Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

First off today, David Saleh Rauf at Edweek Market Brief reports that ACT has emerged victorious in a legal fight against their competior WIN as an appeals court has upheld a legal victory for the prominent testing organization. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that Disney has failed to dismiss an ongoing case against it over the 2018 reboot of the Muppet Babies TV show. He claimed he owned the production bible that the original show was based upon, and Disney did not seek permission or license its use in the reboot.

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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. If it was embedding, it should have been 100%).

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 31, 2022

First off today, Carson McCullough at Courthouse News Service reports that a federal judge has granted summary judgment in favor of Pinterest in their battle with a photographer. This prompted Village Roadshow to allege branch of contract. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. motion to do so.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

First off today, Nancy Dillon at Rolling Stone reports that the judge in the Taylor Swift Shake it Off lawsuit has declined a last-minute attempt to dismiss the case, putting it on track for a trial in January. Accused of Stiffing Cult Expert to Make Synanon Podcast With His Reporting. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that U.S. 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. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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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

JANUARY 24, 2022

First off today, Kim Lyons at The Verge reports that American Airlines has filed a lawsuit against the travel tips website The Points Guy alleging that the site has violated their copyrights, trademarks and the terms of service of their frequent flyer program. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2021

First off today, Suzanne Smalley at Inside Higher Ed reports that five major textbook publishers have teamed up to file a lawsuit against Shopify over allegations that the ecommerce platform is enabling rampant piracy. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 18, 2022

Next up today, Efe Udin at Gizchina reports that NetEase Cloud Music has filed a formal lawsuit against Tencent Music, alleging that Tencent is illegally using music through a variety of their services. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 14, 2022

First off today, Mark Savage at the BBC reports that Katy Perry has emerged victorious once again in the lawsuit over her 2013 song Dark Horse. However, Genius, not the copyright holder on the lyrics, opted to sue claiming breach of contract and unfair competition laws. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

First off today, Samantha Handler at Bloomberg Law reports that the film studio Mirimax has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against director Quentin Tarantino over Tarantino’s plans to release of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) related to the film Pulp Fiction. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 23, 2022

First off today, The Associated Press reports that Ed Sheeran’s 11-day trial over the song Shape of You has concluded, and both sides are currently awaiting the ruling. That was offered exclusively through a contract with LexisNexis. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The ICO response to the consultation series on generative AI In January 2024, the ICO launched a consultation series on how aspects of data protection law should apply to the development and use of generative AI models, and the ICO released their outcomes report in December 2024.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 25, 2022

First off today, Natalie Hanson at Courthouse News Service reports that a trial between Oracle and Hewlett Packard (HP) has begun as Oracle accuses HP of infringing their rights to a variety of patches for the Solaris operating system. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 28, 2022

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. This prompted Walkie Check to sue for breach of an implied contract, unjust enrichment and copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that songwriter Daniel Grigson has filed a lawsuit against Disney and others that worked on the film Frozen 2 alleging that one of the tracks from the film is an infringement of his earlier work. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In order to engage in text and data-mining (TDM) some tech companies are reported to have approached different publishers , hoping to secure access to their catalogues on reasonable terms. There is a shared interest in ensuring that AI companies have legal routes to license content in the quantity required by this revolutionary technology.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 5, 2023

On November 29th, The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released its final report of its market study into music and music streaming. According to the report, streaming services are the primary method of music distribution for labels and artists, with 39 million active users and over 138 billion streams in the UK in 2021.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2021

The Coronavirus Reporter app “sought to collect ‘bioinformatics data’ from users about COVID-19 symptoms that it would then share with ‘other users and [unidentified] epidemiology researchers.'” Breach of Contract. Case citation : Coronavirus Reporter v. ” Sounds sketchy as hell. Apple, Inc.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

A licensing agreement between Mascotte and Adidas exists for the “Yeezy” trademarks. The dissolution of this contract will rely on the termination clauses that stipulate the division of IP between the parties or whether any “moral” clauses allow early termination of the contract.

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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. The report nominates the remuneration to be paid by the rightsholders, (i.e. Explained here ].

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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. CCC was among the companies and services covered in this report. For readers of the Velocity of Content blog, click on this link to purchase the report and use code “PTReport21” for a discounted price.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

Another 3k+ word post about the jurisprudential chaos in online contract formation law. But ultimately, the onus is on Disney to create a contract formation process so conspicuous that a court can’t reach decisions like this. Bleacher Report, Inc. , No. 23-cv-00368-SI.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Annual Copyright License (ACL) from CCC helps minimize an organization’s infringement risk by providing a consistent set of global reuse rights across millions of publications from thousands of rightsholders that complements existing publisher agreements, subscriptions, and other content purchases.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

These measures included export controls and compulsory licenses (e.g., many countries prepared their legislation for compulsory licenses). Under US law, there is a distinction made between R&D contracts and a procurement contract (explained neatly in the Airbus/Boeing 353 WTO panel report under Bayh-Dole regime).

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

Another longstanding case is one we reported on in September of 2021. We later reported that the case was dismissed by the judge in favor of DYouville College, allowing the Professors the opportunity to amend their motion to dismiss if they wished. Williams et al. DYouville College et al.

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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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TorrentFreak

MAY 11, 2023

was banned and then signed up for a new account, he agreed to Bungie’s Limited Software License Agreement with no intent to comply with it; fraud according to Bungie. has the right to disaffirm any contract within a reasonable time of becoming an adult. With no enforceable contract between L.L. ’s license.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 11, 2022

First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that comic book creator William Crabtree has filed a lawsuit against fellow creator Robert Kirkman alleging that he was tricked into signing away his rights to the Invincible comic book series. According to the lawsuit, Otto licensed the hornet logo back in 1981.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2022

However, usually, if plaintiffs could provide some evidence of notice that was consistent with how the original contract said it would update the terms, courts would give them the benefit of the doubt, at least at the early stages of litigation. In 2022, plaintiff sued defendant for breach of contract, among other things. 3d at 10861.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 3, 2022

Faced with the impossibility of filing lawsuits against every single site offering content without a license, rightsholders all over the world are now fully invested in site blocking. The order covers four major French ISPs – Bouygues, Orange, Free, and SFR.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 16, 2024

According to the India Gaming Report 2024, India has one of the fastest user bases globally with more than 500 million games. According to the Indian Gaming Report 2024, the gaming sector is expected to generate 250,000 jobs over the next 10 years. Licensing of their games are also controlled under Copyright only.

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SpicyIP

MAY 2, 2022

It was revealed in Court that the Plaintiff and Defendant had entered into an agreement wherein the Plaintiff had licensed, in a non-exclusive manner, its right to broadcast and exploit the audio-visual song clips, scenes and dialogues/clips to the Defendants’ channels. This agreement was for a period from 1 st July 2019 to 30 th June 2022.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Subsequently, the Committee published a report which set out a number of recommendations to Government [ Katpost here ] that included equitable remuneration for streaming, contract adjustments as well as referrals to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

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. Platforms are also under the obligation to contract with the press publishers requesting so and pay them a fair remuneration. Freedom to negotiate.

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