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. Affiliated police forces in Lancashire also shut down North West IPTV back in 2020. Who Are The Men?

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 21, 2021

Last year his Area 51 service was shut down following a cease-and-desist issued by the Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). In October 2020, a confidential settlement was reached, which included a clause for Tusa not to create or be involved in any other similar services. It later disappeared.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2024

Specifically, IA argues that many of the works should be removed from the lawsuit, as the labels failed to take timely action following a cease and desist letter the RIAA sent in 2020. This letter pointed out concrete copyright concerns, but the labels allegedly took too long before filing their lawsuit.

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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. To stop this, the music industry titans are using a variety of legal tactics around the world. Youtube-dl Takedown Battle.

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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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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2024

Specifically, IA argues that many of the works should be removed from the lawsuit, as the labels failed to take timely action following a cease and desist letter the RIAA sent in 2020. This letter pointed out concrete copyright concerns, but the labels allegedly took too long before filing their lawsuit.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 12, 2023

As the Internet Archive continues to deal with an adverse ruling in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the world’s largest publishing companies, late Friday some of the world’s largest record labels launched similar legal action in the United States. named as defendants.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2022

Production got underway in 2020 and a theatrical release was expected in late 2022. Post Removed By Reddit For Copyright Infringement. As the embedded image shows, the user’s post was subsequently removed by Reddit’s Legal Operations team following a “copyright claim by a third party.”

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Barry Sookman

MAY 3, 2020

Neutron – Technology & Marketing Law Blog [link] 2020-04-26 Changes Result in the Alberta Electronic Transactions Act Applying to Employment and Other Records [link] 2020-04-26 Redbox’s Terms of Use Fail (OUCH)-Wilson v.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

In this case, via alleged copyright infringement. Nordstrom removed the pieces at issue, and everything seemed to be fine on the copying front—until 2020 hit. Perhaps the most infamous of the above scandals was the allegation of copyright infringement by The Great Eros (“TGE”). The account and its 2.6

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Following the implementation of Article 5 CDSMD via a government decree in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 (see here , here and here ), the preparations for the implementation of the rest of the CDSMD continued throughout 2020. This version was offered for a targeted (semi-public) consultation in August 2020.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. All of these facts placed Defendant on actual notice that it was highly likely that, in fact, Plaintiff’s Sticker Sheet was not infringing the Subject Design.

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IP Tech Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

18, 2023) , the plaintiff brought a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement because a photograph flashed on the screen during the “Tiger King 2” documentary depicted a tattoo of the now famous “Tiger King” (a/k/a “Joe Exotic”), that the plaintiff tattoo artist had inked. In Cramer v. Netflix, Inc. , 3:22-cv-131 (W.D. 2K Games, Inc. ,

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

18, 2023) , the plaintiff brought a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement because a photograph flashed on the screen during the “Tiger King 2” documentary depicted a tattoo of the now famous “Tiger King” (a/k/a “Joe Exotic”), that the plaintiff tattoo artist had inked. In Cramer v. Netflix, Inc. ,

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Although Perfect Golf used to be compatible with third-party launch monitors, as of August 2020, Perfect Golf users had to buy plaintiff’s launch monitors to play the game. Andrews and PGA Tour courses sent cease-and-desist letters to defendants, after which defendants ‘removed, disabled access to, or renamed the St.

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IP Whiteboard

JUNE 7, 2021

Since October 2020, NBA Top Shot (an NFT marketplace created by the NBA that allows fans to buy and sell NFTs of highlight videos featuring their favourite players) has generated more than $200 million USD in sales. By contrast, in the United States, registration of copyright is a prerequisite to filing a lawsuit for copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 5, 2025

Amazon, Netflix, Disney, Paramount, and other major Hollywood studios, accuse the defendants of widespread copyright infringement. Hollywood vs. Weibley The complaint notes that Weibley has a long history of illegally profiting from pirated content and engaging in mass copyright infringement.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 18, 2024

M/S Sagar Ratna Restaurants Privat e on 24 July, 2024 (Delhi District Court) The plaintiff, providing advertising and branding services under an annual retainership agreement with the defendants, alleged non payment of outstanding dues since January 2020 despite repeated reminders and a legal notice. The Court relied on S.P.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Despite receiving a number of takedown notices alleging copyright infringement in Trump’s tweets, and in some cases removing content in response to apparently valid claims, the president’s account wasn’t suspended or terminated as is often the case. Judge’s Opinion Was Just His Opinion? Instead, U.S.

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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. Despite a cease-and-desist letter from Grant, the video remained online, amassing millions of views before Grant filed his lawsuit.

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