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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

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Copyright Eleonora Rosati alerted readers to the latest referral on the meaning of originality in EU copyright law - this time, a referral from Romania regarding the protectability of a critical edition of a work (a type of derivative work).

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U.S. Copyright Guidelines for Works Containing AI-Generated Material

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Copyright Guidelines for Works Containing AI-Generated Material by Aaron Rice Introduction The United States Copyright Office published comprehensive guidelines addressing the registration process for works containing material generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Derivative Works and AI-Generated Material A.

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Copyright Office Rejects Another Bid to Register Artwork “Co-Authored” by AI

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The Copyright Office opined that the work was a classic example of a derivative work in that it was a digitalization of a photograph. Under this framework, the Office noted that derivative works are analyzed to determine whether the new authorship of the derivative work meets the statutory requirements for protection.

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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. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition.

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[Guest post] Navigating the high notes: Taylor Swift's copyright dispute

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Her publisher Universal Music released a compilation album including songs she did not approve, while she also objected to the way the songs were edited. The modifications would have distorted her work in a way that harmed her reputation and original intent in relation to the music.

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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.). Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition.

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Copyright implications of Augmented Reality for cultural goods – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

As to economic rights, copyright implies an authorization for activities of reproduction, communication to the public, distribution and creation of derivative works (adaptation). As a consequence, the main issue related to the exploitation of cultural goods embedding protected works of art is rights clearance. published in Grur.

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