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The Battle Over Poker NFTs

Plagiarism Today

I understand a lot of you may be upset that I saw a photo on social media and loved it enough to imitate it in a very different style. In 2009, the Associated Press filed a lawsuit against artist Shepherd Fairey over the famous Obama “Hope” poster that he designed. 1: The Shepard Fairey Dispute.

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YouTube Isn’t Liable for User Uploads of Animal Abuse Videos–Lady Freethinker v. YouTube

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Thus, Lady Freethinker sued YouTube for breach of contract and related claims. (A Same thing with the Lori Drew prosecution from 2009). I’m ignoring the complicating effects of various social media censorship laws that may require Internet services to enforce their TOSes as written, a requirement I think is unconstitutional).

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Examples of Text and Data Mining Research Using Copyrighted Materials

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Other TDM projects have examined social media and other online sources to track and explain COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy, and to identify High-Risk COVID-19 patients. For example, Shasha Teng et al analyzed a dataset of 43,203 YouTube comments to scrutinize the correlations between vaccine hesitancy factors and vaccination intention.

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How to Avoid Pitfalls on the Way to Decentralized Disney

Copyright Lately

NFTs were minted Money was advanced The underlying contracts Never got a glance Dreams of exploitation From Florida to France But no rights were acquired The kids don’t stand a chance. — “The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance, Aaron’s Version” ( with apologies to Vampire Weekend ). Definitely. And a quick review of U.S.

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The Legal Matrix of Professional Esports Player Contracts in Indian Gaming Industry

IP and Legal Filings

In the same way in which casters and commentators were used to accommodate in traditional sports, in e-sports sector also the producers, editors are having different event managers, social media managers, players and game testers etc. [ 2 ] As there is no specific legislation regarding e-sports, most of the work is contract oriented.

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false advertising & bankruptcy law: $18 million for deceptive campaign in violation of automatic stay

43(B)log

On social media: "Were U planning on telling UR customers" [to switch before they lose service]? for the losses caused by intentionally and wrongfully interfering with the Debtors’ customer contracts and good will. The court found that yes, Charter was in contempt of the automatic stay, and should be sanctioned $19,179,329.45

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Trump’s Must-Carry Lawsuit Against Twitter Moved to Twitter’s Home Court–Trump v. Twitter

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Twitter’s TOS, which Trump agreed to in 2009 when he created his account, contains a mandatory venue clause. Now Twitter has done the same. (A A reminder that Trump’s legal filings routinely make brain-meltingly stupid arguments. This one is no exception). ” The court gently shreds this argument. This is not a hard case.