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Second Circuit Finds Marvin Gaye and Ed Sheeran Similarities Too Unoriginal for Copyright Protection

IP Watchdog

Sheeran affirming the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of copyright infringement claims filed against British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran over his 2014 single “Thinking Out Loud.”

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Sheet Music v. Sound Waves: When Old Copyright Law Meets Modern Music

Patently-O

Rick Beato has a great analysis of the two songs: [link] The underlying dispute centers on allegations that Sheeran's Grammy-winning "Thinking Out Loud" (2014) infringes the copyright of Marvin Gaye and Ed Townsend's "Let's Get It On" (1973). The Second Circuit's decision hinged on the fact that the copyright was pre-1976.

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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? Subscriber Agreements.

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3 Count: Swimsuit Edition

Plagiarism Today

The three worked with a company named Construction Technologies and, as part of their work, they would activate unlicensed copies of software for customers by using either cracking programs or key generators to remove license restrictions. 3: Taylor Swift Rerecords ‘Wildest Dreams’ in Fresh Copyright Salvo.

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3 Count: Dark Horse Dismissal

Plagiarism Today

The lawsuit was filed in 2014 by musician Marcus, Gray, who claimed Dark Horse was an infringement of his earlier song, Joyful Noise. Genius filed the lawsuit in 2019 alleging that Google was unlawfully copying lyrics to songs that they had hosted. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. million in damages. copyright law.

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A $500,000 Plagiarism Scandal

Plagiarism Today

In 2014 she was offered a five-year extension on that deal. However, according to an investigation by The Mercury News , roughly one-fifth of the book was copied from a variety of online sources. Roughly half of the copied paragraphs did not contain footnotes, and none of the paragraphs indicated that the text was quoted.

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The Peter Gleeson Plagiarism Scandal

Plagiarism Today

However, shortly after publication, another journalist, Josh Bavas, took to Twitter to ask why the article copied four paragraphs from a piece that he wrote two years prior. Johnson was fired from Buzzfeed in 2014 after plagiarism was found in 41 of the 500 words they examined following an initial plagiarism scandal. A Familiar Story.