Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Yesterday, we looked at the myriad of ways that copyright and trademark impact Halloween costumes. 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. Copyright and Halloween.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 14, 2022

Ten years later, Disney pulled the plug in favor of successor Club Penguin Island, which in turn was shut down late 2018. In a matter of months, Club Penguin Rewritten had a million users and, after briefly shutting itself down in 2018, grew to reach an estimated eight million players late 2020. Copyright Troubles Begin.

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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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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

2018 saw the continuation of Sheeran’s struggles with infringement allegations. However, in 2022, the Sheeran found himself engaged in another copyright infringement litigation over the said song. This time around, the singer was accused of infringing a 2015 song named “Oh Why” sung by Sami Chokri.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This Kat is always on the hunt for new copyright rulings. This time he has found a recent ruling issued by the Paris Court of Appeal , concerning a copyright assignment agreement, a subject that is the source of many disputes in France. The disputed uses extending from 2015 to 2018 had been regularised. Ms Y then appealed.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

With more content comes the increased possibility that Netflix is engaging in copyright infringement and on the receiving end of copyright infringement claims. [1] 1] This blog will briefly summarize a few of the notable copyright infringement cases Netflix has defended against in the United States.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 4, 2021

Is GitHub Copilot a Copyright Infringer? These range from allegedly violating copyright (the subject of much debate on forums) to leaking functional API keys (i.e., While Ziegler’s use of the word “mostly” may not reassure those fearing copyright infringement, his paper highlights two details that might.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 13, 2021

1: Google Fined €500m by France’s Antitrust Watchdog Over Copyright. 2: Man Sentenced to 12 Months Prison For Copyright Infringement & Tax Evasion. The copyright element of the case comes from the fact that the photo was of Cohen’s character Borat, which Cohen owns the rights to through his company.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 8, 2021

She says that text and data mining is not a copyright infringement and that, since an AI cannot produce a copyright-protected work, its output cannot be an infringement. Is the code original enough to qualify for copyright protection? Is the snippet of code long enough to qualify for copyright protection?

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 19, 2021

First off today, Eriq Gardner at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that a judge has denied a summary judgment motion made by Disney, setting the stage for a potential trial over whether the company violated copyright with the special effects in several of its movies. The judge has allowed a copyright claim to move forward.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

1: Spike Lee, Nate Parker Sued by Indie Filmmakers Over Copyright Infringement. First off today, Diane Haithman at TheWrap reports that filmmakers Spike Lee and Nate Parker have been sued for copyright infringement over allegations that their 2019 Film American Skin is an infringement of an earlier screenplay.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Popular CDN and DDoS protection service Cloudflare has come under a lot of pressure from copyright holders in recent years. The company offers its services to millions of sites, some of which provide access to copyright-infringing material. Repeat Infringer Lawsuit. The ruling is an important victory for Cloudflare.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 18, 2022

1: Support Specialist Rimini Street Found in Contempt of Court for Continued Oracle Copyright Infringements. The dispute goes back more than a decade as Oracle sued Rimini Street in 2010 alleging that the third-party support firm was violating the copyright of Oracle software as part of its service. Next up today, Tara C.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 7, 2022

1: Dua Lipa Hit With Another Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Levitating’. 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. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2022

Copyright Infringement Verdict Against Vimeo Stands on Appeal. According to the Appeals Court, Vimeo cannot hide behind its safe harbor protections because it is an “active host” and failed to implement tools, such as automatic fingerprinting, to reduce infringing uploads. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 21, 2022

1: US Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act of 2022. Senators Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy have introduced the SMART Copyright Act, a bipartisan bill that aims to reform the notice and takedown system. Copyright Office would oversee to designate standard technical measures through a public rulemaking process.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Ninth Circuit was recently asked to determine whether to continue to apply the Circuit’s two-part extrinsic/intrinsic test for “substantial similarity” with regard to a copyright infringement claim or to depart from this approach and apply the Second Circuit’s “ordinary observer” test instead. In Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

It deals with whether Amazon and/or CCA infringed FDN’s copyrights by scraping descriptions from their website for use as part of Amazon’s product listings. It’s a confusing question with no easy answer, but it’s an issue that puts the copyright registration of every website at risk. The Registration Wrinkle.

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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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IP Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

On June 6, Paramount Pictures got its tower buzzed for copyright infringement in the U.S. Paramount allegedly secured the “exclusive motion picture rights to Ehud Yonay’s copyrighted story” and in 1986 released the motion picture Top Gun. Fast forward a few decades.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

Josh Hawley’s Move to Strip Disney’s Copyrights Called ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’. He claims that it aims to revoke Disney’s “special” copyright protections though the law would rewrite copyright law for all creators. million settlement in 2018. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The European Intellectual Property Office ( EUIPO ) has recently published a report on Online Copyright Infringement in the European Union. The report examines the consumption of copyright-infringing content in the EU Member States and the UK between January 2017 and December 2020. 8 t imes per month.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2022

The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), part of the English High Court, has ruled that copyright subsists in the character of Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter and that a character can be protected as a literary work under the UK’s closed list of copyright works ([ 2022] EWHC 1379 IPEC ).

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 25, 2022

Since those pages qualify for copyright protection, the modification was essentially creating a derivative (ad-free) work and was an infringement. Nonetheless, it is one of the first major court ruling that looks at the copyright implications of ad blocking, and it was an unabashed victory for ad blockers.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Over the past five years the Australian Government has committed significant resources to several copyright-related initiatives , not least the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2018. Copyright Enforcement Review & Consultation. Overall Piracy Shows No Strong Trend in Either Direction.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Million Award for Rapper in Copyright Battle. 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. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: 11th Circuit Overturns $1.4

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 13, 2024

The Digital Services Act (DSA) transparency database , while proving to be rather useless for misinformation or hate speech researchers, is very enlightening on copyright moderation. The first part of the study presents findings on copyright takedowns on YouTube in Germany and France between 2019 and 2022.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Such uses are often methods of social commentary regarding the user’s own life, or more broadly, current events; they also often utilize copyrightable material. [i] ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. i] Memes are also a form of communication that distinguishes generations.

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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. . That says nothing about the myriad of cases over the past few months or years that have been grabbing headlines, both inside and outside copyright circles.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This post looks back at the key developments in AI and copyright in 2022, covering generative AI, text and data mining exceptions, the pastiche exception, deep fakes, voice cloning and infringement and enforcement of copyright using AI. Very few jurisdictions expressly provide for copyright in computer-generated works.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 18, 2021

Though originally released in 2018, Among Us became wildly popular during the pandemic, with streamers and gamers alike discovering it and enjoying both the cartoonish art style and the intrigue of trying to suss out who the imposters are. To be clear, this doesn’t mean that a copyright infringement or other lawsuit is coming.

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IP Tech Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

which held that embedding images could not violate a copyright holder’s exclusive display right. Instagram, filed a complaint in the Northern District of California seeking class-wide relief against Instagram for inducing copyright infringement and for contributory copyright infringement and vicarious copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 18, 2022

Following the example set by United States, the EU started publishing its very own piracy watchlist in 2018. As in the US, it is based on submissions from copyright holder groups that report on problematic sites and services. Cloudflare was mentioned in the EU’s first watchlist in 2018, but was taken off the next version.

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Plagiarism Today

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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The IPKat

JUNE 9, 2022

Derek "Del Boy" Trotter (fictional) Can a fictional character be protected as a self standing copyright work? In 2018, Shazam’s solicitors sent a warning letter to the defendants, claiming that OFDE would infringe the IP rights held by Shazam in OFAH. If so, what is the test to be applied?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

Previously, these works and films were not adequately protected, but the legal landscape surrounding copyright gradually changed, and actions were taken to further safeguard copyright-related works from unauthorized exploitation and usage.

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