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Audi and the Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection

Plagiarism Today

Over the weekend, the German carmaker Audi became the center of a massive plagiarism controversy as a new video campaign was accused of ripping off content from a prominent Chinese video blogger. Mange, who has nearly 4 million followers, pointed out the copying in a video comparing the two works. Audi has also removed the video.

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The Bizarre Career of Damien Hirst

Plagiarism Today

Though he clarified that they were not “direct copies”, he claimed there were similarities in style, color choices and techniques used that were overwhelming to him. A Successful Career Defined by Plagiarism. In 2000, Hirst was sued by a toy manufacturer over a sculpture he made that resembled a toy that they sold.

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When the Editor is the Plagiarist

Plagiarism Today

However, according to Haake, he immediately recognized the first lines from the letter being from one that he published in Physics World in the year 2000. All totaled, Haake discovered that McCrory had copied some 560 words of his, making up just over half of McCrory’s letter. But it appears that may not be the case either.

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Understanding the Relevance of IPR in the Fashion Industry

IP and Legal Filings

More specifically, in India, the design act, 2000 protects designs that feature shapes, patterns, ornaments, or compositions of lines or colors applied to any article in two or three-dimensional forms. Copyrights play a pivotal role in the fashion industry as well. Relevance of copyrights in the fashion industry.

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IPR and the World of Fashion

IIPRD

However, there lies an unfilled gap between the existence of such rights and their application in the real world which has led to the development of the omnipresent problem of copying an individual’s work rather than using one’s own craftsmanship. Protection under the Designs Act, 2000. Protection under the Copyright Act, 1957.

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The FTC’s Misguided Comments on Copyright Office Generative AI Questions

Patently-O

Copyright Office published a Notice of inquiry (“NOI”) and request for comments, Artificial Intelligence and Copyright, Docket No. We, who have been writing and teaching about copyright law and how it has responded to challenges posed by new technologies for decades, were among those who submitted comments, see [link].

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Court Slips Up in Duct-Taped Banana Copyright Case

Copyright Lately

A banana taped to a wall may qualify as art, but as a copyright infringement lawsuit it should have been left to rot. Plaintiff Joe Morford claims that the copyright in his artwork (L) has been infringed by defendant Maurizio Cattelan. Plagiarism much?” A Tale of Two Bananas. The Complaint.