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Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith: The Supreme Court Revisits Transformative Fair Uses

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Hence, the panel concluded that the Warhol works had made unfair use of Goldsmith’s photograph. The Goldsmith case raises the very tricky question about how to distinguish transformative fair uses from transformative adaptations that infringe the derivative work right. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Our analysis of the concept of work also investigated the legal status of secondary (derivative) works in relation to the (primary) works used in the input in the context of AI music outputs. 1] (On the topic of AI outputs and derivative works, see here.). More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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Copyright Evidence: 21 for 2021 (a year in review)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Drawing on a well-established body of quantitative studies, Heald concludes that extensions to copyright duration have largely negative impacts on the availability of works, development of derivative works, and prices. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition.

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Top 3 posts of the autumn from our IP law blogs

Kluwer Copyright Blog

17 DSM Directive is acutely in question, very few Member States have implemented the DSM Directive and the legislative process on the Digital Services Act (DSA), attempting to modernize EU law on platform regulation, is in full swing.” ” 3) Derivative works: the Adventures of Koons and Tintin in French copyright law by Brad Spitz.

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” prevent the other group from publishing edited or alternative version of their religious works by invoking copyright law[, and].prevent[ing]

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The Good Get: Interviews, The Predicates Of Copyright Ownership, & Divorcing Subjects From Owning Copyright Content

LexBlog IP

” Since the first statutory Crown copyright provision in section 18 of the UK Copyright Act of 1911, the scope of the right has been further refined to assure copyright protection to “works ‘by an officer or servant of the Crown in the course of his duties.’” ’” Id. ” Id.