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Generative AI: the US class action against Google Bard (and other AI tools) for web scraping

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The defendants’ wholesale collection and use of copyrighted material, with no option for copyright owners to opt out, would exceed the legal interpretation of “fair use” (see VHT vs Zillow Group , 918 F.3d 2000) (“ copying an entire work militates against a finding of fair use. ”). 4th 1149 (9th Cir.

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What Is An Acceptable Use Policy?

Traverse Legal Blog

An Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) (also known as a Fair Use Policy) is a set of rules applied by the owner, creator or administrator of a network, website, or service that restricts the ways in which the network, website, or service may be used and sets guidelines as to how it should be used. Acceptable Internet Use.

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Yearbook Defendants Lose Two More Section 230 Rulings

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In particular, they are having some success bending Section 230, and this genre offers some interesting considerations for folks paying attention to the privacy/230 borders. Section 230 Doesn’t Protect Advertising “Background Reports” on People–Lukis v. Callahan v. PeopleConnect, Inc., 2021 WL 5050079 (N.D. Classmates. Whitepages.

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NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks

IP Tech Blog

NFTs also may embody or use trademarks. For a succinct background on NFTs, see Your NFT Playbook , by our colleagues Kyle Fath, Alan Friel, and Carlton Daniel, posted in Consumer Privacy World. StockX responded that its NFTs are permissible trademark “fair use” as part of its retail sales and advertising of authentic NIKE sneakers.

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NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks

LexBlog IP

NFTs also may embody or use trademarks. For a succinct background on NFTs, see Your NFT Playbook , by our colleagues Kyle Fath, Alan Friel, and Carlton Daniel, posted in Consumer Privacy World. As artists, commentators, and parodists flock to this new medium, the headaches for intellectual property owners have multiplied.

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Copyright Office Technical Measures Consultations

43(B)log

Designed to be freely available licensed or public domain; we occasionally use fair use images where no free image is available, such as when a famous work has been destroyed. Not only are some services different from social media, one social media platform may differ very much from each other.

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WIPIP 2022, Session 3 (ROP/TM, (c) fair use)

43(B)log

Even where permission not legally required, thought was better results due to advances in technology—social media influencing: the advertiser wants customized content. Saying “this is what people do” compared to “this is the law” is very useful. A: History differs a lot—US foundation for ROP was set much earlier.