The IPKat

JANUARY 17, 2024

The book that is going to change copyright law? After the referrals in Mio [IPKat here and here ] and USM Haller [IPKat here ] , another referral asking about the meaning of originality in EU copyright law has been made to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU): it is the referral from Romania in Institutul G.

Derivative Work 137

Derivative Work Editing Copyright Music 137

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2024

Free Speech Has Limits A criminal copyright infringement trial that concluded in Finland this week also saw the defendant rely on a fair use-style parody defense. When he copied and then rebroadcast the news report, that was copyright infringement. Not that other routes hadn’t already been tested, however.

Copyright 117

Copyright Derivative Work Fair Use Reporting 117

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Caveat Emptor The common notion that acquiring ownership of an NFT representing a work in which copyright subsists equates to owning the copyright to the underlying work is clearly false. UK copyright law mandates that an assignment of copyright be ‘in writing signed by or on behalf of the assignor’.

Non-Fungible Tokens 98

Non-Fungible Tokens IP Ownership Contracts 98

IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

The exclusivity of exploitation is key to the success of a limited-edition collectible. The other opinion maintains that the copyright is only established once the NFT is minted. The first view is more closely aligned with traditional copyright law, and the court is likely to view that standard as applicable to NFTs and copyright law.

IP 109

IP Ownership Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Law 109

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

The exclusivity of exploitation is key to the success of a limited-edition collectible. The other opinion maintains that the copyright is only established once the NFT is minted. The first view is more closely aligned with traditional copyright law, and the court is likely to view that standard as applicable to NFTs and copyright law.

IP 52

IP Ownership Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Law 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

TLDR Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. In the EU, a crucial legal issue is whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under existing text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in the Copyright in Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive.

Copyright 138

Copyright Fair Use Copyright Law Law 138

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Top 3 Kluwer Copyright Blog posts. 1) The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Role of Copyright Law – Part II by Peter Mezei , João Pedro Quintais , Alexandra Giannopoulou and Balázs Bodó. In this Part II we discuss copyright law aspects of NFTs, with a focus on the EU copyright acquis.”

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Blogging Non-Fungible Tokens Law IP 52