JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The increasing sophistication of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has had widespread effects on fields ranging from art and film to law and healthcare.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 30, 2024

The Hong Kong government has launched a two-month public consultation on artificial intelligence (AI) and Copyright law. The consultation considers possible improvements to the Copyright Ordinance (Cap. 528) (CO) following amendments enacted last year.

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The Illusion of More

JULY 25, 2023

Citing the class action lawsuits Andersen and Tremblay, I predicted that if the courts do not find that ML unavoidably violates the reproduction right (§106(1)), copyright law may not offer much relief […] The post AI Machine Learning: Remedies Other Than Copyright Law? appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Promoting research and access to its products has always been a core purpose of copyright law, often expressed in limitations and exceptions for research uses. Recent legal scholarship has examined the need for copyright exceptions for text and data mining (TDM) methodologies, and the doctrines recently enacted to achieve this purpose.

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The Illusion of More

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I have already argued against copyright protection for works created by AI, supporting the longstanding doctrine that copyright rights can only attach to works of human authorship. The post Are AI Prompts Authorship in Copyright Law? But one paragraph in a recent article by attorney Adam Adler raises […].

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is a review of Music Borrowing and Copyright Law, a Genre-by-Genre Analysis , edited by Enrico Bonadio (City, University of London) and Chen Wei Zhu (University of Birmingham). An ambitious aim that Barrett achieves in an engaging and candid chapter.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 12, 2024

An Eighth Circuit panel considered Tuesday the question of how far federal copyright law stretches to cover the use of memes while debating the effect of last year's landmark Warhol ruling on a suit against a former U.S. representative's use of the "Success Kid" meme in a fundraising post.

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Copyright Alliance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Creators often wonder how to “get” copyright protection for their creative works. The good news is that copyright law will automatically protect a work if it meets the criteria of […]. The post Copyright Law Concepts to Know Before Filing a Registration Application appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 4, 2024

Clients sometimes ask intellectual property (IP) lawyers how they can patent or copyright their ideas and make money off them. Neither patent law nor copyright law protects ideas per se. By: AEON Law The short answer is: you probably can’t.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Internet Archive, holding that the Internet Archive's "controlled digital lending" program violated copyright law. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a resounding victory to the publishing industry on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, in Hachette Books v.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

A few weeks ago, the UNION-IP Designs Commission in association with the UNION-IP Netherlands national group – “Design & Copyright Law: siblings or rival?” held another roundtable session ( Thursday Thingies ), the topic of which related to the overlaps between copyright and design law (details of the event to be found here ).

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Managing IP

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Sources say an impending overhaul of Singapore’s copyright law will particularly benefit creators and businesses will need to re-think engagement deals

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Likelihood of Confusion

JANUARY 9, 2023

The post Reflections on copyright law appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. In a Den of Hydralisks. Originally posted 2011-07-22 18:09:03. Republished by Blog Post Promoter.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 5, 2022

When standard approaches failed, a business professor recently turned to copyright law, hoping for a solution. Berkovitz, an attorney, used a more creative approach by turning to copyright law. For example, professors and teachers have confronted the challenge of how to prevent students from cheating on exams.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 31, 2022

This episode focuses on an IP right at the heart of many technology deals—copyrights. Mayer Brown partners Richard Assmus and Oliver Yaros and host Julian Dibbell will discuss some recent important changes in US and European copyright law and how those changes might inform your tech deals. By: Mayer Brown - Tech Talks Podcast

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 12, 2023

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The post Parody under the Copyright Law first appeared on IPLF. References Civic Chandran v/s C. Ammini Amma (1996) 16 PTC 329 (Ker.) 2003 (27) PTC 457 (Bom) (DB).

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

this Kat was delighted to review Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship by Dr Luke McDonagh (Assistant Professor of Law at LSE Law School). This is the first academic monograph that solely considers the relationship between UK copyright law and historical and contemporary theatre.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 1, 2023

As has been reported in the music press, the well-known digital music service Spotify has announced that it will be imminently ceasing its operations in Uruguay due to certain amendments included in the country's copyright laws regarding the remuneration of performers.

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The Illusion of More

JULY 15, 2023

It is both insult and injury to see one’s work used, without consideration, to underwrite the mechanism of one’s own […] The post Training AI With Protected Works: Is Copyright Law Designed to Respond? appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 17, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (“GenAI”) challenges EU copyright law, from the AI training to the protectability and liability risks of its output. The EU’s forthcoming AI Act takes first steps towards AI-specific regulation with its provider obligations on training data transparency and copyright policy. By: MoFo Tech

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JD Supra Law

JULY 13, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright law appear to be on a collision course, with court cases and both executive and legislative activity poised to shape how copyright law will apply to AI development and uses.

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Copyright Alliance

AUGUST 22, 2023

In developing curricula for students, teachers often wonder how copyright law applies to them when they incorporate […] The post 4 Tips to Navigating Copyright Law for Educators appeared first on Copyright Alliance. It’s that time when teachers are busy preparing for the new school year.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

This post is based on the chapter “Audiovisual Coverage of Sports Events and Copyright Law: Originality in the Details?” Bernt Hugenholtz, Kluwer Law International, 2021. These additional creative elements can be protected by copyright law, provided they meet the EU originality standard. by Christopher Heath. €

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Likelihood of Confusion

APRIL 30, 2023

The post Unilateral copyright law appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Eugene Volokh joins the pile–on regarding a website that claims to exempt its contents from the liberating effects of the fair use doctrine. The North Country Gazette, a publication whose.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Importantly, however, none of this is illegal in the UK so, in what appears to be an overreaction with significant potential for overreach, lawmakers want changes to copyright law to retip the balance of power. Even then, anyone with a camera can record an event, without breaking copyright law.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 30, 2023

HOW ANDY WARHOL IS STILL SHAPING AMERICAN COPYRIGHT LAW In October 2022, the U.S. This case is important because it may provide additional guidance in the very murky area of transformative use under copyright law. Lynn Goldsmith. By: McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

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IPilogue

JANUARY 28, 2022

After spending the past two summers working for an IP boutique firm involved primarily in patent and trademark matters, I relished the opportunity to learn about copyright law outside of the classroom. The grind of law school can sometimes overwhelm, and students can often lose sight of other perspectives.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 22, 2023

You may have seen online images that were created using artificial intelligence (AI) and wondered whether copyright law protects the artist’s efforts. A recent landmark decision by the United States Copyright Office holds that copyright protects only human-made works. In most instances, apparently not.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Welcome to the fourth (and last) round up of EU copyright law for 2023! In this edition, we update you on what has happened in the last three months of 2024 in EU copyright law. All in all, 2024 promises to be an exciting year for EU copyright law. Stay tuned!

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Since the Canadian copyright law reforms in 2012, education and libraries have increased spending on licensing and a non-partisan House of Commons study found no need to create new restriction on education and library copying rights. She joins the Law Bytes podcast to discuss the CFLA statement and copyright law in Canada.

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The Illusion of More

APRIL 25, 2023

Internet Archive, and the continued failure of ebook legislation in various states, it is time for policymakers and librarians to understand the reason why this two-pronged campaign against copyright rights in ebooks is losing—because the academics, organizations, and lobbyists behind the effort are lying.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 3, 2024

Shivam is a 2020 law graduate from Benaras Hindu University and is a former law researcher at the Delhi High Court. AI Image generated by Shivam, using Gencraft Copyright Bill, 1955: the Best Copyright Law that India Never Had By Shivam Kaushik Seen from Nehru’s eyes , Indian independence was a ‘tryst’ with destiny.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The anti-competitive implications of copyright enforcement aren’t some unforeseeable consequence of either copyright law or the DMCA; these consequences are actively fostered by doctrinal choices like strict liability for infringement and service provider liability for failing to remove upon notice. The CourtListener page.

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The Illusion of More

AUGUST 12, 2022

The post Texas Church Allegedly Violates Copyright Law with “Hamilton” Performance appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2024

Here’s what Henning writes: Works of applied art – the difference between design and copyright law by Henning Hartwig I. USM Haller modular furniture In 2011, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), for the first time, had to decide on issues revolving around the protection of different categories of works under European copyright law.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In fact, and much to the contrary, it has been established national law and practice – prior and after ‘Cofemel’ – that the scope of protection correlates with the level of originality which, in return, corresponds with the degree of departure from the existing design corpus (i.e., the “degree of creative freedom exercised by the author”).

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 30, 2024

By emphasizing the significance of human creative work in determining copyright ownership, the reasoning of the court offers a concise exposition of the core ideas of copyright law. AI vis-à-vis Indian Copyright Law For a work to be accorded copyright protection, there are two fundamental criteria to be met.

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