Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

1: Marvel Sues to Prevent Losing Copyrights to ‘Avengers’ Characters. First off today, Tin Baysinger at The Wrap reports that Marvel has filed a series of five lawsuits that challenge the copyright termination notices filed by heirs of famed creator Stan Lee in hopes of retaining the rights to some of its most popular characters.

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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. copyright law. It is arguably, as Stanford law professor Mark Lemley coined it, “ the copyright case of the century. ” . The case meandered through constant reversals of judicial judgements.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

However, he alleges that it doesn’t follow the terms of the licenses, including attribution and a copyright notice. 2: Vir Das, Netflix Among Four Booked for Copyright Infringement. million users.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

It deals with whether Amazon and/or CCA infringed FDN’s copyrights by scraping descriptions from their website for use as part of Amazon’s product listings. It’s a confusing question with no easy answer, but it’s an issue that puts the copyright registration of every website at risk. Understanding the Case.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Section 1201 of the DMCA prohibits the circumvention of copyright controls without permission. 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.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

(This post has been co-authored with SpicyIP Intern Aditi Agrawal and Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan) Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summary of the posts on taking stock of ANI vs OpenAI copyright litigation (Part I and II), and Machine Unlearning and the ANI vs OpenAI case. Anything we are missing out on?

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IPilogue

AUGUST 23, 2021

On July 30, the Supreme Court of Canada released their much-anticipated judgement in York University v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) [ York University ]. This was a drastic increase from the fees stipulated in the 1994 to 2010 licence agreement between Access Copyright and post-secondary institutions.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Thousands will compete, many are objectively baseless, but only five can be crowned the worst of the worst copyright lawsuits of 2023. We’re nearing the end of December, which means it’s time for Copyright Lately ’s annual worst-of list. When Netflix refused to pay up, Cramer sued for copyright infringement. Polychron v.

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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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Copyright Lately

JUNE 6, 2022

Musician Andy “Vince Vance” Stone claims that Mariah Carey’s classic “All I Want for Christmas is You” infringes the copyright in his own song of the same name. Cue the Copyright Lawsuit. As copyright infringement complaints go, this one is most notable for what it doesn’t include.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

While traditional copyright protects human-authored works, the lack of a singular human creator in AI-powered music throws a wrench in the system. [1] 1] This Paper explores the potential justifications for and against copyright protection for music composed by artificial intelligence (“AI”).

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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. The move marks just the latest shift in the NFT space that should give creators and copyright holders pause for concern. Since then, not much has been done with the name LimeWire.

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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. But this case establishes that API instructions are copyrightable. The post Copyright Infringement Case: Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The departments just released the submissions they received to one of three consultations on copyright, this one on intermediary liability issues. First, website blocking is a disproportionate, ineffective and undesirable response to copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 17, 2022

“Although both civil copyright actions are stayed at this time, the rulings in one action may affect or control issues in the other when active litigation resumes; therefore, the Court has prudently assigned them a single District Judge to preside over both,” the notice reads. At the time of writing, no such request has been made.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. German copyright law stipulates that the author is entitled to appropriate remuneration for every use of their work (Section 32 UrhG). These provisions served as, among other things, models for Articles 18 and 20 in the new DSM Copyright Directive (2019/790).

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 19, 2022

Someone on the internet has breached Watch Tower’s copyrights and, as a result, their true names and addresses should be handed over so that the group can seek remedy for infringement. However, Watch Tower is still pursuing a parallel copyright infringement lawsuit against McFree in another court.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

If you like your turkey with a side of copyright infringement, you’ve come to the right place. But before you enter your tryptophan-induced coma, feast your eyes on Copyright Lately ‘s platter of 5 Thanksgiving-themed copyright cases, all stuffed with a generous helping of legal fowl play. Ahh, Thanksgiving.

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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

MAY 20, 2022

Although both civil copyright actions are stayed at this time, the rulings in one action may affect or control issues in the other when active litigation resumes; therefore, the Court has prudently assigned them a single District Judge to preside over both,” Megaupload’s lawyers wrote.

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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. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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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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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. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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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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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

From former Guest Kat Peter Ling comes an interesting report on that most rare of copyright cases, a criminal complaint based on infringement. In 2010, several right holders filed a criminal complaint for copyright infringement against three individuals involved with Rapidshare.

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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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SpicyIP

MARCH 16, 2025

A quick glance at last week finding the real Burger King saga continues now at the Supreme Court, EDs involvement in the Shankar-Tamilnandan copyright case, right to health and compulsory licensing for rare disease medicine Risdiplam. The inclusion of copyright infringement in an anti-money laundering statute sounds a little strange, right?

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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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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws. Of note, in DRG Inc.

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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. In at least two emails sent by Dotcom to Bencko and his colleagues, all were roundly criticized for deleting too much content in response to copyright holder complaints. of Megaupload’s shares. .”

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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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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

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

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. This includes a subset of pirates, who utilize the software to rebroadcast copyrighted live streams, including many sports matches. Third-Party Piracy.

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