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October 19, 1976 – President Gerald Ford Signs the “New” Copyright Act…and Much More

Velocity of Content

The culmination of a decades-long effort, and well before the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Copyright Term Extension Act were passed in 1998, the 1976 Copyright Act ushered in a new era of copyright law in the United States. In the many years that have since passed, the 1976 Act has been updated many times.

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Tips for Avoiding Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

Specifically, copyright protection attaches to the original, creative work when it is fixed in a tangible medium, such as when it is written, drawn, recorded digitally, or typed electronically. Further, only a modicum, or small amount, of creativity is required for copyright protection to attach. That is not the case.

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Tips for Avoiding Copyright Infringement

LexBlog IP

Specifically, copyright protection attaches to the original, creative work when it is fixed in a tangible medium, such as when it is written, drawn, recorded digitally, or typed electronically. Further, only a modicum, or small amount, of creativity is required for copyright protection to attach. That is not the case.

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Kat Von D Tattoo Lawsuit Appears Headed to a Jury

Copyright Lately

In a 30-page order, the district court largely denies both parties’ motions for summary judgment, finding triable issues on substantial similarity and fair use. and High Voltage Tattoo) asked the court to determine that the use of Sedlik’s photo as a reference image qualified as a fair use of the copyrighted work.

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The Copyright Legacy of Martin Luther King

Copyright Lately

and 20th Century-Fox Records argued that, because King had distributed advance copies of the speech to the press without restricting them from reproducing or distributing it further (and without the copyright notice required under copyright law at the time), the speech was in the public domain. What’s the difference?

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How Can AI Models Legally Obtain Training Data?–Doe 1 v. GitHub (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

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. documents, or other files”, a definition that necessarily comprises source code, and hence the Licensed Materials. (As

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Understanding the CCB’s First Two Final Determinations (Guest Blog Post–Part 3 of 3)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Both agreed to this move, and as part of that, dropped the removal of copyright information claim. The Final Determination notes that Oppenheimer feels entitled to a licensing fee, even though he has not sold this photograph, and suggests that he is entitled to $2,775 a year for the use of the photograph. I then offered $500.00.