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Copyright = Legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same // Derecho legal otorgado para imprimir, publicar, interpretar, filmar o grabar material literario, artístico o musical, y para autorizar a otros a hacer lo mismo.
Also see: Public Domain
Headlines
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began – Guardian
OpenAI ChatGPT-4o update makes an AI overly sycophantic – Vox
Trump Fires U.S. Copyright Chief Days After Landmark AI Report – Prepublication PDF
Copyright Office head fired after reporting AI training isn’t always fair use – Ars Technica
Las Vegas wedding chapels receive Elvis cease-and-desist letters – CNN
Music Copyright in the Age of Forgetting
The Great Gatsby has entered the public domain
Trump Tries “Fair Use” Defense in Song Copyright Lawsuit
Federal jury: HISD staff repeatedly violated copyright laws, owe company $9.2M
For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain – Smithsonian
Food taste ‘not protected by copyright’ rules EU court
A Landslide of Classic Art Is About to Enter the Public Domain
Orrin Hatch, Software Pirate? – Wired
Monkey can’t sue for copyright infringement of selfies, 9th Circuit rules
Recommended listening
In Our Time – BBC Sounds
Celebrations
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Of course I plagiarize. It is the privilege of the appreciative man.
– Oscar Wilde
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