TorrentFreak

MAY 13, 2022

Sony, Universal, and Warner, for example, aren’t releasing new movies or music but existing contracts are being honored, meaning that older content is still licensed and legally available. That was widely misinterpreted in media reports as permission from the Russian government to pirate everything but that was not the case.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Nonetheless, Mirimax claims to hold all the copyrights and trademarks related to the film, prompting them to file a lawsuit for breach of contract, copyright infringement, trademark infringement and unfair competition. 2: John Lewis Sued by Self-Published Children’s Author Over Christmas Ad. 3: $31m piracy penalty for ChitramTV.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2022

Major Academic Publishers End Sales in Russia. In line with other Western entities choosing to boycott Russia, 15 major companies with a virtual monopoly on scientific publishing decided that enough is enough. The publishers put their ban in place before it could renew its licenses. Even that is sugar-coating the reality.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In 2015, the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) filed a lawsuit against Wolfgang’s Vault, alleging that the service did not have a license for the underlying compositions of the songs it streamed. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2025

In each case, the publisher XXL (a publisher of hip-hop related news) reported on the videos and embedded the video and included a screenshot. With respect to the Jordan video, I assume the video was infringing when uploaded to Twitter, which is why a license argument wouldn’t work.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 31, 2022

However, it will be forbidden from digitizing any books already released by publishers in a digital format. This prompted Village Roadshow to allege branch of contract. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Village Roadshow sued Warner Bros.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

In addition to the breach of contract and alleged violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the lawsuit accuses The Points Guy of violating both their copyrights and trademarks for the use of the American Airlines logo as part of the app. The post 3 Count: Frequent Flyer appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The ICO noted submissions from the creative industries highlighting the availability of other methods of data collection, such as properly licensed data sets of personal data. Instead, any opt-out TDM exception would only impose additional transaction costs and complexity for both rightholders and AI developers.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

In the case, Nicklen argued that a photographer or videographer that uses Facebook or Instagram to promote their content should not automatically give up the right to license it to third parties, such as Sinclair. In addition to Owen, the plaintiffs also list all of his publishers and all the songwriters as defendants.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In August, Information Media Partners released its annual “Publishing Technology Report,” authored by Michael Cairns. It is a: … “Subway” Market Map showing the universe of software and services companies supporting the publishing industry and their capabilities across up to 14 process areas.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

By introducing the press publishers’ right in art. 15 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM), the EU legislator wanted to aid press publishers in licensing and enforcing their rights in press publications. Introduction. The reality is, however, more complex. 15 CDSM Directive.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 16, 2022

The court confirms that to ensure enforceability, consumers should (1) check the box and (2) be advised that checking the box will indicate assent to contract terms. These basic principles “apply with equal force to contracts formed online.” Forming online contracts is not rocket science. Freedom Financial Network, LLC.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Here's what Paolo writes: 'Can't Be Evil' NFT license – A tentative NFT worldwide license standard by Paolo Maria Gangi Can't Be Evil. Universal license - a set of NFT CC licenses under the name 'Can’t Be Evil'. Why a CC license?

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Fast-paced organizations that rely on and invest heavily in R&D should not only regard published content as the heart of innovation, but also possess a deep appreciation of the system of copyright protecting this intellectual property. How Do Different Departments Use the Annual Copyright License?

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Art Law Journal

MARCH 18, 2021

Every business needs a contract at one time or another. Whether you are a struggling artist, world-renowned photographer, or a gallery owner, you will be inundated with contracts from art dealers, agents, exhibitors, publishers, ad agencies, museums as well as non-art industry members like landlords and contractors.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It has already entered into licensing agreements with several content creators, including other news media organizations.” Instead, they point to how much they have produced or licensed with the assumption that it is all scraped by OpenAI. This comes directly from scientists at ChatGPT, who published on the issue in 2020.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 2, 2025

Many creative markets operate on an exclusive licensing model book and music publishing contracts typically involve exclusive licenses of rights for the duration of copyright, which is 50 years after the authors death and will soon be twenty years more following NZs free trade agreements with the UK and EU.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 14, 2023

Harper Collins Publishers, we’re now very happy to bring further perspective on this case, with our former blogger Rahul Bajaj discussing the significant implications that this order brings with it. Harper Collins Publishers Rahul Bajaj In a significant judgment delivered on 23 rd May, 2023 [ RDB v. In sum, the RDB v.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 31, 2023

This article was originally published in The Scholarly Kitchen. I have had people tell me with doctrinal certainty that Creative Commons licenses allow text and data mining, and insofar as license terms are observed, I agree. An analogous situation involving open software licenses (GNU and the like) is now being litigated.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

contracts) may play a decisive role in the final allocation of rights and obligations. We selected the Scientific Publishing industry to better understand how the obligations under art. There are numerous commercial Scientific Publishers and Stock Images providers. In this fragmented landscape, self-regulation (e.g.,

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Art Law Journal

MARCH 18, 2021

Every business needs a contract at one time or another. Whether you are a struggling artist, world-renowned photographer, or a gallery owner, you will be inundated with contracts from art dealers, agents, exhibitors, publishers, ad agencies, museums as well as non-art industry members like landlords and contractors.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2023

After the first DSM Directive-related referral from Belgium on the provisions concerning contracts of authors and performers [IPKat here ] , it is now the turn of Article 15 (the related right for press publishers) as implemented into Italian law. All this would serve to ‘foster the availability of reliable information’.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The resulting state court lawsuit has reinforced the Prager Effect, producing another published opinion thoroughly rejecting every argument advanced by Prager and expanding services’ legal protections for their moderation decisions. Prager tried a variety of contract-based workarounds to Section 230.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 2, 2024

Photo by Jonathan Kemper on Unsplash On 7 May 2024, Open AI published its approach to data and AI (ADAI). This statement sets out OpenAI’s vison for a ‘social contract for content in AI’. It speaks of benefits it strives to create for ‘all of humanity’ including ‘creators and publishers’.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The term encompasses a variety of special regimes empowering (or obliging) authors to retain some of the usage rights over their publicly funded works vis-à-vis scientific publishers in order to facilitate open access to scientific literature. The provision also did not provide for an embargo period.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) has for many years supported the move away from proprietary models of scientific publishing towards Open Access (OA). [1] As a recent study demonstrates, commercial publishers currently derive more than two billion USD annually from APCs.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

Recognising the challenges for performers in the position and enforcement of their rights, the book also includes discussion on other forms of protections and remedies for performers, such as moral rights, contracts, passing off and copyright infringement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

If the issue lies in loopholes within the ToS, the solution seems straightforward: draft tighter contracts and perhaps incorporate a browsewrap on your platforms to catch those who don’t hold accounts. X’s breach of contract cases against CCDH for violating its ToS by scraping also didn’t fare well. In 2022, in ML Genius v.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

A unanimous Second Circuit panel backed a lower court's decision to dismiss Teri Woods Publishing's copyright and contract claims against Audible and other audiobook distributors on Wednesday, holding that the parties' licensing agreement allowed them to distribute the publisher's works through their subscription-based streaming services.

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2021

Subsequently, the Committee Report on the Economics of Music Streaming has been published, calling for "a complete reset" of music streaming and the need for significant change within the music industry. Some of the key regulatory recommendations are discussed in this post. Plot twist!

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

Four years ago, we first published a post about an intriguing case involving two education consulting firms litigating over an online excerpt published on the website of Lehren Education (Defendant), which Ivy Coach (Plaintiff) alleged had been improperly copied, infringing on its copyrights. Lehren Education, LLC.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 3, 2022

These rights are often owned by different people, and are governed by contracts, so who owns what and how much they earn depends on the agreement between the parties. She said that she was told everything would be split equally between herself, Williams and Hugo, and so did not double check when presented with the contract.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 21, 2021

The main aim was to facilitate the non-exclusive licensing and trading of IP assets. This shows how important is the licensing aspect of the company which deals in the IP field. This shows how important is the licensing aspect of the company which deals in the IP field. Giving a larger ground for licensing.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The lawsuit includes claims for breach of contract, violation of Section 230, IIED, NIED, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and conversion. Breach of Contract/Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing. Attempts to resurrect it were unsuccessful. The negligence claims fail for lack of alleged duty.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Much has been said about the press publishers’ right, introduced by Article 15 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM). An important but relatively neglected flaw is its silence on the features of the licensing mechanism that Member States may and shall adopt for the management of the press publishers’ right.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2022

Contract Formation. Reminder: a second click is best practice because it reduces risk of contract formation failure, like what happens here). The court doesn’t specify what contract terms gap-fill in the TOS’s absence, but those default rules won’t be as favorable to Roblox as their TOS. Cite to IC v.

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