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The Iron Cage of Copyright

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Interesting article over at the icommons.org site called CC Licensing Practice Reviewed Alek Tarkowski, ccPoland It mentions an experiment in a dutch town where they removed the traffic signs or the rules. It goes to point to some alternative viewpoints on cc licensing: A similar argument is made by Niva Elkin-Koren in ???

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UK music platform for creators Uppbeat raises $6.15 million Series A

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based co-founders of another music-licensing company, Music Vine. First launched in January 2021, Uppbeat helps to eliminate the headaches that come with copyright claims on music used within creator content. Now with over 500,000 users on board, the startup is announcing the close of its £4.6 million GBP ($6.15

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Uppbeat launches a freemium music platform aimed at YouTubers

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The system, which is designed to navigate the complexities of copyright claims while also fairly compensating artists, offers an alternative to existing free music platforms, including YouTube’s own Audio Library and Creative Commons’ legal music for videos, for example.

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Lord of the Rings keycap sets will transport your keyboard to Middle-earth

The Verge

Matt3o’s Dwarvish keycaps, with the alternate Durin’s forge accent keys. But unlike Matt3o’s original release, though, the new Lord of the Rings keycaps are actually licensed by Middle-earth Enterprises (the company that owns the rights to key film and merchandise aspects of the The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings novels).

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Miramax sues Quentin Tarantino over Pulp Fiction NFTs

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Miramax accuses him of violating the company’s copyright and trademark, and it’s demanding a halt to the upcoming sale. NFTs are a frequently baffling but highly lucrative technology that’s provided an alternate revenue stream for people to profit off media outside traditional licensing deals.

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QuickVid uses AI to generate short-form videos, complete with voiceovers

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.” Copyright issues. But the copyright status around AI-generated content is … nebulous, at least presently. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently moved to revoke copyright protection for an AI-generated comic, for example, saying copyrightable works require human authorship.

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AI content platform Jasper raises $125M at a $1.7B valuation

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While a number of free and paid alternatives to Jasper Art exist (see Stable Diffusion, Pixelz.ai and Midjourney, to name a few) Rogenmoser pitches it as an art-generating system specifically designed for marketing applications, like creating copyright-free stock photos. Image Credits: Jasper.

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