Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

performances of “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical”) or other derivative works that might compete with Netflix’s own planned live events,” including the multi-city “ Bridgerton Experience.” “Netflix would not authorize and did not want them to engage in any live performances (e.g., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A few years later, in 1984, Goldsmith’s agency, which had retained the rights to those images, licensed one of them to Vanity Fair for use in an article called “Purple Fame.” Controversy” [8] : The Litigation. Vanity Fair , in turn, commissioned Warhol to make a silkscreen using Goldsmith’s photograph. He did just that.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As a result, the legal issues rarely are litigated any more. * * *. Underlying this litigation is an epistemological question: what does a “canonical” version of a web page look like? We need to know more about this license. If it had, it would have eliminated the distinctions between IP law and the law of chattels.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Surprisingly, one of the areas where we have the most empirical evidence relating to copyright is in the industries where IP does not apply, or is not enforced: the so-called ‘negative spaces’ of IP, or low-IP areas. Directions for future research are only likely to grow.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

” The license provided that the use would be for “one time” only. Vanity Fair commissioned Warhol to create the illustration, and Warhol used Goldsmith’s licensed photo to create a purple silkscreen portrait of Prince, which appeared with an article about Prince in Vanity Fair ’s November 1984 issue.

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IP Close Up

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Supreme Court recently heard arguments for the Warhol v. Goldsmith copyright case, which will have a dramatic impact on content providers and the definition Continue reading.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2023

Goldsmith had issued a limited license for this purpose. The license stated her photograph could be used for reference, “one time only.” ” Turns out – in addition to the Vanity Fair illustration – Warhol made a series of 16 additional works derived from Goldsmith’s photo.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

The plaintiffs lost al of the framing cases then, but here we are in 2024, still litigating framing cases. In my prior blog post, I said: “Underlying this litigation is an epistemological question: what does a “canonical” version of a web page look like? Why are we revisiting this crusty old topic? ” That’s true.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Despite a number of solid affirmative defenses—including implied license, de minimis use and waiver—the jury was only asked to determine whether defendants had proven that their conduct qualified as a fair use under the Copyright Act. From a purely economic standpoint, Alexander’s case was the litigation equivalent of a tattoo fail.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Tech Bros, Social Media, and the End of IP Financing? IP is considered very risky for loans—not good collateral. Lessons from China: patent office can work with bank and experts to value specific IP, issue a certificate, and the bank can then rely on that. RT: Why is IP the solution space?

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Mailyn Fidler, Cross-Racial Copyright Litigation in Music: Only a Paper Moon? Have Black musicians been able to use copyright litigation to push back against cross-racial appropriation (Three Boys), is it equal (Campbell v. Looking at post-1978, 9 th , 2d, and 6 th Cir (Motown) and SCt; copying and use without license.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

A relatively new willingness to litigate, but lack of awareness/understanding of copyright law in Carribean is a barrier. Risk of strategic litigation; most restrictive jurisdiction prevails, leading to race to the bottom. Heated debate on countries about enforceability of IP judgments; kept out of int’l convention.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

On August 6, Roc-A-Fella filed an amended complaint, naming GoDigital, a company to which Dash allegedly granted the right to license Reasonable Doubt to certain websites, as a co-defendant. [13] According to Miramax, the creation of the NFTs constituted copyright infringement because they were unauthorized derivative works of Pulp Fiction.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Conceptual work is beneath the surface of the work. Fair use is not just a game for rich artists like Koons and Warhol, though they’re the reported cases; most artists can’t afford high-stakes litigation. Court’s assumption that there is an objective meaning of a work. Why did licensing get elevated?

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

A good moment to revisit the question now that there’s a renewed focus on IP and social justice/race and gender, and authorship in the context of AI. Do other jurisdictions have litigation over editors/give © credit to editors? Also: what about derivative works? creation of derivative work.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Trump contends that Woodward did not request to expand the scope of a release or furnish a release to use the interview sound recordings for an audiobook or any other derivative work, as is customary in the book publishing and recording industries. So there’s no stories coming out, okay.

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