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Software Downloads Netflix & Disney+ Videos to Make DRM-Free Copies

TorrentFreak

Long before the advent of legitimate online video streaming services, torrent sites and similar platforms allowed users to download and keep copies of movies and TV shows. Is it permissible to download and keep copies of movies and TV shows if you’ve paid for a legal subscription? Copyright Law and DRM.

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Remixing and Remastering Music in US Copyright Law: Some Reflections after Arty v Marshmello

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In 2019, Artem Stoliarov, a Russian DJ whose stage name is Arty, filed a lawsuit before the US District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that Marshmello’s song ‘ Happier ’ copied the synthesizer melody from his 2014 remix of OneRepublic’s ‘I Lived’ (OneRepublic is an American pop rock band). CBS ( Case No.

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3 Count: Dark Horse Dismissal

Plagiarism Today

1: Katy Perry Wins in Dark Horse Copyright Appeal. The lawsuit was filed in 2014 by musician Marcus, Gray, who claimed Dark Horse was an infringement of his earlier song, Joyful Noise. copyright law. Genius filed the lawsuit in 2019 alleging that Google was unlawfully copying lyrics to songs that they had hosted.

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UK Government axes plans to broaden existing text and data mining exception

The IPKat

As it is discussed at greater length elsewhere ( here ), TDM is an example of an area in which legislative intervention has been broadly justified by reference to the need of freeing up certain copyright-covered spaces to facilitate research and increase innovation and competitiveness.

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Permissibility Of A Waiver Of Moral Rights Of An Author Under The Copyright Regime

IP and Legal Filings

Article 6bis of the Convention fails to establish a period or tenure for an author’s moral rights, leaving it to the discretion of the Convention’s contracting parties. Facts: The plaintiff set out to complete the difficult undertaking after entering into a contract with the Central Public Works Department (defendant No.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. In this context, the BGH issued a decision in 2014 in relation to the games console, Nintendo DS.

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Athens court rules on moral damages in software infringement case

LexBlog IP

Accordingly, the Court held that the holder of the IP right to a computer program cannot object to the resale of a copy thereof where such a copy is accompanied by a licence for unlimited use, whether material or immaterial. The Court made specific reference to certain European Court of Justice decisions in this respect. (3)

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