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Was Batman a Plagiarism?

Plagiarism Today

A recent article by Austin Mace at Screenrant highlights comments made decades ago by Batman co-creator Bill Finger regarding Batman’s first appearance in Detective Comics #27, published in May 1939. . However, this raises an interesting question: Is Batman a plagiarism? The first version of the Batman emblem. Bottom Line.

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The Battle Lines Over AI Art

Plagiarism Today

Though the controversy over The Crow was more muted due to the process Marshall went through to create the work , it represents another AI-created work that won a significant award that many people feel should be reserved for purely human creators. The post The Battle Lines Over AI Art appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Copyright, Trademark and Willy’s Chocolate Experience

Plagiarism Today

The post Copyright, Trademark and Willy’s Chocolate Experience appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The recent "Glasgow Willy Wonka Event" may have launched a thousand memes. but it also raises some serious copyright and trademark issues.

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The Basics of Open Access

Plagiarism Today

If you’re a researcher looking to publish your first article, one of the biggest choices that you will likely be confronted with is the choice of publishing in your work Open Access or going with a traditional, closed access publisher. Open Access works are also described as either “gratis” or “libre”.

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Understanding the Pearson v. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

In short, it’s claiming that Chegg, in many cases, either directly copies the content or creates a thinly veiled derivative work based upon it, both of which are violations of copyright law. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The post Understanding the Pearson v.

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What Mr. Beast’s Squid Game Video Says About Originality

Plagiarism Today

However, one of his most recent videos has been drawing some criticism over allegations that it is plagiarizing its source material. However, after some backlash from others on Twitter, attempted to clarify his position: To be overabundantly clear: I wasn't accusing MrBeast of plagiarism. That answer is much less clear.

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Artists Attack AI: Why The New Lawsuit Goes Too Far

Copyright Lately

Over the past week, the plaintiffs’ lawsuit has been the subject of thousands of articles which have largely parroted the complaint’s key talking point: that AI image generators are nothing more than “ a 21st-century collage tool that remixes the copyright works of millions of artists whose work was used as training data.”