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Some Copyright Highlights in 2021-Around the World and in Canada?

Hugh Stephens Blog

It seems as if it was only a few weeks ago that I was writing a similar summary for 2020, the “annus horribilis” when COVID first hit us, but in fact it was 51 weeks ago yet many of the same pandemic and copyright-related issues that I wrote about last year are still with us, … Continue reading "Some Copyright Highlights in 2021-Around the World (..)

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3 Count: Over The Hump

Plagiarism Today

BMG and MGA settle a lawsuit over My Humps parody, Plex sued over photograph and NLE Choppa sued over a 2020 song. The post 3 Count: Over The Hump appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Why Are There So Many Pop Music Lawsuits

Plagiarism Today

Back in 2020, Rolling Stone reported that the sharp rise in such cases was causing songwriters to pick up insurance against such lawsuits. As we discussed in early 2020, the idea of the Blurred Lines case being some form of legal ground shift should be buried. To that end, it’s a trend that has been going on for some time now.

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The First 100 Cases at the Copyright Claims Board

Plagiarism Today

copyright law in December 2020 with the signing of the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act). . Of the registrations, 49 of the registrations were before 2020 and 68 were from before 2022. Before 2002 7 2002-2020 42 2020/2021 19 2022 15. Within a month, the first 70 cases had been filed.

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TPAC slides from meeting March 12, 2021

Erik K Pelton

filings were down just before the the pandemic and dropped even more in March and April of 2020, but ever since June have been at record levels, fueled by economy, filings from China, and a rush to the beat the fee increases in December. the vast majority (3/4) of applications come from applicants who submit 10 or less applications.

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3 Count: Sealed with a Kiss

Plagiarism Today

The lawsuit was filed back in July 2020 by the Authors Guild, a group of publishers including Amazon and a collection of authors. In September 2020, the court granted a preliminary judgment, however, this expands that judgment by granting both damages and a permanent injunction.

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3 Count: Music Licensing is Strange…

Plagiarism Today

The lawsuit targets Jason Tusa and actually began back in August 2020 when he shuttered his Area 51 service following a cease-and-desist letter. First off today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is asking for some $16.35

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