TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The team at Blender Studio drive Blender development by providing help and training courses to Blender users in an open environment, sharing everything in public and making all content available under free licenses. “The content in my video is owned by Blender Studio who has the full copyright. No Rights to Post Video on YouTube.

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The Illusion of More

AUGUST 3, 2021

Recently, the New York and Maryland state legislatures passed nearly identical eBook licensing bills (and Rhode Island had a sister bill in the works) responding to complaints of inequity by various library associations. The post Library Associations Pursue Misguided eBook Licensing Laws appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2021

Calling it a “ball of confusion,” the Ninth Circuit recently considered a case involving the music of the Turtles, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, and whether royalties are owed under California copyright law for music dating prior to 1972. In doing so, the Ninth Circuit reviewed nearly 200 years of copyright law to reach its conclusion.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books. According to authors, this enables authors and publishers to sell books at different prices for different countries.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The ability of copyright owners to experiment with different marketing strategies is fundamental to copyright law. Copyright Act promotes the public good by granting exclusive rights to copyright owners that incentivize the creation and dissemination of new works on their own terms. Indeed, the U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Photo by Emily Wang on Unsplash The UK’s attempt to deal with generative AI, training data and copyright law has taken yet another turn. Copyright law has always been an emotional topic. As the ToR mentions, the UKIPO intends to publish “some materials relating to the working group”. For a full list, see here.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Sales Could’ve Been Better Despite becoming a number one best-seller in multiple countries, not every country has access to ‘Spare’ In common with many Western entertainment companies, publisher Penguin Random House pulled out of Russia following its invasion of Ukraine last year. ” the letter reads. Plagiarism?

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IPilogue

JULY 12, 2021

Not only did the Supreme Court of Canada hear the much-anticipated York University v Access Copyright appeal, an important case on the nature of copyright collective licensing and educational fair dealing, but it was also the Honourable Rosalie Silberman Abella’s final hearing as a Supreme Court Justice. v Teranet Inc.

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IPilogue

MARCH 2, 2023

Recently in Alexander v Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc , a jury of the US District Court of the Southern District of Illinois concluded that tattoo artist Catherine Alexander has a valid copyright claim in the designs she tattooed on World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Copyright protection over tattoos has been a hot topic for some time.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 22, 2023

This is a review of Poorna Mysoor ’s Implied licences in copyright law (Oxford University Press, 2021). As the title suggests, this book consists of a detailed analysis and explanation of instances where it is possible to imply a copyright licence in response to or as a defence to an allegation of copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 21, 2022

First off today, Hillel Italie at the Associated Press reports that a judge in Maryland has shot down a law that would have required publishers to make e-books available on “reasonable terms” to libraries in the state. The publishers pressed on, seeking a permanent injunction to bar the law from ever taking effect.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

3: IPA and Kenyan Publishers Blast ‘Unacceptable’ Copyright Bill. Finally today, Porter Anderson from Publishing Perspectives reports that the International Publishers Association is joining a chorus of Kenyan-based publishers in decrying proposed changes to the nation’s copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 6, 2021

This can include uploads with appropriate licensing or content posted within the guidelines of ‘fair use’, including criticism or parody, for example. Aside from the summary comments from the Judge based on Missingham’s transcripts, there are also some clues in the YouTube video URLs published in the judgment.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Spotify has encountered its fair share of copyright infringement lawsuits filed by music artists, record labels, and publishers. In 2017, music publishing company Wixen also filed a lawsuit against Spotify USA, seeking $1.6 In 2017, music publishing company Wixen also filed a lawsuit against Spotify USA, seeking $1.6

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 23, 2024

“AI-related advancements will be strengthened by relying on responsibly sourced copyrighted works,” said Tracey Armstrong, President and CEO, CCC. “As For more, click here to read the full press release.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

First off today, Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly Reports that a collection of publishers and authors have secured a default judgement against a piracy service named KISS Library, this one awarding them $7.8 Copyright Law, works lapse into the public domain on January First of the year their copyright expires.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

We have recently published a white paper , authored by Julia Reda ( Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte ) and Paul Keller ( Open Future ) that proposes to build a public repository of Public Domain and openly licensed works. The Copyright / Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection Is Stifling Cultural Creativity.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 9, 2024

In a 2023 report published by EndPoints News , it is suggested that for 2022, an estimated 70% of US FDA approvals for new treatments originated in small companies when compared to 66% in 2021. In The copyright holder can enforce its rights through an infringement claim if uses are made without obtaining the appropriate permissions.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Publishers vs. Internet Archive The self-scanning service is different from the licensing deals other libraries enter into. Not all publishers are happy with IA’s approach which triggered a massive legal battle two years ago. The publishers didn’t listen to these concerns.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

For years, music streaming service Pandora has been underreporting and underpaying the so-called "mechanical royalties" it owes to songwriters and publishers under copyright law, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by the Mechanical Licensing Collective, the entity in charge of collecting and distributing royalties.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 18, 2023

Copyright Office has sought to keep pace by issuing guidance on the application of copyright law to such works. As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate new works has expanded rapidly, the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 26, 2021

Calling it a “ball of confusion,” the Ninth Circuit recently considered a case involving the music of the Turtles, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, and whether royalties are owed under California copyright law for music dating prior to 1972. In a lawsuit that was originally filed in 2013 titled, Flo & Eddie, Inc.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

District Court Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a controversial ruling denying the “server test” of copyright law and ruling that embedding images can be an infringement of copyright law. In addition to Owen, the plaintiffs also list all of his publishers and all the songwriters as defendants.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This time, a group of music publishing companies, including Concord Music Group, Inc., They allege that Anthropic copies Plaintiffs’ copyrighted song lyrics and its AI chatbot, Claude, then generates those lyrics in response to user prompts—all without a license. ABCKO Music, Inc., ” Id. at ¶ 10. .”

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The courts need to understand the degree to which such usage may harm the work or decrease the profits for the owner of the copyright. Today, this doctrine has become one of most popular doctrines in the realm of copyright law. It allows people a positive defense against the infringement of copyright. Definition.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 19, 2023

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. Nation Enterprises.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 26, 2021

Calling it a “ball of confusion,” the Ninth Circuit recently considered a case involving the music of the Turtles, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, and whether royalties are owed under California copyright law for music dating prior to 1972. In a lawsuit that was originally filed in 2013 titled, Flo & Eddie, Inc.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 31, 2022

2: Amendment Passes to Grant Teachers Fair Use of Copyrighted Work Remotely. Next up today, Focus Taiwan reports that the Taiwan legislature has passed a new copyright law that would grant educators a fair use protection when using copyright-protected works via online classes.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

As has been pointed out , such a change in the Second Circuit’s case law may have been prompted by the recent US Supreme Court decision in Google v Oracle , a ruling published after Warhol v Goldsmith and focusing on computer code and copyright , where the transformative use analysis was based on the user’s subjective intent.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Weintraub Tobin’s Intellectual Property podcast, The Briefing , published nearly 50 episodes this year covering a variety of IP issues relating to trademark, copyright, and entertainment law. Goldsmith that Andy Warhol’s portrait of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 25, 2024

This article originally appeared in IPWatchdog and is re-published with permission. “Is Is offshoring the training of AI a credible and efficient response to minimize copyright compliance risks or is offshoring merely a theoretical argument designed to both influence lawmakers and for government relations purposes?”

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IPilogue

AUGUST 26, 2022

The suit was filed in California Northern District Court by Swedish music label and publishing company, Epidemic Sound. In the official pleading , they argued that Meta violated the US Copyright Act 17 USC § 501 for direct, induced, and contributory copyright infringement. On July 20 th , 2022, Meta Platforms Inc.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

This crucial development, which restores copyright as an access right (see Geiger, 2016 ; Efroni, 2010 ) provides a normative foundation to reinforce the societal bargain that creates incentives for authors, but also creates room for downstream creativity and innovation. licenses for specific uses). 7(1) and art.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 9, 2023

On Thursday, October 12, 2023, 1000 EDT/1500 BST/1600 CEST, CCC presents a Town Hall special program on LinkedIn Live, “AI, Licensing & The Path Forward.” As a legal precedent, Texaco paved the way for far broader license acceptance by Fortune 100 and other corporations,” he noted. “As

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Roy Kaufman is Managing Director, Business Development and Government Relations at CCC, where he participates in a wide range of copyright and licensing conversations internally and with many industry groups. That case too leads in curious ways back to AI, as does almost every copyright case, including Warhol. CCC: Hi, Roy.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2022

On January 1, 2022, works that were first published in the year 1926 lapsed into the public domain. copyright law, works of corporate or pseudonymous authorship lapse into the public domain after either 95 years from first publication or 120 years after creation, whichever ends first.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 4, 2024

Indianapolis, Indiana – Defendant Circle City Broadcasting, LLC d/b/a WISH-TV , is being sued by Plaintiff Christopher Sadowski over alleged copyright infringement. Sadowski is a photojournalist from New Jersey , who has been published in numerous popular newspapers and magazines.

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