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Are Memes Dangerous?

LexBlog IP

Meme Culture Meets Copyright Law: A Guide for Businesses & Creators Memes, often humorous media fragments that spread rapidly through online sharing, are a global phenomenon that have made their way into mainstream culture. Are Memes Dangerous? by Melanie Lane Are Memes Dangerous? How much risk are we talking here? Warner Bros.

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Bungie Targets ‘Ring-1’ Destiny 2 Cheat Defendants From U.S. to Australia

TorrentFreak

Bungie listed six causes of action including copyright infringement, trafficking in circumvention devices contrary to the DMCA, trademark violations, and unfair competition. In February 2023, after reaching settlements with three defendants, a California court rejected Bungie’s request for a $2.2m

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3 Count: Supreme Genius

Plagiarism Today

But both the district court and the appeals court ruled against Genius, saying that their claims were preempted by copyright law. 2: DaBaby Facing Copyright Lawsuit Over His No. 2: DaBaby Facing Copyright Lawsuit Over His No. The terms of the settlement are not known, and neither side had any comment about the deal.

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Quick Links from the Past Year, Part 2 (Copyright)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

A photo of the Indianapolis nighttime skyline has generated $825 in license fees & $135k in settlements. After 3+ yrs of litigation, court awards Bell $200 in statutory damages–but actually $0 due to a related settlement. A lawsuit over allegedly infringing music files uploaded to the iTunes store. [The 26, 2021).

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Bungie’s ‘DoNotPay’ Sleuth Doubtful That Destiny 2 Cheat Lives at Copyright Office

TorrentFreak

million copyright infringement damages award in hand, and suddenly cooperative defendants helping to unveil others involved in the circumvention of Bungie’s technological protection measures. By June 2022, Bungie had a $13.5

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

To fully understand these conflicting views of the majority opinion, it is necessary to understand both the specific facts of the case and the history of the Supreme Court’s case law concerning the fair-use doctrine. or LGL), seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement and/or fair use for the entire Prince Series. at 563).

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Which VPN Providers Really Take Privacy Seriously in 2023?

TorrentFreak

That includes copyright infringement. All third-party services we use are bound by a contract with us to never use the information of our users for their own purposes and not to disclose the information to any third parties unrelated to the service. There is no data retention law in Seychelles.

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