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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

Such uses are often methods of social commentary regarding the user’s own life, or more broadly, current events; they also often utilize copyrightable material. [i] xviii] In one instance, Getty Images pursued a German blog—Geek Sisters—for almost $900 in licensing fees for their use of the awkward penguin meme.

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

The IPKat

If last week passed too quickly to follow all the IP updates , not to worry, this Kat has put together a whistle-stop tour of the news and events you missed: Patents A Kat thinking about law and technology. There are also interesting questions about whether the deeming of copyright as "moveable property" is constitutional at all.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In the event of an unexpected success of a work, the author can even become entitled to a subsequent claim for additional remuneration (Section 32a UrhG, bestseller or fairness compensation). If they issue their own offers, they are liable for such offers, in the event of infringement, as perpetrators.