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. Beginning in 1955, adaptations of the stage play for television begin.
Copyright Lately
AUGUST 25, 2023
Think of human modifications to AI as a quasi-derivative work—the copyright in a derivative work only extends to the material contributed by the author of that work , as opposed to the underlying material. Importantly, however, there will still be no copyright protection in the AI-generated material itself.
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Alexander claimed that Take-Two Interactive infringed the tattoo designs she inked on her client, professional wrestler Randy Orton, when the company produced and distributed a video game featuring a realistic in-game depiction of Orton. The tattoo industry has largely avoided copyright scrutiny.
Copyright Lately
OCTOBER 3, 2022
That $3,750 works out to a measly $71 for each month the case has been pending. In addition, in granting Alexander’s motion for partial summary judgment, the court found that Alexander held valid copyrights in the tattoo designs at issue and that defendants copied those works. Skull arm design. Bible verse design.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
This provokes the question of how we can transplant evidence gleaned from one industry to another (in Barr’s synthesis, to television). More empirical work is needed to explore the ethical and social values that underlie gendered differences in women’s role as creative users, authors, and copyright owners, not only as consumers.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 13, 2022
On November 16, 2021, film and television studio Miramax, LLC (“Miramax”) sued Tarantino and his company Visiona Romantica, Inc. According to Miramax, the creation of the NFTs constituted copyright infringement because they were unauthorized derivative works of Pulp Fiction. [23] at 4 ¶ 22. [21]. at 8 ¶ 33. [22]. at 17 ¶ 56. [24].
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
AUGUST 1, 2023
As a practical matter, the answer is certainly yes; an open system is built into the design of the internet. To ‘display’ a work means to show a copy of it, either directly or by means of a film, slide, television image, or any other device or process.” The question is whether the same is true as a legal matter.)
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