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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 trouble began when Albany radio station WGNA asked its social media followers to vote for the regions best fried chicken and tagged a few contenders, including Chicken Joes, which retweeted the stations original post.

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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.” ” Yet taquería is Spanish for a place where tacos are sold. Stop the cultural appropriation!”

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

TorrentFreak

In 2022, many people are exposed to these subscriptions through friends or the marvels of social media. Cease-and-Desist Notices Are More Common in Fraud Cases. The image below from that report shows the regions where notices were issued during 2020-21. But for many, it’s even more simple than that.

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Their Copyrights Expired. The Legal Threats Keep Coming.

Copyright Lately

Rather than challenge a works public domain status in courtwhere they might face a public loss and a court-ordered fee awardsome rightsholders find it more effective (and economical) to rely on public statements, cease and desist letters, and convoluted legal arguments to chill potential users. Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd.

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Hollywood Demands $16.35m From Operator of Pirate IPTV Services

TorrentFreak

In 2020 his Area 51 service was shut down following an Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) cease-and-desist letter. A confidential settlement was reached in October 2020 but it’s claimed that the defendant then launched Digital UniCorn Media and another service called Altered Carbon.

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Court Orders Universe IPTV to Pay DISH $7m in Copyright Infringement Damages

TorrentFreak

Initially filed in August 2020, the complaint targeted five ‘doe’ defendants, together doing business as Universe IPTV and Universe TV. DISH went to some lengths to try and close Universe down including sending cease-and-desist letters directly to the platform and more than a dozen to CDN networks associated with the service.

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If copyright law won’t protect small fashion brands against copying, social media will – just ask influencer Danielle Bernstein

JIPEL Copyright Blog

Nordstrom removed the pieces at issue, and everything seemed to be fine on the copying front—until 2020 hit. They first called out Bernstein on their Instagram stories and privately sent her and We Wore What a cease and desist letter in August 2020. The account and its 2.6 The suits are still ongoing as of now.).