Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 31, 2023

The US Copyright Office has announced a new public comment period on the subject of AI and copyright. The post US Copyright Office Seeks Comment on AI appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Here's how to participate.

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Creative Law Center

JUNE 30, 2023

If you use AI technology to create work, you can claim copyright protection for your contribution to that work. Here's how to file your application for copyright registration. The post AI-generated Content and Copyright Registration appeared first on Creative Law Center.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The post Copyright and The Bizarre World of Obituary Piracy appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Obituary piracy sites have long been a thing, but now YouTube channels are getting on the act. What is obituary piracy, and how can stop it?

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A new study claims that AI systems can trivially reproduce hundreds of words from copyrighted works. The post Study Highlights AI Systems Printing Copyrighted Work Verbatim appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Here's what it means.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Supreme Court to hear case over copyright statute of limitations, Writers hit back at Open AI response and RIAA targets pirate apps. The post 3 Count: Copyright Limits appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Copyright Claims Board has handed down three more default determinations. The post Copyright Claims Board Issues Three More Default Determinations appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Here's how the board is determining damages.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Supreme Court has taken up a case that will determine how far back copyright damages can go. The post SCOTUS to Test the Limit of Copyright Liability appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Here's why the case is important to watch.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The post 3 Count: Copyright Car Show appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Telecoms file an amicus brief for Grande Communications, government sells Omi in a Hellcat's cars and GTA5 mod to scrub protected vehicles.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As the copyright claims board moves forward, we have updates of five of the key cases that have been filed with it. The post Updates on 5 Key Copyright Claims Board Cases appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 26, 2023

But how does copyright and trademark impact those flags? The post Copyright in Pride Flags appeared first on Plagiarism Today. June is pride month, and pride flags have long been crucial symbols during it.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Copyright Office (“Office”) has published guidance on its policy and practices for examining and registering works that contain material generated by the use of artificial intelligence technology. The Office recognizes that AI-generated works implicate other copyright issues not addressed in this statement.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 21, 2023

The post 3 Count: Non-Copyrighted AI appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Court tosses USCO case over AI art, court to revisit fair use tattoo case and Lord of the Rings fan fiction author loses vs Amazon.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Copyright Claims Board is now more than one year old. The post 5 Simple Ways to Improve the Copyright Claims Board appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Here are five ways that it could be improved to make it more usable and effective.

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Copyright Alliance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

You guessed it—they are works of […] The post Copyright Cases Visual Artists Should Know: Part 1, Copyrightability appeared first on Copyright Alliance. What do Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans, Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkin, and David Hockney’s Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) have in common?

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Copyright Claims Board (CCB) offers a way for rightsholders to ensure an allegedly infringing work stays offline after a counternotice. The post How the Copyright Claims Board Counters DMCA Counternotices appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Games Workshop, best known for the Warhammer games and miniatures, has filed a dozen cases with the Copyright Claims Board. The post Games Workshop Files 12 Cases with the Copyright Claims Board appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 17, 2023

Last week, the fashion bran Shein was hit with a copyright and trademark lawsuit. The post Racketeering and Copyright: Understanding the Shein Lawsuit appeared first on Plagiarism Today. However, the case also alleges racketeering.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Life Music Inc, representing songwriters Gloria Parker and Barney Young, filed a lawsuit against Disney and others involved in the film alleging that the Disney version of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious violated the copyright of their 1951 song Supercalafajalistickespeealadojus. However, the case didn’t make it very far.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 22, 2023

A recent case filed with the Copyright Claims Board examines an unusual question: Who holds the copyright to a cockpit flight recorder? The post Copyright in Flight Cockpit Recordings appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The same day US President Biden signed the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of … Continue reading "AI’s Copyright Challenges: Searching for an International Consensus" First the G7 issued its International Code of Conduct for Advanced AI Systems on October 30.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Copyright Office (USCO) launched a new AI Initiative to examine the copyright law and policy issues raised by artificial intelligence (AI), including the scope of copyright in works generated using AI tools and using copyrighted materials in AI training. On March 16, 2023, the U. A summary of this guidance is here.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

For independent creators, every hour spent working on one’s copyright is an hour not spent on creating new work or running their business. As such, many creators either neglect their work’s copyright protection or pay someone else to handle it, often at great cost. Copyright Office. Copyright Office fees.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 6, 2023

The copyright claim board has handed down two more final determinations. The post Two More Copyright Claims Board Cases Concluded appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Though not decisions, they are still noteworthy.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 20, 2023

Here's a look at what has gone right and gone wrong with the copyright small claims court. The post One Year of the Copyright Claims Board appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The CCB recently celebrated its first birthday.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

JULY 28, 2023

It’s not as if I go back and re-read them regularly, but a diary is enormously … Continue reading "Copyright and the Inveterate Diarist" What started out as a way to keep track of holidays and so on became a persistent habit that I have been unable to break to this day.

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Copyright Alliance

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

I have been proud to serve as the CEO of the Copyright Alliance for the past eight years. During that time, I have witnessed our fair share of ups and […] The post A Copyright Alliance Thanksgiving 2023 appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

This Kat always eagerly awaits decisions from the French Cour de Cassation, so he was delighted to find out about an important recent decision on copyright (Cour de cassation, 1st Civil Chamber, 15 November 2023, n° 22-23.266). The judgment focuses on a procedural aspect, namely the limitation period for an action for copyright infringement.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In an early test of the interplay between artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright law, the US District Court for the Northern District of California recently allowed a copyright infringement claim to proceed against an AI developer that used an artist’s works without authorization to train a machine learning model.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ross Intelligence Inc will provide guidance for similar AI training/copyright infringement cases and, as a bonus, it provides a bit of clarity (or muddies the waters… depending on your point of view) in the application of a post-Warhol fair use defense. Ross challenged Thomson Reuters’ copyright in the headnotes and raised a fair use defense.

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Copyright Alliance

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In the previous blog post in this series (Part 1), we presented and discussed several visual arts copyright cases addressing the issue of copyrightability. In this blog, we look at […] The post Copyright Cases Visual Artists Should Know: Part 2, Authorship appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As IPKat readers know, unlike other areas of IP, the creation of an EU-wide copyright title has never appeared like a concrete possibility. Indeed, the history of EU copyright harmonization has progressed in steps, with several directives (and a couple of regulations) being adopted over a period of 30+ years.

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Copyright Alliance

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As seen in parts 1 and part 2 of our blog series, where there is art, there are artists who love to push boundaries, particularly in copyright law. This is […] The post Copyright Cases Visual Artists Should Know: Part 3, Fair Use appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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Copyright Alliance

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In October, Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to dominate copyright law headlines as the U.S. Copyright Office received initial comments for its AI study, the White House issued an Executive Order […] The post October 2023 Roundup of Copyright News appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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Copyright Alliance

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Halloween, that bewitching night when […] The post Halloween Makeup and Copyright appeared first on Copyright Alliance. As the days grow shorter and the warmth of summer wanes, store aisles give way to a mesmerizing array of candy, costumes, and Halloween décor.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has revived choreographer Kyle Hanagami’s copyright lawsuit against Fortnite’s Epic Games. Choreography is like the Rodney Dangerfield of copyright law. Copyright and choreography: the highs. It took another quarter-century for the U.S. and the lows.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Despite receiving this accolade and Allen’s arguments that he contributed significant creative elements to the AI-generated Work, his attempts to copyright the work have been unsuccessful. Allen originally filed for copyright registration on September 21, 2022, but did not disclose that he had used an AI system to create the work.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This is another preliminary ruling in the copyright battle over generative AI. Copyright law has the capacity to nix the entire generative AI category. Fortunately, Judge Chhabria easily rejects the copyright owners’ overclaims. The post Facebook’s LLaMa Defeats Copyright Claims–Kadrey v. The complaint.

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