Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As more and more projects in these fields adopt open-source licensing, the legal complexities tied to these licenses are becoming increasingly relevant, with dual licensing being a case in point. Second, altering the license could alienate a project’s community, leading to forks or abandonment.

Licensing 52

Licensing Derivative Work Intellectual Property Moral Rights 52

The IPKat

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Who receives the credit and the licensing rights? What happens when a copyright infringement claim is made against the playwright? And who poses moral rights in the work? The book addresses questions of whom is the author and first owner of a dramatic work? The monograph is presented in six chapters.

Copyright Law 145

Copyright Law Moral Rights Copyright Law 145

Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

Regardless, as of this writing there are now five cases that may provide some clarity on this less frequently discussed but foundational issue of the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials as training data for AI (I use “AI” here as a shorthand which also includes text and data mining and machine learning). This will be hard to defend.

Litigation 98

Litigation Fair Use Copying Derivative Work 98

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As more and more projects in these fields adopt open-source licensing, the legal complexities tied to these licenses are becoming increasingly relevant, with dual licensing being a case in point. Second, altering the license could alienate a project’s community, leading to forks or abandonment.

Licensing 40

Licensing Derivative Work Intellectual Property Moral Rights 40

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Topics include access and substantial similarity, fair use, performers’ rights, moral rights, expert testimony, the role of lay listeners, sound sampling, as demonstrated in dispositions of litigated and settled infringement disputes. More information about this event here.

Intellectual Property 67

Intellectual Property Moral Rights Registration Editing 67

JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

Perhaps one of the most salient legal issues is whether there is copyright infringement or a violation of the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (“VARA”) in the virtual modification (e.g., For the most part, liability may be avoidable: museums could defend any copyright (e.g.,

Moral Rights 52

Moral Rights Fair Use Art Social Media 52

The IPKat

AUGUST 15, 2023

Dua Lipa and Warner Music are being sued by talk box inventor and singer, Bosko Kante, for breach of contract and copyright infringement in hit song 'Levitating'. Kante alleges both 1) copyright infringement and 2) breach of an oral agreement. billion plays on Spotify).

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Copyright Infringement Music Copyright Contracts 52