The IPKat

JUNE 17, 2023

Would you say that Cattelan’s work (realized for an exhibition in Miami in 2019) is an unauthorized reproduction of the 2001 work below, titled Banana and Orange , and thus an infringement of the copyright vesting in it? Of course, that is not all: Comedian has in fact also sparked litigation in the USA.

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IPilogue

MAY 26, 2022

Moten, a Texas pastor, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against rapper Kanye West for incorporating a sample recording of his religious sermon into one of his songs. In 2019, West was also hit with a lawsuit for unauthorized use of a sound recording on his Grammy-nominated song, “Ultralight Beam.”

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2021

The lawsuit actually began in 2012 when LaTele sued Telemundo over alleged copyright infringement of a telenovela. That underlying case was settled back in 2019 but, as the case dragged on, Fraiz was removed from the company by the Venezuelan government and replaced with an appointed Junta.

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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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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

Between 1981 and 2019, the District apparently sought and received Otto's permission for each new use of the Logo. However, according to Otto, during the 2019-20 school year, the District began allowing third parties to use the logo, without Otto's permission, on merchandise and athletic apparel.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 28, 2022

The lawsuit was filed by a pair of songwriters that claimed the 2019 track was an infringement of their earlier song 2016 song I Love Your Dress. 2: Court Dismisses Bungie’s Copyright Claims Against Cheat Seller AimJunkies, For Now. Bungie can amend and refile the copyright claims.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In July 2019, a cease-and-desist letter was sent to the company H Z without much effect. On 20 April 2022, Feld Motor Sports brought a claim against the company H Z for trade mark and copyright infringement before the Tribunal judiciaire of Paris. The court first tackled trademark infringement. Feld Motor Sports Inc.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

1: XXXTentacion and Lil Peep Sued for Copyright Infringement Over ‘Falling Down’ First off today, Trent Fitzgerald at XXL reports that musicians XXXTentacion and Lil Peep are being sued by a singer-songwriter named Jaden Hoff, for alleged copyright infringement in the duo’s posthumous song Falling Down.

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Plagiarism Today

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’. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. Next up today, Tara C.

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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. . As we discussed back in 2019 , the case itself didn’t have a significant impact on the legal landscape of copyright. Though reduced to $5.3

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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. In 2019, Braun purchased the label Big Machine and, with it, claimed the rights Swift’s first six albums.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

From March 2016 through November 2019, Carrasquillo and his co-defendants opened fraudulent accounts with TV providers Charter Communications, Comcast, DirecTV, Frontier Corporation, and Verizon Fios. A wire fraud scheme against the victim cable companies from March 2016 through November 23, 2019, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001 10.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

1: Music Producer Challenges Copyright Infringement Claims Over Hit Rap Song. In 2019, a local court ordered the nation’s internet service providers to block access to the Mega file sharing service. 3: Jeff Koons Sued for Copyright Infringement in ‘Made in Heaven’ Series.

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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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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

1: Netflix Slams Unofficial ‘Bridgerton’ Musical Creators in Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. Next up today, Bill Donahue at Billboard reports that Peloton is facing a new copyright infringement lawsuit, this one filed by one of the original members of Cypress Hill. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 10, 2022

First off today, Ryan Naumann at Radar Online reports that photographer Al Pereira has filed a lawsuit against the rapper Nas claiming copyright infringement over a post on social media. 2: Banilla Games Sues Copyright Infringers. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 26, 2022

1: Court of Appeals Rules That a Timely Filed Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Can Recover All Damages, No Matter How Long Ago They Occurred. However, Starz was unaware of the infringements and only learned about them in August 2019. Through discovery, Starz learned that these infringements went all the way back to 2013.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2022

Shazam had entered into merchandising agreements with the BBC and launched ‘Only Fools and Horses – The Musical’ (The OFAH Musical) in early 2019. The defendants did not seek approval from the claimant in relation to the OFDE and, as a result, in 2019 the claimant sued the defendants for copyright infringement and passing off.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

1: Taylor Swift Sued for $1 Million by Memphis-Area Poet for Copyright Infringement. First off today, Lucas Finton at Commercial Appeal reports that Taylor Swift is facing a new copyright infringement lawsuit, this one filed by a Memphis-area poet that accuses Swift of lifting her work.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 20, 2022

In 2019, the same court found largely the same thing , but chose to revisit the issue following the Supreme Court ruling last year. In fact, the ruling leaves open a variety of approached LinkedIn could take, including copyright infringement , in particular violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It is looking to retain the “graduated response” system for dealing with repeat individual infringers and expand into blacklisting infringing websites and help rightsholders file criminal cases. The move comes after a 2019 report showed that HADOPI had collected just €87,000 in fines over the prior eight years.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 9, 2021

1: Major Record Labels Sue Charter Communications Again for Alleged Copyright Infringement. The lawsuit is the second the group has filed against Charter, with one being filed in 2019 that looked at Charter’s alleged activities between March 24, 2013 and May 17, 2016. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

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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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Over the past several years there has been a drive to hold US-based ISPs liable for copyright infringements carried out by their customers. These Internet providers are accused of not doing enough to stop copyright infringers on their networks, even after receiving multiple ‘copyright infringement’ notifications.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 13, 2022

Finally today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that Omi in a Hellcat is facing yet another lawsuit, this time over allegations of trademark infringement over apparel he sold under his “Reloaded” brand. government in November 2019 and, since then, he has had “at least” $5.2 million seized from him.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

2: Sam Smith, Normani Ask Judge to Dismiss ‘Nonsensical’ Claims in Amended Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. Next up today, Nancy Dillon at Rolling Stone reports that Sam Smith and Normani are asking a judge to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit filed over their 2019 song Dancing with a Stranger.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 21, 2022

In short, such providers cannot be held liable for copyright infringement by their users as long as they meet certain criteria. Among that criteria is that they designate a DMCA agent to receive notices of copyright infringement and then work to remove or disable access to any works they are notified about. Bottom Line.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 9, 2022

that reversed a Central District of California’s sua sponte grant of summary judgment to Pub Ocean on McGucken’s copyright infringement claims. The case involved Pub Ocean’s unauthorized use of photos of a lake that formed in Death Valley, California, in March 2019. Pub Ocean Ltd.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 20, 2024

Late 2019, Internet provider Cox Communications lost its legal battle against a group of major record labels, including Sony and Universal. The ISP failed to disconnect repeat infringers and was ordered to pay $1 billion in damages. Cox, in turn, would like the contributory copyright infringement ruling to be reversed.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

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. Poland, as well as others in the EU, felt that this would lead to the installation of upload filters that would harm legitimate content.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

MacIPTV Reported to the Police in 2019. Working on behalf of production companies SF Studios and Nordisk Film, in September 2019 anti-piracy group Rights Alliance reported one of many entities involved in the supply of pirate IPTV subscriptions to the police. million (around US$231,000) to the rightsholders.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 5, 2021

In March of 2019, several major music companies sued Charter Communications, one of the largest Internet providers in the US with 22 million subscribers. Among other things, they argued that the ISP failed to terminate or otherwise take meaningful action against the accounts of repeat infringers, even though it was well aware of them.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 18, 2021

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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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 9, 2022

Back in 2019, a jury verdict found that Cox was not doing enough on its network to deter piracy and, as such, awarded a group of some 53 music publishers a $1 billion judgment for some 10,000 instances of copyright infringement by Cox customers. Cox immediately appealed the verdict, but it was then upheld by a separate court.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 29, 2021

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in US courts after rightsholders filed lawsuits against several ISPs. These Internet providers are accused of not doing enough to stop copyright infringers on their networks, even after receiving multiple ‘copyright infringement’ notifications.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

First off today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that George Bridi, a Cyprus man convicted of criminal copyright infringement for his role in the SPARKS scene group, has been sentenced to 22 months for his role. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Member of Scene Piracy Group SPARKS Gets 22-Month Prison Sentence.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2022

Two 31-year-old men from Blackpool and a 29-year-old man from Oldham were arrested on suspicion of criminal copyright infringement offenses and were later released under investigation. Who Are The Men? Organized Crime Unit Strikes Again. Millington was ultimately sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

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