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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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

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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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In his memoir, Ford recounted growing up in Michigan, serving in Congress, and the complicated events of the 1970’s that brought him to the Presidency. Harper & Row had a first publication rights agreement with Ford, but The Nation used a pre-publication copy of the memoir to scoop everyone else with an excerpt from the book.

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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. ” Data Sought is “Not Material”, Creates a Massive Burden.

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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

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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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. Babybus appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Babybus counterclaimed for 512(f).

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2024

The event was mostly a meetup of like-minded geeks, but one person stood out a mile; Tim Kuik, director of anti-piracy group BREIN. Speaking with TorrentFreak, Kuik recalls that the home video market was just opening up. The downside was that pirates would create bootleg copies.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

But if you have not taken that route for one reason or another and you encounter highly similar products on the market, there are other ways to protect your products through IP. Unfair competition may protect your fashion items against copying in two scenarios. Last but not least, fashion items might be protected by copyright.

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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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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

Copyright law crafted decades ago to prevent infringement in an analog world has in many cases held up remarkably well in the digital age. Copying or reproduction remains relevant, as does the concept of distribution. In the United States, the existence of a loophole in copyright law had been an open secret for some time.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

There’s a market for pretty much anything digital today and ‘collectables’ in particular sell like hot cakes. 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.

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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? Imported into the gray market in Europe, US cartridges were cheaper than their Japanese counterparts. 1201), and infringes copyrights owned by Nintendo.” A snip at $165.

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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 5, 2024

South American news site Hollogram TV informs TF that their copyright complaint problems relate to just two URLs, but the consequences for them could be much more severe. Streaming News and Reviews Reaching out to a South American audience, Hollogram TV launched in 2019 and today covers all aspects of the streaming market.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

As a person involved in copyright on a daily basis, I’ve observed a number of events and requests for comment over the last few years on the issue of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be “authors” in the copyright sense (or inventors of patents). This article was originally published in The Scholarly Kitchen.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

The rise in popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has attracted a great deal of attention from copyright practitioners and aficionados. Basically, because an NFT is an encoded digital metadata file of a copy of a work that can be copyright protected. And why is that? VEGAP has announced that it has appealed this judgment.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JULY 25, 2023

The case brings claims for copyright infringements under Title 17 of the U.S. and infringed on Messerschmidt's rights to the photographs when they allegedly copied and displayed the photographs on their website. Messerschmidt cites the legal precedent set by the case Feist Publications, Inc. Rural Telephone Service Co.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

However, a quest by local parents, to raise public awareness of the nature of that instruction, has led to one of their group in Indiana being sued by LifeWise for copyright infringement. Copyright Complaint, Religious Controversy Filed in the Northern District of Indiana (Fort Wayne Division) on July 2, 2024, plaintiff LifeWise Inc.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Hendley, 2021 FC 498 [ Winkler ], the Federal Court (the “Court”) addressed an unusual issue of copyright protection in a nonfictional work containing descriptions of events with questionable historical accuracy. In its decision, the Court reiterated that copyright protection does not extend to facts.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Subsequently, in a first of its kind event relating to a specific judge, Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA) filed an intervention before the Supreme Court opposing any further extensions to Manmohan Singh. IDMA’s victory in that case was followed by the scrapping of IPAB as a tribunal. Delhi High Court in Dassault Systems v.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In any event, it is worth noting that the decision to delete did not stem from the artificial origin of the music, but rather from the fact that the songs were being used to collect royalties on behalf of fraudulent accounts. Did the track infringe Bad Bunny's rights? What other avenues do the artists have to fight AI-generated music?

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This article covers copyright infringement and related rules for OTT platforms. One of many Indian laws that defends creators’ intellectual property rights is the Copyright Act of 1957. A copyright is a legal privilege granted to the owner of intellectual property. It is the right to copy, as the name implies.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The email doesn’t mention Byrne by name (a red flag in itself) but attempts to achieve the same goals: link to a site, credit the ‘source’, and Byrne won’t get sued for copyright infringement. The image referenced in the email as being the original, copyrighted image, is suspiciously hosted on Imgur.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This personal intellectual creation is lacking if the photographs in question are “mere reproductions of other photographs” in which an original has been merely reproduced (copied) as closely as possible. If a copy of a computer program is published in the territory of the EU/EEA with the consent of the rightholder, Section 69 No.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Since Sony’s Betamax-format recorders were able to record TV shows, studios including Universal and Disney sought to hold Sony liable for users’ alleged copyright infringements. Two of the claims can be seen in the image below and on first view, appear straightforward enough. ‘The Say Hey Kid,’ as himself.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

For the past several years, Chinese-manufactured Ubox IPTV boxes have flooded the market in Taiwan. Taiwan made amendments to copyright law that outlawed piracy-configured devices. Copied content was reportedly relayed by servers located in New Taipei City and Changhua, apparently with support from unnamed internet service providers.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In a first-of-its-kind copyright trial, a jury will decide whether tattoo artist Catherine Alexander can effectively control the use of Randy Orton’s likeness in video games. After over four years of litigation and five COVID-related continuances, it’s finally time for the main event. There’s a lot at stake. Skull arm design.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

In addition, courts support transformative or non-mirror image copying purposes. one copies the entirety of the work, it goes beyond the ambit of fair usage. The legal provisions of our land do not explicitly mention what constitutes a “substantial” part of the copyrighted work. Effect on the Market Value.

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43(B)log

JUNE 26, 2023

16, 2023) The court refused to dismiss copyright and trademark claims based on copying of a TV show format, including the hosts. map on the screen that shows the viewer where the event is taking place; • Both shows also use the same or nearly identical camera angles, motion theory (i.e., A&E Television Networks, LLC v.

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Intepat

JUNE 15, 2023

Introduction With the rise of the mobile application industry, India emerges as a highly profitable market, witnessing over twenty-eight billion downloads in 2022, accounting for 5% of the total global downloads. Exclusive Rights – Copyright gives developers exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, display, and modify their software.

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43(B)log

APRIL 25, 2023

HBI counterclaimed that Republic infringed its copyrights and trade dress. The jury ruled for HBI on one of its copyright infringement counterclaims and one of its trade dress claims against Republic and awarded HBI $979,620 in lost profits and $40,000 in statutory damages.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Not granting copyright ownership would severely impact their operations, as any person could easily copy or use their creations, without incurring any liability. However, while the importance of protecting such works is evident, in the event of granting them protection, who must be considered the author of the work?

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In 2017, the Warhol Foundation sued Goldsmith and her agency for a declaratory judgment that the Prince Series works are non-infringing or, in the alternative, that they constitute a fair use of the Prince Photograph. Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement. Emancipation”? [34] 34] : Musings on Transformativeness.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

While allowing the event’s continuation, the Court directed the defendants to use “FEF” as a prefix and display a disclaimer to avoid association with FDCI’s event. The Court considered the advanced event preparations but mandates compliance with the modifications.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 8, 2023

Copyright infringement & fair use. Copyright is the inherent right of a creator, artist, composer or another creator to prevent the use of their work. This means that a copyrighted work can not be copied or appropriated by others without the creator’s consent. 52(a)(ii). [2] by Act 23 of 1983, S. 9-8-1984). [3]

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