Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

Copyright Office, “Online content is considered published if the copyright owner authorizes the end user to retain copies of the content or further distribute the content.”. Their pages contained a pair of copyright notices that read, “Nothing on this page may be copied or reproduced without explicit permission.”

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 31, 2025

The Centre for Intellectual Property Research and Advocacy [CIPRA] of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad is organizing its first blog writing competition in collaboration with us on the theme of Literature, Journalism and IP. The top two entries will be awarded with some cash prizes and also with a chance to be published on the blog!

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Between blogs, social media, forums, YouTube and a million other sites, one doesn’t have to be in a writing profession to be a widely read author. Turnitin launched in the year 2000 , Between search engines and ready-made copy detection tools, spotting plagiarism became much faster and easier than ever before.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to promoting, marketing, and advertising, social media is one of the most effective and powerful ways. Content creators and social media influencers work sincerely to build their reputation for expertise in specific industries, products, and topics. How to Ensure Compliance with IP?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The application of this principle to this case is easy: the elements that Defendants allegedly copied from Coscarelli’s cookbooks are primarily lists of ingredients and directions for combining them. Some Related Blog Posts. Smashburger (Guest Blog Post). ” Really? Case citation : Coscarelli v. Esquared Hosp. ,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Judging from the Rusty Krab’s marketing efforts and social media promotion as detailed in Viacom’s complaint, the pop-up was far more focused on providing the backdrop for Instagram-worthy selfies than it was on producing edible food. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

She tattooed the Sedlik photo onto Farmer and promoted the tattoo on social media. “Von D presumably did not need to copy the pose from the Portrait in order express a sentiment of melancholy.” However, the court says the jury can decide if the defendants profited from their social media posts.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 26, 2023

Takedown Trouble Triggers Lawsuit This takedown policy is widely accepted as the standard for social media services but every now and then, disputes can arise. However, as often happens with popular media, pirated footage was readily available too. The TV production is licensed to Sony LIV and was a huge success.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

It also protects images, photos, videos, and other written work, such as blog posts. Posting copyrighted images or photos on your website or social media. Using a copyrighted song, or portion of a song, in a presentation, at an event, on your website, or on social media. Making a copy of a video or audio recording.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2024

But the suit, in which 24-year-old influencer Sydney Nicole Gifford accuses another influencer, 22-year-old Alyssa Sheil, of copying both her posts and her style, may have an outsized effect on the law around online content creation. Sydney Nicole LLC v. Alyssa Sheil LLC , 1:24-cv-00423-RP (W.D.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

However, an equally long list of controversies accompanies this list of accomplishments, the majority of which involve alleged copying. This pattern begins as far back as May of 2018, when Bernstein was accused of copying pieces from several smaller jewelry lines for a collaboration she did with Nordstrom.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 20, 2021

But, as an article in MIT Technology Review points out , ML is the brains behind “recommendation systems like those on Netflix, YouTube, and Spotify; search engines like Google and Baidu; social-media feeds like Facebook and Twitter; voice assistants like Siri and Alexa.” In other words, ML provides the magic ( !?!)

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 15, 2023

A track called “ Heart on My Sleeve ” went viral recently on social media with lead vocals sounding eerily similar to a certain crooner known for his lovelorn lyrics. This is like a watermark that a producer can place in their song to detect copying. Rather, the vocals were generated using artificial intelligence tools.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Potential Costs Resulting from Unprotected Brands: Greater chance of being copied inadvertently since the trademark(s) is/are not listed in the USPTO database. Greater chance of being copied intentionally since the ® cannot be used. Missed opportunities to reclaim social media usernames registered by others.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The artists also mimicked Vogue’s promotional activities by distributing copies of the fake magazine in North America’s largest metropolitan areas, including New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Miami, Houston, and Toronto, and plastering posters of the counterfeit cover along streets and buildings in these cities.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Barlow and Bear went on to become viral sensations on social media and Grammy-winning artists (2022 Best Musical Theatre Album) for their production. Netflix also holds the position that Barlow and Bear “ copied liberally and nearly identically ” the elements of expression, dialogue, characters, and key plot points from Bridgerton.

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azrights

OCTOBER 5, 2023

I would love to send you a signed copy of Brand Tuned, the new rules of branding, strategy and intellectual property if you’re UK based and are: EITHER: An Azrights client: OR An agency or freelancer supporting businesses to promote or create their brand. Just complete this form to receive a copy of the book.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This is because the registered trade mark and/or registered design has conferred on it the exclusive right to use that trade mark or design to make, use, promote, sell, import and export any goods which are covered by the scope of the registered protection without having to prove copying or damage to reputation and so on.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

If you've mentioned it in a speech, uploaded a photo to social media or displayed a prototype at a trade show, this could potentially stop your patent being granted. A registered design provides a number of benefits including the right to take legal action against any copies of your work.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

” Perhaps the plaintiffs were concerned that Instagram has insufficient “volition” for the copies made by its servers; or perhaps Instagram can claim the 512 safe harbor for any embedded user-uploaded files (but the 512 safe harbor also applies to contributory infringement, so this theory isn’t very plausible).

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IPilogue

AUGUST 26, 2022

They claimed that Meta, on its social media platforms, has stolen hundreds of their content. Influencer culture and, by extension, content creation on social media, has become increasingly prevalent in recent years. Who is Epidemic Sound?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

22, 2021): companies now pay so-called “influencers” to issue posts on social media touting their products or services. The post 1H 2021 Quick Links, Part 4 (Advertising, Contracts, & More) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Advertising/E-Commerce. Ariix, LLC v. NutriSearch Corp., Les Giblin LLC v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

I’ve blogged three yearbook cases so far this year ( Callahan v. Ancestry ), and today I’ll blog two more. Now you can see why this case festered in my blog queue for 6 weeks. Blogging it has been rough! Prior blog posts on Yearbook and Related Cases. Ancestry , Knapke v. Classmates , and Sessa v.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 11, 2021

New Social Media Rules, But No Clarity for Copyright Claims. As such intermediary liability for copyright continues to exist a strange twilight zone of ambiguity despite a recent revamp of rules for social media and other online intermediaries.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Copying-in-Fact. If a plaintiff can’t show mechanical copying through direct evidence, it can establish copying inferentially by showing that the defendant had access to the copyrighted work and that it’s improbable the works’ similarities were due to the defendant’s independent creation.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 9, 2021

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. The etymology of the word may make sense, but can the same image be copied over and over without intellectual property repercussions? It’s no secret that memes have taken the internet by storm. Copyrighting a Meme. Originality.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2022

levitating by dua lipa is a copy of don diablo by miguel bose and you can’t change my mind. As a result, coincidental copying is, in fact, a thing. Let me know in the comments section or on one of the Copyright Lately social media accounts @copyrightlately. Meanwhile, a copy of the complaint is below: View Fullscreen.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 11, 2021

Here's what Mirko writes: German court: copyright infringement by ‘re-pin’ on Pinterest by Mirko Brüß A Kat pin Readers of this blog will remember the CJEU decision Renckhoff ( C-161/17 ), which was discussed by Eleonora here. Pinterest allows users to upload images (“pins”) and share them with other users.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Sedlik claims that Kat Von D infringed the copyright protection of his iconic photograph of world-famous jazz musician Miles Davis (“Davis”) when she tattooed the image onto a client’s body without authorization and posted photos of the tattoo on social media. On May 31, 2022, Judge Dale S. Background. For example, in Alexander v.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 24, 2023

It removes the restrictions on budget and print reproductions, enabling web distribution, copy printing and packaging, and out-of-home advertising impressions. For instance, an image may be used in a blog, and if that image is uploaded elsewhere, it is permitted as long as the proper reference thereof is provided.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Palmer wanted to claim copyrights in those paintings so that he could profit from selling reproduced copies. Alalääkkölä has won much sympathy on social media ; thousands of people across the world shared her plea to reclaim copyrights within hours. The Family Court initially ruled in favor of Alalääkkölä.

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Employees are often surprised to find out that content is copyright-protected whether it’s in a newspaper, or in an electronic newsletter, or on a freely available website or blog. This can be a grave oversight. 5. Outline compliance procedures. Identify who is responsible for answering compliance questions within your company.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 27, 2021

In a nutshell, the lawsuit alleges that the social media app induced and contributed to “widespread copyright infringement” by allowing third parties to embed photos from public Instagram feeds onto their own websites. A copy of the complaint is below. Do the plaintiffs have a case? View Fullscreen.

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

This is the sixth (and, for now, final) post in this series, where we’ve looked at the copyright requirements and options for digital content creators, such as blogs and podcasts. Starting next year, the CASE Act may provide low-cost/quick process relief for some abuses of the copyright of creators of social media content.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Earlier this week, I attended an excellent talk with Frances Haugen, the well-known Facebook whistleblower, who delivered a compelling case that the social media giant, driven by profit maximization, consistently errs on the side of technical choices that keeps users engaged, angry, and on the platform, often at an enormous societal cost.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

There will be debates over whether generative AI is, for the purposes of copyright, a tool used by a human author or is an autonomous creator of works (see previously on this blog e.g. here , here , here and here ). Very few jurisdictions expressly provide for copyright in computer-generated works.

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