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Bungie & Ubisoft Reach $300,000 Settlement With Ring-1 Cheat Sellers

TorrentFreak

io but active on hundreds of forums, websites and social media accounts. ” The joint request also calls for a permanent injunction to ensure that Wesam and Ahmad permanently cease and desist from being involved in Ring-1’s operations in every conceivable way. Defendants Picked Off, One By One.

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Nintendo’s Actions Demonstrate Our Intellectual Property Laws are Broken

JIPEL Copyright Blog

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.

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AN ARGUMENT FOR EMBRACING THE LEGALITY OF CROWDFUNDED GAME MODS

JIPL Online

Mods are beneficial for the video game industry, [3] but mods can threaten a company’s copyright exclusivity because of their status as derivative works. [4] Section 106 of the Copyright Act grants copyright holders an exclusive right to make or license derivative works based upon a previously copyrighted work. [11]

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Want to Remix a Song? Make sure not to get tangled with IP Infringement

Selvam & Selvam Blog

Section 14 of the Copyright Act, 1957 provides all rights, including further development, translation, reproduction, publication, communication to the public among others, exclusively to the owner of the work. Here’s the To-Dos for the Creators before working on a remix!

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Why Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction

Copyright Lately

Netflix could have sent Barlow & Bear a cease and desist letter hand-delivered by Regé-Jean Page. performances of “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical”) or other derivative works that might compete with Netflix’s own planned live events,” including the multi-city “ Bridgerton Experience.”

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NFT Update:  5 Recent Lawsuits Show a Glimpse into Future Legal Battles Involving NFTs 

LexBlog IP

Following the announcement, Roc-A-Fella’s attorneys sent cease-and-desist letters to SuperFarm and Dash. According to Miramax, the creation of the NFTs constituted copyright infringement because they were unauthorized derivative works of Pulp Fiction. [23] However, Damon lacked any individual interest in the copyright.

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Eddy Grant Prevails in Copyright Lawsuit Against Trump Campaign

Copyright Lately

Despite a cease-and-desist letter from Grant, the video remained online, amassing millions of views before Grant filed his lawsuit. The court also found that “the video’s overarching political purpose does not automatically render its use of any non-political work transformative.”

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