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Copyrightability of a Programming Language

Patently-O

SAS argues that it made a “plethora of creative choices” in developing its material, and that creativity is more than sufficient to satisfy the originality requirements of copyright law. Thus far, the courts have disagreed with SAS and rejected its copyright assertions. Patents should be the go-to in this area.

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AI and Copyright Wars: The New York Times Takes on OpenAI and Microsoft

Intepat

Allegations and Claims by The New York Times The New York Times claims that these companies are trying to take undue advantage of the hard work and money put into creating such a high and superior quality of journalism. Undoubtedly, the results of these court conflicts will influence how copyright law and technology intersect in the future.

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Canadian IP Scholars Submit their Recommendations to the Federal Government on AI, the Internet of Things, and the Modernization of the Copyright Act – Part 1

IPilogue

The scholars acknowledged the government’s commitment to “keep pace” with technological developments in AI while protecting the public interest through Federal statute (the Copyright Act ). The group highlighted their concerns regarding the regulation of text and data mining (TDM) activity under the Copyright Act.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 2 of 4: Exploitation rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In 2017, the BGH had the opportunity to implement the case law of the CJEU on communication to the public in the area of links in German law, to the extent it concerned links to copyright-infringing content. Nevertheless, the BGH applied the CJEU principles on posting links to copyright infringing content.

Law 52
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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 3 of 4: Related rights and exceptions and limitations

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Parts 1 and 2 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here and here , and part 4 will be published on the blog shortly. In addition to rights of the author, German copyright law also recognises related rights.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The legislative history also expressed an intent to retain existing case law on vicarious liability of a principal for the acts of its agents, including independent contractors. Ultimately, the problem is that copyright law compensates photographers and other copyright owners through a model of artificial scarcity.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge.