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What Copyright’s “Unclaimable Material” Rules Mean for Hollywood’s Use of AI

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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. By not disclosing, you run the risk of having your entire copyright registration invalidated.

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Why Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction

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And unlike the vast majority of songwriters and performing artists who have relinquished ownership rights to musical publishers and record labels, Barlow & Bear decided to release “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” themselves, which means keeping more of the earnings. Was it a license on the world’s greatest terms?

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Copyright Claim Soars Over Top Gun: Maverick

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Shosh and Yuval claim that in May of 1983, Paramount obtained from Ehud, exclusive motion picture and allied rights – creation of merchandise or a television series – to the Story.

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Copyright Claim Soars Over Top Gun: Maverick

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Shosh and Yuval claim that in May of 1983, Paramount obtained from Ehud, exclusive motion picture and allied rights – creation of merchandise or a television series – to the Story.

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Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Over “Muppet Babies” Reboot

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Without any ownership interest in the production bible, Scott had no right to assert a copyright infringement claim. As a result, it’s questionable whether Scott had any ability to claim infringement, even if he were able to show an ownership interest in the series bible in the first place.

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How to Avoid Pitfalls on the Way to Decentralized Disney

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Meanwhile, television rights management company IDDH (International Rights and Divers Holding) , the supposed source of Squemme’s IP interests, liquidated all of the assets it had over twenty years ago and looks to have been defunct since 1999. (By Want to Create New Derivative Works? The warning signs were all there.

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Miramax, Tarantino and a Fight Over Bright Shiny Objects

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Miramax claims, among other things, that the preparation and sale of these derivative works constitutes copyright infringement because the contractual rights Tarantino reserved in his 1993 agreement with Miramax don’t cover NFTs. Again, NFTs are just an ownership record and a link to content. NFTs Are Not Copyrightable.

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