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Tacos with a Side of Cease and Desist

IPilogue

Controversy ensued when a Mexican food restaurant in the UK, Taquería, issued a cease and desist letter to a similar restaurant, Sonora Taquería, for infringement of their registered mark “Taqueria.” This article was written as a requirement for Prof. Pina D’Agostino’s IP Intensive Program. Stop the cultural appropriation!”

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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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UK Pirate IPTV Sellers Receive In-Person Warnings From Police Officers & FACT

TorrentFreak

Targeting homes in Alcester, Solihull, and Birmingham, investigators and police officers served so-called ‘cease-and-desist’ notices requiring suspects to cease any illegal activity with immediate effect, or face more serious consequences. Cease-and-Desist Notices Are More Common in Fraud Cases.

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The 5 Worst Copyright Decisions of 2024

Copyright Lately

When I first launched this tradition in 2020, during the height of the pandemic, best of lists felt a little out of touch. The court also found willful infringement based on Chicken Joes profanity-laden response to the plaintiffs cease-and-desist letter: The most disappointing part of the email?

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Major Record Labels Sue Youtube-dl’s Hosting Provider

TorrentFreak

In October 2020, the RIAA caused outrage by taking down YouTube-ripping tool youtube-dl from GitHub. Law firm Rasch works with several major music industry players and it was on their behalf that cease-and-desist orders were sent to local hosting service Uberspace.

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Using the Copyright Small Claims Board to Fight Essay Mills

Plagiarism Today

In December 2020, the United States government passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act). This means that many “smaller” copyright infringement cases do not have any practical enforcement outside of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedowns and cease-and-desist letters.

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YTS Breaks Unique Settlement Agreement by Uploading Pirated Films

TorrentFreak

In some cases these shutdowns are easy, only requiring a cease and desist order to be delivered to the owner’s home address. Instead of shutting the site down, the film companies reached settlement agreements with the operator in 2020, which allowed the site to continue operating. has also been targeted in court.