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3 Count: Music Licensing is Strange…

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million in damages, a permanent injunction and the execution of an earlier settlement agreement against the alleged operator of the site Altered Carbon, Area 51 and other pirate services. The lawsuit targets Jason Tusa and actually began back in August 2020 when he shuttered his Area 51 service following a cease-and-desist letter.

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3 Count: Polar Thawing

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First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that Sinclair Broadcast Group has settled its dispute with Canadian photographer Paul Nicklen over Sinclair’s embedding of a video of polar bears that Nicklen took. However, both sides have now reached a settlement, bringing the case to a close before that happens.

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Anti-Piracy Group Received $290K in Settlements from Usenet Pirates in 2021

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In August 2021, for example, Usenet indexer NZBXS agreed to shut down and as part of a confidential settlement, agreed to hand over the personal details of some of the platform’s users. BREIN rarely names the sites it takes offline but due to their profile, some are particularly visible.

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Two DJ Music Piracy Cases Five Years Apart, Two Very Different Outcomes

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BREIN certainly doesn’t shy away from taking matters to court but whenever it can, settlements and an agreement to cease and desist can be enough to ward off more serious action. Operation Shut Down, Settlement Reached. BREIN Targets a 350,000 Track DJ Record Pool Service.

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Filelinked Was Shut Down By ACE – Can Replacements Avoid The Same Fate?

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More specifically, users could install pirate applications on their Android devices via unofficial sources,” ACE reports. ” ACE provides no specific details on the terms of the shutdown but, if similar actions are any yardstick, a cease-and-desist notice and some kind of settlement were likely involved.

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Pirate IPTV Astrologer Received Signals But Failed to Predict Copyright Lawsuit

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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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Concept Of Trademark Bullying: Forceful Enforcement Of Trademark Rights In The Name Of Protection

IP and Legal Filings

The modus operandi of bullying and legal threats which are baseless by large entities gets initiated by serving a cease and desist notice which contains threats of instituting a trademark infringement suit. Further the defendants were also restrained from issuing any other baseless threats. [3]