The IPKat

JUNE 17, 2023

The one above is the question that a Florida judge (Robert N Scola, Jr) answered just a few days ago (Case 1:21-cv-20039-RNS) after fellow artist Joe Morford had gone – quite literally – bananas and sued Cattelan for copyright infringement.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Ninth Circuit was recently asked to determine whether to continue to apply the Circuit’s two-part extrinsic/intrinsic test for “substantial similarity” with regard to a copyright infringement claim or to depart from this approach and apply the Second Circuit’s “ordinary observer” test instead. In Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 24, 2024

All five men were convicted of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement. Dallmann was further convicted of two counts of money laundering by concealment and three counts of misdemeanor criminal copyright infringement. One of Dallmann’s objections relates to an episode of the TV show Paradise.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Filed in May, the complaint alleged two types of copyright infringement, violations of the Federal Communications Act (FCA), conversion, and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. According to them, that’s not infringement. In July, Triller filed its second amended complaint which added Teddy Fresh Inc.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2022

The defendants did not seek approval from the claimant in relation to the OFDE and, as a result, in 2019 the claimant sued the defendants for copyright infringement and passing off. The Infringement. The characters acted out a pub quiz scene, which had not appeared in the show itself, while customers enjoyed a three-course meal.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In May, Triller filed a lawsuit against the H3 Podcast, claiming that by showing a portion of the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren fight event on YouTube, the defendants breached the company’s rights. ‘Unlisted’ Video Was a “Bootlegged” Copy. In its opposition, Triller moves directly to the core of its new focus.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 6, 2024

A new lawsuit over Broadway’s Stereophonic tests copyright’s limits, as Fleetwood Mac’s former sound engineer claims the hit play copies his real-life story about working on the Rumours album. The problem for the plaintiffs, however, is that Making Rumours presents those scenes and dialogue as events that actually happened.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Hundreds of Thousands of Infringements. According to the plaintiffs, IP addresses allocated to Verizon/Cellco Partnership were monitored by anti-piracy tracking outfit Maverickeye downloading and sharing pirate copies of their movies. Several Types of Copyright Infringement. 1202(a)(b) , the complaint adds.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This week, EUIPO released another in-depth piracy report titled “Online Copyright Infringement in the European Union.” However, for film and live sports events, higher youth unemployment was still associated with higher piracy rates. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

1: Sony Music sues Triller Claiming Copyright Infringement, Alleging it is Owed Millions. According to the lawsuit, JMC ignored multiple cease and desist letters sent by Paramount and, instead, went forward with the events. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2024

The debate over whether copyright infringement cannibalizes legitimate media consumption has been dragging on for several decades now. However, there are many more nuanced types of copyright infringement, where ‘unauthorized’ use is more likely to have a positive effect.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Such uses are often methods of social commentary regarding the user’s own life, or more broadly, current events; they also often utilize copyrightable material. [i] In particular, it explores why copyright of a meme’s underlying content does not matter in a normative sense. Costs Versus Benefits of Copyright Protection.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 24, 2021

In April 2020, a coalition of entertainment companies headed up by Universal, Paramount, Columbia, Disney and Amazon filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the operators of ‘pirate’ IPTV service Nitro TV. channels, which are only possible to offer after content is copied and stored, contrary to copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In a matter of weeks, the controversial Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren PPV boxing event will turn three years old and still be remembered for all that went wrong. In summary, H3 says that when it showed the fight along with biting commentary on YouTube, that was fair use, even though the video shown was sourced from a pirated copy of the PPV event.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Massive Copyright Infringement The language used in the complaint makes it extremely clear that the MPA views playlists as a threat and illegal under copyright law. Suppliers and Users Infringe Copyright The MPA’s complaint basically accuses the entire chain of copyright infringement offenses, GitHub included.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 22, 2024

AimJunkies stated that cheating isn’t against the law and refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked substance and were ungrounded because some of the referenced copyrights were registered well after the cheats were first made available, AimJunkies argued. Instead, a jury would have to decide.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 4, 2023

In 2017, the company was sued by several RIAA-backed labels, including Sony, Warner, and UMG, which accused the company of massive copyright infringement. The music companies requested rulings to establish that Spinrilla is liable for direct copyright infringement and that the DMCA safe harbor doesn’t apply.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2023

Most people understood the risks associated with uploading copyrighted content, not least since the word ‘distribution’ is clearly defined in law. But with streaming, no significant uploading takes place and, just as importantly, no copies of movies or TV shows are made on users’ machines.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 1, 2023

” and “Is it copyright if nobody knows I copied a song and changed it so it sounds nothing like the original?” Who hasn’t seen copies of well-known tracks uploaded in full and protected by the statement: “I do not own this song. Full credits go to the copyright owner.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2022

Babybus runs a competitive channel that Moonbug believes infringes its copyrights. An example: Moonbug submitted takedown notices to YouTube covering at least 70 videos and sued Babybus for copyright infringement. Okularity. * Copyright Plaintiffs Can’t Figure Out What Copyrights They Own, Court Says ¯_(?)

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

When one hears the claims of copyright infringement, confidential information and employment claims one can readily assume that this is an employer/ex-employee dispute. The issues (1) are the copyright and confidential information in ProSPC owned by PQ? (2) 296-297).

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2023

Adjusted for inflation, imported Japanese N64s changed hands for the equivalent of $1,400 in today’s money; a copy of Super Mario 64? According to Nintendo’s take on events, not much can be done short of removing all functionality. 1201), and infringes copyrights owned by Nintendo.” A snip at $165.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

. “INDECOPI will continue monitoring and surveillance in the digital environment of suspected piracy sites for the year 2022 and will take the corresponding actions to block illegal sites that would allow the downloading of works under the modality of stream ripping, as well as regarding the transmission of sports events via streaming.”

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 14, 2022

In the summer of 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Internet Archive (IA). “The only issue is whether Internet Archive’s massive infringement scheme is fair use under 17 U.S.C. § Publishers: IA’s Use is Not Fair.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2024

Play Store Takes Down FrostWire At the end of November last year, Google informed the FrostWire team that its app had been suspended from Google Play due to alleged copyright infringement. While the software doesn’t host or feature infringing content, the Indian Music Industry ( IMI ) reached a different conclusion.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 15, 2023

Dua Lipa and Warner Music are being sued by talk box inventor and singer, Bosko Kante, for breach of contract and copyright infringement in hit song 'Levitating'. This case was dismissed in June 2023 in an order by Judge Sykes, for failure to plead copying – primarily for lack of 'access'. Secondly, in New York, from L.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 19, 2021

Last June, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive for copyright infringement , describing its ‘Open Library’ as operating like a pirate site.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In a recent post , Divij discussed the use of copyright infringement claims by Aaj Tak against the independent media platform, Newslaundry. The videos in relation to which the copyright claims were made contained clips from videos of Aaj Tak’s reporting and as per Newslaundry were used to critique Aaj Tak’s reporting on certain issues.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Central to her ruling was the conclusion that the plaintiffs hadn’t claimed that ChatGPT disseminated a copy of their works in response to any user query. Concrete Harm and AI Copyright Cases: A High Bar? In the meantime, here’s a copy of Raw Story Media, Inc. As always, I’d love to know what you think.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2023

Nearly all of them denied having downloaded the pirated films and one subscriber said they had never received a copyright infringement complaint, contrary to the filmmakers’ claim. As mentioned earlier, there was one subscriber who objected by claiming that they never received a copyright infringement notice from Grande.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Dorland’s copyright infringement claims were allowed, while her claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress was denied.? . In order to prove copyright infringement , Ms. Dorland will need to show: (1) ownership of a valid copyright, and (2) copying of constituent elements of the work that are original.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Copyright infringement and De Minimis are often replaced to complement each other. However, de minimis is sometimes used as a defence in a copyright lawsuit. More often than not, the lawsuits filed for copyright infringement are cases of de minimis and thereto, get dismissed on the anvil of frivolity. INTRODUCTION.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Thiccc Boy then sued for copyright infringement. “the allegedly infringing videos undisputedly commented on the quality of the discussion in the copyrighted works.” Swindelles admittedly duplicated the copyrighted videos’ full frames. The court finds fair use. Purpose and Character of Use. “Mr.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Not seldomly these have raised precarious copyright issues. There are NFT projects ‘copying’ other NFTs, for example, and in some cases, people simply issue NFTs based on existing copyrighted works owned by others. A virtual space called Warner Music Venue was created there and the idea was to host music events.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

DMCA subpoenas compel service providers, such as Discord, Twitter or Reddit, to hand over information they hold on users identified by rightsholders as copyright infringers. In the event that useful personal information is disclosed to Cognosphere’s legal team, a number of options become available.

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