Plagiarism Today

JULY 27, 2021

Specifically, the accusations were that the melody of Butter matched the 2020 Luca song You Got Me Down. However, this turned out to be more of a licensing than a traditional plagiarism issue. The most likely cause for this similarity was simply Garcia using either the same or a very similar melody to the one he licensed to Luca.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 27, 2022

First off today, Larisha Paul at Rolling Stone reports that Megan Thee Stallion and Big Sean are facing a lawsuit over their 2020 collaboration Go Crazy. They allege that Megan Thee Stallion and Big Sean infringed their 2012 song entitled Krazy when creating Go Crazy for Big Sean’s 2020 debut album.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 3, 2022

First off today, Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide reports that musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims her 2020 hit Levitating is an infringement of an earlier song. Oracle sued NEC last year, claiming that NEC used Oracle software in a way that exceeded their license.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The fine came after a new European Union copyright directive took effect in the country that required search engines, like Google, to pay to license content from news services. The man, George Bridi, was arrested in Paphos, Cyprus in August 2020. However, the extradition process has completed and now Bridi is in U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

They claimed that the workout company was using popular songs in their workout classes without obtaining sync licensed. That lawsuit was settled in February 2020 but, according to Muggerud, Peloton has still not properly secured licenses for Cypress Hill songs, including ones he helped write and performed on.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 10, 2022

Nas republished the photo on his Instagram in 2020 and, according to Pereira, this was done without permission or a license. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. 2: Banilla Games Sues Copyright Infringers. However, other discovery issues are ongoing.

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IPilogue

JULY 15, 2021

Then, in May 2021, the fashion brand Rag & Bone advertised a new, officially-licensed Cruella -inspired collection—without Beavan’s knowledge or attribution. In 2020, a licensed Harley Quinn-inspired Birds of Prey collection by Her Universe did not involve the film’s costume designer, Erin Benach.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In 1984, Lynn licensed one of her photographs of the musician Prince to be converted into a painting by Warhol for Vanity Fair magazine. The lawsuit indicates that this is not the first run in between the two parties, as EKB claims to have sent a cease and desist letter to the company in 2020.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 20, 2022

A lot has been happening in the world of copyright and collective licensing since my last update. At Copyright Clearance Center, we continue to monitor the copyright landscape as part of our mission to support copyright and licensing around the world. We continue to follow developments there very closely.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

In the case, Nicklen argued that a photographer or videographer that uses Facebook or Instagram to promote their content should not automatically give up the right to license it to third parties, such as Sinclair. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 4, 2022

However, Wolfgang’s Vault was able to prove that, for some of his works, Kihn had given permission meaning that the case needed to separate the licensed versus unlicensed uses. Wolfgang’s Vault has faced multiple lawsuits from musicians including one it settled in 2008 and a judgment against them for $200,000 in 2020.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 7, 2022

According to the Yonays, they completed that process and the rights reverted to them in January 2020 and work on Top Gun: Maverick didn’t finish until 2021. They offered unlicensed streaming boxes to bars, restaurants and home users and charged a subscription fee to access content that he had not licensed. million) in revenue.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2021

Sims filed the lawsuit in June 2020 after Dr. Camper, the coauthor of Focus, went on Instagram live and said that Endless Minds was the inspiration for the melody of the song. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Camper and others involved in the song.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 7, 2022

According to the lawsuit, they contacted the defendants in November 2020 about the similarities but failed to explain the similarities, prompting the lawsuit. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 4, 2022

However, the judge previously dismissed that counterclaim but left room for RCN to file it again, they did in October 2020, but now that counterclaim has been dismissed as well. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 28, 2022

However, after talks to produce the show ended, BET went forward with the idea, BET launched a similar show in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The post 3 Count: House Party appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

According to the lawsuit, in February 2020, Barbera took a photo of Cyrus as she left a building. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The move comes amid a settlement between the two sides, though no details about that settlement are known.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Bowser, who lived in Dominican Republic, was arrested in September 2020 and deported to the United States to face charges. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The post 3 Count: Bowser’s Finale appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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MARCH 9, 2022

The case involves two separate lawsuits, one filed by the Alliance for Creativity in April 2020 and a second filed by DISH Network and others in August 2021. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

He called an earlier decision in the case one of the 5 worst copyright decisions in 2020 and, with the jury verdict, called it a loss for bodily autonomy and free speech. In short, if tattoo licensing becomes the new norm, this could be a major headache for photographers, filmmakers and other visual artists.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It has already entered into licensing agreements with several content creators, including other news media organizations.” Instead, they point to how much they have produced or licensed with the assumption that it is all scraped by OpenAI. This comes directly from scientists at ChatGPT, who published on the issue in 2020.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to the plaintiffs, Paramount optioned the article for the first film but failed to option it for the sequel, despite the rights reverting back to the estate in January 2020. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The post 3 Count: Top Gun 2.5

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 3, 2021

million takedown notices for copyright infringement in the first half of 2020, pointing to a pervasive problem on the service. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. According to the letter, Twitter received some 1.6

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 26, 2022

However, under the conventional theory of damages, Starz would have only been eligible for damages on infringements going back to May 2017, three years before the lawsuit was filed in May 2020. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Finally today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that lawyers representing Dua Lipa have filed a motion to dismiss in a lawsuit over Lipa’s 2020 hit song Levitating. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In 2020 she claims to have sold over 8,000 pieces, mostly through her Etsy store. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Okolita began making costumes in 2014 for her own children and turned that into a business the following year. Header Image: ?english

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

According to the lawsuit, A&E presented the program Live PD between 2016 and 2020. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Further, they add that blanket availability on streaming services does not prove access to the works.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

” F1 Delta Time lost its trademark license to use F1 / Formula One as part of the F1 Delta Time game. The brand licensing deal apparently had a ‘term’ that expired. F1 did not renew the license. Did the initial NFT buyers even know their NFT license was subject to an upstream license that might expire?

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 8, 2021

This is an interesting new trademark petition that suggests some nuance from the Court’s 2020 decision in BOOKING.COM. . § 1064(3) for determining whether a registered trademark has “become” generic applies where a term originated as generic before registration. Petition ].

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Patently-O

MARCH 18, 2024

The Federal Circuit has issued an interesting nonprecedential order in In re VLSI Technology LLC , denying VLSI’s petition for a writ of mandamus that sought to reverse a district court order allowing Intel to amend its answer to assert a declaratory judgment counterclaim regarding a patent license defense.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2025

The registration also brings much-needed structure to the industry as the producers and platforms now have a clear channel for licensing screenwriting works, which should reduce disputes and create consistent practices. The impact of copyright societies extends beyond collecting royalties. In Phonographic Performance Ltd.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Such conduct generated exploitative effects by excessive pricing towards users as well as exclusionary effects towards SGAE’s competitors, representing a barrier to entry into the market for collective management as well as the market for licensing of copyright-protected works for other CMOs or independent management entities (IMEs).

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

A judge has affirmed the ability of the UK courts to settle FRAND terms of a patent license covering foreign patents, despite the defendants challenging the court’s jurisdiction.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

billion damage award against defendant Intel Corporation because it found plaintiff VLSI Technology LLC had erred on its damages calculation, that one of the asserted patents was not infringed, and that Intel was wrongly barred from raising a defense that it had a newly acquired license to the asserted patents.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In 2015, guitarist David Bowery filed a lawsuit against Spotify USA, a Spotify subsidiary, for streaming songs without first obtaining mechanical licenses , which are the standard payment for reproducing or distributing a song. One can obtain a compulsory license by filing a notice of intention (“NOI”).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 24, 2025

In the indemnity clause of the licensing agreement (for the brand Symbol) D1 indemnifies D2 against any claim, liability, loss, damage, cost or expense, including court costs made by third-party including infringement of their trademark rights (Para 51). The Court relied on Strix Ltd v.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Last August, Hadid was sued yet again , this time for sharing a 2020 photo of her sister Bella— another frequent copyright defendant —taken by photographer Ulices Ramales. And while plaintiffs often use lost licensing fees as a baseline for statutory damages, Ramales didn’t provide any licensing history for the image here.

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