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Understanding the Pearson v. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

In short, it’s claiming that Chegg, in many cases, either directly copies the content or creates a thinly veiled derivative work based upon it, both of which are violations of copyright law. Not Covered by Copyright: This is a likely argument where just the answers are presented.

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Judge Recommends Approving “New” Phanatic Mascot Despite Termination

Copyright Lately

In a 91-page report and recommendation, a magistrate judge finds that the new version of the Philadelphia Phillies’ mascot falls within the “derivative works exception” to copyright termination. H/E), a creative design firm, which in 1984 assigned the copyright in the mascot for a term of “forever.”

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. ” How Stagnant Copyright Law is Stifling Creativity , 27 J. Miceli, Law and Economics: Private and Public 23 (West Academic Publishing 2018). [v] Minc Law (Sept. 277 (2020). [iv] iv] Maxwell L. Stearns, Todd J.

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

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. For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work.

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

copyright law. Secrecy Reasons : “Some religions use copyright law to keep their religions secret; some religions do not want to disclose their works to the general public.” ”) Other religions “seek copyright for secrecy, but secrecy to protect their students[,].teachers ” Id.

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U.S. Supreme Court Fixes Ninth Circuit’s Test for Mistakes in Copyright Registrations—Unicolors v. H&M (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The Court reasoned that because “[r]egistration applications call for information that requires both legal and factual knowledge,” such as whether a work is or is not “made for hire,” is or is not “published,” and is or is not a “compilation or derivative work,” [slip op.