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Copyright news and articles, posted 18 November 2019
Sample, Sample in My Song, Can They Tell Where You Are From? The Pelham Judgement — Part I
Netflix Finally Beats Journalist’s Copyright Suit Over ‘Narcos’
3D Printing, the Maker Movement, IP Litigation and Legal Reform
Which Way Now? Supporting Librarians in the Ever Changing Landscape
Hard Lessons in Dataset Licensing To Create Commercial Products: 77m v Ordnance Survey
To Quote or Not To Quote — That Is the Question
CN Tower’s Management Claims Use of Building Image Is Trade Mark Violation
Intellectual Property Policies for Universities
Copyright news and articles, posted 4 November 2019
Martin v Kogan: Court of Appeal Clarifies Joint Authorship Test
MIT Announces Framework to Guide Negotiations With Publishers
WIPO Organized Practical Workshop Above Arctic Circle
When is it Legal to Repurpose Publicly Available Information for Commercial Purposes?
Droits voisins : après Google, les éditeurs de presse français face à Facebook
Copyright Suit Targeting Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” Revived by Appeals Court
Decreased Processing Times for Copyright Registrations
Copyright news and articles, posted 21 October 2019
Partial Screenshot Qualifies as Fair Use (on a Motion to Dismiss) — Yang v. Mic
Copyright Specialist in Residence
Compulsory License for Making and Distributing Phonorecords Other Than Phonorecord Deliveries
Intellectual Property in a Data-Driven World
Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights: Thirty-Ninth Session
Copyright news and articles, posted 7 October 2019
10 Essential Copyright Compliance Tips Every Information Professional Must Know
Zervos v Picasso, or Copyright v Droit d’Auteur
“Hamilton” Producer Fights Copyright Claims to Alexander Hamilton’s Life
When Copyright in a Work Transfers to the Crown: Keatley v Teranet
Web Design Feature Killed Express License Argument in Copyright Case
A Man Sued and Said He Owned a Much-Used Photo of Indy’s Skyline. He Doesn’t, a Jury Said.
When Is Online Use of a Mark Trademark Use?
Kenya Amends Its Copyright Act to Ratify the Marrakesh Treaty and Address a Myriad of Other Issues
3D Printing, the Maker Movement, IP Litigation and Legal Reform
Copyright news and articles, posted 23 September 2019
Audible’s Planned Caption Service Is Not Fair Use
Getting Creative with Video Games: Copyright, Public Domain, and Fair Use
US Judge Shuts Down French Court’s Picasso Copyright Ruling
Open Access to Teaching Material — How Far Have We Come?
Canada’s General Election: The Copyright Angle
The Ethics of Copying in Libraries: A Report from Chris’s Keynote in Prague
Court of a-Peel: Nasty Split over Banana Costume Leads to Legal Monkey Business
Does the 9th Circuit’s Decision in HiQ vs. LinkedIn Open the Floodgates to Scraping?
WIPO Officially Launches New IP Portal
Copyright news and articles, posted 9 September 2019
The Copyright Implications of Teaching with Videos
YouTube takes Copyright into Their Own Hands with New Policy on Music Infringement
It May Be the Biggest Statue Ever Copyrighted
Curbing Cultural Appropriation in the Fashion Industry with Intellectual Property
When a Copyright Is Not a “Work for Hire,” Even When Everyone Agrees That It Is
Fair Use Error in Seuss/Trek Mash-Up Case Not Good for Small Creators
Cengage Faces New Class Action Suit From Authors
August 2019 on Copyrightlaws.com
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Copyright news and articles, posted 19 August 2019
Protecting Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions
Legally Using Images in Libraries
Books; Reading and Posting Online: Caring, Sharing and Copyright
Copyright Make-Up Tips – How To Make a Lasting Impression
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has a lot of great free information. Some links you may want to visit:
- Directory of Intellectual Property Offices
- Frequently Asked Questions: Copyright
- Copyright-Related Topics
- WIPO-Administered Treaties
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- 6 Best Practices for Legally Using Google Images
- A Simple Guide to Copyright for Librarians
- Obtaining Copyright Permission to Use Digital and Online Content
Copyright news and articles, posted 5 August 2019
How To Avoid Copyright Infringement
The New Copyright Directive: Text and Data Mining (Articles 3 And 4)
Apollo 11 and The Copyright Connection
U.S. vs Canadian Copyright Law: Which Has Stronger Copyright Protection?
Repinning a Photo Infringes Copyright, Judge Rules
If It Looks Like a Duck, Quacks Like a Duck…
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A Simple Guide to Copyright for Librarians: 15 Essential Facts and Tips
8 Essential Tips for Licensing Electronic Resources
6 Copyright Tips for Legally Using Google Images
Copyright news and articles, posted 22 July 2019
Tips For Developing A Copyright Policy
Canadian Blockchain Innovation To Benefit Visual Artists
Google’s “Stoush” With New Zealand: Who Will Prevail?
Education Publisher Pearson To Phase Out Print Textbooks
Guest Post By @poedavid: “Dance Like Nobody’s Paying?” Spotify Isn’t
Creative Commons Launches Its Search Engine Out Of Beta, With Over 300M Images Indexed
How To Protect Photos You Post Online
Icepops Presentations And Introducing The International Copyright Literacy Community Of Practice
Copyright news and articles, posted 8 July 2019
Implementing the Copyright Directive: Protecting the Public Domain With Article 14
State of Georgia, et. al. v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.
Controlled Digital Lending Fact Sheet
SCOTUS Agrees To Decide Whether Annotated State Laws Can Be Copyrighted
Canada Through a Lens: The British Library Colonial Copyright Collection
“Mural, Mural on the Wall: Who’s the Owner of Them All?”
Andy Warhol’s ‘Prince Series’ Is Fair Use, Court Rules
Copyright FAQs In a School Library
Copyright news and articles, posted 24 June 2019
What Are Our Top Tips For Raising Copyright Awareness In Your Organisation?
International Copyright Law Primer
Find Public Domain And Openly Licensed Materials
UK IPO Launches New Copyright Education Resources For Schools
Intellectual Property Awareness Summit 2018 (video)
Copyright And The Currency Of Creativity: Beyond Income
A Closer Look At Specialized Intellectual Property Courts
Transcript: Africa Rising (Beyond the Book podcast)
EU Copyright Reform, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (slides)
Is There Potential For Blockchain In Copyright And Licensing Applications?
Please take a look at my article on Copyright Literacy published on the UK Copyright Literacy site.
Copyright news and articles, posted 10 June 2019
Introducing The Kent Copyright Literacy Strategy
Houston District Hit With $9 Million Verdict Over Illicit Copying Of Company’s Materials
Supreme Court Agrees To Review Filmmaker’s Copyright Lawsuit Against North Carolina
The Life Of A New Registration Specialist
Ai Weiwei Is Suing Volkswagen For Using His Installation Of Refugee Life Jackets In An Advertisement
CARL Releases Updated Canadian Author Addendum And New Author Rights Guide
“Obituary Piracy” And What It Could Mean For Archival Institutions
CJEU Asked To Rule On German Copyright “Framing” Case
Spotlight on Copyright Review in Canada
Statutory Review of the Copyright Act
On 3 June 2019, the Report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology on the Statutory Review of the Copyright Act was published. You can view it here.
Canadian Heritage Report on Remuneration Models
To support the statutory review of the Copyright Act, the Committee on Industry, Science and Technology invited the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage to conduct a study on remuneration models for artists and creative industries. Its report, Shifting Paradigms, was published on 15 May 2019.
Copyright news and articles, posted 20 May 2019
The EU Copyright Reform: Battles Won, Bullets Dodged, And the Questions That Remain
Online Book Piracy: “An Offence Against Moral Justice”
Ariana Grande, Thank You, Next: Copyright Infringement On Instagram
Creative Commons Officially Launches A Search Engine That Indexes 300+ Million Public Domain Images
Public Citizen Files Test Case Over Copyright Liability For Embedded Images
Spotlight on Canada
Shifting Paradigms: The Heritage Committee Study On Copyright
Federal Court Makes Clear: Website Scraping Is Illegal
New Copyright Group Created To Streamline Collections From Businesses That Want To Play Music
Duration of Copyright in Canada
Copyright news and articles, posted 6 May 2019
General News
The EU Copyright Directive: New Exception For Text And Data Mining
Sports And Copyright — Why Sports Fans Are Cheating Themselves When They Stream Pirated Content
Photographer Claims Versace Removed CMI In Instagram Post Of Jennifer Lopez
“Fair Use Is Not Designed to Protect Lazy Appropriators” Rules Court Of Appeals
Austrian Actress And Inventor Hedy Lamarr Inducted Into The IP Hall Of Fame
Spotlight on Fair Use
Fair Use (Copyright Advisory Services, Columbia University Libraries)
Checklist for Conducting a Fair Use Analysis (Cornell University)
U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index
Fair’s Fair: How Fair Use and Fair Dealing Provide a Balanced Approach (Perspective of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
A Simple Guide to Fair Use: How to Apply Fair Use to Your Copyright Scenarios (includes a downloadable PDF)
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