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3 Count: House Party

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1: BET Must Face Copyright Claim Over ‘House Party’ Web Show. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that Black Entertainment Television (BET) will have to face a copyright infringement lawsuit by Walkie Check Productions over BET’s Instagram Live show House Party.

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3 Count: ACTing Fast

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Specifically, the two companies created and produced work related to various testing needs and targeted state contracts. However, when WIN won a lucrative contract with the state of South Carolina, ACT sued allegiging that their skill definitoins and other elements were “virtually identical” to their own.

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3 Count: Less Than Routine

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1: Spike Lee, Nate Parker Sued by Indie Filmmakers Over Copyright Infringement. First off today, Diane Haithman at TheWrap reports that filmmakers Spike Lee and Nate Parker have been sued for copyright infringement over allegations that their 2019 Film American Skin is an infringement of an earlier screenplay.

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3 Count: Server Tested

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1: Manhattan Judge Rejects ‘Server Test’ for Internet Copyright Infringement. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a controversial ruling denying the “server test” of copyright law and ruling that embedding images can be an infringement of copyright law. ” As such, Warner Bros.,

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3 Count: Spare Time

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In total, the lawsuit is seeking both injunctive relief and damages for alleged copyright infringement and contributory copyright infringement. 3: Dev loses copyright appeal over forensic software after judges rule suite was owned by his employer. The post 3 Count: Spare Time appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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3 Count: Many Things Never Change

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3: “Cheaters” Reality Show Creator Awarded $390,000 in Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. Finally today, a press release announces that Bobby Goldstein Productions (BGP) has emerged victorious in a lawsuit over a pair of reality TV shows as a jury awards them some $390,000 in damages for some 26 infringements.

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3 Count: Patchwork Lawsuit

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However, Terix has already been found liable for copyright infringement and has been ordered to pay $58 million to Oracle. However, HP argues that many of the servers involved predate Oracle’s current contract system, making the patches legal. The post 3 Count: Patchwork Lawsuit appeared first on Plagiarism Today.