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Police Tracked Traffic of All National ISPs to Catch Pirate IPTV Users

TorrentFreak

In the wake of Hollywood’s 2005 win at the U.S. A copy letter obtained by Iilsole24ore identifies the send as the Nucleo Speciale Tutela Privacy e Frodi Tecnologiche , a Guardia di Finanza unit specializing in IT-related crime. No longer useful for spreading files, many were repurposed to spread fear.

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Journey Through “Octobers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present) 

SpicyIP

In another development, Publishers united to Fight Copyright Infringement on ResearchGate , although it was settled out of court. I recommend reading Nikhil’s 3-part post examining the Sci-hub case and Divij’s post examining Sci-Hub and the Disruption of the Academic Publishing Industry. Corruption in IP Offices, Anything New?

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3 Count: Public Telegram

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Manish Singh at TechCrunch reports that the messaging platform Telegram has disclosed names, phone numbers and IP addresses of administrators that are accused of operating copyright-infringing channels on the service. The service was founded in 2005 and acquired by Cyando AG in 2012.

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The Copyright Quandary regarding the Delhi High Court Rules on Live-streaming of Court Proceedings

SpicyIP

Supreme Court of India , which dealt with issues of confidentiality, privacy (prior consent) of litigants and witnesses, restrictions on access to proceedings of trials and the preservation of the larger public interest due to the sensitivity of the proceedings. These are based on the principles set forth in Swapnil Tripathi v.

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Modern monarchy and the media: Duchess of Sussex wins historic privacy case against the British tabloids

IP Whiteboard

The Duchess of Sussex) was recently granted summary judgment in a privacy claim against Associated Newspapers Limited, over the publication of extracts from a hand-written letter to her father (see HRH The Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2021] EWHC 273 (Ch) ). Background. The Duke of Sussex, a.k.a.

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Right of Publicity Part 2

IP and Legal Filings

Right To Publicity- A Constitutional Right The right of publicity stems from the right of privacy. But right to privacy only came to be recognised as a fundamental right in the year 2017 in the case of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (retd.) Union of India and Ors. Nonetheless, in R. Rajagopal v. State of T.N., State of T.N.,

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2021 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Apple positions itself as more privacy-supportive than the other tech giants, but then it committed an unforgiveable privacy faux pas by unveiling plans to proactively scan client-side files for illegal CSAM. Courts in the Second Circuit keep indicating that various forms of linking may constitute copyright infringement.