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Reddit Banned 2,625 Subreddits For Excessive Copyright Infringement in 2021

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In 2021, Reddit’s users created nearly 5.8 In common with the vast majority of large companies based in the US, Reddit has to follow the requirements of the DMCA which means that when it receives a valid copyright notice, it must comply by taking the identified content down. Invalid Copyright Notices Are Rejected.

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The Streamlabs (SLOBS) Plagiarism Scandal

Plagiarism Today

They did so anyway and followed up by filing a trademark We’ve tried to sort this out in private and they have been uncooperative at every turn [link] — OBS (@OBSProject) November 17, 2021. pic.twitter.com/00sjHsmntF — Streamlabs (@streamlabs) November 17, 2021. Hey, can I copy your homework? ? This is our fault.

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5 Spooky Articles About Copyright and Halloween

Plagiarism Today

In 2019, it was due to road work on my street and both 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. But, before I go, I wanted to leave you with five tales of how copyright has shaped Halloween that I’ve written over the years. 1: How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie. However, that wasn’t how it was meant to be released. .

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Google Addresses Scraped and Spun Content

Plagiarism Today

In a similar question at 17:05 in the same video, another user asked, “Why Google is not taking action on copy or spun web stories? One notable difference between the way Mueller addressed the issue in 2021 and Nguyen addressed it this year is in the way webmasters should address. Can you check on Discover?”. A Changing Tactic.

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WOW Asks Court to Throw Out Filmmakers’ Expanded Piracy Liability Lawsuit

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In 2021, Colorado-based Internet provider WOW was sued by a group of movie companies, including Millennium Media and Voltage Pictures. The filmmakers accused the ISP of failing to terminate the accounts of subscribers who were repeatedly flagged for sharing copyrighted material.

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Foreign Works, US Rights: The 7th Circle of Copyright Hell?

Copyright Lately

The new lawsuit raises a host of complicated legal issues that, while exciting for copyright nerds like me, are often a nightmare to litigate. Key among them is the extent to which pre-1978 works first published abroad without proper copyright notice are still protected under U.S. copyright law. Copyright Office.

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TV Museum Will Die in 48 Hours Unless Sony Retracts YouTube Copyright Strikes

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I was just blown away by seeing stuff I had forgotten,” Klein recalled in a 2021 interview. Acting on behalf of a copyright owner, in this case Sony, India-based anti-piracy company Markscan hit the MCCTv channel with a flurry of copyright claims. That’s one of the things that becomes so addictive.

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