Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

1: Marjorie Taylor Greene Promo Video Removed From Twitter After Dr. Dre’s Copyright Complaint. House Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was locked out of her Twitter account following a copyright complaint filed by Dr. Dre over a video Greene posted. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 25, 2022

1: Ninth Circuit Boosts Efforts to Sue Overseas Copyright Infringers. First off today, Edvard Pettersson at Courthouse News Service reports that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a copyright infringement lawsuit that was filed against the Vietnamese company VNG Group. including sending him a cease and desist letter.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Kat friend Hans Eriksson discusses an interesting decision (only available in Swedish) concerning copyright protection and originality, namely whether the sequence of twenty words in an instruction manual may be regarded as being enough for copyright to arise. Remaining hooks are evenly distributed over the roof.”

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

1: Sony Music sues Triller Claiming Copyright Infringement, Alleging it is Owed Millions. 2: Paramount Brings ‘Coming To America’ Claim Before Copyright Claims Board To Shut Down McDowell’s Pop-Up. According to the lawsuit, JMC ignored multiple cease and desist letters sent by Paramount and, instead, went forward with the events.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 14, 2022

The RIAA cited the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA, claiming that the tool could be used to download their artists’ musical works from YouTube, in breach of copyright. While the RIAA’s effort to take down youtube-dl from GitHub grabbed all the headlines, moves had already been underway weeks before that in Germany.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 17, 2022

Many of the enforcement efforts are targeted at services or tools that offer pirated content, but there are less visible copyright infringement challenges too. The music industry association has already sent cease-and-desist letters to nearly 100 apps that use copyrighted music without proper licenses. NMPA Sues Vinkle.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

However, at least one day before (and most likely two) at least one copy was being shared within piracy communities. The message is framed as a “cease-and-desist” but has an interesting element. The cease-and-desist notice also references 17 U.S.C. § ” The Complaint Cites Criminal Law.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Internet Archive is widely known for its Wayback Machine, which preserves copies of the web for future generations. Several record labels including Sony and UMG, sued the Internet Archive for copyright infringement in Manhattan federal court last year. The Great 78 Project is illegal,” they state.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

However, when DISH offered AVS some advice for free, the cease-and-desist notice got lost in the ether and the inexorable march towards conflict began. The stars predict a settlement, however) The complaint can be found here (pdf) From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 31, 2023

Why send a cease-and-desist letter? On its surface, a cease-and-desist letter seems like a less expensive way to enforce intellectual property rights. Are competitors copying your products? Need to enforce your patent and trademark rights, or reply to a cease-and-desist letter?

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2024

However, good intentions themselves are not immune to copyright complaints, or worse, multi-million dollar lawsuits. However, not all music industry insiders were happy with it, as the copying took place without obtaining permission from all rightsholders. copyright law. RIAA’s Cease and Desist The U.S.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

With the NFT craze reaching new heights, Quentin Tarantino finds himself at the receiving end of a copyright infringement battle. Movie studio Miramax, which owns most of the rights to the film, sees it as a contract breach and copyright infringement. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

We haven’t been able to secure a copy of the takedown notice itself but the operator of the platform confirms that in response to the notification, the project has been shelved. AnimeGlare – Cease-and-Desist. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. “This app is now closed.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2024

The organization literally archives key parts of the Internet, copying older versions of websites to preserve them for future generations. However, not all music industry insiders were happy with it, as the copying took place without obtaining permission from all rightsholders. — A copy of U.S.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2024

on 15 October, 2024 (Delhi District Court) The plaintiff alleged trademark and copyright infringement of his registered mark “KHATOON” by the defendants, who used an allegedly similar mark “SHAHI KHATOON.” The Court held that the defendants had copied the plaintiff’s mark and passed off their products as those of the plaintiff.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2024

However, good intentions themselves are not immune to copyright complaints, or worse, multi-million dollar lawsuits. However, not all music industry insiders were happy with it, as the copying took place without obtaining permission from all rightsholders. copyright law. RIAA’s Cease and Desist The U.S.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 8, 2023

Traditionally, when copyright holders go after pirate sites, their main mission is to shut them down permanently. In some cases these shutdowns are easy, only requiring a cease and desist order to be delivered to the owner’s home address. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

Fuxi, the putative copyright owner, has a registration for an image of printed sage leaves (the left image): The alleged infringer, the Sunny Factory, sells the candles on the right on Amazon. ” Copyright owners don’t have any policing duty. See, e.g., Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. ,

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The DMCA takedown process allows copyright holders to report infringing content and have it removed or taken down. In an attempt to curtail the abuse, the site sent a cease and desist letter to Google in April, asking the search engine to begin verifying senders of DMCA notices. In addition, YTMP3.nu

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TorrentFreak

JULY 1, 2024

In a complaint filed at a federal court in Seattle, Washington, Nintendo accuses Modded Hardware of copyright infringement and violating the DMCA by trafficking in circumvention devices, among other things. Daly said that he was looking for a new lawyer, but Nintendo’s patience had run out and it followed up with a lawsuit.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 12, 2023

As the Internet Archive continues to deal with an adverse ruling in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the world’s largest publishing companies, late Friday some of the world’s largest record labels launched similar legal action in the United States. named as defendants. .”

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 26, 2024

With more ways to stream online video than ever before, protecting video continues to be a key issue for copyright holders. ” The reverse-engineered hardware doesn’t keep Sling’s programming secure, of course, as it can easily be copied now. Widevine DRM is one of the leading players in the field.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 21, 2021

Last year his Area 51 service was shut down following a cease-and-desist issued by the Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). On July 8, the plaintiffs submitted a proposed preliminary injunction to the court, a copy of which was personally served on Tusa two days later. ” Terms of the Injunction. .”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. But that undersells the level of inconsistency in courts’ interpretations of the law of copyright preemption. With that, any state or common law claim that is equivalent to copyright must therefore be preempted.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2021

The Lanham Act defines ‘trademark counterfeiting’ as producing or selling a product bearing a false trademark that is an intentional copy of a genuine trademark (15 USC §1127). In addition, they may be liable for defective counterfeit products even if they did not manufacture them.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. German copyright law stipulates that the author is entitled to appropriate remuneration for every use of their work (Section 32 UrhG). These provisions served as, among other things, models for Articles 18 and 20 in the new DSM Copyright Directive (2019/790).

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

We’re pleased to bring you a guest post by Kartik Sharma and Aditya Singh, analysing copyrightability of datasets in light of the recent controversy surrounding NSE’s issuance of C&D notices to many stock gaming apps. Copyrighting The Uncopyrightable – The NSE Saga. Kartik Sharma and Aditya Singh. MODICUM OF CREATIVITY.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The sites’ Russian owner Tofig Kurbanov was taken to court in the United States in 2018, accused of facilitating mass copyright infringement. In a follow-up filing, the music companies demanded more than $82 million in damages for copyright infringement and DMCA violations. The copyright infringement complaints were not new either.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

While NFTs don’t grant copyrights, NFT owners are ‘rights’ holders in a sense, although the specifics may vary from project to project based on the fine print. In the past, major copyright holders have fiercely resisted novel technologies. Government is taking these issues seriously.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 21, 2024

“As the copying and distribution of content over the internet proliferates, the risk of piracy, gray market sales, illegal downloading, file-sharing or other infringement, misappropriation and other violation of our intellectual property is likely to continue to increase,” Webtoon Entertainment states. 1manhwa.com 1stkissmanga.io

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

While it’s different from a copyright, NFTs owners are rightsholders in a sense, although the specifics may vary from project to project. Not seldomly these have raised precarious copyright issues. The company’s new anti-piracy service helps to protect copyright and trademark interests when it comes to NFTs, Web 3.0,

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 1, 2023

The DMCA takedown process allows copyright holders to report infringing content and have it removed or taken down. In an effort to curtail the abuse, earlier this year the site sent a cease and desist letter to Google, asking the search engine to begin verifying senders of DMCA notices. In addition, YTMP3.nu

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2022

Babybus runs a competitive channel that Moonbug believes infringes its copyrights. An example: Moonbug submitted takedown notices to YouTube covering at least 70 videos and sued Babybus for copyright infringement. Moonbug runs the CoComelon channel, the top-ranked Kids YouTube channel. Babybus counterclaimed for 512(f).

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

In this case, via alleged copyright infringement. However, an equally long list of controversies accompanies this list of accomplishments, the majority of which involve alleged copying. Nordstrom removed the pieces at issue, and everything seemed to be fine on the copying front—until 2020 hit. The account and its 2.6

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Dear Rich: Does putting "Copyright 2023" at the bottom of page pages protect it from site visitors who download an image or narrative content? Placing a copyright notice on your website is like sticking a "Keep off the grass" sign on your front lawn. Gather evidence of copying. Some who copy may have fair use defenses.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

These records contain no copyrighted books or articles. We believe that efforts like ours to preserve the legacy of humanity should be fully legal, and that copyright is way too strict. Having a copy of the data publicly available through Anna’s Archive is a direct threat to its business. But alas, this is not to be.

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The IPKat

JUNE 23, 2023

The issue of copyright protection in photographic works is a classic one. More specifically, the dispute in question concerned copyright protection in a selfie taken in a lift, a widespread phenomenon on social networks. As a result, Mercredie sent a cease-and-desist letter to the French brand on 16 September 2019.

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