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Copyright Infringement and Remedies in Nigeria

IPilogue

Copyright infringement is the violation and piracy of an author’s exclusive right through the unauthorized use of a Copyright-protected work. Section 15 (1) (a)-(g) of the Copyright Act, C28, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (“LFN”), 2004 , provides several acts that amount to copyright infringement in Nigeria.

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Google Addresses Scraped and Spun Content

Plagiarism Today

In a similar question at 17:05 in the same video, another user asked, “Why Google is not taking action on copy or spun web stories? This combination, as we discussed in this retrospective, has been around since at least 2004 , spearheaded by the then-popular Article Bot software. Can you check on Discover?”.

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Sony vs. Datel: Game Cheat Copyright Questions Referred to EU’s Top Court

TorrentFreak

Sony Sends in the Lawyers When Sony released the PSP in 2004, the race to run ‘homebrew’ software on the PSP also began. Gaming giant sony responded with a copyright infringement lawsuit targeting two companies and a director connected to the Datel products. Does a revision exist within the meaning of Art.

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Same Old Spin: Why Access Copyright Needs a Reality Check on Canadian Copyright

Michael Geist

York University has unsurprisingly been applauded by the education community, which having faced years of litigation launched by the copyright collective, now finds its position vindicated. Yet Access Copyright has returned to its longstanding playbook of downplaying Supreme Court decisions and misleading its own members in the process.

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Supreme Court of Canada on Copyright: “Copyright Law Does Not Exist Solely for the Benefit of Authors”

Michael Geist

The Supreme Court rejected the request, concluding that an additional payment for downloads would violate the principle of technological neutrality, famously stating: In our view, there is no practical difference between buying a durable copy of the work in a store, receiving a copy in the mail, or downloading an identical copy using the Internet.

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TorrentFreak’s Most-Read News Articles of 2022

TorrentFreak

Adblocking Does Not Constitute Copyright Infringement. In January, Axel Springer lost its copyright infringement lawsuit against Eyeo GmbH, the company behind Adblock Plus. In March, a high-quality Blu-ray copy of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ leaked online , weeks before the official physical release.

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Ninth Circuit Concludes Direct Copying Can Be Evidence of “Secondary Meaning” for Trade Dress Infringement 

LexBlog IP

. (“JSC”) against Trendily Furniture, LLC, Trendily Home Collection, and Raul Malhotra (collectively, “Trendily”) finding Trendily liable for trade dress infringement for willfully copying, manufacturing, and selling identical JSC furniture pieces. Trade dress is not intrinsically protectable.

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