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.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. In particular, it explores why copyright of a meme’s underlying content does not matter in a normative sense. LAW AND ECONOMICS. Costs Versus Benefits of Copyright Protection. 139 (2016). [ix] 29, 2013), [link]. [ii]

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 23, 2024

RELEVANT LAWS While the Fair Use of Copyright Doctrine has been codified under Section 52 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, Indian courts frequently assess the facts and circumstances of each case by referring to the four doctrinal factors laid under Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2024

Free Speech Has Limits A criminal copyright infringement trial that concluded in Finland this week also saw the defendant rely on a fair use-style parody defense. In 2022, Lokka faced Finland’s Supreme Court over videos of a 2016 protest published to his YouTube channel, to which Lokka added subtitles in various languages.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Given the fact that the copyright law was originally framed to protect literary and artistic works, it needs to be seen how much the law has evolved to grant protection to digitalized works. Kind of Copyright Infringement. Copyright infringement can take place in various forms in this digital era.

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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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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Specifically, they argued that the ISP should also be held liable for vicarious copyright infringement. In this case, and similar ones filed against Bright House and Grande, courts previously rejected the vicarious infringement claims, holding that there is no causal link between the pirating activities and the financial benefits.

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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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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2024

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat copyright infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” The law doesn’t specify what these circumstances are but in recent years federal courts have provided more context. The movie distributor also requests a broad injunction.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2022

The named plaintiffs are two photojournalists whose photographs of the George Floyd protests and the 2016 election were featured on websites of various traditional media outlets without those outlets having obtained any license from the plaintiffs because those media companies used Instagram’s proprietary embedding tools. In September, U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

” However, Wallshoppe does not allege Defendant knew of the specific acts of infringement at issue here—Sienna Lewis selling products featuring the Palm Design on Defendant’s website. * UMG Recordings, Inc. Jury awards nearly $50M in damages against Internet access provider for user-caused copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 12, 2024

Almost half a decade ago, eight Las Vegas men were indicted by a grand jury for conspiring to violate criminal copyright law via two IPTV services, Jetflicks and iStreamitAll. In the same year, another pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement and was sentenced to one year and a day in prison.

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IPilogue

APRIL 14, 2022

They held that an inadvertent mistake of law in a copyright registration application does not automatically nullify the application. . a fabric and design company in Los Angeles, owns copyrights in various fabric designs. Looking ahead, the Supreme Court’s decision strongly protects copyright applicants and holders.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2021

Before mid-2022, the Copyright Office will deploy a new adjudicatory function called the Copyright Claims Board (CCB). The CCB will be dominated by claims over alleged online infringement, so it’s a major development for online copyright law. Overview of the CCB. 505; Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ,

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 28, 2024

Hollywood Lawsuit Against IPTV Operator The complaint, filed by Hollywood majors including Disney and Warner Bros, as well as streaming giants Amazon and Netflix, accuses the defendant of widespread copyright infringement. “Beginning in 2016 and continuing through 2019, Freemon sold illegally modified Fire TV Stick devices.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 14, 2023

SHOULD LEX LOCI PROTECTIONIS BE APPLIED BLANKETLY TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT? It has been established that lex loci protectionis is the rule that is applied to all the IPR infringement cases, barring a few exceptions. Today, most of the copyright infringement happen through the Internet. Garimella and S. Jolly (eds.)2017)

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Alexander filed a complaint before the District Court of Southern District Of Illinois for copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 2016) it stated that the burden is on the Defendant to prove the copying was authorised. So, Take-Two reproduced Orton’s tattoos in the game to keep the depiction of Randy Orton authentic.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

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. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Claims under copyright law. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

In this case, via alleged copyright infringement. Perhaps the most infamous of the above scandals was the allegation of copyright infringement by The Great Eros (“TGE”). Just a few days later, she would disable commenting on her profile altogether due to an influx of negative comments on her posts. The account and its 2.6

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2024

The concept of CDL revolves around the idea of two major doctrines under Copyright law i.e. Doctrine of fair use and doctrine of exhaustion. However, the ambiguity as to the lawfulness of such mass digitalisation and controlled lending has attracted major debates in different jurisdictions. Acuff Rose Music, Inc., 3d 87 (2d Cir.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

For a work to be copyrightable, it must be “original ” and fixed in “ tangible form”, such as a sound “recording recorded on a CD” or a “literary work printed on paper ”. [2] It receives the full set of rights under copyright law, just like literary, dramatic, or artistic work”.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2024

The notion of originality is key to copyright law. This time, this Kat found a recent decision issued by the Tribunal judiciaire (TJ) of Rennes concerning the alleged infringement of copyright in a scientific paper. Our readers might be well aware of this [ IPKat here , here or here ].

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2023

” That wasn’t what Maria Schneider had in mind, according to her 2016 Music Tech Policy piece, which begins with a surprise apology. When copyright holders report uploaded content as infringing, YouTube follows the DMCA and takes the content down. “OK, I know: that title really hits below the belt. I apologize.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 9, 2022

When Prince passed away in 2016, Vanity Fair learned of the additional images and licensed a different one from the series from the Warhol estate, but not from Goldsmith or her representatives. federal copyright law)?

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

7] , the plaintiff filed a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement and requested the issuance of an interim injunction to prevent the defendant’s film “Mohenjo Daro” from being released. Shyam Vithalrao Devkatta, (2016) 2 SCC 521 [3] Sholay Media and Entertainment v Parag M. Sholay Media and Entertainment Pvt.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

More information about this event here. pre-publication event: EULAs: Friends or Foes?,

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

While a laches issue was at the heart of this ruling, the Second Circuit adopted this rule for all copyright infringement cases. The unsatisfying conclusion here is when combined with the discovery accrual rule a copyright holder could have a timely infringement claim but not be eligible for relief. See 38 U.S.

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Intepat

JULY 11, 2024

Introduction The issue came to light when one of the founders of a company named Dorje Teas put up a post on LinkedIn claiming that they have been served a copyright infringement notice by Shark Tank India for the unauthorized use of clips of their pitch on the show to advertise on Youtube and Meta ads.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

However, these judgments were overturned by the German Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) in 2016 on the grounds that they did not sufficiently take into account the artistic creative process as protected by the constitutional freedom of art ( BVerfG, 31.5.2016 – 1 BvR 1585/13 ; commented here ). 5 InfoSoc Directive.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 13, 2021

was entitled to a declaration that Warhol’s “Prince Series” did not infringe Goldsmith’s photo. The Warhol prints—one of which was reproduced in a Vanity Fair magazine article in 2016—were not entitled to a fair use defense, and they were substantially similar to Goldsmith’s photo, as a matter of law. 19-2420-cv.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

was entitled to a declaration that Warhol’s “Prince Series” did not infringe Goldsmith’s photo. The Warhol prints—one of which was reproduced in a Vanity Fair magazine article in 2016—were not entitled to a fair use defense, and they were substantially similar to Goldsmith’s photo, as a matter of law. 19-2420-cv.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” At the time Goldsmith was also licensing her original photograph to several magazines that were also writing articles about Prince’s life and music.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The fact that the media experience (whether in a book, film, video, game, or interactive television) depends on both the creator, whose rights are protected by copyright law, and the viewer, who brings their own personal vision to the character, has become increasingly important in the context of interactive technology and user-generated content.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In 2016, Jaguar Land Rover sued Land Wind for copyright infringement and unfair competition before the Beijing Chaoyang District People’s Court. The copyright infringement claim was rejected but the unfair completion claim was upheld. 2] See (2016) YUE 0106 MIN CHU 12068 HAO. [3]

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SpicyIP

JUNE 26, 2024

Emphasizing the lack of a robust mechanism to ensure access to literary work by persons with disability, the authors highlight how the existing copyright framework comes in conflict with the rights enshrined under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. Views expressed here are those of the authors’ alone.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 3, 2021

Legal watchers speculated that the ruling would encourage copyright infringement claims based on the embedding of content. The plaintiffs specifically allege that Instagram allowed media companies to embed their copyrighted photos of the George Floyd protests and the 2016 election without permission.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Connolly acknowledged that at least one district court held that, unlike in patent cases, “‘[t]he ability to avoid damages by rewriting a computer program, or a song, or reproducing a painting, should not be considered [in a copyright infringement case] because it would not implicate the originality of the expression being protected.’”

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