Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

Yossman at Variety reports that Kanye West’s 2010 song Power has drawn a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over a sample the song contains of the King Crimson’s song 21st Century Schizoid Man. 2: Kanye West’s King Crimson Sample in ‘Power’ Sparks Lawsuit Against Universal Music. Next up today, K.J.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

2: Vir Das, Netflix Among Four Booked for Copyright Infringement. Next up today, The Indian Express reports that, in Mumbai, comedian vir Das, Netflix and others have been booked by the Mumbai Police under the nation’s copyright act following a complaint from a producer alleging infringement of a 2010 agreement.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

One of the brothers passed away in 2010 and is represented by his daughters, another is a member of the lawsuit and a third brother is not listed as a plaintiff. The lawsuit alleges that the two songs are similar in “structure, rhythm, type/tone/nature and/or arrangement.”

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2025

Based on the above allegation he had filed a civil suit and a criminal case against the director in 2010. Interestingly, the civil suit has been disposed of by the Madras High Court, holding that there is no copyright infringement, and the proceedings in the criminal case have been stayed.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

However, that is just the latest in a decade-long history of discussing copyright, plagiarism and other authorship issues as they pertain to Halloween and horror. So, this year we’re going to take a look back at the various tales of copyright infringement and/or plagiarism that we’ve looked at over the years.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The decade-long dispute between Google and Oracle over computer code’s copyrightability finally came to an end on April 5, 2021. Tianchu Gao is an IPilogue Writer and a 1L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . .

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

In February 2010, FDN entered into an agreement with CCA where FDN would build and host a website for CCA for the purpose of selling CCA-manufactured furniture. Also in 2018, FDN filed the original complaint, targeting both Amazon and CCA, alleging that they both breached contracts and committed copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Specifically, they alleged that the company failed to terminate repeat infringers. A Texas federal jury found Grande guilty of willful contributory copyright infringement, and the ISP was ordered to pay $47 million in damages to the record labels. $47 This went against the requirements under U.S. law, the music companies say.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Prabha Sridevan, Judge, MHC (2000-2010) and Chairperson, IPAB (2011-2013) was recently interviewed by SpicyIP Doctoral Fellow Malobika Sen as part of her doctoral research. The Madras HC dismissed Netflixs plea to reject the copyright infringement case filed by actor K Dhanush against actor Nayanthara Kurian over her documentary.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 9, 2022

However, its rise in popularity also brought with it a great deal of legal attention, and it was eventually shut down by an injunction in October 2010. Much of that perception comes from issues that NFTs have had, One of the more common ones is plagiarism and copyright infringement.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 31, 2022

The complaint alleged copyright infringement and violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by Wasatch Academy through the unauthorized use of a musical work controlled by Charming Beasts in a student film created by a student at Wasatch Academy in 2010.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 17, 2022

Again, it’s not clear why this change was made, but his name is certainly not unfamiliar when it comes to criminal copyright infringement cases. In this case, several people were convicted of criminal copyright infringement. Interestingly, Megaupload also played a role in the NinjaVideo case back in 2010.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Pearson, a large textbook and education company, accused Chegg of copyright infringement as Chegg publishes answers online to the questions found in Pearson’s textbooks. In its Answer, Chegg asserts multiple defenses, including that “any use of Pearson’s asserted copyrighted works by or through Chegg’s services constitutes fair use.”

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 28, 2023

Movie and TV show companies, including Village Roadshow, Universal, Warner, Paramount, Sony, 20th Century Fox, and Disney, sent copyright infringement notices to internet service provider iiNet, demanding action against its pirating subscribers. Authorization, Liability, Safe Harbor Citing various grounds, iiNet refused.

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Intepat

APRIL 23, 2021

Oracle first filed a copyright infringement case in the year 2010 saying that Google violated the copyright of the API and the 11,500 lines of code. The post Copyright Infringement Case: Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc. appeared first on Intepat IP.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 23, 2021

Historically, Canadian educational institutions negotiated licence agreements with copyright collectives Access Copyright and Copibec to fulfill their copying needs within the collectives’ repertoires. On December 23, 2010, the Copyright Board granted Access Copyright an interim tariff at the rate of $3.38

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 19, 2022

However, Watch Tower is still pursuing a parallel copyright infringement lawsuit against McFree in another court. ” As demonstrated in an RIAA music piracy case ruling back in 2010, alleged copyright infringers cannot simply claim First Amendment anonymity rights to avoid liability.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 20, 2022

In that case, several people were convicted of criminal copyright infringement, including the site’s founder Hana Beshara who was sentenced to 22 months in prison. In 2010, the FBI served Dotcom’s platform with a search warrant targeting files uploaded by NinjaVideo’s staff.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The anti-piracy body pioneered the so-called “graduated response” system back in 2010, with Hadopi tracking down copyright infringers using mainly BitTorrent networks and then warning, fining, or even disconnecting them.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 28, 2021

This includes phone jailbreaking, which was declared legal in 2010. These provisions are renewed every three years after the Copyright Office hears various arguments from stakeholders and the general public. They urged the Copyright Office not to grant the exemption as it would open the door to widespread piracy.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Over the years copyright holders have tried a multitude of measures to curb copyright infringement, with varying levels of success. In 2010 , it went to court demanding that local ISP Ziggo should block The Pirate Bay. Site blocking has emerged as one of the preferred solutions.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. HLG ultimately filed suit for copyright infringement.

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The IPKat

APRIL 21, 2022

In 2010, several right holders filed a criminal complaint for copyright infringement against three individuals involved with Rapidshare. In a recently published decision, the Zug Criminal Court ruled that the defendants were not liable for copyright infringement under criminal law.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Grande Communications believes that it shouldn’t be held liable for the alleged copyright infringements committed by its subscribers. “Grande disputes the plaintiffs’ claim that Grande is liable for acts of copyright infringement allegedly committed by its subscribers.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The ‘Humans of’ platforms that have arisen subsequent to the ‘Humans of New York’ (HoNY) platform, which was introduced by Brandon Stanton in 2010, include the HoB. The focal point of the discussions on art ethics and commercialization took a turn towards alleged copyright infringement in the case between HoB and PoI.

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Copyright Lately

JUNE 6, 2022

It’s not, although that hypothetical lawsuit wouldn’t have been as frivolous as the copyright infringement complaint that was actually filed on Friday. On June 3, Vince Vance, also known as Andy Stone, filed a copyright infringement complaint (read here) against Mariah Carey, co-writer Walter Afanasieff and Sony Music.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

MAY 12, 2013

In 2010, Justin Bieber, the wildly popular teen pop star, released a song, “Somebody to Love” with Usher providing back up vocals. Copeland states he never heard back from Usher, however, he did hear his song being sung on the radio by Bieber in 2010. Usher is accused in the infringement lawsuit of funneling the song to Bieber.

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The IPKat

APRIL 28, 2022

Here is the announcement from the UK IPO (full details can be found here ) : Since 2010 the Economics, Research and Evidence (ERE) team in the IPO has published more than 100 research reports involving leading experts from the UK and around the world. This team of economists, researchers and analysts are working to: Research time!

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 21, 2023

This worked well until it got banned, not because of copyright issues, but because Legit Torrents signed up for an offer that later turned out to generate fraudulent clicks. Speaking with TorrentFreak, Dustin notes that at its height in 2010, the site generated over $1,000 for a few months.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Publishing these materials can create substantial legal risk for research-focused bloggers, including the risk of copyright infringement. 2010 WL 4115413 (D. 2010), a blogger won a motion to dismiss for republishing 8 sentences of a 30 sentence new article. For example, in Righthaven LLC v. Realty One Group, Inc.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 16, 2025

Plagiarism and PMLA: Taking a look at the EDs involvement in the Shankar- Tamilnandan Enthiran Copyright Saga MHC stays ED’s move to attach Shankar’s assets under PMLA in connection with the 15-year-old Robot copyright dispute with writer Arur Tamilnandan. Living Media India Limited & Anr. vs Telegram Fz Llc & Ors.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

According to the United States government, this work earned Bencko more than $1 million in 2010 alone. Police report that the man was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued in Virginia, United States, after being “convicted of several crimes such as extortion, copyright infringement, or money laundering.”

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 9, 2021

First, website blocking is a disproportionate, ineffective and undesirable response to copyright infringement. Successive Canadian governments conducted extensive copyright consultations in 2010 (leading to the 2012 reforms to the law) and again in 2018.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 24, 2023

Introduction The Plaintiff is engaged in the construction business and is the proprietor of trademark BURJNOIDA in class 37 (for building and construction services) as of February 2, 2011, which it claims to have been using since December 24, 2010.

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The IPKat

MAY 18, 2024

To celebrate the start of this event, this Kat has found a recent judgment issued by the Tribunal judiciaire (TJ) of Lyon [ the birthplace of cinema ] concerning a case of copyright infringement relating to the still of a short film. But, for once, there was no question of originality. 131-2 and L. 131-3 of the CPI.

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SpicyIP

JULY 9, 2021

Recently, a copyright infringement suit had been filed before the District Court, Trivandrum, against Facebook India. A copyright holder has the exclusive right to communicate his work to the public and as the plaintiff’s sound recordings were used without authorisation, copyright infringement could be easily proved.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The software was first released in 2010 under the name “ Torrent Stream “ Three years later it rebranded its service to Ace Stream, after which it took off. LaLiga shouldn’t have had any problem contacting Ace Stream and both companies have discussed copyright infringement matters in the past.

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