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YouTube Copyright ID Claims Reach a New High

TorrentFreak

JULY 9, 2023

That changed two years ago when the video platform launched its first-ever transparency report. 826 Million YouTube’s latest transparency report reveals that during the second half of last year, rightsholders claimed more than 826 million videos on YouTube. A TV company claimed the public domain footage as their own.

Copyright

Copyright Public Domain Reporting Ownership

How Can I Make Sure I Get Credit for My Work?

Dear Rich IP Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Dear Rich: I want to copyright a report I researched and wrote and hope to sell to a museum. My report includes my collection of 19th-century photographs, most of which are extremely rare. W hen researchers use the report, I want them to credit me. These photos are in the public domain and free for anyone to copy.

Public Domain

Public Domain Licensing Reporting Copying

NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are altering society’s notion of digital ‘ownership’ and redefining the common perspective on distribution of original works to consumers by introducing scarcity to the digital realm.

Non-Fungible Tokens

Non-Fungible Tokens IP Ownership Contracts

The Good Get: Interviews, The Predicates Of Copyright Ownership, & Divorcing Subjects From Owning Copyright Content

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

That then plays off the rest of the title’s allusions to separating “subjects” from the “predicates” of copyright ownership, themselves words connoting the foundational elements of both “ any complete sentence ” and at times a court’s jurisdiction over infringement matters. ” H.R.

Ownership

Ownership Copyright Government Intellectual Property

ReCreating Europe’s report, datasets and data analysis on EU and comparative copyright flexibilities now available online – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 17, 2023

The mapping of national legal sources of copyright flexibilities and their comparative analysis provided a detailed overview of the state of the art of copyright flexibilities in all the 27 Member States, organized in 27 national reports which illustrated national provisions using the same taxonomy applied to EU sources. Public domain.

Reporting

Reporting Copyright Public Domain Copying

[Guest post] Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse?

The IPKat

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A few days ago The IPKat reported on the injunction issued by the Rome Court of First Instance regarding the unauthorized minting of NFTs from a trade mark perspective. As a result, also the exclusive rights of adaptation (covered by Spanish law) and public communication are involved in this matter.

Artistic Work

Artistic Work Artwork Public Domain Intellectual Property

mRNA Patent Litigation: The ‘Sport of Kings’

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

As reported , Moderna earned revenue of around USD 10 billion for its vaccine, and Pfizer earned around USD 22 billion, in just a year. However, patent ownership controversy with the NIH is a separate story ( here and here ). As reported , these patents have been licensed to both Moderna and BioNTech. Pfizer and BioNTech.

Litigation

Litigation Patent Technology Ownership

AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

Yet, the very same automation poses challenges for the application of copyright law, increasing legal uncertainty, as demonstrated in this report vis-à-vis AI music outputs. The result is that questions of originality – as well as authorship and ownership – in these cases will prima facie be governed by the operation of legal presumptions.

Music

Music Copyright Derivative Work Ownership

Metadata Ruling Gives YouTube a Timely Boost in Content ID Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 26, 2022

Many digital file formats allow creators to embed additional data to provide details of ownership or any other relevant information. This metadata might include the name of the person who created the file but it can be much more comprehensive. ” Implications Moving Forward.

Moral Rights

Moral Rights Copyright Public Domain Copyright Infringement

Analysing the Intersection of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Intellectual Property Rights

IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

According to a report by Markets and Markets, the cryptocurrency market is expected to grow from USD 1.6 According to a report by Business Insider, more than half of the 100 largest banks in the world have already invested in crypto and blockchain-based companies. billion in 2021 to USD 2.2

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Non-Fungible Tokens Copyfraud Contracts

Canada’s First AI-Authored Copyright Registration Paints a Picture of Uncertainty

IPilogue

MARCH 21, 2022

In September 2021, the IPilogue reported that India’s copyright office recognized the RAGHAV Painting App (“RAGHAV”), an artificial intelligence (“AI”) tool, as an author of the copyright-protected artistic work, Suryast. Sabrina Macklai is an IPilogue Senior Editor and a 2L JD Candidate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

Registration

Registration Copyright Intellectual Property Public Domain

Ninth Circuit Refuses to Adopt “Ordinary Observer” Test for Substantial Similarity and Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

They further claimed that any similarities that did exist were derivative of Irish folk songs such as Danny Boy (aka Londonderry Air ), which was in the public domain. Before turning to the differences in the expert witness reports, the district court examined the legal framework for a copyright infringement claim.

Copyright Infringement

Copyright Infringement Copyright Copying Art

Generative AI, Digital Constitutionalism and Copyright: Towards a Statutory Remuneration Right grounded in Fundamental Rights – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

As a software-implemented creation, it was not in the public domain and the company willing to exploit the work had to clear the right to reproduction. In addition, there remain some strong doubts as to how AI companies will operationalize the reporting obligation under the belated copyright provision. of the CDSM Directive.

Copyright

Copyright Art Copyright Law Licensing

Can AI-generated works be protected by copyright? No, according to US Copyright Office.

CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.”

Copyright

Copyright Artwork Public Domain Art

Is it possible to protect AI-generated works with copyright? According to the US Copyright Office, no.

CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.”

Copyright

Copyright Artwork Public Domain Copyright Law

What Copyright’s “Unclaimable Material” Rules Mean for Hollywood’s Use of AI

Copyright Lately

AUGUST 25, 2023

An article in the Hollywood Reporter earlier this week suggested that there’s finally been some movement between the parties with respect to generative AI, as studios recognize that copyright protection in AI-generated scripts is only possible for those works if they’re revised by human writers. Previously registered material.

Derivative Work

Derivative Work Registration Copyright Public Domain

A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C. If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. Based solely on the complaint that was filed, there are six major issues raised by the case: First, were the recorded interviews a copyright-eligible “work of authorship”?

Copyright

Copyright Blogging Publishing Fair Use

WIPIP Concurrent Session #5 Copyright & Culture

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Hughes: increasing registrations for women at the © office compared to other metrics where women are disadvantaged—ownership of stock, real property, presence on corporate boards, patent ownership which then translates to being in a startup. Said: ownership records; interview a few repeat players. public domain.

Copyright

Copyright Editing Settlement Music

Ninth Circuit Refuses to Adopt “Ordinary Observer” Test for Substantial Similarity and Copyright Infringement

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2021

They further claimed that any similarities that did exist were derivative of Irish folk songs such as Danny Boy (aka Londonderry Air ), which was in the public domain. Before turning to the differences in the expert witness reports, the district court examined the legal framework for a copyright infringement claim.

Copyright Infringement

Copyright Infringement Copyright Art Copying

The Wonder That is Berne

SpicyIP

JULY 14, 2023

The long Battle of the Booksellers was about perpetual ownership. By voting to limit the period of copyright, the House of Lords created the Public Domain. The Statute of Anne in 1710 pushed the author center stage only to justify that the stage belonged to the bookseller. The influenced the American Copyright Statute of 1790.

Moral Rights

Moral Rights Publishing Copyright Music

IPSC Breakout Session 5: IP Theory & History/Creation and Morality

43(B)log

AUGUST 12, 2022

4) Exclusivity—don’t work with another studio; some others say you can’t write articles/talk to reporters—not clear whether enforceable. Also consistent with lay intuitions about self-ownership. Payoffs: Facts as part of larger public domain that needs to grow and not shrink. Can leverage identity for profit.

IP

IP Public Domain Music Copyright

Creating a Safer Harbor Under the DMCA

JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2022

A German professor of music theory received Content ID Claims for recordings in the public domain uploaded by his YouTube channels.

Copyright

Copyright Public Domain Fair Use Ownership

A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Court noted that redacting one’s name from a judgment acquitting them is counterproductive when there are other tarnishing publications in the public domain and that access to court judgments are integral to “open justice”, subject only to some exceptions. Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on the IP regime.

IP

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark

A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

30, 2021): Plaintiff alleges that Defendants knew that Defendant Wagner did not own the copyright to the images that Plaintiff posted on its social media channels, because Wagner abandoned the copyrights when he executed the Stipulation of Settlement, which dedicated the intellectual property rights of the images to the public domain.

Registration

Registration Fair Use Copyright Designs

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

IP Whiteboard

APRIL 15, 2021

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.

Privacy

Privacy Copyright Publishing Law

Artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights: the USPTO DABUS decision

Barry Sookman

MAY 4, 2020

The goals of patent law are generally recognized as seeking to foster and reward invention; promote disclosure of inventions to stimulate further innovation and to permit the public to practice the invention once the patent expires; and to assure that ideas in the public domain remain there for the free use of the public.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Inventor Invention Copyright

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YouTube Copyright ID Claims Reach a New High

How Can I Make Sure I Get Credit for My Work?

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

The Good Get: Interviews, The Predicates Of Copyright Ownership, & Divorcing Subjects From Owning Copyright Content

ReCreating Europe’s report, datasets and data analysis on EU and comparative copyright flexibilities now available online – Part II

[Guest post] Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse?

mRNA Patent Litigation: The ‘Sport of Kings’

AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part I

Metadata Ruling Gives YouTube a Timely Boost in Content ID Lawsuit

Analysing the Intersection of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Intellectual Property Rights

Canada’s First AI-Authored Copyright Registration Paints a Picture of Uncertainty

Ninth Circuit Refuses to Adopt “Ordinary Observer” Test for Substantial Similarity and Copyright Infringement

Generative AI, Digital Constitutionalism and Copyright: Towards a Statutory Remuneration Right grounded in Fundamental Rights – Part 1

Can AI-generated works be protected by copyright? No, according to US Copyright Office.

Is it possible to protect AI-generated works with copyright? According to the US Copyright Office, no.

What Copyright’s “Unclaimable Material” Rules Mean for Hollywood’s Use of AI

A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)

WIPIP Concurrent Session #5 Copyright & Culture

Ninth Circuit Refuses to Adopt “Ordinary Observer” Test for Substantial Similarity and Copyright Infringement

The Wonder That is Berne

IPSC Breakout Session 5: IP Theory & History/Creation and Morality

Creating a Safer Harbor Under the DMCA

A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

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

Artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights: the USPTO DABUS decision

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