copyright
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Banksy owns the copyright but the council is responsible for the cost of keeping the statue safe.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
"In many countries copyright and data protection laws are not being adequately adapted" to protect performers from AI clones, the International Federation of Actors said last year.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Michelle Lewis, a songwriter and the co-founder and chief executive of the nonprofit Songwriters of North America, said the composition side of that copyright split is often the harder one to defend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Two years ago, the biggest record labels took artificial intelligence music generators to court for copyright infringement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
The emblem on the copyright page was nearly identical to the Bayside Press logo, but instead of a seagull there was a black bird.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
In a statement, Amazon said the retailer has a verification process for authorized sellers and removes listings that infringe trademarks and copyrights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Trademarks, unlike copyrights or patents, are intellectual property that are not premised on creating value for whoever registers them; they’re about protecting consumers.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
The deal comes amid reports Disney lawyers sent Google a cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday accusing the tech firm of infringing its copyrights "on a massive scale".
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
They alleged that Cox’s subscribers infringed their copyrights in sound recordings and musical compositions by copying and distributing them via BitTorrent and other networks.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2025
The answer may lie in the long struggle to get the copyrights back from Fabyan.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
In 2024, Universal, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner sued Suno and Udio for copyright infringement, alleging the AI companies trained their models on copyrighted songs spanning many artists, genres and time periods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
But Olly - who has dealt with these before when he has mistakenly posted copyrighted material - says they are usually easy to deal with, and "you can easily tell the difference".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Times' lawsuit partly hinges on the limited "fair use" exception, which permits copyrighted work to be used without the rights holders' consent.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The lawsuit filed Monday focuses on how AI products use and compensate for artists’ name, image and likeness—rather than the copyrighted music itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
It was copyrighted 1972 by the Esso company.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
On the other hand, that can also be an advantage, said a 30-year-old pilot who goes by the name Makarena and worked in copyrighting before the war.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023
This idea of thin copyright, and the idea that you might be copyrighting the curation of all of these different elements together.
From The Verge ● Sep. 15, 2021
Senior manager of LHI Sonia Mora said the county is in the process of copyrighting Abuelina and her family members to ensure they are not used for commercial purposes.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2021
Some counterfeiters are going as far as to claim Orwell’s classics as their own property, copyrighting them with their own names.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2019
By copyrighting each issue, as most magazines and some newspapers do, the publishers establish fully their rights to an author's work.
From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
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