TorrentFreak

JANUARY 26, 2025

Nearly a decade ago, the US Navy was sued for mass copyright infringement and accused of causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Court of Federal Claims in 2016, the German company accused the US Navy of mass copyright infringement and demanded damages for the alleged unauthorized use.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 7, 2022

1: Roddy Ricch Sued For Copyright Infringement Over Monster Hit ‘The Box’. First off today, Nancy Dillon at Rolling Stone reports that rapper Roddy Ricch has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over his hit song The Box. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 4, 2022

1: Damon Dash Loses $805K Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, which was filed by Muddy Water Pictures, Dash was hired to co-direct the film in 2016 but was fired some two years later. This prompted Muddy Water Pictures to file a lawsuit for alleged copyright infringement, defamation and more.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

1: Music Producer Challenges Copyright Infringement Claims Over Hit Rap Song. First off today, Megan Butler at Courthouse News Service reports that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in a lawsuit over the 2016 hit rap song Everyday We Lit. 3: Jeff Koons Sued for Copyright Infringement in ‘Made in Heaven’ Series.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2021

The lawsuit actually began in 2012 when LaTele sued Telemundo over alleged copyright infringement of a telenovela. Settles ‘Focus’ Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. has reached a settlement with musician Andre Sims over the 2016 hit song Focus. Finally today, Will Lavin at NME reports that the musician H.E.R.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 28, 2022

The lawsuit was filed by a pair of songwriters that claimed the 2019 track was an infringement of their earlier song 2016 song I Love Your Dress. 2: Court Dismisses Bungie’s Copyright Claims Against Cheat Seller AimJunkies, For Now. Bungie can amend and refile the copyright claims.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

1: XXXTentacion and Lil Peep Sued for Copyright Infringement Over ‘Falling Down’ First off today, Trent Fitzgerald at XXL reports that musicians XXXTentacion and Lil Peep are being sued by a singer-songwriter named Jaden Hoff, for alleged copyright infringement in the duo’s posthumous song Falling Down.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2023

For each product range, a copyright assignment agreement was drawn up, including a fixed fee for taking the photographs and a permission to use them for 12 to 18 months. In 2016, L'Oréal changed the packaging for its Kérastase products. The Court found that these photographs had been put online between 2013 and 2016.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Copyright termination is a process through which creators that licensed their works can reclaim their rights after a set period of time. back in 2016. 3: Bad Bunny, Tainy, and More Sued for Copyright Infringement Over “Safaera”. That puts the case on track for a possible trial if the two sides are unable to settle.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The lawsuit was filed by rapper Anthony Campbell, who claimed that the 2018 song Everyday We Lit by YFN Lucci was an infringement of Campbell’s 2016 song Everything Be Lit. 2: Sam Smith, Normani Ask Judge to Dismiss ‘Nonsensical’ Claims in Amended Copyright Infringement Lawsuit.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

APRIL 8, 2025

Copyright Office in 2016. According to Justia.com, he has filed 23 copyright infringement suits across the country since 2017. Davis asserts that these actions constitute copyright infringement. Continue reading

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TorrentFreak

JULY 18, 2023

In common with content created in other fields, photographs generally enjoy protection under copyright law, allowing photographers to determine who can duplicate and/or distribute their work. Photographers Alexis Hunley and Matthew Brauer posted several of their copyrighted works on Instagram.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

District Court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant with regard to a copyright infringement suit. Lang Van is a California corporation that produces and distributes Vietnamese music and entertainment, owning the copyrights to thousands of songs and programs. District Court in California.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

The Ninth Circuit recently addressed the issue of whether parties can contractually agree to shorten the statute of limitations period for bringing a copyright infringement claim. Normally, the statute of limitations for a copyright violation is three years. In an unpublished opinion in the case, Evox Productions, LLC v.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Goldsmith said she was not aware of Warhol’s work until Tribute magazine featured the image, without crediting her, when Prince passed away in 2016. The series was originally commissioned by Vanity Fair after it bought the license of the photo portrait from Goldsmith.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Specifically, Cox alleges the metadata on the evidence indicates that they are files from 2016 though the case only deals with 2012-2014. 3: China Commits to Crack Down on Copyright Infringement to Protect Intellectual Property for Beijing 2022 Winter Games. As for Sachkov, he denies any and all wrongdoing.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In both cases, the ISPs are accused of failing to disconnect subscribers who were repeatedly flagged as copyright infringers. The copyright infringement notices are key evidence in both cases. The allegedly infringing files were central to prove direct copyright infringement. Filed Downloaded in 2016?

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Next up today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that the Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that the operator of the Rojadirect piracy website is personally liable for the infringement, giving rightsholders a new target to collect damages from. The case was filed by local rightsholders Mediapro back in 2016.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 16, 2022

However, it was raided in 2016 and two men, the owner and his son, were arrested. The two men were given prison sentences for copyright infringement and ordered to pay 209 million Swedish kroner ($21 million) in damages. The case was initiated by the Qatari company beIN and targeted the Advanced TV Network (ATN).

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 9, 2021

1: Major Record Labels Sue Charter Communications Again for Alleged Copyright Infringement. The lawsuit is the second the group has filed against Charter, with one being filed in 2019 that looked at Charter’s alleged activities between March 24, 2013 and May 17, 2016. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 5, 2021

And they’re about to get even higher, as the music companies have just filed another copyright infringement lawsuit against Charter. The initial case only covered copyright infringements up to 2016, while the new complaint covers repeat infringements from 2018 onwards.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

From March 2016 through November 2019, Carrasquillo and his co-defendants opened fraudulent accounts with TV providers Charter Communications, Comcast, DirecTV, Frontier Corporation, and Verizon Fios. . A wire fraud scheme against the victim cable companies from March 2016 through November 23, 2019, in violation of 18 U.S.C.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

In particular, it explores why copyright of a meme’s underlying content does not matter in a normative sense. In this blog I argue that copyright protection of the content underlying memes does not matter because of the relative weakness of enforcement mechanisms for copyright infringement of this scale. 139 (2016). [ix]

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 14, 2022

The new information centers around the copyright infringement notices that were sent by MarkMonitor, the anti-piracy outfit that tracked files downloaded by BitTorrent pirates. To confirm that these files were indeed infringing, they were downloaded and verified by Audible Magic’s fingerprinting technology.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 18, 2021

Many copyright holders would like to see ISPs handle things differently, something which has led to a list of lawsuits that continues to expand every year. In 2016, the company got involved by filing a proactive lawsuit against music rights group BMG, asking the court to declare that it is not responsible for pirating customers.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 24, 2024

All five men were convicted of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement. Dallmann was further convicted of two counts of money laundering by concealment and three counts of misdemeanor criminal copyright infringement. Was the Retail Value of Infringement More Than $2,500?

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Under US copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.”. Many ISPs have been reluctant to take such drastic measures, which triggered a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits in recent years. Copyright Infringement Claims. DMCA Violations.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

APRIL 20, 2022

Corson claims she took a picture of a bocce ball court (the “Photograph”) and registered with the United States Copyright Office on September 18, 2016. As Corson did not license the right to use the Photograph to Vive, she seeks damages for direct copyright infringement in violation of 17 U.S.C. § 501 et seq.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

The plaintiffs, in that case, are two photojournalists who captured images of the George Floyd protests and the 2016 election and posted them to Instagram. Breyer has tossed the case, holding that the media companies are not liable for direct copyright infringement and that Instagram is not liable for secondary copyright infringement.

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The IPKat

JUNE 30, 2024

There is no doubt that photographs can be protected by copyright [ IPKat here , here and here ]. This Kat has found a recent ruling issued by the Paris Court of Appeal concerning a copyright infringement dispute involving photographs.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 17, 2021

In 2016, companies including Bell Canada, Videotron, Group TVA and Rogers Communications filed a copyright infringement action at Canada’s Federal Court. The company also gave demonstrations to customers on how to use various Kodi addons to access more than 300 TV channels carrying at least 1,136 copyrighted works.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Following its launch in 2016, pirate manga site Mangamura grew to become one of the most successful sites of its kind. With this growth, however, massive pressure from copyright holders and anti-piracy groups wasn’t far behind.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 30, 2023

for Copyright Infringement, Removal of Copyright Management Information and Addition of False Copyright Management Information. Per the StrossStock website, Stross was nominated and accepted as a professional member of the American Society of Photographers in 2016. He received his B.S. Gotsch, Sr.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 23, 2024

As long as OpenAI can prove that its responses or the derivative work produced are not substantially similar to the original copyrighted content used in training programs, the copyright infringement claim through derivative work would not hold water.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Six years ago, the US Navy was sued for mass copyright infringement and accused of causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. — A copy of the Federal Claims Court’s order, granting Bitmanagement $154,400 in copyright infringement damages is available here (pdf). Bitmanagement Wins Appeal.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 9, 2022

Much of that perception comes from issues that NFTs have had, One of the more common ones is plagiarism and copyright infringement. In July 2016, Rhapsody rebranded itself as Napster , dropping the previous name completely. Those issues recently forced one such marketplace, Cent, to suspend the vast majority of their sales.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 15, 2022

However, that all changed in 2016, when local police raided its Malmo office. Two years later, the Stockholm Patent and Market Court found several people connected to the company guilty of copyright infringement and the unauthorized decoding of broadcast signals. Prison Sentences for IPTV Operators.

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