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How South Africa Handles Notice and Takedown

Plagiarism Today

Find the Host’s Designated Agent: Hosts designate an agent to receive copyright notices on their behalf. Complete a Takedown Notice: Fill out a takedown notice with all the required information. This person can usually be found on the host’s website and/or in a central repository.

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Smells Like Copyright Infringement

IPilogue

publications of the translated work, which lacked both registration and copyright notice in Scott-Giles’ name. 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. They brought evidence of U.S.

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Federal Circuit Reverses PTAB on Printed Publication Status of Operating Manuals

Patently-O

The manual also included a copyright notice that the Board found prevented substantial distribution. For instance, Weber employees testified that the operating manuals could be obtained either upon purchase of the Weber food slicer or upon request directed to a Weber employee. Boston Scientific Corp. , 3d 1319 (Fed.

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1202 and Lanham Act claims can't save lawsuit against embedding photos

43(B)log

Misattributed authorship is the same for these purposes as misattributed licensing status—allowing the claim would interfere too much with copyright and the Federal Circuit has understandably applied Ninth Circuit law to hold that authorship is also not a nature, characteristic, or quality of goods. Baden Sports, Inc. Molten USA, Inc.,

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Copyright Office Technical Measures Consultations

43(B)log

The OTW’s nonprofit, volunteer-operated website hosting transformative noncommercial works, the Archive of Our Own, was launched in late 2009. It has over 4.2 million registered users, hosts over 8.5 Given all this, the idea of using technical measures to prescreen content is foolish and counterproductive.