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Russia’s Forced Licensing Plan For ‘Enemy’ Content “Legalizes Piracy”

TorrentFreak

As a result, new US-owned movies dried up, leaving the entire Russian cinema industry in crisis. Some venues began screening pirated movies downloaded from torrent sites but the move was criticized by local cinema groups who were saddened by a return to the unlicensed entertainment “dark days” of 30 years ago.

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Their Copyrights Expired. The Legal Threats Keep Coming.

Copyright Lately

copyright law, the Tintin rightsholders’ argument is just plain wrong. copyright protection for Tintin. Expressing frustration with these scare tactics, Dukes Jennifer Jenkins told Copyright Lately, Its a shame that community theaters, filmmakers, and fans are being intimidated by erroneous assertions about U.S.

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Belarus Legalizes Piracy of Movies, Music & Software of ‘Unfriendly’ Nations

TorrentFreak

In common with Russia, Belarus relies on intellectual property owned by foreign rightsholders that are currently unable or unwilling to supply and/or license it. So, to ensure legal access to pirated movies, music, TV shows and software, the government drafted a new law to restrict intellectual property rights.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

The case is New Line Cinema v. ” In 2004, video game publisher Capcom contacted MKR, the film’s producer, to inquire about about obtaining a license to use elements from the film in one of its games. Cinema Secrets (2000). The 13 spookiest, Halloweeniest copyright cases that I could think of. BMG (1988).

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The Curious Case of Composers and Copyright – Ilaiyaraaja’s Copyright Dispute with ‘Manjummel Boys’ Makers

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They stated that though the song is credited in the movie, the makers did not obtain any consent, permission, or license from the ace musician to use his song. Part of the difficulty in answering this comes down to the fact that there is not one copyright owner, but possibly several copyrights from one song under Indian copyright law.

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Court Blocks 13,445 ‘Pirate’ Sites Proactively to Protect One Movie

TorrentFreak

Whenever rightsholders and anti-piracy groups need more enforcement options, efforts to strengthen or establish new understanding of copyright law are rarely far behind. With words such as “imminent” and “threat” featured early on, it was already clear which way the judge was leaning.

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Can India’s Cinematograph Bill Kill Camcorder Piracy & Satisfy the U.S. ?

TorrentFreak

An unauthorized recording means making or transmitting an infringing copy of a film at a licensed place for film exhibition without the owner’s authorization. That fair use-style exemptionsFpurp, available under the Copyright Act 1957, will also apply to in-theater recording scenarios, seems unlikely to be viewed in the same positive light.

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