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

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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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The Copyright Legacy of Martin Luther King

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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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Kat Von D Tattoo Lawsuit Appears Headed to a Jury

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There are two main issues presented in the ruling—whether Kat Von D used copyrightable elements from Sedlik’s image to create her tattoo, and if so, whether her actions in doing so are protected by copyright law’s fair use doctrine. ” A Non-Statutory “Fifth” Factor?

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Is the Best Defense to a Copyright Infringement Claim No Defense at All?

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1:20-cv-4865-AKH), a photographer who licensed a photo that he took of Vergara walking onto the set of America’s Got Talent sued Vergara for copyright infringement after she reposted the photograph on her Instagram account to her 21.2 In the matter of Clint Brewer v. Sofia Vergara Enterprises, Inc. million followers.

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

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What does all that mean for companies looking to develop generative AI, and the online sources of their training data that might be looking to stop them? ¯_(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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Understanding the CCB’s First Two Final Determinations (Guest Blog Post–Part 3 of 3)

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Flores sent a DMCA 512(g) counter-notice on June 27, 2022, and filed with the CCB the next day. Both agreed to this move, and as part of that, dropped the removal of copyright information claim. We also get the declaration of his daughter, Mariana Prutton, who is a licensed marriage and therapy counselor in California.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

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This judgment concerned the classification of payments under end-user license agreements (EULA). In this judgment, the Delhi High Court delved into the interpretation of section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 with respect to disputes involving trademark licensing agreements. CIT [Supreme Court].

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