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How to Distinguish Transformative Fair Uses From Infringing Derivative Works?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Many copyright professionals had hoped that the Court’s Goldsmith decision would articulate a workable standard for distinguishing transformative fair uses from infringing derivative works. After all, many derivative works (say, a movie made from a novel) will add something new and convey some new meanings or messages.

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Understanding the Pearson v. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

In short, it’s claiming that Chegg, in many cases, either directly copies the content or creates a thinly veiled derivative work based upon it, both of which are violations of copyright law. Pearson alleges that this takes place both in text and video format in the service.

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Artists Attack AI: Why The New Lawsuit Goes Too Far

Copyright Lately

Instead, the lawsuit is premised upon a much more sweeping and bold assertion—namely that every image that’s output by these AI tools is necessarily an unlawful and infringing “derivative work” based on the billions of copyrighted images used to train the models. The Copyright Act Definition is Broad, But.

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Judge Recommends Approving “New” Phanatic Mascot Despite Termination

Copyright Lately

In a 91-page report and recommendation, a magistrate judge finds that the new version of the Philadelphia Phillies’ mascot falls within the “derivative works exception” to copyright termination. The law permits the owner of a derivative work prepared before termination to continue using that new work even after termination.

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“Pearson v Chegg”: Is “Cheating” a Copyright Infringement?

IPilogue

By using and copying Pearson’s original creative content to make answer sets based on that content, Chegg infringes Pearson’s exclusive rights as a copyholder, including the rights of reproduction, preparation of derivative works, and distribution.” . This complaint will definitely be one to follow. Under the U.S.

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The Basics of Open Access

Plagiarism Today

SA: This means “share alike” and allows others to create derivative works based on the original, but any derivative must be licensed under the same terms. ND: This means “no derivatives” which bars the creation of derivative works. These four variables can be strung together to create a license.

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The Much-Adapted “Peter Pan” (1904 – Forever )

Velocity of Content

Preface: I wanted to learn more about the concept (and applications) of “derivative works” and adaptations under copyright law, and I was searching for a useful example that might also be interesting for readers of Velocity of Content to read about. All copyrights, except one, expire.*.