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Ownership, Licensing, and Fair Use of Copyright for Webinars

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

While the copyright conditions in the user agreements of the applications in question are always important, it will be assumed for the purposes of this post that the apps do not claim ownership through these user agreements. Ownership of copyright in the lectures presented by the speakers. Fair use; webinar recordings.

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St. Art Foundation v. Acko General Insurance: Decoding Street Art, Fair use and Moral rights

SpicyIP

2(c), the fair use exemption thereof under Sec. 52(1)(t); and (ii) if yes, whether the proviso of the same or ‘fixation requirement’ excludes it from the scope of fair use. Lastly, I will discuss the argument of moral rights of the author in contending the ‘fair use exemption’ of their work.

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Alleging sponsorship/endorsement confusion can't defeat clear nominative fair use

43(B)log

There was no controversy as to whether Pasadena had an “ownership” interest in the relevant trademarks. Pasadena said this was (1) nominative fair use and (2) an expressive work protected by the First Amendment. The Instagram post was before the court and was NFU.

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512(f) Once Again Ensnared in an Employment Ownership Dispute–Shande v. Zoox

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This paradigm, however, breaks down when copyright ownership is contested. In that circumstance, the takedown notice becomes a proxy battle for a larger and likely fact-dependent war over ownership, which the service in the middle isn’t in a good position to resolve. Weiner * Fair Use – It’s the Law (for what it’s worth)–Lenz v.

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Andy Warhol, Prince, and the First Amendment: U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review of Questions Concerning “Fair Use” Under Copyright Act

LexBlog IP

Supreme Court recently granted a petition for writ of certiorari (docket, here ) to review the extent to which a work of art is a “transformative” fair use under the Copyright Act. When Prince died in 2016, Vanity Fair’s parent company sought permission from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

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IPSC Panel 14 – Copyright Authorship & Ownership

43(B)log

Twain thought he should have ownership of his lectures—“my lecture was my property.” Did Twain make fair use? There’s some transformation in organization; used entire work/market substitute so Cord wouldn’t be able to sell her narrative a publisher. Searching for any surviving descendants. Random House (NY Ct App 1968).

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Matricide, Movies and Salinger

Dear Rich IP Blog

I have read that the "change of ownership" of this collection is considered a publication. The library wants money to use these items in our play/movie. Does paying the library for their use put the burden of ownership/copyright on them? Transfer of ownership ≠ transfer of copyright. Is that correct?