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Contractual Control over Information Goods after ML Genius v. Google (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Moreover, because liability under contract law depends on proving privity, it, unlike copyright law, cannot bind third parties. Last but certainly not least, contract law does not include secondary liability doctrines like copyright law, which places liability on those who assist or facilitate violations by others.

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You’re a Fool if You Think You Can Win a 512(f) Case–Security Police and Fire Professionals v. Maritas

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Specifically, the putative copyright owners didn’t send a proper 512(c)(3) takedown notice because: it lacked specific identification of the copyrighted works. Instead, the notice said generically: “Several images are posted without SPFPA’s permission taken from our website and photo archive.”

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RIAA Criticizes ICANN for ‘Hindering’ Its Anti-Piracy Efforts

TorrentFreak

The owner of every domain name on the Internet is required to supply personal information when they buy a domain. To make matters worse for copyright holders, the EU’s GDPR privacy law only made it harder to identify domain owners. The domain name body added these to reduce liability under the EU’s privacy regulation.

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Copyright Hygiene for Digital Content Creators

Velocity of Content

As I dug down further on the topic, I ended up tumbling down a bit of a rabbit hole concerning certain nooks & crannies of copyright that I hadn’t known much about; at that point, I thought it might be useful (to some) and interesting (to others) to share them here. So, say you’re a newly minted blog site owner/operator.

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Cardozo A&ELJ symposium, Trademark

43(B)log

In Abitron, the opinion of the Court insisted that “Congress has premised liability on a specific action (a particular sort of use in commerce),” and further stated that both 32 and 43(a) “treat confusion as a means to limit liability to only certain ‘bona fide use[s] of a mark in the ordinary course of trade.’”

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The United States Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry on AI: A Quick Take

Velocity of Content

On the assumption that readers might be interested in this topic and less interested in reviewing all the responses, I have pasted below a selection of questions and answers from Copyright Clearance Center’s (CCC’s) own response. To what extent are copyrighted works licensed from copyright owners for use as training materials?

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Using AI Artwork to Avoid Copyright Infringement

Copyright Lately

But nobody involved in the production had asked for permission from the copyright owner to use her image in the scene, as the demand letter made sure to mention several times. AI-generated art is a controversial topic, and as always, I’d love to hear your thoughts. It wasn’t a focal point of the commercial. copyright law.

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