Plagiarism Today

MAY 5, 2022

In 2014, the estate attempted to file a notice of copyright termination with Authentic Brands to terminate a 1983 agreement that resulted in them obtaining rights to the song. As such, he is suing for copyright infringement, noting that the sample was not licensed. Neither Kanye nor the plaintiff had any comment on the lawsuit.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 12, 2021

Harrison/Erickson created the original costume in 1978 and licensed its use until 2019, when negotiations broke down. This advertising is coming from a wide variety of sources, including major brands and Fortune 500 companies, and that the larger pirate sites can receive tens of millions of dollars per year.

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Advertising Advertising Reporting Licensing 246

Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

According to the lawsuit, Z-Library brands itself as a free library but, in truth, is little more than a pirate website unlawfully distributing digital books. 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 19, 2022

github copilot, with "public code" blocked, emits large chunks of my copyrighted code, with no attribution, no LGPL license. However, the Copilot version did not come with the LGPL license, a requirement of using code under that license, nor was there any indication that it was copied. My code on left, github on right.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

If the costume isn’t licensed, why is it not infringing regardless of the name change? In short, Juice Demon is Juice Demon because he can’t be Beetlejuice, not without a license. They are part fashion, part artwork, part branding and part character. Why did the company do this? Even if it is, perhaps, the easiest.

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Trademark Copyright Cease and Desist Copying 279

SpicyIP

MARCH 16, 2025

A quick glance at last week finding the real Burger King saga continues now at the Supreme Court, EDs involvement in the Shankar-Tamilnandan copyright case, right to health and compulsory licensing for rare disease medicine Risdiplam. This and much more in this weeks SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Image from here.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

It becomes easy to get copied or plagiarized content removed from the web or any social media platform if a social media influencer has original content registered as his IP. Trademark Laws and regulations safeguard brand and business owners from two types of infringement, including the possibility of confusion and redress.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Direct Impact on intellectual properties such as- Patent: value creation and license agreement Copyright: publication, plagiarism Trademarks: brand protection Biodiversity: access and benefit-sharing Geographical Indications: a community view.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 9, 2023

Case : Microsoft Technology Licensing Ltd. Jaipur Police passes a circular, clarifying that no licenses required for using sound recordings during weddings and regional events. In a follow up , it is reported that CDMX prosecutor’s office will not pursue criminal action in the case of Yasmín Esquivel and the plagiarized thesis.

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CopyrightsWorld

JULY 2, 2021

If you are an influencer or online educator, SocialProtect could have helped you prove proof of ownership in a court of law against a big brand that plagiarized your original content. Next step, contact them to stop or make a deal to license it and make more money! Tip 4: Remember your etiquette on social media.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Safe in the knowledge that 24/7/365 wall-to-wall multi-media coverage would never be enough, Penguin Random House (PRH) reportedly paid a $20 million advance for Prince Harry to end all speculation, once and for all, in a brand new book. Plagiarism? And then off the table, depending on the mood.

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Publishing Cinema Copying Artistic Work 98

43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

Cross-cultural plagiarism: adaptation of a film to a different cultural context. Now, Bollywood copies Hollywood, but they use licenses—how does that compare? Licensing is also one way to do it [which seems to conflict with the idea that without this you’d get home-grown plots etc.]. Can the NFAI screen the movie? a Feminist ™.

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