The IPKat

DECEMBER 20, 2023

by Despoina Dimitrakopoulou Recently, the news of reggaeton mega-star Bad Bunny's eloquently put disappointment spread on social media, bringing up interesting questions concerning music creation using AI. AI-generated music has also taken music platforms such as Spotify by storm. Did the track infringe Bad Bunny's rights?

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2023

Extending to copyright law, where Thaler is fighting a similar battle, isn’t there a “modicum of creativity” leading to the AI-created work? Copyright law does this well with the protection of derivative works. The term “Derivative Work” is defined in 17 U.S.C. §

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

But this time, Netflix is the one doing the suing, and it’s targeting the creators of “ The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical ” with what I’ll call “The Official Bridgerton Musical Copyright Infringement Lawsuit” (read here). Okay, But What if Bridgerton Was a Musical?

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 6, 2023

Schneider’s first amended complaint alleged that YouTube and its users infringed her copyrighted musical compositions and sound recordings, and that YouTube facilitated infringement by removing copyright management information (CMI) from her copyright works, in violation of the DMCA.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 25, 2023

In a closely watched copyright case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. Acuff-Rose Music, which held that a work is transformative if it adds something new and has a different purpose or character.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

The Supreme Court recently upheld an appellate court’s ruling that Andy Warhol’s use of a photograph of Prince as a reference for a collection of screen prints is not fair use – to the extent his foundation decided to license them at least. Goldsmith et al, Case No. Unbeknownst to Ms. Goldsmith, Andy Warhol not only used Ms.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

“A photorealistic dining table made out of old license plates” (Midjourney) The tool can then apply its knowledge of tables to the knowledge it has acquired about aesthetic choices, styles and perspectives, all en route to creating a new image that’s never existed before. The Copyright Act Definition is Broad, But.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 8, 2022

All copyrights, except one, expire.*. Preface: I wanted to learn more about the concept (and applications) of “derivative works” and adaptations under copyright law, and I was searching for a useful example that might also be interesting for readers of Velocity of Content to read about.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Generative Artificial intelligence (GenAI) systems like MidJourney and ChatGPT that can generate creative works have brought a wave of new questions and complexities to copyright law. On the heels of a recent court decision denying registrability of AI created work, the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 22, 2023

Several recent, high-profile lawsuits raise the issue of whether such training algorithms violate copyright law’s restrictions on creating derivative works without the creators’ consent. That “data” typically includes other creators’ copyrighted material. What is a Derivative Work?

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It highlights the importance of understanding copyright laws when using data for AI training or generating content. It debunks common misconceptions, such as assuming publicly available data is protected from copyright protections. See Traverse Legal’s Copyright page.)

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It highlights the importance of understanding copyright laws when using data for AI training or generating content. It debunks common misconceptions, such as assuming publicly available data is protected from copyright protections. See Traverse Legal’s Copyright page.)

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 2, 2023

The Supreme Court recently upheld an appellate court’s ruling that Andy Warhol’s use of a photograph of Prince as a reference for a collection of screen prints is not fair use – to the extent his foundation decided to license them at least. Goldsmith et al, Case No. ” Unbeknownst to Ms.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 31, 2023

Already a fixture on the pop charts and in the world of bait-and-switch hyperlinks, Astley is now looking to make history yet again, this time with a new lawsuit that may put a damper on the music industry’s latest nostalgia kick. Gravy and his team couldn’t get a license to sample the master recording. “So,

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Goldsmith involved the recasting by Andy Warhol, in or about 1984, of a photograph of the music artist Prince into an orange-hued silkscreen rendition (Orange Prince). At the time Goldsmith was also licensing her original photograph to several magazines that were also writing articles about Prince’s life and music. 1258, (2023).

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This is a major point of contention in the realm IP laws today whether or not AI can be given the said rights and protections under law. This question even after a broad reading of the Indian Copyright law remains unanswered, demanding an amendment in the present law or more clarity on the same by the way of judicial decisions.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 9, 2022

Vanity Fair (magazine) took a license to use and modify the image for its magazine and hired Warhol to use his artistic talents to develop a new image. Goldsmith realized what had happened—that Warhol had made over a dozen works based on her photograph, the majority of which had not been licensed. federal copyright law)?

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 6, 2023

Prior to this case, the focus has been on the transformative nature of the work itself. in other words, whether and to what extent the new work is transformative.” The Warhol court focused significantly on balancing the first fair use factor against the copyright owner’s right to create derivative works.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Through the secure blockchain technology, NFTs allow the creation and sale of exclusive and limited content in the form of collectible digital assets that can be transported on multiple media such as images, videos, or music. The other opinion maintains that the copyright is only established once the NFT is minted. The United States.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

1] That decision shook the art world, as it seems to dramatically narrow the scope of the fair use doctrine, and raises doubts about the lawfulness of many existing works. [2] Originals” [7] : The Works at Issue. It found that all four fair use factors weighed against fair use. [12]

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The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2023

The crucial question is “whether the ‘work’ is basically one of human authorship, with the computer [or other device] merely being an assisting instrument, or whether the traditional elements of authorship in the work (literary, artistic, or musical expression or elements of selection, arrangement, etc.)

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

Goldsmith involved the recasting by Andy Warhol, in or about 1984, of a photograph of the music artist Prince into an orange-hued silkscreen rendition (Orange Prince). At the time Goldsmith was also licensing her original photograph to several magazines that were also writing articles about Prince’s life and music.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

Goldsmith involved the recasting by Andy Warhol, in or about 1984, of a photograph of the music artist Prince into an orange-hued silkscreen rendition (Orange Prince). At the time Goldsmith was also licensing her original photograph to several magazines that were also writing articles about Prince’s life and music. 1258, (2023).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Copyrights: Copyrights protect original works of authorship such as software codes, artistic creations, literature, music, films, etc. Startups can secure copyrights to prevent unauthorized copying or distribution of their creative works. Furthermore, trademarks act as valuable assets for startups.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

Through the secure blockchain technology, NFTs allow the creation and sale of exclusive and limited content in the form of collectible digital assets that can be transported on multiple media such as images, videos, or music. The other opinion maintains that the copyright is only established once the NFT is minted. The United States.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. , To fully understand these conflicting views of the majority opinion, it is necessary to understand both the specific facts of the case and the history of the Supreme Court’s case law concerning the fair-use doctrine. 569 (1994). 102(a)(5) , a category that is defined to include photographs, 17 U.S.C.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 11, 2024

Copyright and technology are not enemies, but instead can work together when there is respect for the copyright laws that encourage creation of the trusted content that technologies require. GenAI systems use copies of content like books and articles, many of which are protected by copyright, for training their LLMs.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Barr makes explicit a factor we had long suspected with the skew of evidence on the Portal: the music industry is disproportionately overrepresented in empirical copyright literature. The Evidence Portal categorises studies across different creative industries, allowing for a comparative analysis of the existing evidence.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

TLDR Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. In the EU, a crucial legal issue is whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under existing text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in the Copyright in Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2023

Top 3 Kluwer Copyright Blog posts 1) Generative AI, Copyright and the AI Act by João Pedro Quintais “ Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. ” 3) How to Distinguish Transformative Fair Uses From Infringing Derivative Works? by Pamela Samuelson “In March 2022 the U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Part I of this post discussed the changes to copyright contract law and the new text and data mining exemption provisions that formed part of the 2021 copyright law reform. Part 2 explores further exemptions for users of works, new aspects of the right of communication to the public and the press publishers’ right.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 19, 2022

After all, the last time the Court considered whether a creative work qualified as a “transformative” fair use under the Copyright Act was in 1994’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” case, Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. That’s practically a lifetime ago, even for justices with lifetime appointments.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

You can always get drunk and order random stuff on Amazon curl up with a scary book or Halloween-themed movie, game or music video that’s found its way into copyright history. So, without further ado, here are 13 Halloween-themed works that someone (hopefully other than you) got sued for. ROMERO’S DAWN OF THE DEAD.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

A relatively new willingness to litigate, but lack of awareness/understanding of copyright law in Carribean is a barrier. Developing a jurisprudence: you need to implement an overall copyright policy—what is the purpose of ©? Rosenblatt: consider implied license and laches. Contract instead of ©? Micropayments?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Fifth, assuming Trump owns a valid copyright, did he grant an implied license to Woodward to publish transcripts of the interviews and/or the record­ings themselves? Sixth, assuming Woodward published copyrighted material without Trump’s authorization, was he permitted to do so, either as a fair use, or by the First Amendment?

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