Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

As we’ve discussed in the past , copyright has played an oddly oversized role in our modern Halloween festivities. However, one of the areas that is generally less talked about is copyright’s impact on Halloween costumes. Copyright and Halloween Costumes. Copyright Office. However, copyright is only half the picture.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

1: RIAA Flags ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Music Mixer as Emerging Copyright Threat. Those recommendations include a slew of familiar names, but also a new one, “AI-based” music mixers and extractors. Cardi B had previously argued that the use of the image was a fair use because it was transformative.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith by Jaime Chandra Clarifying Fair Use in Commercialized & Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from the Warhol v. We’re talking about Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc. Let’s dive in!

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 19, 2022

First off today, Pamela Chelin at Variety reports that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a significant victory so singer Toni Basil, granting her sole copyright in her 1981 debut album, which included the hit song Mickey. The case dates back to 2013 when Basil filed a notice of copyright termination on the album and her song.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 25, 2021

1: Nirvana Beats T-Shirt Copyright Lawsuit Involving Dante’s ‘Inferno’ First off today, Bill Donahue at Billboard reports that members of the band Nirvana have emerged victorious in a battle over their iconic Dante’s Inferno shirt, even if it is likely not the final word on the case.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

1: H3 Podcast Asks Court to Throw Out “Fatally Defective” Triller Copyright Lawsuit. First off today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that the team behind the H3 Podcast has asked for the lawsuit against them to be dismissed, saying that the lawsuit is incorrect as a matter of law as they did not commit any copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 25, 2021

In April of this year, the Supreme Court dropped a potential bombshell on the copyright world with its ruling in the Google v. The case looked at how Google used Java APIs in their Android mobile operating system as a way to make it easier to port existing programs (and programmers) over to it. Oracle case. At least not broadly.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

Supreme Court Tackles Andy Warhol Copyright Dispute. In 1984, Lynn licensed one of her photographs of the musician Prince to be converted into a painting by Warhol for Vanity Fair magazine. However, after Prince died in 2016, it was revealed that Warhol actually made an additional 14 prints using the photograph.

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MARCH 3, 2022

1: Dua Lipa Sued for Alleged Copyright Infringement Over Hit Single Levitating. First off today, Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide reports that musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims her 2020 hit Levitating is an infringement of an earlier song.

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MAY 16, 2022

1: Supreme Court Leaves in Place Circuit Split Regarding Approach for Assessing Substantial Similarity in Copyrighted Works. 2: Judge Says ‘Vape’ Musical Parody May Go On as ‘Grease’ Copyright Claim Flops. 3: ComicMix To Publish Lost Dr Seuss Stories, Out Of Copyright. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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AUGUST 2, 2021

1: Manhattan Judge Rejects ‘Server Test’ for Internet Copyright Infringement. 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. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

1: Judge Rejects Donald Trump Bid to Escape Song Copyright Lawsuit. This prompted Grant to sue, claiming that the use of his music was an infringement. However, President Trump and his team argued that it was a fair use of the song and, as such, non-infringing. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

The post 3 Count: Non-Roaming Buffalo appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Buffalo artist targets local companies over mural images, Nintendo Switch to get DRM and BMI sale just a rumor, for now.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

The RIAA filed the lawsuit against the pair of sites alleging that they enabled and encouraged piracy by allowing people to download music from YouTube. 3: Seuss, ComicMix Close Book on Landmark Copyright Dispute Over ‘Star Trek’ Mashup. The post 3 Count: Settling Seuss appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Technology and copyright law. Copyright laws play a crucial role in protecting creative expressions such as literary works, artistic works and musical works. Through copyright enforcement, an exclusive right is granted to creators. International efforts to curb copyright infringement in the digital space.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

They do this to create works of fiction expressing the writers’ truths by using, altering, extending, or supplementing others’ reality, and sometimes even use what others have written about their own experiences. That question recently arose in Sonya Larson v. ” Let’s see why.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2021

A blog may contain an amalgamation of such rights since blogs do not merely utilize words and phrases but also videos, eBooks, music, etc. Copyright and Blogs. Copyright is a legal protection afforded to an original, creative literary, musical, or artistic work. Alternatives to Seeking Copyright Protection.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

GitHub, Rose Coogan: More than 73 million creators—students, developers, startups, NGOs, governments using GitHub to collaborate on open source. Unique expertise on code too; code is different from photos, music, videos; some of the most valuable code on GitHub is licensed openly. Not traditional © content.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

A group of artists has filed a first-of-its-kind copyright infringement lawsuit against the developers of popular AI art tools, but did they paint themselves into a corner? This arguably makes the use of copyrighted works by by Stable Diffusion even more transformative than Google Book Search. Stability AI Ltd.

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