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Russian Cinemas Get Help to Bypass Sanctions to Screen “Avatar: The Way of Water”

TorrentFreak

For the Russian cinema industry, the effect of sanctions is devastating. In fact, Russia’s Association of Cinema Owners warned that the entire industry could collapse. This includes the use of pirated films , with some converted to Digital Cinema Packages (DCP) so they can be displayed on the big screen. Evading Sanctions.

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U.S. Copyright Groups Are Concerned About Russia’s Handling of Online Piracy

TorrentFreak

Apparently, many people are turning to piracy instead and even some local cinemas have followed suit. While clearly illegal, the chairman of the Russian Association of Cinema has sympathy for the plight of these struggling theater owners. . These cinemas reportedly source their content from pirate sites. “As U.S.

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Unclear student guide not enough to constitute authorisation to use short film still

The IPKat

To celebrate the start of this event, this Kat has found a recent judgment issued by the Tribunal judiciaire (TJ) of Lyon [ the birthplace of cinema ] concerning a case of copyright infringement relating to the still of a short film. Every year in May, the Cannes Film Festival takes place.

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Piracy Block Reversed For Tech Site That Reported Site-Blocking Workarounds

TorrentFreak

A copy of a typical page is available on the Wayback Machine but, since they’re all quite long, the introduction to a page published in February can be found below. and Rai Cinema S.p.A, The site also appears to have provided information on how to change DNS settings or use VPNs to circumvent blocking. Warner Bros.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

As the story goes, they provided him with a copy of a few scenes from “Ghostbusters” in which the theme would appear. But Lewis thought the song was a rip-off of “I Want a New Drug” and asserted a copyright infringement claim against Columbia Pictures. The case is New Line Cinema v. BMG (1988).

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Alfred v. Walt Disney Company: Decoding the concept of Substantial Similarity with respect to the Pirates of the Caribbean lawsuit

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction In order to determine copyright infringement , the ‘substantial similarity test’ has routinely been employed by the US Courts. If any other person makes an unauthorized copy of that work, the owner shall have a right of action against him. The defendants were provided with a copy of the screenplay.

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Brazil Piracy Concerns at USTR Follow MPA Anti-Piracy Deal Controversy

TorrentFreak

Beginning around September 2022, more than a year after the ANCINE announcement, ASPAC (Associação dos Servidores Públicos da ANCINE) an association of civil servants connected to ANCINE, sent questions to the cinema regulator seeking information concerning its agreement with the MPA.

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