TorrentFreak

JUNE 17, 2022

Many of the enforcement efforts are targeted at services or tools that offer pirated content, but there are less visible copyright infringement challenges too. In recent years music publishers have repeatedly spoken out against online platforms that use their music without a proper license. Unlicensed Platforms and Apps.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 5, 2024

CCC returns to the London Book Fair next week to host the “ Publishers, Copyright & AI: Taking Action , ” panel and welcome the publishing community to Booth 7H02 to discuss how our data-driven solutions can help them transition to and transform Open Access (OA) programs.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

It deals with whether Amazon and/or CCA infringed FDN’s copyrights by scraping descriptions from their website for use as part of Amazon’s product listings. That question is whether the descriptions were “published” or “unpublished” according to the law when they were put on FDN’s website. The Registration Wrinkle.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 20, 2022

A lot has been happening in the world of copyright and collective licensing since my last update. Important judicial decisions have been announced and legislative plans have been published in several key jurisdictions. In the meantime, the local RRO, Copyright Agency, is invoicing universities at the rate set by the Tribunal.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 29, 2022

Mass copyright infringement, failure to suspend repeat infringers, and breaches of the DMCA are all featured in a case that seems to have one key goal – Content ID access for all artists no matter how popular, so they can defend their work from pirates on YouTube. The license is valid and dispositive. 1202(b)), YouTube says.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

That is the fundamental question that authors and publishers in Canada have been asking themselves as the government begins preparing to consider some long-overdue revisions to the Copyright Act.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Last month, a study published by The Galaxy examined the top 25 most valuable NFT projects and found that, despite many understanding that NFTs transferred either the copyright or the license in the original work, only 1 in 25 of those projects even attempted to do as such. Understanding the “Can’t Be Evil” Licenses.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 13, 2023

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Mass Copyright Infringement or Fair Use? The Internet Archive has no such license. As such, they want it permanently taken down.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 23, 2022

CCC has contracted with the Chinese Medical Association Publishing House (CMAPH) to offer document delivery and licensing solutions for all CMAPH journals. CMA titles are now included in the Republication License Service on CCC Marketplace and Document Delivery with RightFind.

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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. The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2024

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Publishers vs. Internet Archive The self-scanning approach differs from the licensing deals other libraries enter into.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 28, 2022

What is a Compulsory License? Compulsory licenses are permissions from the government that allows someone else to use the copyright of the owner without his consent. In this article, we will look at compulsory licensing in Copyright and under what conditions a compulsory license is granted in India.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Panelists include Arend Kuester , CSIRO Publishing; Josh Jarrett , Wiley; Lui Simpson , Association of American Publishers (AAP); and Sarah Tegen , American Chemical Society (ACS). Since 1978, CCC has supported content users by providing efficient, harmonized licensing solutions that cover their internal uses of content.

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Velocity of Content

MAY 22, 2024

This article originally appeared in The Scholarly Kitchen Copyright Licensing and Human Advancement Copyright licensing, that is, the granting of permission to reuse copyright works, has likely existed as long as copyright. Opt-in vs. opt-out Copyright is technically an “opt in” regime.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 14, 2024

If you buy a wallpaper that shows copyright-protected pictures and apply it to the wall of a room, can you take a picture or video of the room and publish the picture or video online? Or do you have to ask the copyright owner for explicit consent? The plaintiff sued the defendants for copyright infringement.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 30, 2023

District Court for the Southern District Court of New York granted summary judgment in favor of book publishers and against Internet Archive (“IA”) in a copyright infringement action involving ebooks brought by the four leading book publishers in the United States, Hachette Book Group, Inc.,

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

On September 27, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) and online game platform provider Roblox announced that the two parties had settled ongoing copyright litigation in the Central District of California over Roblox’s unauthorized use of copyrighted music on its online gaming platform.

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Barry Sookman

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Federal Court issued another troubling copyright decision involving Blacklock’s Reporter (BR) in the recent case, 1395804 Ontario Ltd, operating as Blacklock’s Reporter v AG Canada , 2024 FC 829. The Blacklock’s Reporter decision is riddled with mistakes.…

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Velocity of Content

JULY 19, 2024

This post by Michael Cader originally appeared in Publishers Lunch. Copyright Clearance Center has officially announced their first long-in-development licensing program for AI re-use rights. The license allows for non-exclusive, annually renewable rights to use content within AI systems for internal use.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 18, 2024

No prizes were given for guessing the hot topic for publishers attending the London Book Fair this week: AI AI – artificial intelligence – will transform the global economy, according to the International Monetary Fund. But equally, there’s value placed on that work, and the copyright owner is getting recompense for that value.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 16, 2023

On June 14, a series of 17 music publishers, members of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), filed a lawsuit in the Middle District of Tennessee against the social media platform, Twitter.

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Copyright Alliance

JANUARY 25, 2022

Around the end of December 2021, rightsholders were collectively holding their breaths over several bills which proposed to force publishers into a compulsory regime for the licensing of electronic formats […]. The post States Should Follow New York’s Rejection of Mandatory eBook Licensing appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 6, 2024

INTRODUCTION In the world of intellectual property, copyright is an important means of protecting original works of authors. For writers, artists, musicians and other creators in India, knowing how to register their copyrights can be a valuable asset. What is Copyright? Why Should One Register Copyright?

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Anne never saw her diary in printed form, as the first copies were published by her father Otto Frank in 1947. This organization now owns the copyrights, over which it works hard to maintain control. As a result, the copies published by the Dutch Anne Frank Stichting , are blocked for Dutch visitors.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 31, 2024

Copyrighted materials are the fuel for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, but misunderstandings persist about how copyright applies to the use of content as training material for AI models. Let’s explore some common assumptions about copyright and AI and address several widely held misunderstandings on the subject.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 9, 2024

Tattoos and copyright law have once again crossed paths, as an Ohio jury recently concluded that the creators of the NBA 2K series had an implied license to use an artist’s designs that he tattooed on LeBron James.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 7, 2024

At the same time, some rightsholders such as Reddit and Getty Images are making deals to license their ‘data’, although that’s still relatively rare in the AI space. Music Companies vs. Anthropic In one of these lawsuits, music publishers including Concord and Universal sued AI startup Anthropic.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Mass Copyright Infringement or Fair Use? The Internet Archive has no license. As such, they want it taken down permanently.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Music publishing companies Universal Music, ABKCO and Concord filed suit on Wednesday, October 18, in a Tennessee district court against generative artificial intelligence (AI) company, Anthropic, alleging “widespread infringement of their copyrighted song lyrics.”

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

However, a quest by local parents, to raise public awareness of the nature of that instruction, has led to one of their group in Indiana being sued by LifeWise for copyright infringement. Copyright Complaint, Religious Controversy Filed in the Northern District of Indiana (Fort Wayne Division) on July 2, 2024, plaintiff LifeWise Inc.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

However, with the convenience of streaming music through these digital platforms, the music industry has also had to deal with a wide range of copyright issues, including online copyright infringement. Spotify has encountered its fair share of copyright infringement lawsuits filed by music artists, record labels, and publishers.

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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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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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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2023

After the first DSM Directive-related referral from Belgium on the provisions concerning contracts of authors and performers [IPKat here ] , it is now the turn of Article 15 (the related right for press publishers) as implemented into Italian law. All this would serve to ‘foster the availability of reliable information’.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 13, 2022

Sony, Universal, and Warner, for example, aren’t releasing new movies or music but existing contracts are being honored, meaning that older content is still licensed and legally available. Russia’s ‘Special Licensing Operation’ The Kremlin’s solution to the country’s content crisis is already underway.

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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 Watchdog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Copyright Office issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register to clarify the application of the derivative works exception to copyright termination rights within the context of blanket licenses administered under the Music Modernization Act (MMA). On October 25, the U.S.

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