevant under the 1976 Copyright Act that governs copyrighted works created in the last half century.

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‘Books3’ Takedown: Anti-Piracy Group Calls for More AI Training Transparency

TorrentFreak

Last month, the Danish Rights Alliance was the first group to claim a major victory on the takedown front, by removing a copy of the controversial Books3 AI training dataset from the web. There are still copies circulating elsewhere, but rightsholders are determined to take these down as well.

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U.S. Copyright Office Finds ‘Deep Disagreement’ on Anti-Piracy Measures

TorrentFreak

Rightsholders did not dispute that but noted that these issues don’t play a role when full copies of copyrighted content are shared. As expected, many rightsholders are in favor of far-reaching, government-backed anti-piracy measures. Opponents of filtering technology warn that fair use and First Amendment rights are at stake.

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