Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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”. 2018 saw the continuation of Sheeran’s struggles with infringement allegations.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 7, 2022

First off today, Bill Donahue at Billboard reports that pop musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a second lawsuit over her hit song Levitating , as a pair of different accusers have accused her of copyright infringement. The lawsuit was filed in 2018, and Sheeran attempted to get the lawsuit tossed without any luck.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

1: Support Specialist Rimini Street Found in Contempt of Court for Continued Oracle Copyright Infringements. 2: Chris Brown and Drake Argue Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over “No Guidance” Is ‘Baseless’. In 2018, a jury found in favor of the labels and ordered Cox to pay $1 billion in damages.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2022

Copyright Infringement Verdict Against Vimeo Stands on Appeal. Piaggio has long claimed that Kumpan’s electric scooter is both a copyright and a trademark infringement of their design. The dispute reaching a boiling point in 2018 when Piaggio had several of Kumpan scooters confiscated at a tradeshow.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

1: ‘ Sports Illustrated’ Model Sues Twitter for $10 million, Accusing its Algorithm of Contributing to Copyright infringement. 2: Three Plead Guilty to Criminal Copyright Infringement. 3: Taylor Swift Rerecords ‘Wildest Dreams’ in Fresh Copyright Salvo. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 9, 2021

1: Major Record Labels Sue Charter Communications Again for Alleged Copyright Infringement. This new one addresses the time period between July 26, 2018 to the present and accuses Charter of doing little in response to some 150,000 notices of infringement, including notices targeting “flagrant and serial infringers.”

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 21, 2022

Next up today, Bill Donahue at Billboard reports that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court decision that favored the electronic musician Marshmello over his 2018 hit song Happier. The law3suit was filed by a producer named Arty that claimed Happier was an infringement of his 2014 remix of OneRepublic’s I Lived.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2021

1: Bungie & Ubisoft Sue Destiny 2 Cheatmakers Ring-1 For Copyright Infringement. The lawsuit alleges that the group is committing copyright infringement not only because they are making derivative works based upon their games, but because they are circumventing copyright protection tools.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

Finally, the state claims that this is not a copyright law, but an attempt to regulate unfair trade practices. 3: Ad Blockers Altering Website Code is Not a Copyright Violation, German Court Rules. However, that was defeated by the German Supreme Court in 2018.

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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. Campbell filed the lawsuit in 2018 and the lawsuit quickly ended as none of the defendants participated in the case, resulting in a default judgment.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 25, 2022

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 ).

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JULY 13, 2021

2: Man Sentenced to 12 Months Prison For Copyright Infringement & Tax Evasion. Next up today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that Talon White, the former operator of a pair of pirate websites, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for criminal copyright infringement and tax evasion. million to the IRS.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

Though Amazon did remove some 2,000 descriptions in 2018, that came after Amazon asserted that they had proper authorization to use the descriptions and that there was nothing they could do. It is ill-equipped to handle how copyright-protected works are shared today. appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

1: Krafton Sues Garena, Apple, and Google over Free Fire Copyright Infringement. First off today, Aaron Orr at Pocket Gamer reports that the developer of the battle royale game PUBG has filed a lawsuit against competitor Garena after alleging that Garena’s mobile game Free Fire is a copyright infringement of PUBG.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 8, 2022

If you follow copyright news, you likely have been seeing countless stories of popular musicians being sued for alleged copyright infringement in their work. . In My Feelings and Nice for What were both released in early-to-mid 2018, Dancing with a Stranger was released in January 2019 and Levitating in March 2020.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 27, 2022

Since the statute of limitations on copyright infringement is just three years, he had until 2018 to file a lawsuit and chose not to. The post 3 Count: Italian Shutdown appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The court has agreed and dismiss the case.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

1: Disney Loses Bid to Dismiss ‘Muppet Babies’ Reboot Copyright Suit. First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that Disney has failed to dismiss an ongoing case against it over the 2018 reboot of the Muppet Babies TV show. The post 3 Count: Disney Defeat appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This year, for the first time since 2018, we will be open, and we couldn’t be more excited. 2: Dracula vs. Nosferatu: A True Copyright Horror Story. However, due to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the widow of Bram Stoker, Florence Stoker, the movie almost didn’t survive at all.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 12, 2022

1: LEGO is Being Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Leather Jacket Design. According to Concannon, he designed the jacked in 2018. The post 3 Count: LEGO Jacket appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

3: Roanoke’s “Slumlord Millionaire” Files Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. Finally today, Lawrence Hammack at The Roanoke Times reports that Roland “Spanky” Macher has filed a lawsuit against Netflix alleging that Netflix claiming that an episode of the series Dirty Money is an infringement of a book he wrote.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In 2018, a judge agreed with that and ruled that Wolfgang’s Vault was infringing, but left the issue of damages up to a jury. In early 2020, as COVID-19 was starting to become a concern, a jury awarded the NMPA a meager $189,500 in damages for the 197 infringed works.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 8, 2021

If @GitHub (Microsoft) truly believes copilot isn't infringing on anyone's work, I want to offer them a chance to prove it: I'll donate $50k to a charity of their choice (or @EFF if we can't agree) if they release a Copilot version trained solely on Windows kernel source.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 29, 2022

The lawsuit was originally filed by the record labels in 2018 and accused Cox of failing to do enough to stop piracy on its network. 2: Florida Court Says Hosting Company Can’t Be Liable for Copyright Infringement Via VPN it Hosts. The post 3 Count: Too Little, Too Late appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

2: Celeb Photography Agency Sues Ntando Duma for Copyright Infringement. As a result, the flag can be reproduced on apparel and merchandise and a lengthy battle over the flag’s copyright is brought to an end. The post 3 Count: Freeing the Flag appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

On June 10, 2018, Ms. Copyright Office. Dorland to prevent publication of The Kindest at a book festival, and an onslaught of plagiarism allegations. Dorland’s copyright infringement claims were allowed, while her claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress was denied.? . 19-cv-10203-IT), Ms.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The company was found liable for copyright infringement and breach of contract for using the actor’s photographs picture for advertisements between December 2014 and April 2015 without getting his permission or authorization. The photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As of 2018, the global art market was valued at over 67 billion US dollars. This has also led to other issues such as the creation of unauthorised merchandise, discrediting of original artists as well as plagiarism. Test of substantial similarity to determine copyright infringement for contemporary artworks.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Cattelan moved to dismiss Morford’s infringement and plagiarism claims on three grounds: [7]. copyright law does not protect “elements of expression that nature displays for all observers,” [8] which, according to Cattelan, excludes the main components of Morford’s artwork. 2018); Norris Indus.,

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

As the District Court noted: When Dorland read an online version of The Kindest in 2018, she noted the similarities between her letter and the letter in the story. Dorland alerted publishers, writing conferences, and journalists to what she considered Larson’s plagiarism and ethical betrayal. ’ Piccone v.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Rodrigo has come under fire for copyright theft and plagiarism for her songs Deja Vu and Good 4 U. What is copyright and copyright infringement? Copyright is the exclusive legal right to produce, reproduce, publish or perform a musical work. In essence, copyright infringement is plagiarism.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 18, 2021

2: Federal Court Awards $29M in Statutory Damages for Copyright Infringement in Media Case. The in ruling the judge noted that, by selling the boxes with the software already on it, the distributors were inducing copyright infringement. ” as evidence of infringement. As such, he ordered the case dismissed.

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