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Did Fortnite Plagiarize Among Us?

Plagiarism Today

Most notably, that included the PUBG Corporation, which filed a lawsuit against Epic Games in May 2018 for alleged copyright infringement. At least five of those lawsuits were dismissed by March 2019 due to the lack of a proper copyright registration. In 2019, it was estimated to have made $1.8

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3 Count: Wriggling Worms

Plagiarism Today

1: Shenseea Hit With Second Copyright Lawsuit For US$450,000 Over ‘Foreplay’ Video. First off today, Claudia Gardner at DancehallMag reports that Jamaican dancehall artist Shenseea is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Stephanie Sarley, a visual artist who accuses Shenseea of infringing the copyrights of three of her pieces.

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3 Count: Polish Rejection

Plagiarism Today

First off today, John Silk at Deutsche Welle reports that the highest court in the European Union, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), has rejected a Polish challenge to the latest EU copyright directive. The post 3 Count: Polish Rejection appeared first on Plagiarism Today. DCM also declined to comment.

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3 Count: Dirty Cheaters

Plagiarism Today

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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Copyright Goes Bananas: District Court Rejects Maurizio Cattelan’s Motion to Dismiss Copyright Claim Against His Taped Banana

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During Art Basel Miami Beach in December 2019, Italian artist and provocateur Maurizio Cattelan [1] duct-taped a banana onto a white wall. Within hours, his work, Comedian , sold for $120,000, went viral, and became that year’s perhaps most discussed artwork. [2] 4, 2019), [link]. [3] 3] On July 6, 2022, Judge Robert N.

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Court Slips Up in Duct-Taped Banana Copyright Case

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A banana taped to a wall may qualify as art, but as a copyright infringement lawsuit it should have been left to rot. Plaintiff Joe Morford claims that the copyright in his artwork (L) has been infringed by defendant Maurizio Cattelan. But some dude steals my junk and pimps it for 120k+ in 2019.