IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Shannon Flynn is a Guest Writer and the Managing Editor of Rehack Magazine. Clearview’s AI crawls the internet and can access, download, and store any image uploaded to social media. Many social media companies, including Google, Facebook, and Twitter, have accused Clearview of utilizing user images without authorization.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 6, 2024

A federal court has shot down a copyright infringement lawsuit claiming that Top Gun: Maverick flew too close to a 1983 magazine article that inspired the original film. Hit me up in the comments below or on your favorite social media app @copyrightlately. As always, I’d love to know what you think.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 14, 2023

Photographer Jeff Sedlik filed the lawsuit in February 2021 , claiming that Von D infringed the copyright in his photo of Miles Davis by tattooing a reproduction of the image on her friend Blake Farmer’s arm and by displaying images of the tattoo on her social media accounts. I’ll keep you posted about the outcome.

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CopyrightsWorld

MARCH 29, 2022

Brent is a United States Marine Corps veteran who, after serving 5 years in the Marines and a deployment to Iraq, decided to change his career, pursue a bachelor’s degree in psychology and become an artist engineer/photographer/videographer/musician/video editor/audio video system designer/social media marketing consultant!

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Here, producing and giving away promotional cups at the Crankworkx mountain biking festival and promoting the same on social media went above and beyond what would normally be expected of a tire manufacturer by promoting the racing event for the racing event’s benefit.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 22, 2022

A movie is just another file to be silently downloaded and the days of buying hacked satellite cards from the small ads in specialist computer magazines are long gone. In 2022, many people are exposed to these subscriptions through friends or the marvels of social media. But for many, it’s even more simple than that.

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WIPO Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Digital influencers, or virtual humans, are the latest trend in social media marketing. Find out how the avant-garde Japanese start-up Aww Inc. is changing behaviors and powering tomorrow’s brands with its newly minted virtual humans.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2024

Throughout the twentieth century, many newspapers, advertisements, magazines, textbooks, and other reference materials used the term “red gold” to describe the gold-copper combination. From the decision: “Left untouched, pure gold is yellow.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 7, 2021

On Tuesday, journalist Robert Kolker published an article in the New York Times Magazine entitled Who is the Bad Art Friend? Those questions come from every angle and include debates about social media, the ethics of organ donation, writers’ ethics when using elements from another person’s life and much, much more.

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IAM Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2022

The unfolding legal dispute between the ubiquitous social media giant and the billionaire with 100 million followers is set to become the legal battle of the year when it hits court in October

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IAM Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2022

The unfolding legal dispute between the ubiquitous social media giant and the billionaire with 100 million followers is set to become the legal battle of the year when it hits court in October

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Social media silos like Twitter, Facebook and TikTok dominate the landscape. For example, Escapist Magazine still has a YouTube channel, but gives strong preference to the video on its own site. Sure, there were sites that offered free and (relatively) easy home pages, but those were never taken very seriously.

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43(B)log

MARCH 28, 2024

By its plain language, “exhibitions” encompass almost all forms of production and advertising: “motion pictures, television programs, commercials, web or internet productions, theatrical shows, sporting events, music, promotional events, celebrity image or likeness, literary works and similar productions or work.”

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

JUNE 10, 2020

We live in the digital age of smartphones and social media, where the large scale capturing and sharing of photographs has become a global run-of-the-mill form of communication and expression. The rights in these photographs are typically subject to the licensing schemes of the various social media platforms to which they are posted.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 17, 2021

Facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs: Each of the plaintiffs has a significant number of followers on various social media platforms, ranging from greater than ten thousand to several million, and most are “considered social media influencers.” Plaintiffs didn’t show sufficient evidence of recognition.

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The TTABlog

JUNE 16, 2023

Apple Music and Amazon Music listings, the group's YouTube page, numerous social media pages, and the group's website prominently display the BOYS WORLD mark and provide access to the group's recordings.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 8, 2023

This case involved an infringement claim brought by artist Saul Steinberg , who drew the image for The New Yorker magazine cover on the left. Let me know in the comments below or @copyrightately on social media. That now includes Threads , because of course we all need yet another social media account.

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IAM Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2022

The unfolding legal dispute between the ubiquitous social media giant and the billionaire with 100 million followers is set to become the legal battle of the year when it hits court in October

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IAM Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2022

The unfolding legal dispute between the ubiquitous social media giant and the billionaire with 100 million followers is set to become the legal battle of the year when it hits court in October

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IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Globe and Mail is Canada’s foremost news media company, a nationally-distributed newspaper with one of the largest circulations in Canada. The newspaper’s print and digital formats reach over 6 million readers every week, with Report on Business magazine reaching over 2.5 million readers every issue in print and digital.

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Kashishipr

JULY 20, 2022

” In one of the articles published by Fortune Magazine in 1999, journalist Paul Lukas wrote that it is a familiar story when a small fledging company comes up with a brilliant new product – so good that a more powerful and bigger company copies its unique idea.

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IP Intelligence

JULY 15, 2021

While the details of any particular case will imbue certain factors with more importance than others, more often than not, copyright plaintiffs are quick to note (and criticize) when defendants are for-profit entities and when the contested material is posted on a website that contains advertising – e.g., online news sites and social media.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The defendant, Alexandra Wenman, is also a spiritual author and holistic therapist, as well as a past editor of and writer for ‘Prediction Magazine’, one of the longest-running mind, spirit and body magazines available at the time.

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The TTABlog

JUNE 11, 2021

Sausser Summers also claimed that it “has advertised in print magazines, social media platforms, internet ads, and various other sources across the U.S. Sausser Summers also claimed that it “has advertised in print magazines, social media platforms, internet ads, and various other sources across the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 15, 2021

While the details of any particular case will imbue certain factors with more importance than others, more often than not, copyright plaintiffs are quick to note (and criticize) when defendants are for-profit entities and when the contested material is posted on a website that contains advertising – e.g., online news sites and social media.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Judging from the Rusty Krab’s marketing efforts and social media promotion as detailed in Viacom’s complaint, the pop-up was far more focused on providing the backdrop for Instagram-worthy selfies than it was on producing edible food.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

As an interior stylist who produces photoshoots for some of the country’s biggest magazines and commercial brands, getting the shots right is a must. These ranged from how to use art, to how much of a magazine you can share on your social media channels. Copyright is scary. Really scary. At least it used to be!

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43(B)log

MAY 22, 2023

Appellants, current and former professional models, appealed their summary judgment loss on a variety of claims arising from the use of their images in social media posts promoting a “gentlemen’s club” operated by EIE. Several had appeared in magazines, advertising campaigns, television episodes, and films. 59 Murray Enters.,

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Copyright Lately

MAY 22, 2023

Meanwhile, by the time the case reached the Court, photographer Lynn Goldsmith had limited her challenge to AWF’s act of licensing Warhol’s work to Condé Nast for use in a magazine commemorating Prince’s death. Drop me a note in the comments below or @copyrightlately on social media.

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IP Tech Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As a way to supplement her income, she put on a contest whereby her social media followers would buy gift certificates for future tattoos and would get to vote on one of several funny tattoos that would eventually be tattooed onto the artist’s husband.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 26, 2020

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

“Take a writer of a ransom note who cuts letters out of a magazine to list his demands. Yet, the note’s writer is hardly acting as an “editor” of the magazine. MAGA hates 230 (even though the MAGA social media services depend on 230, and Trump himself personally loves it ). Implications.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2023

8] Second, as to the works’ purpose, the court found that it was unclear whether Prince intended to create a parody of the original photographs, a satire of society’s use of social media, or neither, pointing out Prince’s own contradictory testimony on the question. [9]

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As a way to supplement her income, she put on a contest whereby her social media followers would buy gift certificates for future tattoos and would get to vote on one of several funny tattoos that would eventually be tattooed onto the artist’s husband.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Additionally, when it comes to videos, we live in a time of social media where the platforms are made up of recreations and iterations of works. However, the Courts claimed that since Koons had seen the image in Allure Magazine. Pop art and abstract art appear to be the two visual art forms that face the most copyright conflict.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

“It is a truth universally acknowledged – so universally as to be worthy of judicial notice – that designers long to have their work featured in Vogue , and that the models who make their living exhibiting designer clothes aspire to have their photographs appear in the magazine – or, today, on its website or social media account.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

AI-generated art was used for magazine covers, including Cosmopolitan and The Economist. A journalist used Midjourney to illustrate an article in The Atlantic and was attacked on social media for not hiring an illustrator. Some stock imagery libraries, including Adobe and Dreamstime , started to accept AI-generated images.

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