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  2. Copyright protection for fictional characters - Wikipedia

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    Accordingly, copyright protection did not prevail. The holding in Warner Bros. case came to be known as the Sam Spade Test; this approach does not allow for copyright protection if the character is a “mere chessman in the game of storytelling.” On the other hand, if the character is central to the story, then it will be copyrightable.

  3. Copyright infringement and social media - Wikipedia

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    The use of copyrighted material on TikTok has resulted in a form of media known as "sludge content", which features attention-grabbing content alongside copyrighted material. The 2012 endless runner mobile game Subway Surfers and the adult animated television series Family Guy are commonly included.

  4. Legal issues with fan fiction - Wikipedia

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    According to current United States copyright, copyright owners have the exclusive right "to prepare derivative works based upon [their] copyrighted work." [ 4 ] In the case where a copyright owner chooses to exercise their exclusive right to prepare derivative works against a work of fanfiction, they can sue the fanfiction writer for copyright ...

  5. Music plagiarism - Wikipedia

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    Music plagiarism is the use or close imitation of another author's music while representing it as one's own original work. Plagiarism in music now occurs in two contexts—with a musical idea (that is, a melody or motif ) or sampling (taking a portion of one sound recording and reusing it in a different song).

  6. Music licensing - Wikipedia

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    Music licensing is the licensed use of copyrighted music. [1] Music licensing is intended to ensure that the owners of copyrights on musical works are compensated for certain uses of their work. A purchaser has limited rights to use the work without a separate agreement.

  7. United States copyright law in the performing arts - Wikipedia

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    For example, for a musical, the rights must be obtained for the book, lyrics, and music. A producer can also hire a writer to create a work. This could be defined as a Work for hire. If the work is a work for hire, the copyright of the material would be given to the producer of the show, not the writer.

  8. Cyberpunk 2077 teases ‘streamer mode’ that disables ... - AOL

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    Back in October, Twitch riled up its talent after the streaming service nuked an immense amount of content to cozy up to the RIAA, which had been inundating streamers with DMCA notices over music ...

  9. Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Wikipedia

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    In the case of the ebook example, the ruling observed that the user may have to type a quote from the ebook rather than copy and paste from the unprotected version. [47] 321 Studios v. Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Inc. – 321 Studios made copies that allowed users to copy DVDs, including those with CSS copy protection, to another DVD or to a ...