Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Where copyright protection begins and ends Employees consume and share copyrighted materials all day long. However, routine content exchanges such as sharing published reports, articles and other information found on the Web, have copyright implications, which can expose companies to a greater risk of infringement. In the U.S.,

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Section 1201 of the DMCA prohibits the circumvention of copyright controls without permission. These provisions are renewed every three years after the Copyright Office hears various arguments from stakeholders and the general public. Copyright Holders Fear Widespread Piracy. Jailbeaking Video Streaming Devces.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 24, 2022

When YouTube first got off the ground in 2005, most of its users would’ve been oblivious to how closely copyright law would govern their online activities moving forward. According to companies including Toho and Nikkatsu, these people infringed copyrights on a grand scale for monetary gain.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

The Briefing from the IP Law Blog – What’s in a Name: Clearing Titles for Film and Television. In this week’s episode, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the complex process of clearing titles for Film and Television. They discuss recent high-stakes litigation around entertainment titles, including Stouffer v.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 24, 2022

You may be familiar with the phrase, “the Golden Age of Television.” It is being used to describe the proliferation of high-quality television shows across broadcast, cable, satellite, and streaming platforms that we currently enjoy. For those who think film and television have no place in the workplace, think again.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In Case C-426/21 , the CJEU looked into the complicated relationship between copyright law and online television services. The Court took the opportunity to shed new light on the role and interpretation of legal elements, such as the commercial purpose and the scalability of some uses of copyright protected materials.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 1, 2023

A European app maker has urged a California federal judge to toss a right of publicity suit lodged against it by a television personality seen on shows like "Big Brother," arguing that the proposed class action over its face-swapping app is barred by federal copyright law and the U.S. Constitution.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. However, if such streaming of copyrighted music is done without obtaining license from the copyright holder, then it amounts to copyright infringement. Copyright involves the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute the original work.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In the summer of 2019, the Covert Development and Disruption Team of the UK’s North West Regional Organised Crime Unit announced that a then 40-year-old man had been detained in Winsford, Cheshire, following a joint investigation with anti-piracy outfit Federation Against Copyright Theft. Software Developer Sentenced to Prison.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 13, 2021

With the increasing sale, offer for sale, distribution, and/or supply of television boxes or illicit streaming devices (ISDs), the Intellectual Property High Court in Kuala Lumpur has ruled such sale and distribution as illegal observing that such activities enable copyright infringement and unauthorized access to copyright content.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 24, 2022

The Spanish language television network Telemundo Television Studios LLC did not violate a copyright agreement by producing a telenovela series beyond a second season, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Monday, affirming a Florida federal court's finding.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 17, 2022

A Michigan federal judge has thrown out a copyright lawsuit over Fox's television series "Empire" by a woman who claimed that the character of Cookie Lyon was ripped off from the portrayal of herself in her memoir about being a drug lord.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Copyright and design rights are often invoked in parallel, particularly in relation to works of applied art [ e.g. IPKat here ]. This time, this Kat has found a recent decision issued by the Tribunal Judiciaire of Paris in a dispute concerning both copyright and trade mark infringement. The court first tackled trademark infringement.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 20, 2021

What may seem like a harmless activity in the spirit of fandom can at times give rise to copyright infringement. . Cosplay (or “costume play”) is the act of dressing up as a character, often from anime, video games, comics, television, or film. Luckily for most cosplayers, their costumes likely do not infringe copyright laws.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the first trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this edition, we report on an AG Opinion that came out late in 2022 and update you on what has happened in the first trimester of 2023 in EU copyright law.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. However, if such streaming of copyrighted music is done without obtaining license from the copyright holder, then it amounts to copyright infringement. Copyright involves the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute the original work.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

According to Copyright Lately , tensions are rising in the Livingston family as to who earns the royalties from the Academy Award-winning composer, Jay Livingston’s hit songs. These songs include hits such as Que Sera, Sera and theme songs for various television programs. The Deal with Copyright Termination.

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2023

3(1) Directive 2001/29/EC as transposed into the German Copyright Act. § 15(2) of the German Copyright Act lists several rights, which fall within the broader right of communication to the public. It issues licenses for the communication to the public of cinematographic works on the basis of § 22 of the German Copyright Act.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

By: Weintraub Tobin Summer Associate Josh Concepcion The Ninth Circuit recently revisited the issue of “embedding” content by a website and its implication for copyright infringement claims. the website displaying that copyrighted image cannot be held liable for infringement. The concept of “embedding” content is not a new phenomenon.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Image from DALL-E 3 Part 1 of this post introduced the challenges for copyright associated with generative IP and the legislative developments in this field. The payment is integrated into a levy that is imposed on the cost of a physical medium or a device which allows the user to duplicate copyright protected works. In the EU, Art.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Defendants’ advertising emphasizes attracting users that may otherwise purchase legitimate television services such as the satellite-based services that DISH offers, stating for example, ‘NO Cable/Dish Needed’ ” DISH says that after signing up for 12 months, Sharma got in touch to say that the package had been activated. .

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The IPKat

JULY 4, 2022

According to the US Copyright Office, for the United States the answer is NO. In a report released last week, the Copyright Office advised against adopting additional rights for press publishers. But this, noted the Office, is not a copyright-specific challenge.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

1: Locast’s Free TV Service Shuts Down After Losing Copyright Ruling. Locast offered a service that allowed users to access free, over-the-air broadcast television via the internet. 2: Google Appeals France’s ‘Disproportionate’ $591 Million Fine in Copyright Row. We will be back to regular news tomorrow.

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IPilogue

MAY 18, 2022

If so, should those works be protected by copyright? And who would own that copyright? . Response from Copyright-granting bodies. CIPO has reached a conclusion after they recently issued copyright to a piece of art with an AI tool listed as a co-author (along with a human co-author). Can AI produce original works?

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 13, 2023

had a dream—and a copyright. The answer, my friends, is copyright. Yes, in addition to being a noted clergyman and civil rights leader, Dr. King was a copyright litigant. The New York Times reported on Dr. The New York Times reported on Dr. Martin Luther King’s copyright lawsuit over “I Have a Dream” in 1963.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Copyright law protects the expression not the idea. But the fact is, copyright law only protects the expression of an idea, not the idea itself. But the fact is, copyright law only protects the expression of an idea, not the idea itself. Lots of films and television shows have similar concepts. Read more here.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Here's what Jørgen writes: Universal Copyright Convention – RIP by Jørgen Blomqvist On December 9, 2021, WIPO announced that the Kingdom of Cambodia has joined the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, with effect from March 9, 2022.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 4, 2022

The US Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of a motion to dismiss copyright infringement claims as barred by the statute of limitations, affirming the copyright owner’s right to sue even though more than three years had passed since the alleged infringement occurred. Starz Entertainment, LLC v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

Music publishers sued Twitter for users’ alleged copyright infringement. The court says that three aspects of the contributory copyright infringement claim survive Twitter’s motion to dismiss. Direct Copyright Infringement. Contributory Copyright Infringement. Time flies.]

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

In the case at hand there was a conflict due to the use of a work of art in the famous Spanish television programme “El Hormiguero” without the corresponding authorisation of the author. The work was used in a humorous section of the programme in the context of the apartment of a dirty and untidy person.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

Last year saw the introduction of Law 4996/2022, which brought significant changes to IP legislation in Greece, amending several provisions of the existing Copyright Law 2121/1993 as well as Law 4481/2017 on Collective Management. To introduce a mechanism of extended copyright licensing.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 5, 2021

Author Denise Shull lost her challenge to the Showtime television show Billions, which she claims copied the character bearing her name in Shull’s book Market Mind Games: A Radical Psychology of Investing, Trading and Risk.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

1: Locast Streaming Hit With Permanent Injunction in Copyright Case. First off today, David McAfee at Bloomberg Law reports that Locast, a now-shuttered service for streaming over-the-air television online, has been hit with a permanent injunction that bars it from operating. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 30, 2021

Recently, the Copyright Society of China (CSC) launched its blockchain copyright services platform “China Copyright Chain.” The CSC has been established under the National Radio and Television Administration of China as a professional institution. Image Source: gettyimages]. Blockchain Technology.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 8, 2023

When someone violates a creator’s exclusive rights to a piece of work, they are engaging in copyright infringement. Music as well as the movie industry are two common industries that face copyright issues on a day to day basis. In contrast to patents, copyright safeguards expressions rather than ideas.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 20, 2022

Fred Simian –the deal included licensing rights, and Green created a television show to feature Fred. In the past week, Green revealed that Fred Simian is home, yet the strange, twisted tale of a Bored Ape has many more turns left, involving copyright law, cryptocurrency, and blockchain code. Cryptocurrency and Cryptic Copyright.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Sinclair owns a bunch of television stations. Under the Copyright Act, display. means to show a copy of it, either directly or by means of a film, slide, television image, or any other device or process or, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to show individual images nonsequentially.”.

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