Copying, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law and Settlement

Understanding the Pearson v. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Yesterday, news broke that Pearson Education, the largest publisher of textbooks in the world, has filed a lawsuit against the website Chegg alleging widespread copyright infringement of its content on the site. As a result, Pearson is suing Chegg alleging copyright infringement. Chegg’s Potential Defenses.

Copyright Infringement

Copyright Infringement Copyright Derivative Work Fair Use

IPTV Piracy Lawsuit Against Datacamp Close to Settlement For Second Time

TorrentFreak

MAY 7, 2023

At least in theory, copyright law in both the United States and Europe should provide adequate protections for intermediaries but if a chink appears in the armor, nothing can stop rightsholders filing a lawsuit. lawsuit against DataCamp, claiming that it failed to deal with copyright infringing customers.

Settlement

Settlement Confidentiality Reporting Copyright Infringement

“The Copyright Case of the Century”: Final Settlement between Google and Oracle on API Copyright Infringement

IPilogue

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The decade-long dispute between Google and Oracle over computer code’s copyrightability finally came to an end on April 5, 2021. copyright law. It is arguably, as Stanford law professor Mark Lemley coined it, “ the copyright case of the century. ” . Supreme Court on October 7, 2020.

Copyright Infringement

Copyright Infringement Copyright Fair Use Settlement

Using AI Artwork to Avoid Copyright Infringement

Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

.” I was barely out of law school when a senior partner muttered those words as he handed me a scathing demand letter sent to one of the firm’s commercial director clients. This was the late ’90s, and the entertainment industry was still reeling from a well-publicized copyright infringement lawsuit involving the movie 12 Monkeys.

Artwork

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3 Count: Plagiarism Again

Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

Josh Hawley’s Move to Strip Disney’s Copyrights Called ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’. He claims that it aims to revoke Disney’s “special” copyright protections though the law would rewrite copyright law for all creators. million settlement in 2018. According to Sen.

Plagiarism

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ISP Optimum Questions ‘Evidence’ For Billion Dollar Piracy Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” This legal requirement remained largely unenforced for nearly two decades but a series of copyright infringement liability lawsuits, including a billion-dollar damages award against Cox, have shaken up the industry.

Settlement

Settlement Music Copyright Infringement Copyright

Don’t Fuel the Copyright Troll Fire, Supreme Court Hears

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Over the past several years we’ve covered dozens of copyright troll cases against tens of thousands of alleged copyright infringers. The definition of the term ‘copyright troll’ is fluid. The definition of the term ‘copyright troll’ is fluid.

Copyright

Copyright Copyright Infringement Settlement Music

IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. In particular, it explores why copyright of a meme’s underlying content does not matter in a normative sense. LAW AND ECONOMICS. Costs Versus Benefits of Copyright Protection. Minc Law (Sept. 29, 2013), [link]. [ii]

Copyright Infringement

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RCN Asks Court to Dismiss ‘Copyright Trolls’ Piracy Liability Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Under US copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.”. “Plaintiffs and Maverickeye are part of a well-known web of copyright trolls. The ISP notes that it’s not clear how the German company detects copyright infringements.

Copyright

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Record Companies Hit Optimum With Billion Dollar BitTorrent Piracy Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Copyright law states that ISPs must terminate the accounts of subscribers repeatedly flagged as copyright infringers. ” Several lawsuits, filed by music and movie companies over the past few years, claimed that ISPs failed to terminate repeat infringers. .” Perhaps as many as 7,800, give or take.

Copyright Infringement

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RCN Faces Another Multi-Million Dollar Piracy Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2024

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat copyright infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” The law doesn’t specify what these circumstances are but in recent years federal courts have provided more context. The movie distributor also requests a broad injunction.

Copyright Infringement

Copyright Infringement Copyright Litigation Settlement

AimJunkies Maintain That Cheating is Legal, Appeals Bungie’s $4.3 Million Arbitration Award

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

AimJunkies denied the claims and argued that cheating isn’t against the law. In addition, it refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked substance because some of the referenced copyrights were registered well after the cheats were first made available, AimJunkies said.

Cease and Desist

Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Copyright Intellectual Property

Filmmakers Sue VPN for Promoting Piracy & Advertising on YTS

TorrentFreak

JULY 9, 2022

Several of these lawsuits have ended in settlements, where some VPNs services agreed to block notorious pirate sites or BitTorrent traffic on US-based servers. “Downloading and sharing files via torrent is a violation of copyright law. It means that you may be punished by law. That’s why you need a Popcorn Time VPN.

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What Are The Various Copyright Law Issues With Apps Like Spotify In The Modern Tussle Between Artists And Corporate Giants?

IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Historical lookback The amendment to the existing copyright law act of 1957 was carried out owing to the sensitization of issue of copyright management and revenue sharing structure that is fair and reasonable to all owners and writers of filmed and recorded works. [i] Magic Mantra Vision. [ii] Magic Mantra Vision, CS (OS) NO.

Copyright Law

Copyright Law Copyright Music Law

370 Pirate IPTV Sellers Faced Legal Action After CJEU ‘Filmspeler’ Ruling

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2023

An interesting feature of copyright law is its tendency to lag behind the times while new technology races ahead and exploits its numerous ‘loopholes’ One of the most famous loopholes was ‘exposed’ when streaming overtook BitTorrent to become the delivery method of choice for millions of video-oriented pirates.

Copyright Law

Copyright Law Settlement Copying Copyright

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

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

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).

Copyright

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

TorrentFreak

MAY 29, 2023

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

Copyright

Copyright Privacy Settlement Copyright Infringement

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

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

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. For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work.

Fair Use

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Understanding the CCB’s First Two Final Determinations (Guest Blog Post–Part 3 of 3)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

At an initial conference on January 23, 2023, the parties reached a settlement and asked to dismiss the claim. Prutton admitted to copying and said that his adult daughter had helped him with his website. (A and that the DMCA claim and attorney’s fee claims would be dropped, leaving only the copyright infringement claim.”

Blogging

Blogging Fair Use Copyright Copyright Notice

WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

Likewise, the Office cannot register a work purportedly created by divine or supernatural beings, although the Office may register a work where the application or the deposit copy(ies) state that the work was inspired by a divine spirit. copyright law. ” But beauty is not a basis for copyright protection.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Invention Trademark Copyright

IPSC Breakout Session #3: Distributive Effects/Art and Music

43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Alfred Yen, A Federal Rules of Evidence Perspective on Forensic Musicology and Music Copyright Infringement Juries hear a lot of forensic musicology evidence they shouldn’t which confuses them and leads to poorer decisionmaking in music © infringement cases. Musicology articles talk about copying all the time.

Music

Music Art Copying Licensing

Inside Donald Trump’s Super-Secret Copyright Defense

Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Trump is actively litigating a copyright infringement lawsuit over the Eddy Grant song “Electric Avenue” while trying to keep relevant deposition testimony in the case permanently under seal. ” So much for Trump having a basic understanding of copyright law. 14· · · · · Q.· ·Mr. 17· · · · · A.· ·I

Copyright

Copyright Fair Use Music Copyright Infringement

Intellectual Property Pulse

Understanding the Pearson v. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

IPTV Piracy Lawsuit Against Datacamp Close to Settlement For Second Time

Trending Sources

“The Copyright Case of the Century”: Final Settlement between Google and Oracle on API Copyright Infringement

Using AI Artwork to Avoid Copyright Infringement

3 Count: Plagiarism Again

ISP Optimum Questions ‘Evidence’ For Billion Dollar Piracy Lawsuit

Don’t Fuel the Copyright Troll Fire, Supreme Court Hears

IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

RCN Asks Court to Dismiss ‘Copyright Trolls’ Piracy Liability Lawsuit

Record Companies Hit Optimum With Billion Dollar BitTorrent Piracy Lawsuit

RCN Faces Another Multi-Million Dollar Piracy Lawsuit

AimJunkies Maintain That Cheating is Legal, Appeals Bungie’s $4.3 Million Arbitration Award

Filmmakers Sue VPN for Promoting Piracy & Advertising on YTS

What Are The Various Copyright Law Issues With Apps Like Spotify In The Modern Tussle Between Artists And Corporate Giants?

370 Pirate IPTV Sellers Faced Legal Action After CJEU ‘Filmspeler’ Ruling

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

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

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

Understanding the CCB’s First Two Final Determinations (Guest Blog Post–Part 3 of 3)

WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

IPSC Breakout Session #3: Distributive Effects/Art and Music

Inside Donald Trump’s Super-Secret Copyright Defense

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