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Humanizing Copyright Infringement: “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?” by Robert Kolker

IPilogue

Lamont Abramczyk is a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, enrolled in Professor David Vaver’s 2021-2022 Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program. There is no copyright in facts and historical events; however, writers can claim copyright in their letters if they are sufficiently original.

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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 183: Andres Guadamuz on the Battle Over Copyright and Generative AI

Michael Geist

Andres Guadamuz is a Reader in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Sussex and the Editor in Chief of the Journal of World Intellectual Property. These questions have sparked high profile class action lawsuits and government consultations on potential reform.

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France: ARCOM, a new regulatory authority to fight online copyright infringement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

2021-1382 of 25 October 2021 on the regulation and protection of access to cultural works in the digital age has been published in the Official Journal. It modifies the French Intellectual Property Code (‘IPC’). More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition.

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Copyrightability of a Programming Language

Patently-O

New briefs in support of the accused infringer WPL: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) : The law treats copyrightability of software differently than other literary works (as it should). GitHub, Inc.: “Vague allegations of nonliteral copyright infringement” lead to FUD — fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

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Call for Papers: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol. 12 [Submit by November 20]

SpicyIP

We’re happy to inform you that NALSAR Hyderabad’s Indian Journal of Indian Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting papers for publication in Volume 12 of the journal. For further details, please see the announcement below: Call for Papers: Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (Vol.

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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. The New York Times is claiming damages and an order to stop OpenAI and Microsoft from using any of its articles.

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Call for Submissions: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol. 14 [Submissions by February 29, 2024]

SpicyIP

We are pleased to announce that NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting submissions for its 14th Volume. For further details, please read their call and the guidelines below : Call for Submissions: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol.