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Police Photo: Public Domain or Fair Use?

Dear Rich IP Blog

There are no privacy issues - no vehicle/person/property is identifiable. Is it public domain or fair use? Public domain? Other states like Virginia, New York, and Massachusetts (called "open copyright" states) have a policy that makes state documents presumptively public domain. May I use it?

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ICANN Simplifies Requests For Hidden Domain Name Registration Data

TorrentFreak

Much like regular websites operated by governments, companies, organizations, and the general public, most internet-based piracy services can be accessed using a domain name. From a user’s perspective, domain names are more easily remembered than IP addresses and remain the same despite IP address changes behind the scenes.

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IPSC Closing Plenary Session

43(B)log

Changes to IP rules on their own in our world may have little effect on whether we go towards the good vision or the bad—cloud computing, network effects that cause convergence on a small number of intermediaries, and important tech that is protected by secrecy/real and personal property law/employment agreements.

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Use Frida's Paintings? (Yes!) Use Frida's Name? (Maybe)

Dear Rich IP Blog

More importantly, deceased figures cannot be defamed or have their privacy invaded (the two common basis for lawsuits involving the use of real people in fiction). Mexican copyright law placed Kahlo's works in the public domain 25 years after her death, so you don't need authorization to include a photo of her painting in your film.

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The EU Wants Its Own DNS Resolver that Can Block ‘Unlawful’ Traffic

TorrentFreak

The Domain Name System has been an essential component of the Internet since the mid-eighties. DNS resolvers make it possible to map a human-readable domain name to an IP-address, so a website or service can be easily located. Older people also call it the Internet’s phone book. Borderless Backbone.

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Modern monarchy and the media: Duchess of Sussex wins historic privacy case against the British tabloids

IP Whiteboard

The Duchess of Sussex) was recently granted summary judgment in a privacy claim against Associated Newspapers Limited, over the publication of extracts from a hand-written letter to her father (see HRH The Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2021] EWHC 273 (Ch) ). Background. The Duke of Sussex, a.k.a.

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2023 Quick Links: IP, Keyword Ads

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* For over a decade, I’ve implored people to stop using the term “Soft IP.” His defense is that the work he used was free for all; after his victory, that work remains in the public domain for others to build upon. After II Movie, LLC v. Grande Communications Networks, LLC, 2023 WL 1422808 (W.D. Jan 31, 2023).

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