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Fourth Circuit Issues a Bummer Fair Use Ruling–Philpot v. IJR

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This is what I call a “commercial editorial use”–ad-supported editorial content. Courts routinely split on whether commercial editorial use is commercial for fair use purposes. The ridiculously low economic stakes of this case are what the CCB was designed to handle. Case citation : Philpot v.

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Addressing Fair Use Rhetoric in Debate Over SMART Act

The Illusion of More

The major functions of the bill, as codified in a proposed new Section 514, would empower the Librarian of Congress to approve designated technical measures (DTM) for identifying infringing material via a triennial rulemaking process. The post Addressing Fair Use Rhetoric in Debate Over SMART Act appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. Watch Tower: So What?

TorrentFreak

Some of McFree’s critical videos use copyrighted material owned by Watch Tower so in 2018, the group filed an application for a DMCA subpoena which asked a court to compel YouTube/Google to hand over his details. ” Fair Use Considerations. Overall then, the first factor weighs in favor of fair use.

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Use of Warhol’s Prince Image Found Not to Be Sufficiently Transformative for Fair Use 

LexBlog IP

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use. copyright law. copyright law, the Supreme Court focused on the actual use made, i.e. what the user does with the original work. Copyright law in the U.S.

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Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture by Professor David Vaver – “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond”

IPilogue

Emily Xiang is an IPilogue Writer, the President of the Intellectual Property Society of Osgoode (IPSO), and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . However, fair dealing’s designation as an “exception” inherently produces a negative implication: that copyright law is the “natural order” of things.

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Fair Use Shields Google in Its Copyright Battle with Oracle

The IP Law Blog

Finding Google’s copying a fair use, the Supreme Court ended Oracle’s decade-long attempt to recover copyright damages. The battle began between these tech giants when Google designed its Android software platform for mobile devices, such as smartphones. Weighing the fair-use factors, the Court found in Google’s favor.

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Cardi B Didn't Know Tattoo Was Edited Into Pic, Designer Says

IP Law 360

A graphic designer who worked on the racy mixtape cover at the heart of a right-of-publicity suit against rapper Cardi B told a California federal jury Thursday that he never told Cardi B's representatives he picked an internet-sourced image of the plaintiff's distinctive tattoo, believing it was "fair use."