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LimeWire to Return to Sell NFTs

Plagiarism Today

Initially released in May 2000, Limewire was a peer-to-peer file sharing service that found a great deal of success and infamy following the closure of Napster in July 2001. Even as the NFT market has grown to billions of dollars, public perception remains very low. Since then, not much has been done with the name LimeWire.

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A plea for EU copyright unification coming from … the EUIPO?

The IPKat

A short history of copyright harmonization in the EU Since the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957, the process of European integration has been linked to the creation of an internal market, where a number of basic freedoms – including freedom of movement of goods and services – would be guaranteed.

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Another referral to the CJEU concerning communication to the public in hotel rooms (case C-723/22)

The IPKat

3(1) Directive 2001/29/EC as transposed into the German Copyright Act. § The German broadcaster namely explained that it was a common practice on the German market and that numerous German hotels (including, as we remember, the defendant in Citadines case) concluded such agreements. Hence, they do not perform cable retransmission.

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Legal Analysis Of Copyright Issues In YouTube And Other Social Media Content

IP and Legal Filings

Both individuals and organisations may now share, communicate, and market their goods or themselves. Copyright violations through internet use are governed by the Information Technology Act and Rule 2001. Social media sites include a number of tools for this purpose, such as re-posting, sharing, and re-tweeting [1].

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Legal tender in El Salvador: First the U.S. dollar, and now Bitcoin

The IPKat

Bitcoin is established as legal tender, adding it to the United States dollar, which was adopted in 2001 (the Salvadoran Colón is a legal tender in El Salvador, pursuant to the Monetary Integration Law, but in practice it is not in current use). The exchange rate will be set by the market. All prices can be established in Bitcoin.

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Online conference announcement: 'The Making of EU Copyright'

The IPKat

2021 is a momentous year for EU copyright law: it is the 30th anniversary since the adoption of the first ever copyright directive (the Software Directive 1991/250) and the 20th since the passing of the seminal InfoSoc Directive 2001/29. To celebrate the publication of Copyright in the Digital Single Market.

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Choosing the Right Intellectual Property Protection

IIPRD

Understanding Different Types of Intellectual Property Trademarks A trademark is like a unique identity for a brandit can be a name, logo, slogan, label, packaging, shape, a mix of colours, or even a combination of any of themthat makes a product or service stand out in the market. or (a golden arch) means McDonald’s.