Velocity of Content

JUNE 8, 2022

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.*.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

Introduction Originality in copyright works is the sine qua non of all the copyright regimes of the world. The definition of “ original ” as most people understand it refers to something that has never been done before by any person. The Act, however, omits any definition or methodology for judging a work’s originality.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

While the court’s finding on the second ground alone would have sufficed, the first ground is especially interesting because the originality of the concept note was eventually determined on the basis of the originality of its derivative work i.e. Hulm Entertainment’s app.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If the work was published with proper copyright notice, it received a federal statutory copyright. If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

is] that works produced for the U.S. Government by its officers and employees should not be subject to copyright” and fall “in the public domain.” Still, it seems strange that Woodward, a reporter, would argue that the interviews are somehow government works. “The basic premise of [S]ection 105.[is]

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