TorrentFreak

MAY 10, 2023

The Domino Effect Bungie filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against defendants allegedly involved in the development and supply of Destiny 2 cheat ‘Wallhax’ back in August 2021. in copyright infringement damages against Elite Boss Tech, Inc., in copyright infringement damages against Elite Boss Tech, Inc.,

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

repeatedly breached the terms of its Limited Software License Agreement (LSLA) by using third-party cheating software, getting banned by Bungie, and then repeatedly signing back up to breach the LSLA’s terms once again. But on the other, they also grant permission – a license – for other actions too. ” No LSLA?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Last week, an Illinois jury awarded tattoo artist Catherine Alexander $3,750 in damages at the conclusion of a copyright infringement trial. This case is one of a spate of recent infringement claims brought against video-game makers over realistic depictions of tattooed athletes.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 10, 2022

The defendants threaten the gaming experience, Bungie added, noting that anti-cheating mitigation technology had cost it “exorbitant amounts of money.” ” The defendants argued that during the development of the cheating software, no copies of Destiny 2 were made or distributed, and no derivative works were created.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are altering society’s notion of digital ‘ownership’ and redefining the common perspective on distribution of original works to consumers by introducing scarcity to the digital realm.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use. copyright law. Applying a new lens on how to view the purpose of a derivative work under U.S. copyright law.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Warhol created these silkscreens from a photograph of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith, who claimed copyright infringement when the Warhol estate licensed Orange Prince to Conde Nast after Prince’s passing in 2016 to illustrate an article about Prince’s life and music.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

Transformative use” is not mentioned in Section 107 of the Copyright Act but has been read into the first of four fair use factors. If you are confused by the difference between transformation that excuses infringement and transformation that is the exclusive right of the creator, welcome to my world.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 9, 2022

Vanity Fair (magazine) took a license to use and modify the image for its magazine and hired Warhol to use his artistic talents to develop a new image. Goldsmith realized what had happened—that Warhol had made over a dozen works based on her photograph, the majority of which had not been licensed. federal copyright law)?

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

For example, using copyrighted data for research might be considered Fair Use, but commercializing that data likely is not. Another area that requires attention is the distinction between Open Source and Copyrighted Material. Open Source material may seem safe and easy, but it has its licenses and restrictions.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 20, 2023

FlowGpt on the other hand, and creator of “NostalgIA'' using AI, came back with an answer, offering peace, and pointing out the beauty of creativity that new technologies can bring. However, AI technology is getting so good that even an amateur can create a song worth listening to, in any style of music or artist , and do so fast.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

A collaboration between the AGO and Toronto-based digital artist Alex Mayhew, ReBlink sought to exploit cutting-edge technology to provide AGO visitors an opportunity to experience its Canadian and European Collections in an entirely new way. There are clear advantages to the use of these technologies in the museum context.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 31, 2023

The Court held that the first factor of the copyright fair use test favored respondent photographer, Lynn Goldsmith, rather than petitioner, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (“AWF”). Goldsmith was unaware of these additional works. She contacted AWF alleging infringement of her copyright in her photograph.

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

The ambit of IPR when it comes to recognizing these AI generators and whether they are also capable of copyright infringement by transforming other creators work has been discussed in detail in the article. 6] If these claims will be justified then the penalties will be placed for said infringement. [7]

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Through the secure blockchain technology, NFTs allow the creation and sale of exclusive and limited content in the form of collectible digital assets that can be transported on multiple media such as images, videos, or music. The Copyright Act today includes an “ever expanding understanding of the word ‘writings.’” The United States.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

Warhol created these silkscreens from a photograph of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith, who claimed copyright infringement when the Warhol estate licensed Orange Prince to Conde Nast after Prince’s passing in 2016 to illustrate an article about Prince’s life and music. ” See 143 S. ” Id. ” Id.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

Warhol created these silkscreens from a photograph of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith, who claimed copyright infringement when the Warhol estate licensed Orange Prince to Conde Nast after Prince’s passing in 2016 to illustrate an article about Prince’s life and music.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Such case law is interesting for the reconstruction of the technology deployed by Meta and the training methodology (at least from the plaintiff’s perspective) but also because the court has had the chance to preliminarily evaluate the robustness of the claims. Vicarious Copyright Infringement (17 U.S.C. §

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

It is certainly within the definition of chutzpah to publicly display your own work on the Internet, visible for anyone to see for free and without further conditions, and then to complain that others are helping people find your work by linking to it. In Religious Technology Center v. 94-1476, at 159-60. Netcom On-Line Comm.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

Through the secure blockchain technology, NFTs allow the creation and sale of exclusive and limited content in the form of collectible digital assets that can be transported on multiple media such as images, videos, or music. The Copyright Act today includes an “ever expanding understanding of the word ‘writings.’”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

As usual, readers who are already familiar with the case and/or with copyright law may skip the “Background” sections below (but don’t skip the commentary “The Road Not Taken”). Legal Background: Copyright and Derivative Works Copyright law protects original works of authorship, including “pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works,” 17 U.S.C.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 11, 2024

They also divert attention from the fact that it is not only possible but practical to be pro-copyright and pro-AI. Copyright and technology both move society forward. The goal of copyright, as articulated in the U.S. How Content Use in LLMs Relate to Copyright How does this relate to the lawsuits?

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

1: ‘ Sports Illustrated’ Model Sues Twitter for $10 million, Accusing its Algorithm of Contributing to Copyright infringement. The lawsuit lists Twitter, Tweetdeck and Magic Pony Technology as defendants. The lawsuit lists Twitter, Tweetdeck and Magic Pony Technology as defendants.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

APRIL 21, 2021

Oracle (owner of the copyrights originally held by Sun Microsystems) asserted that this use without permission was copyright infringement. Google responded that access to this software language is crucial to innovation in technology and software programming, and should be considered fair use.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Copyright Office published a Notice of inquiry (“NOI”) and request for comments, Artificial Intelligence and Copyright, Docket No. We, who have been writing and teaching about copyright law and how it has responded to challenges posed by new technologies for decades, were among those who submitted comments, see [link].

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

The court also held that plaintiffs were permitted to proceed pseudonymously. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ We can infer from this opinion that treatment of Copyright Management Information (“CMI”) will be tricky for generative AI developers. Complaint at 2.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 17, 2022

The company’s lawsuits variously claim copyright infringement (when cheat makers use pieces of original code or creative derivative works ), circumvention of technical measures (under the DMCA), breach of contract, and/or violation of consumer protection laws. And then the screw gets turned again – and again.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

If any of these cases challenging the use of copyright-protected works in generative AI outputs or in developing generative AI models is successful, it could have significant implications for the future of generative AI, which relies on large and diverse datasets in order to provide accurate and unbiased results.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2023

Top 3 Kluwer Copyright Blog posts 1) Generative AI, Copyright and the AI Act by João Pedro Quintais “ Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. This opt-out can be exercised for instance via technological tools but relies significantly on the public availability of training datasets.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

As for the claims’ equivalency to copyright law: We need not decide whether it is more appropriate to characterize Plaintiffs’ Complaint as implicating rights to (a) display or reproduce copies or (b) prepare derivative works because the Complaint invokes both rights and both rights are recognized under federal copyright law.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

But Lewis thought the song was a rip-off of “I Want a New Drug” and asserted a copyright infringement claim against Columbia Pictures. ” In 2004, video game publisher Capcom contacted MKR, the film’s producer, to inquire about about obtaining a license to use elements from the film in one of its games.

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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.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

It is therefore possible that TOs would be liable for some form of secondary liability of copyright infringement. It is an open legal question whether this would constitute an infringing derivative work. The second issue comes from Slippi itself. tournament circuit beginning in 2022.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Conundrum of Naked Licensing Naked Licensing, aka “You Snooze, You Lose.” ” Conceptually, a lack of quality control mechanism while licensing TMs can result in the license being regarded as a naked license and the mark being deemed abandoned. TIPS Industries Ltd.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Fifth, assuming Trump owns a valid copyright, did he grant an implied license to Woodward to publish transcripts of the interviews and/or the record­ings themselves? Sixth, assuming Woodward published copyrighted material without Trump’s authorization, was he permitted to do so, either as a fair use, or by the First Amendment?

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