Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

1: Sony Music sues Triller Claiming Copyright Infringement, Alleging it is Owed Millions. According to the lawsuit, JMC ignored multiple cease and desist letters sent by Paramount and, instead, went forward with the events. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 16, 2022

Next up today, Jonathan Stempel at Reuters reports that a judge has ruled that Vape: The Musical will be allowed to proceed despite a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the rightsholders of the musical Grease. The owners of Grease sent a cease and desist letter in August 2019 that resulted in performances of Vape being cancelled.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 5, 2021

DISH Files Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against IPTV Provider. According to DISH, the pirate provider had not obtained a license to transmit any of DISH’s 400 channels in the United States, neither did it have permission to distribute copyrighted works for shows for which the company owns the copyrights.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Indiana) in part, for copyright infringement of works of original authorship. The Plaintiffs also claim that the contract granted Cardinal a limited, irrevocable, and nonexclusive license to use the drawings, specifications, calculations, etc. Hamilton County, Indiana– The Plaintiffs, DCG Indiana, Inc. Continue reading

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Rather than challenge a works public domain status in courtwhere they might face a public loss and a court-ordered fee awardsome rightsholders find it more effective (and economical) to rely on public statements, cease and desist letters, and convoluted legal arguments to chill potential users.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 9, 2023

A Public Invidious Instance The software is licensed under AGPL-3.0 ” Clients may not infringe copyrights or exploit copyright-infringing materials, Google adds. ( ” Clients may not infringe copyrights or exploit copyright-infringing materials, Google adds. (

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

VHT licenses real estate photos for marketing purposes and many of its photos appear on Zillow. This prompted ZHT to file the lawsuit and decided that Zillow’s infringement was innocent until July 10, 2014, when ZHT sent a cease and desist letter to the company. million) in damages.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

3] The Court found that the Warhol Foundation’s licensing of the Orange Prince to Conde Nast did not have a sufficiently different purpose as the Goldsmith photograph because both were “portraits of Prince used in magazines to illustrate stories about Prince.” [4] 13] AWF’s use was commercial because AWF licensed the artwork for a fee. [14]

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

On January 9th, American Airlines sent TPG a cease-and-desist letter. Of course, Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter. That language implied that revocation-by-cease-and-desist letter was no longer sufficient to trigger CFAA liability. Trademark infringement 6. Trespass 5. Dilution 7.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 14, 2022

The second issue I’m seeing come up more and more, where copyright cease and desist letters are received and someone says, “Well, I hired someone to do my newsletter, or do a blog post, or do the social media, and I wasn’t aware of where they got the content from.” Make sure you have proper contracts.

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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). “As Plaintiffs point out, Defendant’s activities also expand the market for infringing services, which causes further harm to Plaintiffs. Early July in a California court, Warner Bros.,

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Several record labels including Sony and UMG, sued the Internet Archive for copyright infringement in Manhattan federal court last year. According to the Archive, many of the claims are simply too late, as they supposedly point to infringements that occurred over three years ago.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The SOS Agreement included a licensing clause allowing the applicants to use the “UTRACON” trademark whose rights were held by the respondents. The Court noted the expiration of the license and the respondents’ registered trademark rights. Super Cassettes Industries Private Ltd.

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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.” A Mumbai Court acquits accused in a 33 old copyright infringement case after witnesses remain untraceable.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Would Sending a Cease-and-Desist Notice Harm Your Chances of Securing an Ex Parte Ad Interim Injunction? Some Perspectives Would Sending a Cease-and-Desist Notice Harm Your Chances of Securing an Ex Parte Ad Interim Injunction? On the other hand, this gives a chance to the violating party to quickly dispose of the goods.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Does 1-10 are described as the infringing IPTV service’s operators, who knowingly and unlawfully transmit, and publicly perform in the United States, TV channels for which DISH holds or held an exclusive license. A second infringement notice was sent on July 27, 2021, in broadly similar circumstances.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The producers have broadened monetization prospects with separate licensing agreements with traditional broadcasters and OTT platforms. If viewers are able to access these contents for free then the amount of revenue generated from licensing of intellectual property will be far below estimations.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 8, 2022

The RIAA had already sent cease-and-desist orders to the hosting company in 2020, before it approached GitHub. Their complaint, which cites an earlier case from 2017 , alleges that youtube-dl aids copyright infringement by circumventing YouTube’s technical protection measures. No Circumvention.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Upon investigation, it was found that the defendants had 130 computer systems, most of which had Microsoft’s software installed on them, but the licenses held by the defendants did not match their usage. Therefore, the court held that the defendants had infringed upon Microsoft’s copyright and were liable for damages.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This is the initial copying design (without of the background graphics in the precedent work): The copyright registrant alleged this copying design constituted copyright infringement. The second comer/licensee assigned the exclusive license to a successor licensee, the defendant in this case. assertions.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

CFAA : The key question is whether hiQ’s continued access following receipt of LinkedIn’s cease-and-desist letter was “without authorization” under the CFAA. Are robots.txt, IP address blocks, or cease-and-desist letters still relevant to the CFAA at all?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Remember the Fifth Circuit case from 2018 holding that a real restaurant’s name could infringe trademark rights in the name of a fictional restaurant from the TV show SpongeBob SquarePants, the Krusty Krab? I predict a cease and desist letter”; “I WILL DEFINITELY BE CONTACTING NICKOLODEON TO ASK IF THIS GHETTO PLACE HAVE THE RIGHTS.”.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

scene in the past, things seemed to come to a head in November 2020 when Nintendo sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Tournament Organizers (TOs) of the Big House, an upcoming streamed Melee tournament, and subsequently forced them to cancel the event. Melee , know this better than anyone. The second issue comes from Slippi itself.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

3] The Court found that the Warhol Foundation’s licensing of the Orange Prince to Conde Nast did not have a sufficiently different purpose as the Goldsmith photograph because both were “portraits of Prince used in magazines to illustrate stories about Prince.” scholarship, or research is not an infringement of copyright.”

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2023

3] The Court found that the Warhol Foundation’s licensing of the Orange Prince to Conde Nast did not have a sufficiently different purpose as the Goldsmith photograph because both were “portraits of Prince used in magazines to illustrate stories about Prince.” scholarship, or research is not an infringement of copyright.”

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Francis") committed copyright infringement and was in breach of contract over the use of hundreds of photographs he took for the school and its students. In December 2022, Morlos sent a cease-and-desist letter to St. Francis High School - Salesian College Preparatory ("St. Morlos and St.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

. — One logical starting point to tell the history of copyright preemption of contracts is to begin with ProCD v. The Second Circuit now takes “a restrictive view” of the extra elements that would make a contract claim qualitatively different from copyright, and therefore not subject to preemption. “[W]e Briarpatch, 373 F.3d

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

The full story behind Netflix’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Barlow & Bear, and why it’s actually a win for the fan fiction community. When it comes to copyright cases, Netflix has seen stranger things. Netflix could have sent Barlow & Bear a cease and desist letter hand-delivered by Regé-Jean Page.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

Case: Kishan Tibrewalla & Ors vs The State Of West Bengal & Anr on 20 March, 2023 (Calcutta High Court) Admitting a revision petition, Calcutta High Court stayed the proceedings of a copyright infringement case lodged against the petitioner. MSM Discovery Pvt.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

While trademarks protect movie titles, important characters, and other film components, copyright protects content from infringement and recognizes the rights of authors. But as the sector grows, so does the problem of intellectual property rights infringement, cybercrimes, copyright infringement , and trademark infringement.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

However, it is pertinent to note that the Copyright Act, 1957 does not provide any mention regarding the license for remix versions and consequently, the 2-year time period has also not been specified in the Act. What licenses are required? In India, the Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) handles music copyright licensing.

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IP Tech Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

18, 2023) , the plaintiff brought a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement because a photograph flashed on the screen during the “Tiger King 2” documentary depicted a tattoo of the now famous “Tiger King” (a/k/a “Joe Exotic”), that the plaintiff tattoo artist had inked. In Cramer v. Netflix, Inc. , 3:22-cv-131 (W.D.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Andrews in Scotland and various PGA Tour Tournament Players Club courses throughout the United States” without having the licenses “required” to offer those courses, while plaintiff had “diligently sought and obtained permission[ ], including trademark licenses, from the owners of branded golf courses,” including St. 3d 1137 (9th Cir.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

18, 2023) , the plaintiff brought a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement because a photograph flashed on the screen during the “Tiger King 2” documentary depicted a tattoo of the now famous “Tiger King” (a/k/a “Joe Exotic”), that the plaintiff tattoo artist had inked. In Cramer v. Netflix, Inc. ,

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Although none has reached a resolution, these private civil actions highlight various legal theories of liability that could arise when participating in the NFT market, including claims for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, breach of contract and violations of securities laws. Damon Dash. Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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IP Whiteboard

JUNE 7, 2021

In Australia, the rights protected by copyright arise automatically upon the creation of a work and there is no need or ability to obtain a registration for copyright. By contrast, in the United States, registration of copyright is a prerequisite to filing a lawsuit for copyright infringement.

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