Plagiarism Today

MARCH 8, 2022

First off today, Thomas Claburn at The Register reports that a leaked Russian document indicates that the country may be considering abolishing criminal and administrative liability for violating software licenses, making software piracy in the country fundamentally legal. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

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, with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, have shaken up the industry.

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IPilogue

MAY 19, 2022

Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay are next in a line of artists to face allegations of copyright infringement — after Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa. Music distribution company The Orchard , a subsidiary of Sony , released First Time in 2014, and the original written song had been submitted to the US Copyright Office by Melomega in 1980.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As part of their series The Facebook Files , which is an examination of leaked internal documents from the company, the paper published a scathing review of the company’s practices surrounding copied content. This was in part because the company feared running afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Bottom Line.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

The letter to Discord simply states that AI Hub is dedicated to copyright infringement of its members’ works. ” Shut Down Server, Ban Repeat Infringers The anti-piracy group wants the server taken offline and warnings issued to its operators. The reported links don’t reveal the nature of the content.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2022

After being uploaded in the preceding days, on April 26 the company filed a complaint at YouTube alleging copyright infringement. As the takedown notice shows, Riot Games demanded not only the removal of the video, but also any additional copies that may be uploaded in the future.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

It also discusses national and international viewpoints on the subject before going into the Indian judiciary’s stance on copyright violations in the social media era. Copyright law is in charge of controlling how literary, artistic, and theatrical works, among others, are used. 1 (2022). [5] 7] Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2024

on 15 October, 2024 (Delhi District Court) The plaintiff alleged trademark and copyright infringement of his registered mark “KHATOON” by the defendants, who used an allegedly similar mark “SHAHI KHATOON.” The Court held that the defendants had copied the plaintiff’s mark and passed off their products as those of the plaintiff.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

This case revisits the venerable topic of if, and when, cloning-and-revising a legal document can be copyright infringement. UIRC initially manufactured those documents by cloning-and-revising documents prepared by the Idaho Housing and Finance Association. UIRC sued William Blair for copyright infringement.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 16, 2022

How about being liable to your professor for willful copyright infringement damages of up to $300,000? Several students from Chapman University in Orange County California (currently identified only as John Does 1-5) are finding themselves on the receiving end of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Assistant Professor David A.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 2, 2023

The European Union recognizes that online piracy poses a serious threat to copyright holders and the public at large. This includes a requirement for large platforms to deter repeat copyright infringers. Over the past few months, we have documented how scammers are exploiting weaknesses in various Europa.eu

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The original Lynn Goldsmith photograph (left) and Andy Warhol’s Prince portrait (right), as reproduced in court documents. If Goldsmith wins, the Warhol Foundation will probably face floods of litigations after years of diligent copying and printing by Warhol. Photo Credit: Artnet News. .

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

” “Our view is that the Commission’s staff document and Watch List should be limited to Commission-verified allegations of illegal behavior, based on principled and fair legal standards,” Cloudflare adds. The company has a trusted reporter program, for example, which currently counts roughly 200 organizations.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The letter claimed that the director, an ad agency, and a popular theme park had all committed copyright infringement because a panda appeared in the background of their TV commercial. But if they appear on film without permission, even fleetingly, they could prompt a copyright infringement lawsuit.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Altice, for example, will also gain access to some non-privileged documents and communications between the music companies and their anti-piracy partners , including the RIAA, OpSec, and Audible Magic. to block copyright infringing content. RIAA’s Letter to BitTorrent Inc. In the letter, the RIAA asked BitTorrent Inc. (

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TorrentFreak

JULY 3, 2022

Over the past several years, a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits has targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. It argued that cheating isn’t against the law and said that the cheat software itself isn’t copyright infringing. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 4, 2024

That basically allows one party to request evidence from the other, to properly support or refute the copyright infringement claims that form the basis of the lawsuit. OpenAI Seeks NYT ‘Source’ Material In its quest for evidence, OpenAI is particularly interested in the copyrights of the New York Times’ works.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 3, 2022

The podcast did provide citations for the episode, including five articles, two Wikipedia entries and a government document. However, as Katz pointed out, some of the information shared was not located in any of those documents. Not that alleged copying took place, but how far some are going to justify it.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

According to the movie companies, the hosting services should have terminated their agreements with these VPN companies after repeated copyright infringement warnings. However, Quadranet also believes that the copyright infringement claims fail. “LiquidVPN is not a direct infringer. That should be sufficient.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Fair Use is one of the principles being mooted in defense of OpenAI to argue that the latters Use of the formers copyrighted content fits within Fair Use thresholds and is, thereby, justifiable. This impact can be caused by a loss in the target audience, downward revenue, and economic damage.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

By registering your work with the Copyright Office in India, you secure legal protection, making it easier to defend your rights in case of infringement. Why is Copyright Registration Important in India? Evidence of Ownership : A registered copyright serves as proof of ownership in case of disputes or infringements.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In both cases, the ISPs are accused of failing to disconnect subscribers who were repeatedly flagged as copyright infringers. The copyright infringement notices are key evidence in both cases. The allegedly infringing files were central to prove direct copyright infringement. Recreated Evidence?

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. Hsuanyeh Law Group v.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The sites’ Russian owner Tofig Kurbanov was taken to court in the United States in 2018, accused of facilitating mass copyright infringement. Despite being ordered to fully produce documents and web server data, Defendant failed to comply with this Court’s orders. Need to Deter. This recommendation was taken over by U.S.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Many find it surprising, but there is no requirement to include a copyright notice on a work for the work to be protected by copyright law. The lack of a copyright notice does not give you permission to use the work. Copyright infringement occurs when a person or company uses another’s copyrighted work without permission.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 21, 2021

After the apparent demise of Area 51 but in advance of the settlement being finalized, it’s alleged that Tusa launched a close copy of Area 51 called SingularityMedia, which scooped up Area 51’s customers. The injunction and associated documents can be found here 1 , 2 , 3 , (pdf). It later disappeared.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

What is copyright infringement? Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is referred to as copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2023

For several years in a row, EVO opened the “screener season” by releasing leaked copies of upcoming films. EVO was also the first to release an early Blu-Ray copy of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ last year, and a high-quality copy of the blockbuster “Dune” in 2021, ahead of its official U.S.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 2, 2022

In the meantime, unofficial ‘scanlation’ groups stepped in to meet demand with their scanned and translated copies, leaving official suppliers to play catch-up and pirate sites to reap the benefits. 1782 , a statute that empowers courts to order third-parties to provide documents and statements for use in foreign legal processes.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 10, 2022

In addition, it refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked any substance and were ungrounded because some of the referenced copyrights were registered well after the cheats were first made available. We intend to subpoena documents with actionable information to answer these questions.”

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A detailed comparison showed striking similarities: both products featured identical colour combinations like a black cap and ribbon, similar logo styles, dancing figures on both bottles and the placement of flavour indicators, demonstrating a clear case of copyright infringement and passing off. 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 8, 2023

The injunction , issued by the District Court of Hamburg, required the Swiss DNS resolver to block its users from accessing the site to prevent the distribution of pirated copies of Evanescence’s album “ The Bitter Truth “ Quad9 Appeals Site Blocking Injunction The Quad9 Foundation fiercely opposed the injunction.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

Just before the weekend, dozens of record labels including UMG, Warner, and Sony, filed a massive copyright infringement lawsuit against Verizon at a New York federal court. “The scope of repeat infringement on Verizon’s network is staggering. Verizon Services Corp.,

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 4, 2022

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in US courts and several ISPs have been sued over the years. These Internet providers stand accused of not doing enough to stop copyright infringers on their networks, even after receiving multiple ‘copyright infringement’ notifications.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 13, 2022

Every week millions of online copyright infringements are detected by rightsholders and their anti-piracy partners. This would usually be enough for most copyright holders but there are clear signs that the manga publisher isn’t prepared to leave it there and could have more in store for the seven YouTube users.

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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.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 26, 2023

The number of removals runs in the hundreds of thousands during a typical month, without getting noticed by the public at large, but if Instagram users continue to post copyright infringing content, they risk losing their accounts. Whether Instagram plans to challenge the injunction is unknown.

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