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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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Amicus in Apple v. Corellium

43(B)log

It is that functionality, and not the copying, to which Apple truly objects. Opening software to information gathering and vulnerability testing is transformative, just as gathering information about and criticizing other types of works are classic transformative fair uses. Patton, 769 F.3d 3d 1232, 1256 (11th Cir. See 17 U.S.C. ยง

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Prof. Avichal Bhatnagar v. The CEO, Pralek Prakashan Pvt. Ltd : Taking a Look at The Conundrum Surrounding Copyright Protection vis-a-vis Accessibility for PwDs

SpicyIP

Data published by the World Blind Union in 2014 indicated that less than 10% of published material was available in accessible format for persons with visual impairment, and most such material was only available in English, thereby leading to a โ€˜book famineโ€™.

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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 Marshmelloโ€™s song โ€˜ Happier โ€™ copied the synthesizer melody from his 2014 remix of OneRepublicโ€™s โ€˜I Livedโ€™ (OneRepublic is an American pop rock band). by Tito Rendas. โ‚ฌ

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Digital Death Penalty? Legal Battle over Piracy Disconnections Heats Up in Appeals Court

TorrentFreak

On top of that, it notes that the $223 million damages for derivative works should not have been granted. In 2013 and 2014, Cox terminated over 600,000 residential and 20,000 business customers for nonpayment โ€” over 800 terminations a day. Music Companies See a Profit Motive. The music companies see things quite differently.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the โ€œServer Testโ€ for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right โ€” Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the โ€œserver testโ€: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed โ€œcopyโ€ of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. July 17, 2023).

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Why Netflixโ€™s โ€œBridgertonโ€ Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction

Copyright Lately

performances of โ€œThe Unofficial Bridgerton Musicalโ€) or other derivative works that might compete with Netflixโ€™s own planned live events,” including the multi-city “ Bridgerton Experience.” 1962, 1976 (2014). “Netflix would not authorize and did not want them to engage in any live performances (e.g.,

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