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MPA Escalates Pirate Site Blocking in Philippines, Targeting Sflix and Myflixer

TorrentFreak

The Philippine blocking scheme is the result of a memorandum of understanding, overseen by the local Intellectual Property Office ( IPOPHL ). Under the agreement, Internet providers will voluntarily block sites that are deemed to be copyright infringing; no court order needed.

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Legal Analysis Of Copyright Issues In YouTube And Other Social Media Content

IP and Legal Filings

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. Vs Myspace Inc & Anr. 2017) 236 DLT 478 (DB).

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Tips for Avoiding Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

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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Mojang Targets Repositories of Browser-Based Minecraft Copy ‘Eaglercraft’

TorrentFreak

With more than 238 million copies sold, it’s also the best-selling video game in history, a reign that looks set to continue. Mojang is totally fine with this, as long as people don’t charge money or distribute modded copies of the game. All repositories are reportedly linked to copies of Eaglercraft.

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Cloudflare Tests Limits of Contributory Copyright Infringement

IP Watchdog

When an end user requests content from one of Cloudflare’s customers, it is delivered to that user from the cached copy on the nearest Cloudflare server—not the customer’s own web host server. This saves on bandwidth costs, improves security, and decreases page load times.

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EU Research Links Youth Unemployment and Income Inequality to More Piracy

TorrentFreak

The European Union Intellectual Property Office ( EUIPO ) regularly conducts studies to see how piracy develops over time. This week, EUIPO released another in-depth piracy report titled “Online Copyright Infringement in the European Union.”

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Intellectual Property Strategies for Development of AI in China

IP Tech Blog

If a secret is stolen, or the ownership or its proper apportionment are disputed, or if a third party is trying to copy software containing AI algorithms, the right holders must not shy away from taking proper enforcement measures. But rights holders must be prepared.