Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 24, 2022
1: How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie. Night of the Living Dead is possibly one of the most famous public domain movies of all time. When the film was released, the print was missing a copyright notice. Under the laws at the time, this mean that it didn’t have copyright protection.
Copyright Lately
APRIL 30, 2021
The new lawsuit raises a host of complicated legal issues that, while exciting for copyright nerds like me, are often a nightmare to litigate. Key among them is the extent to which pre-1978 works first published abroad without proper copyright notice are still protected under U.S. copyright law. and abroad for years.
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IPilogue
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Relying on Twin Books Corporation v Walt Disney Company ( Twin Books ), Bundy argued, “a foreign publication of a foreign work, before January 1, 1978, without notice of United States copyright, did not put the foreign work into the public domain in the U.S.”. Copyright Act of 1909. An Age-Old Debate.
43(B)log
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Unique expertise on code too; code is different from photos, music, videos; some of the most valuable code on GitHub is licensed openly. Designed to be freely available licensed or public domain; we occasionally use fair use images where no free image is available, such as when a famous work has been destroyed.
Art Law Journal
JUNE 30, 2022
Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Any works that received copyright prior to 1989 had different requirements and durations, including having a copyright notice, i.e. © Steve Schlackman (1975).
SpicyIP
APRIL 24, 2022
Akira: Well, to be honest, ( taking a pause to think ) IPR mostly reminds me of how hard it is to upload TikTok videos to YouTube , because of either over-eager lawyers or how their magic code detects it and sends copyright notices! They didn’t need permission to borrow from the public corpus or public domain.
Art Law Journal
JUNE 30, 2022
Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Unfortunately, IP law has gotten so complicated that many people aren’t even sure which types of IP (copyright, trademarks, or patents) protects their creative work.
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