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Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Internet Archive's Book Lending May Be Coming to an End

In a closely watched case, the 2d Circuit upheld a decision that Internet Archive's book lending practices violated the authors' copyrights and was not protected by the fair use doctrine.  But was this decision really just...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC’s Net Neutrality Redux: Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet

On May 7, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its latest network neutrality order, Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet (the "Order"), which was published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2024,...more

Perkins Coie

The Latest Chapter in Copyrightability of AI-Generated Works

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From artificial intelligence (AI) tools that can generate highly sophisticated art, music, and conversation to technology capable of recreating Elvis on the big screen, a recent explosion and maturing of generative AI...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Ninth Circuit Recognizes ‘Catch All’ Jurisdiction Over Foreign-Based Internet IP Infringers

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In a decision that continues a trend of courts recognizing expansive jurisdiction over persons and entities engaging in intellectual property infringement through the internet, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit...more

Weintraub Tobin

Is The Server Test Ready for a Reboot?

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It’s been referred to as one of the top copyright cases to watch this year. This case, Alexis Hunley, et al v. Instagram, LLC, could mean the end to the server test, a once widely-followed copyright doctrine established by...more

Spirit Legal

Urheberrechtsreform 2021 Teil 3: Auswirkung auf Fotografinnen und Fotografen

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Wie ist der aktuelle Gesetz­gebungs­stand zum Urheber­recht? Spätestens seitdem das Bundeskabinett im Februar 2021 seinen Gesetzesentwurf zur Reform des Urheberrechts vorgestellt hat, dürfte die anstehende Reform auch...more

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Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Can Copyrighted Music Keep Vids of Police Encounters Off The Internet?

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In this week's podcast episode of the Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss recent news stories reporting that police officers played copyrighted music during filmed encounters, ostensibly to...more

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The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Can Copyrighted Music Keep Vids of Police Encounters Off The Internet?

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In this week's episode of the Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss recent news stories reporting that police officers played copyrighted music during filmed encounters, ostensibly to keep the...more

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Stopping Online Infringement

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Substantively, copyright protection is the same in the digital world and on the internet as in traditional form. The only practical difference is the likelihood that the copyright will be infringed. Works available in cyber...more

Hogan Lovells

The end of an odyssey: The German Act to adapt copyright law to the requirements of the Digital Single Market

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The German Act to adapt copyright law to the requirements of the Digital Single Market will enter into force on 7 June 2021 – as the first national transposition of the Digital Single Market Directive ...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Our Top 5 Copyright Misconceptions DEBUNKED!

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Copyright is a form of intellectual property rights providing owners of creative content with the exclusive right to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies, publicly perform, publicly display, and publicly...more

Mintz - Trademark & Copyright Viewpoints

Protecting Lawful Streaming Act Signed Into Law

One of the provisions included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act that President Trump signed into law on December 27, 2020 addresses the so-called “felony streaming” loophole in the Copyright Act and criminal code. ...more

Spirit Legal

Ruling of the regional court Frankfurt: Sea rescuer obtains a cease and desist order against former Deputy Prime Minister of...

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In a decision dated 23 September 2020 (Case No. 2-06 O 335/19), the Frankfurt Regional Court ordered the former Italian Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, at the request of Mission Lifeline crew member Friedhold...more

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Wie Fotografen bei Urheberrechtsverletzungen erfolgreich Ansprüche durchsetzen können

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In diesem Beitrag werden die drei wichtigsten Fragen beantwortet: - Welche Ansprüche hat der Urheber bei Urheberrechtsverletzungen? - Warum ist der Auskunftsanspruch für den Urheber so wichtig? - Welche Möglichkeiten...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Advanced Copyright Issues On The Internet - UPDATED September 2020

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During recent years, the Internet has become the basic foundational infrastructure for the global movement of data of all kinds. With continued growth at a phenomenal rate, the Internet has moved from a quiet means of...more

Carlton Fields

Getting Creative with Video Games: DMCA Takedowns and You

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Back to Basics: A Primer on Intellectual Property Rights in Video Games - In this series, we discuss some of the fundamental concepts of intellectual property law as they relate specifically to video game companies and...more

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Protect Your Copyrighted Works and Avoid Liability for your Website

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On April 16, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Erickson Productions, Inc. v. Kast. The Erickson decision teaches several important lessons. First, it reminds copyright owners of the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Second Circuit Reaffirms Volitional Conduct is Needed for Direct Copyright Infringement

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The Second Circuit confirms volitional conduct is needed to hold internet service providers liable for direct copyright infringement—it just disagrees what “volitional conduct” actually means. ...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Making Your Mark

EU Parliament Approves New Copyright Rules for the Internet

We had been following on this blog the heated debates around the proposed EU Copyright Directive. These debates now belong to history since on March 27, 2019, the European parliament adopted the Directive with 348 votes...more

Hogan Lovells

DSM Watch: Navigating Article 13 of the Copyright Directive

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On 13 February 2019 the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council finally agreed the text of the long-awaited draft Copyright Directive (COM(2016)593) (“Directive“). ...more

K&L Gates LLP

Digital Crisis PR: Removal of Unlawful Content from Digital Platforms

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Whether you are an individual, a start-up, or a multi-million dollar corporation, there is an art to removal-or “takedowns”- of unlawful content or negative reviews that have been posted about you or your business online. In...more

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Three Cyberspace Courts now online and open for business

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On 9 August and 28 September 2018, the new Cyberspace Courts in Beijing and Guangzhou were officially opened. These new specialised courts, along with their equivalent one that was formed in Hangzhou in August 2017, are meant...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: EU Copyright Directive: Might vs (Copy)right

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The tussle continues between large online businesses that host third party copyright materials (news, images, music, video etc.) and certain copyright owners. Although there have been some minor concessions offered to the...more

Hogan Lovells

German Federal Court of Justice submits copyright dispute over YouTube to CJEU

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This week, copyright is all over the place. After the European Parliament voted on proposed copyright reform in Europe last Wednesday (12 September 2018), the long-awaited decision of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH)...more

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Germany: No indirect liability for open Wifi

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At the end of July, the German Federal Court handed down its judgment in a copyright case having huge impact for operators of open Wifi services. For the first time, the judges had to deal with Sec. 7 (4) and Sec. 8 (1) s. 2...more

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