TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2025

Then seemingly out of nowhere, in 2008/2009 the government began shutting down popular sites including Extremebits, Rapthe , Superfundo and later, LeechersLair. Excellent infrastructure and limited anti-piracy action made Malaysia a popular hosting location back when torrent sites were in their prime.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MAY 27, 2022

Posted on August 6, 2009. Traverse Legal: Mary Roach has a great post at CircleID on an area that we have talked about extensively, namely, copyright takedowns under the Digital Millennium Copyright. The post Best of 2009: The DMCA and the search engine appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 5, 2024

Sony Wins Early But Cooler Heads Prevail Software quite rightly receives protection under copyright law but in Datel, Sony wants a ruling that outlaws the modification of variables generated by software that only ever exist in RAM and form no part of the underlying copyrighted source code.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In that apology, Butz admitted he was “clearly ignorant about copyright laws and got defensive when it was brought to my attention.” 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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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Historical lookback The amendment to the existing copyright law act of 1957 was carried out owing to the sensitization of issue of copyright management and revenue sharing structure that is fair and reasonable to all owners and writers of filmed and recorded works. [i] Magic Mantra Vision. [ii] Magic Mantra Vision, CS (OS) NO.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 3, 2024

Shivam is a 2020 law graduate from Benaras Hindu University and is a former law researcher at the Delhi High Court. AI Image generated by Shivam, using Gencraft Copyright Bill, 1955: the Best Copyright Law that India Never Had By Shivam Kaushik Seen from Nehru’s eyes , Indian independence was a ‘tryst’ with destiny.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JUNE 14, 2023

The post Best of 2009: “Infinity Dollars” — IP damages and the jury, Part 1 appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. A lot of people, including judges, lawyers and civilians, don’t seem to really understand what statutory damages are all about. They are not supposed to be a windfall (discussed more.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Following their victory at the local elections, the Swedish Pirate Party secured a seat at the European Parliament in 2009, with another one being added a year later. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. But they were wrong to dismiss this political movement right off the bat.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Originally posted 2009-11-24 17:22:33. Republished by Blog Post PromoterYehuda Berlinger, whose poetic version of the Lanham Act we linked to anon, also did the Copyright Act last summer. Somehow I missed it, but since then I’ve been doing a lot more copyright litigation anyway, so I can use it now.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2022

“Customers are not prosecuted, they do not make copyrighted material available, which is one of the requirements to be a violation of copyright law,” says Brita Wallström who works with the police’s National Operational Department (NOA). Instead, Wallström says that for users, it’s a moral issue.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 1, 2025

Through the Copyright Amendment Act, 2012, DRM and TPMs received a legal sanction as the newly introduced Section 65A (1) criminalised the act of circumventing the DRM with the intention to infringe on copyright laws. In 2009 , users woke up to find their purchased copy of 1984 had disappeared from their library.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

At the time, similar services were also being offered by several of Finland’s internet service providers but for the members of the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Center (CIAPC, also known as TTVK), this was a serious breach of copyright law.

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Originally posted 2009-12-22 17:19:47. This Copywrite blog is really good. Republished by Blog Post Promoter The post Copywrite appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Originally posted 2009-08-27 17:38:37. At the time, Flickr claimed it had acted on advice of counsel due to legal issues involving copyright […] The post No joke appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 2, 2022

Barrie's Peter Pan , first staged in 1904, and so the parties were in agreement that under copyright law, both the name and the character are in the public domain. It has used TINKER BELL as a trademark for dolls since 2007 and registered the mark in 2009 without a Section 2(f) acquired distinctiveness claim.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

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]. In addition, conduct that may be consistent with the copyright laws nevertheless may violate Section 5. That is far too hasty.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 12, 2024

To protect the right of creators, Copyright law was introduced, fostering creative innovation. Copyright Law and Insufficient Injunctions The British Statute of Anne, 1710, was the first copyright statute. Retrieved February 27, 2023, from [link] [ii] Copyright Act, 1957, S 55. DIGITAL AROUND THE WORLD.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

OCTOBER 28, 2012

A student from Thailand whose search for inexpensive college textbooks has now led to a legal battle involving federal copyright law that could determine the legal rights of Americans to sell thousands of used products on eBay, Craigslist and at garage sales and flea markets, as well. By: Sharon Urias, Esq.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Retroactive and Prospective Assignment Agreement A prospective transfer of intellectual property rights (IPRs) is dependent on the occurrence of future events and is most commonly used in copyright law. Similarly, for Copyright law, the assignment agreement should be in writing and duly executed.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

AI and Copyright: More Developments – Human Prompts are Not ‘Direct Instructions’ After the Thaler case, the US Copyright Office passed another interesting order on AI-generated works, this time refusing the registration due to the work’s failure to meet the de-minimis threshold.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the district court level, the law of copyright preemption is a morass of ad hoc explanations of whether certain contracts are “equivalent” to the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright law. Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 4, 2021

In the age of cryptocurrency, the first move was advanced by the introduction of Bitcoin, which was introduced in a white paper in 2008, and then it came to be launched in 2009. This, in turn, is rewarded with the newly created cryptocurrency. Since then, there have been more than 2500 cryptocurrencies.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 11, 2023

No strict actions are taken against these infringements; in fact, in a Supreme Court case in Japan in 2009 [1] the creator of file sharing program known as ‘Winny’ was not found guilty of infringing content through providing file-sharing software and his actual intent of legitimate legal use was considered over the alleged infringement.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

Just don’t forget about real world copyright law. ? trademark office records reveals that Viacom obtained rights in a broad array of TMNT marks after a highly-publicized purchase from the Mirage Group in 2009. NFT enthusiasts envision a fictional world of fan-owned creative properties and character crossovers.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

More recently in 2020, Sankalp Jain discussed the copyright challenges in “Dreams,” a video game enabling user-generated content, arguing for the Indian copyright law’s limitations in addressing the the issues around the fan-made creations within the game.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 2, 2021

Such measures, as provided for under Section 15, are highlighted below: Goods having applied thereto a counterfeit trademark within the meaning of the Penal Code, 1860, or a false trade description within the meaning of the Trademarks Act, 2009; Goods made or produced outside Bangladesh and having applied thereto any name or trademark, being or purporting (..)

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Copyright Law Why are we so sure facts are excluded from the statute when the statute doesn’t use that word and uses a lot of other words. saying in 2009 we’re not going to touch this Q b/c it’s of far-reaching significance and could jeopardize every registered copyright. Looked at leg history and cases cited by Feist.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2025

Image created by AI The concept of lawfulness in relation to user status or user acts has been gradually established in EU digital copyright law as a condition for the enjoyment of certain copyright exceptions. However, the concept has proliferated inconsistently, lacking a clear normative content and shape.

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Likelihood of Confusion

APRIL 16, 2022

Posted November 24, 2009. Yes, people do have some funny ideas of what kinds of things to protect with copyright, don’t they? The post Best of 2009: They always get their man appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. A few years ago, criminal enterprise Milberg.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2024

In the summer of 2009, hackers from all over the world gathered at an outdoor conference near Vierhouten in the Netherlands. The greatest defeat came in a Usenet-related lawsuit, where the court ultimately ruled that the provider was not violating copyright law. And that, in turn. Which is what the customer wants.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

copyright law, a particularly confusing subject for foreign works published before 1978. copyright law. Drawing on Twin Books , they argued, “a publication of a work in the United States without the statutory notice of copyright fell into the public domain,” as per the U.S. Copyright Act of 1909.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Jakub Wyczik (University of Silesia in Katowice) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the application of copyright subsistence criteria. Human author It is well known that copyright protects products of the human mind (see Feist v.

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Intepat

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Introduction The principle of the first sale doctrine is a basic precept of copyright law allowing the lawful possessor of a copyrighted work to resell, lend, or distribute that work without the permission of the copyright holder. Conclusion The digital-first sale doctrine remains an open area of copyright law.

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SpicyIP

MAY 2, 2022

We’re pleased to bring you a guest post from Akshat Agrawal on a recent order that raised questions on the extent / limitations of the exemptions and limitations to Indian copyright law. New(s) Questions and Fair Use: Using Copyright to Curtail Expression? You can see his previous posts for us here. In Ashdown v.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

The “context shifting” fair use cases then of Vanderhye , Google Books , and Hathi Trust therefore not only remain good law, but the precise perimeters delineating the context-shifting doctrine still appear quite vast. 2009); Authors Guild v. See generally A.V. Vanderhye v. iParadigms, LLC ,562 F.3d 3d 630 (4th Cir. Google, Inc. ,

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

A very crucial discussion on this front began with Prashant’s post pondering whether TKDL is a ‘confidential database ,’ and compliant with Indian copyright law, which it apparently was not! IP, trade, and Customs: As I trawled through the past posts, a 2009 post caught my attention: ‘twas Prof.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

A series of recent amendments to copyright law, including in the EU Copyright and the Digital Single Market Directive (Art. 3 and 4) and in Singapore’s new Copyright Act (Art. 243, 244), seek to protect the ability of text and data mining researchers to use copyrighted content in their work.

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