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AUGUST 21, 2023

Court tosses USCO case over AI art, court to revisit fair use tattoo case and Lord of the Rings fan fiction author loses vs Amazon. The post 3 Count: Non-Copyrighted AI appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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MAY 15, 2023

Court denies Grande Communications a new trial, Richard Prince suffers fair use setback, and the case against GitHub moves forward. The post 3 Count: Not Astounding appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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MAY 24, 2023

Warhol’s use of Prince’s photo (taken by Lynn Goldsmith) was not entitled to fair use. The Court found that Goldsmith’s earlier photo and Andy Warhol’s use served the same commercial purpose – as a magazine illustration. I am not so sure. Take a look a the illustration above.

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MARCH 18, 2024

The post 3 Count: Finally Over appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Andy Warhol foundation settles with Lynn Goldsmith, publishers answer appeal in Internet Archive case and Richard Liebowitz disbarred.

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MARCH 28, 2024

The post 3 Count: Tiger King 2024 appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Appeals Court revives Tiger King lawsuit, lawsuit over The Batman is dismissed and Tekken modders targeted with takedowns.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The post Why The Kat Von D Ruling is Confusing appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Recently, Kat Von D won a key jury verdict in a trial over a tattoo. However, it has many copyright watchers scratching their heads.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

The post 3 Count: Tattoo Trial appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Trial in Kat Von D tattoo case begins, Uniqlo sues Shein in Japan and Palworld modders earn Nintendo's wrath.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The post The First Major Impact of the Warhol Ruling appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has just handed down a ruling that highlights how much of a shift the SCOTUS Warhol ruling is causing.

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MAY 23, 2023

The post What the Warhol Ruling May Mean for AI appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The Andy Warhol ruling is less than a week old, but the Supreme Court may have just shaken the world of artificial intelligence to its core.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

The post 3 Count: Did Not Pass appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Amazon/Tolkien estate win fan fiction lawsuit, the EU declines to geofence film content, and the Internet Archive files an appeal in book case.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

1: ‘GTA’ Reverse-Engineer Modders Defend Projects as Under “Fair Use”. First off today, Will Nelson at NME reports that video game modders are fighting back against a lawsuit filed by Rockstar Games claiming that their fan-created mods are a fair use, not a copyright infringement.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

The post 4 More Contested Cases Before the Copyright Claims Board appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The Copyright Claims Board is seeing a sharp rise in contested cases, here's four of the latest and most interesting to receive a response.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

The post Axanar Creator Faces New Legal Threat appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Axanar creator Alec Peters is facing fresh legal peril as CBS and Paramount seek to enforce a $300,000 arbitration judgement against him.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

The post 3 Count: Substantially Unsimilar appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Kat Von D wins tattoo trial, Richard Prince settles dispute with photographers and Ironmace gets win in Dark and Darker case.

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APRIL 12, 2023

The post The Case Against Roy Lichtenstein appeared first on Plagiarism Today. A recent documentary about Roy Lichtenstein looks at his appropriations. Was he an artistic genius, a plagiarist, or both?

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JANUARY 11, 2024

The post 3 Count: DMCA Surge appeared first on Plagiarism Today. News organizations testify before Senate against AI, Google sees DMCA takedown surge and Pink Floyd releases recordings to protect copyright.

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MAY 19, 2023

Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith by Jaime Chandra Clarifying Fair Use in Commercialized & Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from the Warhol v. We’re talking about Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc. Let’s dive in!

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AUGUST 17, 2022

Copyright Office Argues Warhol’s Use of Prince Photo Was Not ‘Fair Use’. First off today, Jaron Schneider at PetaPixel reports that the United States Copyright Office has weighed in on the Andy Warhol case, telling the Supreme Court that they feel Warhol’s paintings were not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photos.

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AUGUST 16, 2022

The estate, however, has argued that Warhol’s creations were a fair use. Both sides have filed prehearing briefs and the estate is asking for a more narrow inquiry into the issues, asking whether the paintings are protected under fair use and are transformative.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

The post xQc and the 2023 Reaction Video Controversy appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Streamer and YouTuber xQc is under fire for his reaction videos. Here's why it's not the first such battle and why this may be different.

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MAY 31, 2022

2: Amendment Passes to Grant Teachers Fair Use of Copyrighted Work Remotely. Next up today, Focus Taiwan reports that the Taiwan legislature has passed a new copyright law that would grant educators a fair use protection when using copyright-protected works via online classes.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

The post 3 Count: Non-Roaming Buffalo appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Buffalo artist targets local companies over mural images, Nintendo Switch to get DRM and BMI sale just a rumor, for now.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

In that ruling, the Supreme Court found that Google’s use of the code was, ultimately, a fair use and did so with language that seemed to many to be extremely broad. Oracle case had no bearing on this one or any fair use analysis in an “artistic” context. At least not broadly. Bottom Line.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

1: Justices to Consider Whether Warhol Image is “Fair Use” of Photograph of Prince. Goldsmith, a case that is expected to be a rare moment of the high court ruling on an issue of fair use. Goldsmith sued, saying that this use far exceeded the agreement that they made. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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APRIL 20, 2023

The post Update: 4 Copyright Claims Board Cases to Watch appeared first on Plagiarism Today. In September, we looked at four Copyright Claims Board cases to watch. Now we're revisiting them and seeing what's happened with them.

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Ratajkowski fired back, claiming that the photo didn’t qualify for copyright protection and that her use was a fair use. However, the judge also ruled it was too early to weigh in on questions of fair use and related issues. The post 3 Count: Tuesday the Fifth appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

1: Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. The judge ultimately ruled that any use of Watch Tower material was a fair use and ordered the subpoena quashed. The post 3 Count: Second Bite appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Watch Tower: So What?

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

However, after Prince died in 2016, it was revealed that Warhol actually made an additional 14 prints using the photograph. The Appeals Court ruled against the Warhol estate finding that the images in question were not a fair use. The post 3 Count: Warhol Battle appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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APRIL 19, 2022

The court, in this case, rejected the test as well as Newsweek’s fair use arguments. The post 3 Count: Clubbed Penguin appeared first on Plagiarism Today. However, with the case being settled, it is unclear what, if any, impact that will have moving forward. The terms of the settlement have not been disclosed.

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MAY 19, 2022

The case is expected to be heard on June 6, but before then the court has tapped an expert from the Center for Innovation, IP and Competition at National law University to weigh in on the extent fair use makes such playing infringing or non-infringing. appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The post 3 Count: Hey Mickey!

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

In some 610 cases, Reddit declined to remove the work due to, what they claim, is fair use. Reasonable people can and do disagree about what is and is not fair use. This includes people using the copyright system for non-copyright issues, failing to clearly identify the work at issue and filing against non-Reddit content.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Un)Fair Use and Other Questions. This hurts uses that, according to most people, would likely be considered a fair use and non-infringing. This means that it can be very difficult and even unreliable to use third party content on sites monitored by bots. Even if that use is a probable fair use.

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

That case, after many stops and starts, went to trial last week with the jury awarding victory to Alexander, saying that Take-Two’s use of the tattoos was not a fair use. The post 3 Count: French Anti-Pirates appeared first on Plagiarism Today. 2: France Claims it Has Cut Live Sports Piracy By 50% in Six Months.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Fitzpatrick’s videos includes reviews of manga and anime offerings and often makes use of the source material but in a limited capacity. According to Fitzpatrick, he ensures that himself and those that work for him follow both YouTube’s fair use policy and the various countries that they operate in.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

According to the estate, the book infringed the copyright of the Dr. Seuss work Oh, the Places You’ll Go , but the defendants argued that the book was a parody and a fair use. The 9th Circuit had previously ruled that the book was not a fair use due to a lack of transformation.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

Implied License – Second, Take-Two could have argued that, by placing the tattoo on Randy Orton, that Alexander granted an implied license for it to be used as part of his image, including on TV, film and video games. While these would be three defenses that Take-Two could claim, the jury only got the chance to weigh one, fair use.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

According to Drew, worked with counsel to ensure that the movie was covered under fair use, but that did not stop at least one of the owners of the original intellectual property from sending an “angry letter.” The post 3 Count: Disney Defeat appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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