TorrentFreak

MARCH 8, 2022

In late 2020, the open-source software youtube-dl was added to the list of targets. The RIAA had already sent cease-and-desist orders to the hosting company in 2020, before it approached GitHub. This would be impossible without downloading a copy off the platform first. Youtube-dl Takedown Battle. No Circumvention.

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Cease and Desist Music Copyright Copyright Infringement 145

TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2023

Youtube-dl Takedown Battle In late 2020, the open-source software youtube-dl was added to the list of targets. The RIAA had already sent cease-and-desist orders to the hosting company in 2020, before it approached GitHub. To stop this, the music industry titans deployed a variety of legal tactics around the world.

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Music Cease and Desist Copyright Copyright Infringement 138

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 12, 2023

From the diametrically opposed view of the plaintiffs, the defendants willfully made copies thousands of recordings to which they own the copyrights. The digitized copies were then uploaded to the Internet Archive from where they were illegally distributed to users of the website millions of times.

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Copyright Cease and Desist Music Copying 98

BYU Copyright Blog

JUNE 9, 2021

its complaint, Ivy accuses Lehren of copying “significant portions of Ivy Coach’s content from a page explaining the benefits of using an admissions consultant.” Both companies assist and guide prospective university and college students in their application process.In

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Cease and Desist Business Copying 52

JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

scene in the past, things seemed to come to a head in November 2020 when Nintendo sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Tournament Organizers (TOs) of the Big House, an upcoming streamed Melee tournament, and subsequently forced them to cancel the event. While Nintendo has waffled on its support for the Smash Bros.

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Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Cease and Desist Law 59

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

As I wrote back in December, scraping claims are almost always about unwanted copying and distribution of data. However, scraping generally means “extracting data from a website and copying it into a structured format, allowing for data manipulation or analysis.” Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter.

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Blogging Contracts Cease and Desist Social Media 123

TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2022

Production got underway in 2020 and a theatrical release was expected in late 2022. The poster noted that while it appeared the information had multiple sources, several people might have copied existing information. ” The important thing here is to find out who sent the notice and on what grounds.

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Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Fair Use Copyright 96

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This is the initial copying design (without of the background graphics in the precedent work): The copyright registrant alleged this copying design constituted copyright infringement. Anthony, 2020 WL 11206863 (N.D. Summit Entertainment. * Cease & Desist Letter to iTunes Isn’t Covered by 17 USC 512(f)–Red Rock v.

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Registration Fair Use Copyright Design 132

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

March, 13, 2023): on February 4, 2020, Bar-Z submitted a DMCA notification to Google Play and Apple that App Star’s applications needed to be taken down. Day to Day Imports * Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court * 512(f) Preempts Tortious Interference Claim–Copy Me That v. Alper Automotive v.

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Fair Use Cease and Desist Contracts Ownership 111

43(B)log

AUGUST 18, 2021

One defendant’s principal testified that it “specifically tried very hard to differentiate” its products with a disclaimer expressly disavowing any affiliation with SMRI and a separate color scheme on its tags, which SMRI copied. Since the jury made no relevant findings of fact, the court was free to make findings.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Defendants allegedly copied key components of Trackman’s copyrighted software and falsely suggested, in promotions and advertisements, that defendants were authorized to use the well-known courses in their game. And they allegedly copied golf courses created on Perfect Golf’s course design platform.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

Firstly, Direct infringement wherein a patented product can be literally copied element to element (Literal direct infringement) and equivalently copied with little to minimal changes not essentially affecting the effect of the product (Equivalent direct infringement). This assist if a situation of litigation arises. [9] LEXIS 24421.

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Patent Infringement Patent Cease and Desist IP 52

SpicyIP

MAY 15, 2023

They further argued that they had issued a cease and desist notice on 6th November, 2020 to which no response was received. Delhi High Court observes that there is a need to relook at the exclusions under Section 3(k), directs the registry to share the copy of the judgement with DPIIT.

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Trademark Registration Cease and Desist IP 104

IP Whiteboard

JUNE 7, 2021

You then upload a copy of the digital work that you want to represent in NFT-form to the NFT marketplace, pay a transaction fee and click ‘create’. It’s hard to identify and verify the true owner of content when an identical copy of that content can be created with a few clicks of a mouse. What are the benefits of NFTs?

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Non-Fungible Tokens IP Cease and Desist Ownership 40

The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association or the copyright holder. 1492 (2020) (Gorsuch, J.). 1492 (2020) (No. 1492 (2020) (No. at 1494-95.

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Intellectual Property Contracts Trademark Trademark Law 52

TorrentFreak

MARCH 5, 2025

Cease and Desist While the defendant made efforts to conceal his identity, investigators followed a digital trail that led to his personal email address. In December 2023, the movie studios eventually confronted Weibley, demanding that he cease the copyright infringing activities.

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Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Copyright Television 67

TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Grant responded with a cease and desist notice and when that was ignored, Grant sued Trump and his team for copyright infringement. Or even negotiating the terms of the settlement Grant offered in August 2020 before filing the lawsuit. Judge’s Opinion Was Just His Opinion? Instead, U.S. That was surprising.

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Fair Use Cease and Desist Social Media Licensing 104

Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Trump’s fair use argument fails as the musician wins a copyright battle over the unlicensed use of “Electric Avenue” in a viral video from the 2020 campaign. Koeltl has granted summary judgment in favor of Grant, finding Trump and his 2020 presidential campaign liable for copyright infringement (read the opinion here).

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Fair Use Copyright Cease and Desist Music 135