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The Bizarre Copyright Battle Over Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Plagiarism Today

They further claimed that the Disney songwriters, Richard and Robert Sherman, gained access to their version of the song either from a club where Parker used to perform at , including their version of the song, or via a copy they sent to Disney. As with most such cases, their belief that they were copied is, most likely, completely genuine.

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3 Count: Pop Trio

Plagiarism Today

The lawsuit was filed by musicians Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue, who claim that Shape of You infringes on their 2015 work Oh Why. Specifically, they claim that the song copies “particular lines and phrases” from their piece. The lawsuit was filed in 2018, and Sheeran attempted to get the lawsuit tossed without any luck.

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Audi and the Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection

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Mange, who has nearly 4 million followers, pointed out the copying in a video comparing the two works. This kicked off a firestorm of controversy in China, with Audi, M&C and Lau all apologizing for the copying. All these systems are remarkable feats of technology and have helped shape our understanding of copying.

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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. As far as the collective remuneration rules under Section 36 UrhG are concerned, there are two BGH decisions from 2015 that can be looked at ( here and here ).

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3 Count: Polish Rejection

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3: Immersive Experiences and Copyright: TeamLab Sues MODS for ‘Copying their Artwork’ Finally today, Jonny Walfisz at Euronews reports that the Tokyo-based art collective teamLab has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles-based museum, the Museum of Dream Space (MODS) alleging copyright infringement.

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Google Accuses Regulators of Plagiarism

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According to Google, there were at least 50 instances of copying, some of which were “word-for-word”. Copy and Paste Roundup. In 2015, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) released a re-evaluation report on the safety of glyphosate, more commonly known as the weed killer Roundup.

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3 Count: Unicolors Redux

Plagiarism Today

The lawsuit was filed by Unicolors, which accused H&M of infringing a 2011 design that they created as part of a 2015 one H&M sold in their stores and online. According to LDC, Sheraton copied the design of the rooms at their five-start hotel, Palais de Chine.