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Copyright news and articles (7 June 2026)
Italy busts €300 million streaming piracy ring
Zee v. Nykaa (India): What Every Brand and Their Counsel Needs to Know About Music on Instagram
Vietnam Copyright Framework: Critical Changes Under Decree 134/2026
A Brief History of the Official Language(s) of International Copyright Law
Elsevier et al. sue Meta over AI training: what’s at stake for researchers?
When Can Your Business Safely Embed Social Media Content Without Violating Copyright?
Colbert ‘Charlie Brown’ Joke Conjures Untested Copyright Theory
The Copyright Strike as a Commercial Weapon: What Anamika Sood v. Saregama Does Not Say But Should
US investigates Vietnam’s intellectual property practices
Cox and Effect: Why Volitional Conduct Is AI Copyright’s Next Battleground
Factors that may support a finding of “willful copyright infringement”
Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from May 2026
The Recent CRTC Decision on US Streamers and CUSMA
Part II: From the Archives: When Oxford Sent a Letter to Amend the Indian Copyright Law in 1901
The Legal Regulation of Art in Canada: Copyright, Moral Rights, and Cultural Property
Copyright news and articles (31 May 2026)
Collective Licensing for Gen AI Training: Feasible or Flawed? – Part 2
Barriers to licensing out-of-commerce works: new publication
A Personality Too Spiritual for Satire?
Music Sampling and Pastiche: CJEU Defines the Scope of a Key Copyright Exception
The Supreme Court Just Blew Up Copyright Liability (And Sony Fought Its Own Ghost)
Rules for determining civil liability of online platforms for IP infringement in China
Can You Copyright a Totem Pole?
Can the Indian Copyright Act Accommodate Fully Autonomous AI Generated Output?
Artist Sues Copyright Office Over its Refusal to Register His AI-Enhanced Photo
France’s Terrible Copyright Law, Hadopi, Is Not Quite Dead
Defragmenting the “Work” : A Critique of Ivy Entertainment’s “Hook” Injunction
The Briefing: Documentary Fair Use After Warhol: The Tenth Circuit Gets It Right
The Briefing: UMG v. Quince: When Trending Audio Becomes Copyright Infringement
Art and Copyright Law: An Interdisciplinary Study on Interpictoriality
Copyright news and articles (24 May 2026)
Zee v Nykaa: The $210,000 Worth Instagram Reels
Collective Licensing for Gen AI Training: Feasible or Flawed? – Part 1
Great Bowery Inc. v. Consequence Sound LLC
Should AI designs be eligible for Iowa State Fair’s T-shirt contest?
Hatewatch This Space: Catching Up With Ethan Klein’s Reaction Video Lawsuits
What AI-authored Books Mean For The Publishing Industry
Copyright news and articles (17 May 2026)
Generative AI and the EU Copyright Law’s Blind Spots
Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from April 2026
Tenth Circuit Redeems Itself in ‘Tiger King’ Fair Use Case
Major publishers sued Meta for pirating millions of books to train its AI
Nintendo Shuts Down Fun Faux ‘Pokemon Documentary’ YouTuber Via Copyright Strikes
Author of Alabama police officer training claims copyright infringement by U.S. Army
US Copyright Office Wants to Increase Cost to Register Photos by 55%
ASTM v. UpCodes is a Troubling Misapplication of Warhol’s Transformative Use Clarifications
Can I Borrow Your E-Book?: A Brief Discussion of Controlled Digital Lending
Court Revives Copyright Lawsuit Over Annie Leibovitz’s ‘Star Wars’ Photos
Another brick in the wall for the Continuing Rights of Authors
Copyright law is being used to hide alleged animal abuse. Here’s what’s at stake
Vietnam launches fresh crackdown on online piracy under threat of US tariffs
Streaming Without Copying: The CJEU Redefines Private Use in Stichting de Thuiskopie (C-496/24)
At the AAP’s Annual Meeting, Talk of AI, Copyright, and ‘Ripples of Hope’
Shein accuses Temu of copyright infringement on ‘industrial scale’
Dua Lipa sues Samsung for $15 million for allegedly using her image to sell TVs
Copyright, Contract, and Video Games: Terms of Play, a new book by Amy Thomas
Sony’s failed war against Internet piracy may doom other copyright lawsuits
Aspirational Attribution: A Response to Lemley & Ouellette, Plagiarism, Copyright, and AI
Who Owns the Copyright Under the Work-for-Hire Doctrine?
Canada Targets AI Copyright Rules While Weighing Social Media Age Restrictions — Web Summit
Copyright Dilution Under Constitutional Scrutiny
Copyright Infringement in Social Media
Copyright news and articles (10 May 2026)
Second Circuit Calls Foul On Unauthorized Use of Michael Jordan Video
Exhibition promotes folk art creativity under copyright protection
Second Time’s The Charm: Hellboy Obtains Norwich Order in Copyright Infringement Proceeding
Bill on digital copyright and online news content
Understanding IP Damages, Part 3: Copyright Law
Copyright owners v AI developers: the emerging trends
When Code Writes Itself: Rethinking IP Strategy in the Age of AI
Prediction Markets and Uncopyrightable Facts
Copyright Infringement Suits Loom With Unchecked AI Vibe Coding
Printify Releases Guide on How to Avoid Copyright Infringement with T-shirts
The Business of Sports and Copyright: A Summary of our 2026 World IP Day Webinar
Copyright news and articles (3 May 2026)
Idea Vs Expression – Analysing the Dismissal of Copyright Suit in Shah Vs Netflix Case
When Tradition Meets Copyright: Who Owns Raag-Based Compositions?
All you need is dialogue: the CJEU interprets ‘pastiche’ in Pelham II
World IP Day 2026 Spotlights IP Issues in Sports
The Limits of Safe Harbor: Platform Control and Copyright Liability After McGucken v. Shutterstock
Help us UK Supreme Court, you’re our only hope (for digital replicas)
Unauthorized streaming of foreign TV programming dishes up copyright infringement liability
France Keeps Breaking the Internet to Stop Piracy, Even Though It’s Not Working
Pastiche or cliché? What Pelham II might mean for AI outputs
The Character Without an Author: Character Copyright Protection in the Age of Generative AI
Japanese Man Sentenced For Posting ‘Godzilla’ Spoilers Online
Artificially Generated and Modified Music: Legal and Ethical Considerations for Creators
How Did James Bond Spark a 50-Year Legal War Over Who Owns 007? — No Infringement Intended Podcast