Copycast by CLAIMS
Intellectual property and related stuff. Hosts are IP lawyers Victor Gorsky-Mochalov and Anton Endresyak. Copycast is produced by CLAIMS, an international company engaged in intellectual property protection around the world. Website: claimsip.com. Topics: copyright, trademarks, patents, intellectual property law, art law, legal, consulting, trademark registration and management, UDRP domains names disputes, protection of intellectual property in social networks.
S1 E6 · Thu, December 28, 2023
Copyrights to Elvish and Traditional knowledge of Bionicle / Copycast by CLAIMS / S1E6: Tolkien 2
Did Tolkien have copyrights to the languages created by himself? Why Māori are more powerful than the Professor? And how the Oracle vs. Google case helps us to understand the protection of Quenya? In this episode, intellectual property lawyers Victor and Anton talk about legal protection of Quenya, Java, Māori and other languages. Key moments: 00:00 Go! 00:46 Tolkien's copyrights history: Recap of the previous episode of Copycast 01:31 Did Tolkien have copyrights to his languages? 08:50 What if Tolkien was Māori... 11:09 Māori vs. Lego Bionicle 13:12 Class of Aragorn 16:45 Kia Ora case 18:05 Oracle vs. Google case 19:40 Copyright to languages in future To learn more about intellectual property rights to the Tolkien's legacy, listen the previous episode of Copycast. We also present to you a complete timeline of Tolkien's copyright: from books to films and even merchandise. You will find out which companies “inherited” the rights to Tolkien’s works, to whom the licensing rights to film adaptations of the professor’s works were transferred in different periods, and, perhaps most importantly... When will anyone be able to freely use The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and other works of the greatest fantasy author. ▶️ The infographic is available on our website via this link: https://claimsip.com/promo/tolkiens_timeline/
S1 E5 · Fri, December 22, 2023
Copyright to LOTR, Trademarked Middle-earth, and Amazon's deal on the Second Age / S1E5: Tolkien
How long should we wait until Tolkien's legacy becomes public domain? Or will it never happen due to trademarks? Who exactly owns the rights to the world of Middle-earth, and why is 'The Rings of Power' considered Amazon's fan-fiction? In this episode of #Copycast, IP lawyers Victor and Anton explore the world of intellectual property rights to the universe of Tolkien. Key moments: 00:00 - Go! 00:53 - Why Tolkien's books are not in public domain 02:23 - It's not easy to calculate when copyrights to LOTR will expire 06:10 - Who owns copyrights to the Tolkien's legacy 06:41 - The Tolkien Estate 07:38 - The first copyrights deal and The Middle-earth Enterprises 10:16 - When you should get license from The Tolkien Estate, and when from The Middle-earth Enterprises 12:50 - Trademarks to rule them all 15:29 - The Middle-earth Enterprises against Dungeons & Dragons 17:49 - How a license changed gods 19:56 - Amazon and The Rings of Power 21:25 - What Amazon owns exactly 24:42 - What's wrong with the official story about the deal between Amazon and The Tolkien Estate Video:https://youtu.be/eIkB8H9-dKk
S1 E4 · Sat, May 13, 2023
IP in the AI world, copyright to ideas, and All the Music Project / S1E4: All the art
What if robots generate all possible art? Does this generated content infringe copyrights on the earlier works created by humans? And will the works, created by humans after this point in history, be protected? To answer these questions, we look at the story of All the Music Project with the help of Damien Riehl. Tune in! Key moments: 00:00 - Go! 00:50 - All the Music Project 02:34 - Damien Riehl on the problem of proving parallel independent creation 04:33 - Damien Riehl on the possibility to generate all music 07:36 - All the Music project isn't going to destroy copyright 08:12 - How All the Music project impacted on legal practice 12:20 - Copyright to something already generated by a robot before 15:17 - Copyright to 4D and 5D works 17:12 - Copyright to modern art 18:46 - Conclusions Video:https://youtu.be/-TugnH892SQ
S1 E3 · Sat, April 08, 2023
Magazin der Kunst, Copyright Manifest of musicians, AI's symphony / S1E1: Beethoven
In this episode, we're exploring the world of Beethoven's music and copyright. We're discussing whether his music can be used freely today, the Curse of the 9th Symphony, Beethoven's support of copyright, his socialist model of copyright protection (Magazin der Kunst), and the ownership of copyright for his unfinished 10th Symphony. Tune in! Key moments: 00:00 - Go! 00:40 - Why Beethoven's music is not free sometimes 02:00 - Anthem of Europe 02:37 - Beethoven and length of CD 03:45 - Curse of the 9th Symphony 05:21 - Beethoven signed the Copyright Manifest 06:54 - Magazin der Kunst: Beethoven's socialist system for authors 10:21 - Beethoven AI Bonus: the article about Magazin der Kunst by Maynard Solomon: https://www.jstor.org/stable/746376 Video:https://youtu.be/709Q3wkEuLk
S1 E2 · Fri, March 31, 2023
Robots in copyright and trademark cases / S1E2: AI
🤖 Does content generating soft like Stable Diffusion or Midjourney violate copyright to works used for machine learning? That is the issue raised in the Getty Images v. Stability AI, as well as in a few of other cases of 2023. We have overviewed this legal dispute and found out: what exactly Getty Images claimed in the lawsuit? Can AI be a copyright infringer or copyright owner? And how AI impacts on legal professionals? Key moments: 00:00 - Go! 01:39 - Getty Images v. Stability AI: the brief overview 03:00 - How Stable Diffusion allegedly violated the trademark of Getty Images 05:27 - Machine learning on artists' works: is it fair? and what EU regulation says? 08:54 - The judge who used AI to write a decision 12:47 - Are AI generated pictures protected by copyright? 14:43 - What developers of AI write about copyright in Terms of Use Video:https://youtu.be/xHKBl76eZQQ
S1 E1 · Fri, February 17, 2023
Copyrights to texts of ghosts / S1E1: Supernatural
👻 Can a psychic own copyrights to texts dictated to them by a spirit? This question was answered by courts in Cummins v. Bond (1926) and Oliver et al. v. Saint German Foundation et al. (1941) cases. We overview these legal precedents and find out: who owns the rights to texts from other worlds? and how the estoppel rule impacts on mediums? Key moments: 00:00 - Go! 00:52 - Cummins v. Bond (1926, UK): The case of The Chronicles of Cleophas Case 04:37 - Oliver et al. v. Saint German Foundation et al. (1941, USA): The Case of A Dweller on Two Planets 09:16 - Conclusions about copyrights of spirits and ghosts Watch it on YouTube (https://youtu.be/UQedVE8fM10)
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