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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

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

IP Primer Series: Do I Need to Register for Copyright Protection?

Intellectual property laws can be confusing and overwhelming. To help you navigate this complex web, we offer an IP primer series to share the foundations of intellectual property laws, including patents, trademarks,...more

Smart & Biggar

[Ongoing Program] Trademark & copyright enforcement on the internet: Online marketplaces, social media and the web - July 13th,...

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This spring, join our Smart & Biggar trademark experts and gain new insights at our popular Canadian Trademarks webinar series. Each webinar provides practical tips and strategies for global brand protection in Canada, with a...more

Ankura

More Than Seven Billion Visits to Content Piracy Websites, Originated From India in 2022 – Ankura Piracy Statistics Report

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Online content piracy refers to the unauthorized distribution or reproduction of copyrighted material, such as movies, music, and software, over the internet. This is often done through file-sharing websites or peer-to-peer...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

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Just Because It’s On the Internet Doesn’t Mean It’s In the Public Domain

Just Because it’s Published Doesn’t Mean it’s in the Public Domain - Some people think that if something is on the Internet, it’s in the public domain and is fair game to be copied. Not true! Giving the public access to an...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

Weintraub Tobin

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

Weintraub Tobin

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

Weintraub Tobin

Don’t Film So Close To Me: Can Copyrighted Music Keep Vids Of Police Encounters Off The Internet?

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Over the past few weeks, there have been a number of news articles and stories about police officers playing popular music during a citizen/officer interaction that is being filmed by the citizen. For example, Vice reported...more

Jaburg Wilk

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

McDermott Will & Emery

Freeze Frame: EU Copyright Holders Entitled to Restrict Framing

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In a case referred by German authorities, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) resolved a dispute between a visual arts copyright collecting society and a cultural heritage foundation involving a digital library...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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Getting Creative with Video Games: Copyright, Public Domain, and Fair Use

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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 other...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

Womble Bond Dickinson

“Very Short” and Incredibly Loud: New EU Copyright Directive a Shot in the FANGs

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Opening another front in the data wars, the Members of the European Parliament, on March 26, 2019, adopted the text of a new Copyright Directive. According to the European Parliament, the Directive “aims to ensure that the...more

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