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Did Fortnite Plagiarize Among Us?

Plagiarism Today

Most notably, that included the PUBG Corporation, which filed a lawsuit against Epic Games in May 2018 for alleged copyright infringement. To be clear, this doesn’t mean that a copyright infringement or other lawsuit is coming. The post Did Fortnite Plagiarize Among Us? appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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3 Count: Maverick Lawsuit

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1: Paramount Pictures faces copyright lawsuit over ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ First off today, Joe Hernandez at NPR reports that Paramount Pictures is facing a lawsuit over their new movie Top Gun: Maverick. King was convicted of being the leader of a variety of companies that traded in copyright infringing products.

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Egyptian Case Kurasov v. Wali: Where inspiration meets imitation in the art world

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Nonetheless, it should be noted that enforcement of copyright under Egyptian law is often done through both claims in parallel and that infringement is primarily addressed through criminal sanctions (See here ). Commentary & Conclusion Kurasov v.

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Egyptian Case Wali v. Kurasov: Where inspiration meets imitation in the art world

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Nonetheless, it should be noted that enforcement of copyright under Egyptian law is often done through both claims in parallel and that infringement is primarily addressed through criminal sanctions (See here ). Commentary & Conclusion Wali v.

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Artists Attack AI: Why The New Lawsuit Goes Too Far

Copyright Lately

A group of artists has filed a first-of-its-kind copyright infringement lawsuit against the developers of popular AI art tools, but did they paint themselves into a corner? While the plaintiffs have asserted a claim for vicarious infringement based on users’ conduct, it doesn’t strike me as particularly strong.

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Why Getty Banned AI Images (For Now)

Plagiarism Today

Yesterday, Getty Images and iStock have announced that they are following in the footsteps of other art sites , including NewGrounds and Inkblot, in banning artwork generated by artificial intelligence (AI) from their service. It’s worth noting that other stock photo agencies, including Shutterstock, currently have no rule against AI artwork.

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3 Count: Insta Victory

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Ashley Cullins at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that Instagram has secured the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against it by two photographers who claimed that the service’s embedding feature enabled copyright infringement. That artwork was used by Koons in his later work, prompting the lawsuit.