SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2025

On February 20, the ED released a press statement on its move to attach the directors asset in light of the 15 year old copyright dispute between the director and writer Aarur Tamilnadan. In this post, we will examine the foreseeable consequences of applying a money laundering law to a copyright dispute.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This was in part because the company feared running afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). That’s because many people who reported copyright infringing content to Facebook were turned away by a DMCA takedown system that threw nothing but obstacles. Back in 2011, Google had a serious problem.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2022

Unicolors is the owner of copyrights in various fabric designs, including a 2011 copyright registration that consisted of 31 separate designs. If so, Justice Breyer continued, does that mistake even matter for purposes of determining whether Unicolor should prevail on its copyright infringement claim.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

The defense concluded that the case was without merits, thus not violating copyright laws. ISSUES ARISING OUT OF DISPUTE The legal validity of the agreements signed by Nayanthara or Vignesh, including an assignment of copyright of any videos, photos, or other works created on the set of Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, is under scrutiny by the court.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 5, 2021

Last week’s Supreme Court of Canada copyright decision in Access Copyright v. York University has unsurprisingly been applauded by the education community, which having faced years of litigation launched by the copyright collective, now finds its position vindicated. The same was true after the Access Copyright v.

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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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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 30, 2022

Finally, another student has come forward and accused Farhadi of doing something similar when they were at a similar workshop in 2011. However, I know very little about Iranian copyright law. and European copyright law. Though much of copyright law is fairly standardized internationally, it may or may not apply to Iran.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This was in stark contrast to what Mueller said in June 2021, when he openly admitted that, on occasion, Google can accidentally rank copied content over original works and encouraged people to file copyright notices. For cases where filing a copyright notice is appropriate, that is still likely the best approach.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

He claimed that that country’s failure to ensure the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions, that is: his copyright due to the unauthorized reproduction and online publication of his work, breached his human right to the peaceful enjoyment of his IP. Comment The first thing to note is that this application was lodged in 2011.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 25, 2022

Streaming giant Pandora has been hit with multiple copyright infringement lawsuits. Pandora was named in a series of copyright infringement suits in early February this year that were later combined into one consolidated action before the United States District Court in the Central District of California.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 20, 2022

This form of web scraping began to fall out of favor in 2011 following a series of Google search updates that de-prioritized scraped websites. In fact, the ruling leaves open a variety of approached LinkedIn could take, including copyright infringement , in particular violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 16, 2022

However, that essay contained parts that were plagiarized (albeit with heavy rewriting) from a 2011 post on this site. Though Bello’s actions definitely crossed an ethical line when it comes to reusing content, it’s not a copyright infringement that I can figure. This is an area where copyright and plagiarism do not overlap.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The Government of Hong Kong has released a public consultation paper on updating Hong Kong’s copyright regime on 24 November 2021. Basic Background to the Existing Copyright Regime To those who are not familiar with the laws of Hong Kong, copyright is governed by the Copyright Ordinance (Cap. 528) (“ the Ordinance ”).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Photographs are under the subject matter of copyright which means that photographs are artistic works that attract copyright protection. In India, photographs enjoy copyright protection under Section 2 (c) i of the Copyright Act, 1957 , which mentions the certain types of artistic works granted copyright protection in India.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In order to train their technologies, should AI companies be allowed to use works under copyright protection without consent? Such uses, they argue, constitute copyright infringement. Judge Denny Chin initially found Google liable for failing to secure the consent of copyright owners before scanning their books.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 27, 2023

Representing the movie and music industries, BREIN argued that NSE must delete all infringing content from its servers, and in 2011 the Court of Amsterdam sided with the anti-piracy group. As a result, the company was ordered to remove all copyrighted content and filter future posts for possible copyright infringements.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

The author or creator of any theatrical, literary, creative, or musical work has an exclusive right to copyright. It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Image Source: gettyimages]. What are takedown services?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Copyright infringement and De Minimis are often replaced to complement each other. However, de minimis is sometimes used as a defence in a copyright lawsuit. More often than not, the lawsuits filed for copyright infringement are cases of de minimis and thereto, get dismissed on the anvil of frivolity. INTRODUCTION.

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SpicyIP

MAY 23, 2022

We’re pleased to bring you a guest post on a recent Supreme Court order where certain offences under the Copyright Act were held to be cognizable and non-bailable. The Supreme Court’s Unsettling Attempt at Settling the Debate on Section 63 of the Copyright Act. The post is co-authored by Akshat Agrawal and Sangita Sharma.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 11, 2022

Government regularly goes after copyright-infringing companies and individuals, both domestically and abroad. That doesn’t mean that there are no copyright issues within its own ranks. At the United States Court of Federal Claims, the German company accused the US Navy of mass copyright infringement.

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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. The studios filed an appeal and two out of three judges sided with iiNet in 2011.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 3, 2021

” The decision removes any doubt that the Supreme Court remains strongly supportive of user’s rights in copyright and vindicates years of educational policy in shifting away from Access Copyright toward alternative means of ensuring compliance with copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In the years following its first release in 2011, Minecraft captured a truly massive audience. Mojang sent a DMCA takedown notice to its sister company GitHub, targeting 92 copyright-infringing repositories. After seeing enough, Mojang urged GitHub to take the repositories offline, citing trademark and copyright infringements.

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The IP Law Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Wilmott Storage Services, LLC , decided September 9, 2021, the Ninth Circuit clarified the role that the de minimis concept plays in copyright infringement cases. In essence, the Ninth Circuit explained that de minimis goes to the amount of copying of a copyrighted work as opposed to any de minimis use or display of any such a work.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Six years ago, the US Navy was sued for mass copyright infringement and accused of causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. — A copy of the Federal Claims Court’s order, granting Bitmanagement $154,400 in copyright infringement damages is available here (pdf). Bitmanagement Wins Appeal.

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Intepat

JANUARY 5, 2024

However, it opens the gateway to anonymous pirates to duplicate copyrighted works and disseminate them online. Due to the fact that it is not practicable for copyright owners to detect and fine-tooth comb all the individual users, copyright owners depend on and hold liable the internet intermediaries that allow pirated works to exist.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 24, 2023

In the years following its initial release in 2011, Minecraft captured a truly massive audience. Interestingly, another Microsoft-owned company has been at the center of several copyright disputes recently. According to Mojang, these are all copyright infringing, even though they may not all use copyrighted content directly.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This burgeoning genre is not only pushing the boundaries of artistic expression but also challenging the established norms of copyright ownership. This blog post embarks on a comprehensive journey to unravel the complex issue of copyright ownership in AI-generated art. Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 25, 2022

District Court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant with regard to a copyright infringement suit. Lang Van is a California corporation that produces and distributes Vietnamese music and entertainment, owning the copyrights to thousands of songs and programs. District Court in California.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2023

Christian Engström went on to become the first Pirate Member of the European Parliament, with Amelia Andersdotter taking the second seat in 2011. Unfortunately, those passing by included unnamed rightsholders who filed a criminal copyright complaint with the police. It wouldn’t be the last. It is his lifelong hobby.”

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2025

The notice references a regulatory order to block public DNS resolvers, stemming from a court order concerning claims of copyright infringement against pirate streaming sites. Pro Site-Blocking ISPs Site blocking has existed in Belgium for close to 15 years with The Pirate Bay an early target back in 2011.

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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

JULY 19, 2021

As a new case involving Dwight Yoakam illustrates, serving a copyright termination notice is fraught with potential pitfalls, and mistakes come easy and often. For a copyright lawyer, there are few things as nerve-racking as preparing a copyright termination notice. The Copyright Termination Notice.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

According to the documents , the aim of the SPARKS group (which was active between 2011 to early 2020) was to fraudulently obtain DVDs and Blu-Ray discs for copyrighted movies and television shows prior to their retail release date, remove the copyright protections, and distribute the files via SPARKS-controlled servers.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 14, 2021

Publishers Sue IA For Copyright Infringement. “Defendant IA is engaged in willful mass copyright infringement,” the complaint alleged. ” With claims including direct infringement on a sample of 127 books, the publishers demanded $150,000 in statutory damages per infringement.

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