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3 Count: Server Tested

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In the case, Nicklen argued that a photographer or videographer that uses Facebook or Instagram to promote their content should not automatically give up the right to license it to third parties, such as Sinclair. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff’s song dates to 2014 but was released on a Cardinale album entitled Digital Youth.

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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. In 2014 Hansmeier as sentenced to 14 years in prison. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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3 Count: Extra Element

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First off today, Thomas Claburn at The Register reports that the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) has won a key victory over Vizio as a judge has ruled that the open source GPL and LGPL licenses are not just copyright licenses, but contain an extra element covered by contract law rather than copyright law.

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3 Count: Swimsuit Edition

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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: Can’t Help Appealing

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In 2014, the estate attempted to file a notice of copyright termination with Authentic Brands to terminate a 1983 agreement that resulted in them obtaining rights to the song. As such, he is suing for copyright infringement, noting that the sample was not licensed. Neither Kanye nor the plaintiff had any comment on the lawsuit.

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3 Count: Keep Shaking

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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. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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The Conundrum of Naked Licensing

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We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Naman Keswani on the concept of naked licensing within trademarks law. This requires the proprietor to exercise quality control measures while granting licenses to use the trademark, as a deviance in the quality would cause confusion. In El Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

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