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Earlier this month, Pagan author Mat Auryn took to Twitter to highlight what he said was a very clear case of verbatim plagiarism of his work. I discovered that this book has completely plagiarized Psychic Witch in almost its entirety. The plagiarism, to put it modestly, was both flagrant and obvious.
On the surface, the plagiarism allegations against Kevin Kruse are pedestrian. . In an additional blog post , the author points to similar issues, albeit with weaker similarity, in Kruse’s 2015 book, One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America. In short, he was hoping to find plagiarism.
But all this raises some interesting questions: How is that a successful YouTuber, with more than 17 years of history, suddenly face allegations of plagiarism? When they found out that the video was plagiarized, they took it down immediately with plans to rewrite and reupload it at a later date. What Happened.
Over the weekend, the German carmaker Audi became the center of a massive plagiarism controversy as a new video campaign was accused of ripping off content from a prominent Chinese video blogger. Audi, for its part, blamed the plagiarism on a “lack of supervision and lax review.” The Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection.
However, Casey Newton at The Verge noticed something else askew with the top posts: Nearly all of them were plagiarized. Then are those 15 posts actually plagiarism or just people using Facebook how they’re expected to use it? When it comes to plagiarism, we often tend to think of it in terms of a plagiarist and a victim.
Back in September , I reported on Facebook’s Widely Viewed Content Report and how Casey Newton, a reporter at The Verge, noticed that nearly all the top posts on Facebook for the quarter were plagiarized. . However, Newton’s report comes as the Wall Street Journal is also examining Facebook’s efforts to block plagiarized and pirated content.
In a story that will be eerily familiar to long-time readers of this site, the current Romanian Prime Minister has been accused of plagiarism in his thesis as opposition leaders are already calling for an investigation. s 138-page dissertation was plagiarized from outsides sources that “could not be detected by an anti-plagiarism program.”.
Some claim that it casts doubt on Bloomsbury’s editorial process and is calling for the publisher to say more about its role in the plagiarism. So it’s worth taking the time to both understand the plagiarism that took place and the potential legal ramifications of it. Understanding the Plagiarism and its Consequences.
However, that is just the latest in a decade-long history of discussing copyright, plagiarism and other authorship issues as they pertain to Halloween and horror. So, this year we’re going to take a look back at the various tales of copyright infringement and/or plagiarism that we’ve looked at over the years.
At that time, Kruse was facing allegations that he had committed plagiarism, first in his 2000 dissertation at Cornell University and later in his 2015 book One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America. Plagiarism findings such as this are often warning signs of additional copying in the work.
However, this led Joe Vitagliano at American Songwriter to ask a simple question: Is Retroactive Credit The New Way To Get Away With Plagiarism? However, Vitagliano argues that Rodrigo is a unique case as she has only released one album and has already faced allegations of plagiarism both in two of her songs and her album’s cover.
Google is now appealing that decision and, as part of their defense, allege that the CCI plagiarized parts of the EU ruling , including using evidence that was not introduced into the Indian proceedings. The post Google Accuses Regulators of Plagiarism appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Copy and Paste Roundup.
Now, a year later, Kurd has filed a libel lawsuit against Davies , accusing him of falsely accusing him of plagiarism. That protection takes a multitude of forms including simple badmouthing, to refusing to work with an alleged plagiarism and even threats of physical violence. Is it possible Kurd plagiarized Davies? Bottom Line.
Would-be plaintiffs feeling emboldened after the Blurred Lines verdict in 2015 and new technology that makes detecting both samples and similarities easier have been pointed at and likely have contributed. The post The Bizarre Copyright Battle Over Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious appeared first on 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. The lawsuit was filed by a trio of songwriters, who alleged that the duet was an infringement of their 2015 song Dancing with a Stranger. The post 3 Count: Pop Trio appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Bloodborne , an action role-playing game made by FromSoftware, has achieved tremendous success since being published in 2015. This trailer has resulted in a heated discussion online about the line between inspiration and plagiarism. On September 17, 2021, IGN released a gameplay trailer of a new game named Wuchang: Fallen Feathers.
The lawsuit was filed by Louis Kohus, who claims to have designed some eight drafts of the badge for the department in 2015. The post 3 Count: 10,000 Hours appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Instead, the department simply made minor changes and removed the copyright symbol. Neither side responded for comment to the lawsuit.
BeIN Media, pledged and estimated $500 million per year in 2015. The post 3 Count: Apple Emoji Victory appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Broadcasters, however, claim that widespread piracy in the country is to blame for the low offers, with one report saying that for every one legitimate viewer, there are two pirates.
The case was filed in the UK by Sami Chokri, who accuses Sheenan and his co-writers or infringing his 2015 song Oh Why. The post 3 Count: Free Law appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Now, nearly two years after that ruling, the state has done just that.
According to the lawsuit, Walkie Check CEO Joshua Lebowitz pitched the idea for House Party back in 2015. The post 3 Count: House Party appeared first on Plagiarism Today. However, after talks to produce the show ended, BET went forward with the idea, BET launched a similar show in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic.
However, the group argues that MODS copied at least two of their exhibitions, Boundaries from 2017 and Crystal from 2015. The post 3 Count: Polish Rejection appeared first on Plagiarism Today. One of their exhibits is part of the permanent collection at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.
The lawsuit was filed by musician Sami Chokri, who claims that Shape of You is an infringement of his 2015 song Oh Why. The post 3 Count: Courtroom Performance appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Specifically, he claims that the song’s hook was repurposed by Sheeran for his song.
In a 2015 Instagram post, Zahedi acknowledged that Miramax was claiming ownership over the image, but did not file a lawsuit in the three years following it. The post 3 Count: Pirate Sentencing appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Miramax, for their part, was unable to find the work for hire agreement they said Zahedi signed.
They alleged that Sam Smith’s 2019 hit Dancing With a Stranger was an infringement of their 2015 song with the same name. The post 3 Count: Roblox Battle appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The artists were sued by artist Jordan Vincent and producer Christopher Miranda.
However, Miramax claimed that he reasonably should have been aware of the alleged dispute by at least 2015. The post 3 Count: Italian Shutdown appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Since the statute of limitations on copyright infringement is just three years, he had until 2018 to file a lawsuit and chose not to.
In 2015, the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) filed a lawsuit against Wolfgang’s Vault, alleging that the service did not have a license for the underlying compositions of the songs it streamed. The post 3 Count: Wolfgang Disappointment appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
In 2015, Springer attempted to argue that Eyeo’s service to whitelist certain ads, for a fee, but in 2015 a German court ruled it did not breach any of the country’s laws and, in 2018, t he Supreme Court upheld that decision ( overturning a partial victory at an appeals court along the way ).
In 2015, the case went to trial with Oracle scoring a major win, securing $50 million in damages and another $125 million in attorneys fees, costs and interest. The post 3 Count: Contemptible Rimini appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The record labels have not responded to the allegations.
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. The post 3 Count: Unicolors Redux appeared first on Plagiarism Today. As such, they are asking the lawsuit to be tossed before moving any closer to a trial.
According to Campbell, Everyday We Lit is an infringement of his 2015 song Everything Be Lit. The post 3 Count: Lit Appeal appeared first on Plagiarism Today. To support his claim, Campbell claimed that he and Allen performed his version of the song together. At the district court level, the judge sided with Campbell.
The answer can easily be traced back to 2015 and a singular case. Back in March 2015 a jury handed down a $7.4 The post Why Are There So Many Pop Music Lawsuits appeared first on Plagiarism Today. But all of this begs a question: What is going on? Why is there a sudden increase in the number of lawsuits over popular music?
New laws that took effect in 2015 made it easier for rightsholders to order sites within the country to shut down for repeated copyright violations. The post The Impact of Russia Legalizing Piracy appeared first on Plagiarism Today. That same year, some 11 sites were shuttered in one legal case.
In 2015, FDN filed a DMCA takedown notice, but Amazon did not take down the work in question. FDN filed for that registration in September 2015 under the title “Automated Database of Furniture Catalogs and Collections (Photographs and Text)”. appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The post Is Your Website Published or Unpublished?
Back in 2015, Pandora mentioned in its SEC filings that such works were not currently entitled to royalties based on the composition, but that was a standard industry practice, not necessarily the law. The post Why Spotify Removed So Many Comedy Albums appeared first on Plagiarism Today. This, has been on the horizon for some time.
Much of the uptick began after the March 2015 Blurred Lines ruling , where the estate of Marvin Gaye won a $7.3 The post Why Bots Shouldn’t Decide Copyright Cases appeared first on Plagiarism Today. However, the one thing that can be said about juries is that they are often the least bad solution we have in these situations.
As to (5), attempts to plagiarize the mark, plaintiffs alleged copying by defendants, but not by anyone else. [C]urts As the court noted, if allegations of the defendants plagiarism were itself enough, this factor always would weigh in favor of finding acquired secondary meaning.
BMG won a $25 million jury verdict in 2015 over its claims, but that was vacated by the Appeals Court over issues with jury instructions. Cox filed counterclaims alleging that Rightscorp, a rights management company employed by BMG, was knowingly filing false takedown notices.
Next up today, Joseph Brean at the National Post reports that an Ontario court has given the go ahead for a lawsuit filed by Damon Pourshian, a former student at Sheridan College, against Disney, Pixar and other subsidiaries over alleged infringement in the 2015 film Inside Out.
In March 2015, a jury awarded the estate of Marvin Gay $7.4 The post Tattoos and Copyright: A Potent Combination appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Blurred Tattoo Lines. million in damages over allegations of copyright infringement in the song Blurred Lines. It was easily the biggest copyright news story of the year.
The current YTS site is an unofficial relaunch of the name after the original team shuttered in 2015. The site, however, is continuing to function on a series of other domains that are operating, even though their main one is down. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
The latter had claimed that Shape of You as an infringement of a 2015 song they wrote, but the court ruled, after an 11-day trial, that no infringement took place and that Sheeran “neither deliberately nor subconsciously” copied anything from the song. The post 3 Count: Shape of Legal Costs appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
The plaintiffs claim that Call Out My Name copies their 2015 song Vibeking and claim that they sent the song to the Weeknd’s engineer shortly after recording it and heard back from the musician directly just a few days later. The post 3 Count: Weeknd Blues appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Looking back, his career trajectory has been laced with a healthy amount of plagiarism allegations by other artists. Three of the most prominent accusations of plagiarism are with regard to his songs “Photograph”, “Thinking Out Loud”, and “Shape of You”.
There are two sets of statements by Petitioner at issue: (1) that Respondent Boudet “groomed minors” and (2) that he engaged in plagiarism…Reviewing the materials submitted by the parties, it is clear that both statements were made based on facts discussed in the subject subreddit. CPF-22-517749 (Cal. Superior Ct.
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