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Ready, Fire, Aim: Eleven Thoughts on the CRTC’s Bill C-11 Consultations

Michael Geist

To pick just one of many examples, the Commission is consulting on the meaning of “social media service”: Q5. How should the Commission define “social media service”? What, if any, criteria should be used to assess whether an online undertaking is providing a social media service?

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Too Rusty For Krusty–Nickelodeon v. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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Not Invincible: A Cautionary Tale for Creators

Copyright Lately

Crabtree claims that Kirkman talked him into giving up co-ownership rights in “Invincible” by asking him to sign a document in 2005 that Kirkman represented would make it easier to market the work to licensees but which wouldn’t affect any of Crabtree’s rights. The Requirements for Copyright Joint Authorship and Co-Ownership.

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Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Over “Muppet Babies” Reboot

Copyright Lately

Without any ownership interest in the production bible, Scott had no right to assert a copyright infringement claim. As a result, it’s questionable whether Scott had any ability to claim infringement, even if he were able to show an ownership interest in the series bible in the first place. View Fullscreen.

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Why Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction

Copyright Lately

And unlike the vast majority of songwriters and performing artists who have relinquished ownership rights to musical publishers and record labels, Barlow & Bear decided to release “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” themselves, which means keeping more of the earnings. Was it a license on the world’s greatest terms?

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Generative AI Is Changing How We Do Business and How We Practice Law

IP Tech Blog

Other industries, however, are far from a share and share alike attitude towards AI, and AI has posed challenging questions regarding intellectual property ownership across the creative fields of visual art, music, and writing. Will its intelligence license it to be cruel? To wipe us out? Have we been kind with our superior intellect?

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How to Avoid Pitfalls on the Way to Decentralized Disney

Copyright Lately

For that, you’d need an assignment or license from the owner of the underlying copyright. You Should Probably Read The License. In particular, you’ll need a license to create derivative works, which is one of the exclusive rights granted to copyright owners in section 106 of the Copyright Act. You Own the NFT.