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Snopes Co-Founder and CEO Admits to Plagiarizing Dozens of Articles

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On Friday, Buzzfeed published an article that highlights the widespread and long-running plagiarism of Snopes CEO and co-founder David Mikkelson. Mikkelson, for his part, has admitted to the plagiarism and has been suspended from his editorial duties at the site. More Than Just Plagiarism.

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Asghar Farhadi’s High-Stakes Plagiarism Battle

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However, as per The Hollywood Reporter, he now finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes plagiarism battle. The lawsuit was filed by Azadeh Masihzadeh who, according to the lawsuit, was a student of Farhadi in 2014. But this isn’t solely a case about copyright infringement, it’s also a case about ethics and honesty. ??Masihzadeh

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3 Count: Server Tested

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1: Manhattan Judge Rejects ‘Server Test’ for Internet Copyright Infringement. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a controversial ruling denying the “server test” of copyright law and ruling that embedding images can be an infringement of copyright law. ” As such, Warner Bros.,

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3 Count: Happiest Marshmello

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The law3suit was filed by a producer named Arty that claimed Happier was an infringement of his 2014 remix of OneRepublic’s I Lived. However, a federal judge dismissed the case last year, citing that Arty lacked a copyright interest in the musical composition he was claiming Marhsmellow infringed.

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3 Count: 10,000 Hours

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1: Dan + Shay, Justin Bieber Sued for ‘10,000 Hours’ Copyright Infringement. First off today, Mathew Lemkuehler at The Tennessean reports that a new lawsuit claims the song 10,000 Hours , performed by Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber, is a copyright infringement of an earlier work.

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3 Count: Swimsuit Edition

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1: ‘ Sports Illustrated’ Model Sues Twitter for $10 million, Accusing its Algorithm of Contributing to Copyright infringement. 2: Three Plead Guilty to Criminal Copyright Infringement. 3: Taylor Swift Rerecords ‘Wildest Dreams’ in Fresh Copyright Salvo. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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3 Count: Keep Shaking

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1: Can’t Shake This: Taylor Swift to Face Copyright Lawsuit. First off today, Reuters reports that a lawsuit accusing Taylor Swift of copyright infringement in her 2014 hit single Shake it Off has been allowed to move ahead, setting the stage for a possible trial. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.