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Takedown Services Under Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Copyright infringement cases on the internet have increased because the internet has become more widely available. Information Technology Act,2000.

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Copyrightability Of Designer Clothes And Costumes

IP and Legal Filings

However, many a times, we witness these designs being copied or recreated. Copying designs as well as creating replicas of any sort which closely resemble the general composition or the original blueprint infringes the right of the creator. To counter this issue laws are placed so that the original ideas can be protected.

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Copyright, Upcycling, and the Human Right to Environmental Protection

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In the EU, Article 4(2) of the InfoSoc Directive specifically addresses exhaustion, stating that the distribution right of the copyright holder is exhausted within the EU after the first sale or other transfer of ownership of a copy of a work with the rightholder’s consent. A solution?

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Clive Cops $1M in Additional Damages for Copyright Infringement

IP Whiteboard

The Federal Court of Australia has awarded additional damages in the highest order against Clive Palmer ( Palmer ) for his copyright infringement of the 1985 Twisted Sister’s rock song “ We’re Not Gonna Take It ” (the Song ). After being alerted to the UAP campaign, Universal commenced copyright infringement proceedings against Palmer.

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The De Minimis Concept in Copyright Cases – The Ninth Circuit Says What it is and What it Isn’t

The IP Law Blog

Wilmott Storage Services, LLC , decided September 9, 2021, the Ninth Circuit clarified the role that the de minimis concept plays in copyright infringement cases. In essence, the Ninth Circuit explained that de minimis goes to the amount of copying of a copyrighted work as opposed to any de minimis use or display of any such a work.

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Analysis of OTT Predominance and IPR Violations

IP and Legal Filings

This article covers copyright infringement and related rules for OTT platforms. A copyright is a legal privilege granted to the owner of intellectual property. It is the right to copy, as the name implies. Therefore, copyright means that the creator of a product has the legal right to it. Image source: Freepic].

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How to use a takedown notice

CopyrightsWorld

Copyright infringement and how to stop it is a question in the minds of most of us these days. The law that is our reference for answering this question is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The DMCA’s principal was adopted by the European Union in the Electronic Commerce Directive 2000.