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Disclosure of Pirates’ Identities “Compatible With EU Privacy Laws”

TorrentFreak

million) but according to digital rights group La Quadrature du Net, Hadopi’s “mass internet surveillance” destroyed citizens’ fundamental right to privacy. Operating the program for a decade cost French taxpayers 82 million euros ($86.5

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Taking Publicity and Privacy to the Grave: Delhi High Court on Descendability of Publicity Rights

SpicyIP

Arguments and Decision The plaintiff argued that the defendant has violated the late actor’s privacy and personality rights by its unauthorised use. The Hon’ble Court correctly dismissed the injunction application and upheld the non-descendability of the right to privacy and right to publicity. Maneka Gandhi and Deepa Jayakumar v.

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“Private” Facebook Groups Aren’t Legally “Private”–Davis v. HDR

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The plaintiff sued HDR for ECPA and common law privacy violations. Plaintiff had no authority over the Groups’ privacy settings and no voice in the screening process used to determine membership. While the court’s opinion is appropriately grounded in the precedent, it was tone-deaf to the privacy invasion. Implications.

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Anti-Piracy Program Accused of Violating Citizens’ Fundamental Rights

TorrentFreak

Between 2010 and 2020, Hadopi issued 12.7 File-sharers had issues with the program for obvious reasons but for digital rights group La Quadrature du Net , massive internet surveillance to protect copying rights had arrived at the expense of citizens’ fundamental right to privacy.

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LimeWire to Return to Sell NFTs

Plagiarism Today

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. If anything, it just further connects NFTs with piracy and lack of security/privacy. Since then, not much has been done with the name LimeWire.

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Apple’s Dynamic Use of Trademark Law and Jamaica for its Dynamic Island Feature

IPilogue

Apple has a history of filing trademark applications in foreign jurisdictions going back to as early as 2010 , but is not the only company with knowledge of this strategy. On the other hand, perhaps not all companies deem a six-month window of privacy valuable enough to pursue this lengthy process. It is not just Apple.

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Vempati Ravi Shankar – Facebook Copyright Dispute: Issues on Moral Rights and Posthumous Enforcement of Celebrity Rights

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In 2010, in Kirtibhai Raval v. Raghuram Jaisukhram Chandrani the plaintiff (a descendant of late Jalaram Bapu) had claimed that Jalaram Bapu’s right to privacy and publicity would be violated if the defendants made a film about his life. Here, there was no discussion if privacy survives an individual’s death. Rajagopal v.