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Did Fortnite Plagiarize Among Us?

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A Long History of Copying. Most notably, that included the PUBG Corporation, which filed a lawsuit against Epic Games in May 2018 for alleged copyright infringement. However, it wasn’t the end of Epic Games’ issues with copying. In 2019, it was estimated to have made $1.8 billion for Epic Games.

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Copyright Infringement: Friend or Foe in the Music Industry?

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It used to be that occasionally we would hear in the news that some artist is suing some other artist for infringing their song. You may remember the big music copyright infringement case of 2012 , where Robin Thicke was sued by Marvin Gaye over claims that Thicke’s hit song “Blurred Lines” infringed on Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up”.

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3 Count: Rockstar vs. Rock Star

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The lawsuit alleges that the 2005 Nickelback hit Rockstar is a copyright infringement of his 2001 song Rock Star. According to the lawsuit, Johnston made 15 copies of a master tape of his recording and sent it to various record labels, including Roadrunner. Finally today, Michael S.

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3 Count: Less Than Routine

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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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3 Count: Pulp NFT

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1: Miramax Hits Tarantino With Copyright Suit on ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs. First off today, Samantha Handler at Bloomberg Law reports that the film studio Mirimax has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against director Quentin Tarantino over Tarantino’s plans to release of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) related to the film Pulp Fiction.

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3 Count: Polish Rejection

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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. However, the group argues that MODS copied at least two of their exhibitions, Boundaries from 2017 and Crystal from 2015.

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5 Spooky Articles About Copyright and Halloween

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In 2019, it was due to road work on my street and both 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. 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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