TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The blog post in question was written by Rebecca Marsh, the bank’s Vice President of Marketing & Communications. Marsh’s use of the photo is a clear example of copyright infringement. “Innocent Infringement” Backstory. . “Innocent Infringement” Backstory.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. “On information and belief, Microsoft and OpenAI are currently or will imminently commence making additional copies of the Publishers’ Works to train and/or fine-tune the next generation GPT-5 LLM,” the complaint adds.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. “On information and belief, Microsoft and OpenAI are currently or will imminently commence making additional copies of the Publishers’ Works to train and/or fine-tune the next generation GPT-5 LLM,” the complaint adds.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Over the past several years, a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits has targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. In July, the game company submitted motions for summary judgment to resolve the copyright infringement dispute before trial. Instead, a jury would have to decide.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 4, 2022

Despite a reported development and marketing budget in excess of $100m, Genshin Impact is free to play but is monetized via gacha game mechanics. This is the type of behavior that has attracted copyright infringement lawsuits in the past but in this case, the makers of Genshin XYZ are using copyright law to prevent piracy of their product.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 28, 2021

According to the plaintiffs, these people operate, oversee or participate in Ring-1, an operation that develops, distributes and markets a range of cheats for Destiny 2 and Rainbow Six Seige, among others. Copyright Infringement Offenses. Ring-1 is said to largely operate from Ring-1.io 1201(a)(2)).

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ross Intelligence Inc will provide guidance for similar AI training/copyright infringement cases and, as a bonus, it provides a bit of clarity (or muddies the waters… depending on your point of view) in the application of a post-Warhol fair use defense. These are the basic facts underlying this lawsuit.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

According to Getty Images, Stability copied Getty’s photographs with associated text and metadata to train its Stable Diffusion model, which uses AI to generate computer-synthesized images in response to text prompts. According to Getty, this is clear copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 11, 2022

1: Microsoft Sues “Black Market” Software Distributor for TM and Copyright Infringement. First off today, Christina Tabacco at Law Street reports that Microsoft has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against The Search People Enterprises over allegations that the company distributed pirated copies of Microsoft products.

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IPilogue

MAY 26, 2022

Moten, a Texas pastor, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against rapper Kanye West for incorporating a sample recording of his religious sermon into one of his songs. A grant of permission may accompany a written agreement to compensate the copyright holder through either a flat fee or royalty payments.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2022

ThFord argued that Freeplay’s name and marketing were deliberately confusing, but ultimately opted to settle the case. 2: UK Judge Delivers Mixed Ruling on Copyright Infringement in the Famous Love Story that Inspired Doctor Zhivago. 3: NitroTV Hit with $51m Piracy Damages.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

First off today, Will Nelson at NME reports that video game modders are fighting back against a lawsuit filed by Rockstar Games claiming that their fan-created mods are a fair use, not a copyright infringement. That content included both marketing text and user reviews.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2022

On the flip side, today’s interconnected world has the ability to transform leaks into powerful advertising and hype, keeping message boards and social media alive with discussion of exciting new products, at zero cost to official marketing teams.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Earlier this year Texas-based model Deniece Waidhofer sued Thothub for copyright infringement after the site’s users posted many of her ‘exclusive’ photos. While Cloudflare isn’t new to copyright infringement allegations, this case has proven to be more than a nuisance.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

Without this rule, many authors fear the UK market would be flooded with cheaper international copies. Finally, the state claims that this is not a copyright law, but an attempt to regulate unfair trade practices. 3: Ad Blockers Altering Website Code is Not a Copyright Violation, German Court Rules.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 11, 2024

Authors Sue NVIDIA for Copyright Infringement On Friday, American authors Abdi Nazemian , Brian Keene , and Stewart O’Nan joined the barrage of legal action with a copyright infringement lawsuit against NVIDIA. “NVIDIA has admitted training its NeMo Megatron models on a copy of The Pile dataset.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

On the other hand, Warhol’s great commercial success was the choice of the market. If Goldsmith wins, the Warhol Foundation will probably face floods of litigations after years of diligent copying and printing by Warhol. A great imbalance in power and wealth exists between the two parties in this case.

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43(B)log

MAY 19, 2023

Wowwee sells a line of dolls called “My Avastars,” which plaintiffs allege were “copied directly from Roblox’s Classic Avatars.” Defendants allegedly marketed the My Avastars dolls with a “code” that could be used in the Roblox platform. And defendants’ dolls were “virtually identical” in shape to Roblox’s avatars.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

He claims that it aims to revoke Disney’s “special” copyright protections though the law would rewrite copyright law for all creators. However, an element of the bill would make it retroactive for all companies with a market cap of $150 billion, an amount Disney exceeds.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 8, 2023

But number 1 when it comes to number 2 is a new copyright infringement lawsuit filed this week over a jigsaw puzzle called “101 Pooping Puppies.” But these puzzles are apparently popular gag gifts and UT Brands’ success soon spurred competitors to enter the pooping puppies puzzle market.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2024

and Morford sued him for copyright infringement. The works at issue (Morford’s on the left, Cattelan’s on the right): I could teach an entire semester’s Copyright class around this one case. It seems more likely that Cattelan heard the idea and decided to riff on it–something copyright law permits.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Last year, Texas-based model Deniece Waidhofer sued Thothub for copyright infringement after the site’s users posted many of her ‘exclusive’ photos. The trio accused Cloudflare of both direct and contributory copyright infringement. This prompted Waidhofer to change priorities.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 25, 2022

1: Ninth Circuit Boosts Efforts to Sue Overseas Copyright Infringers. First off today, Edvard Pettersson at Courthouse News Service reports that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a copyright infringement lawsuit that was filed against the Vietnamese company VNG Group.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

The organization literally archives key parts of the Internet, copying older versions of websites to preserve them for future generations. The organization doesn’t license authorized digital copies from publishers; instead, its books are scanned and digitized in-house. IA has plenty of other archive projects too.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2024

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house, with technical restrictions that prevent copying. A Napster Moment?

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

Back in January, the crypto group Spice DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) made headlines for spending approximately $3 million to acquire a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune , a bible for a planned Dune move that would have been made in the 1970s. . The payment beyond excessive.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Over the past several years there has been a drive to hold US-based ISPs liable for copyright infringements carried out by their customers. These Internet providers are accused of not doing enough to stop copyright infringers on their networks, even after receiving multiple ‘copyright infringement’ notifications.

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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. Google wanted to attract as many programmers as possible to develop smartphone apps on Android, thereby furthering copyright’s creativity objectives. In addition, Breyer J. smartphones). .

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 4, 2022

Pyrotechnics registered a copyright in its protocol and sued FireTek for copyright infringement. ” Pyrotechnics’ copyright registration then starts to fall apart. .” ” Pyrotechnics’ copyright registration then starts to fall apart. Implications.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

This is an especially large problem for photographers and visual artists, whose works are trivially copied and reshared. Since there is no difference between an original digital photograph and a copy of that photography, there’s no scarcity online. In short, it wasn’t artists making money from NFT sales, it was scammers and infringers.

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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

AUGUST 30, 2021

Over the past years, we have seen copyright holders take several ISPs to court, accusing them of failing to disconnect repeat copyright infringers. In their complaint, the filmmakers accuse Surfshark, VPN Unlimited, Zenmate and ExpressVPN of being involved in widespread copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 29, 2021

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in US courts after rightsholders filed lawsuits against several ISPs. These Internet providers are accused of not doing enough to stop copyright infringers on their networks, even after receiving multiple ‘copyright infringement’ notifications.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 24, 2024

Two Targets, Two Lawsuits The RIAA announced not one, but two copyright infringement lawsuits on Monday, filed against two of the most impressive services in the generative AI music market. Udio owner Unchartered Labs was sued in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, while Suno, Inc.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 18, 2021

Another Repeat Infringer Lawsuit. A few days ago a group of movie companies filed a complaint at a federal court in New Jersey, accusing the company of failing to take action against repeat copyright infringers. As such, it should be held liable for the copyright infringements of subscribers. Thousands of Notices.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2022

Its domains are blocked by court order in the United Kingdom , Ireland , Norway , Denmark and Portugal , and the site has been repeatedly branded a ‘notorious market’ by the MPA. Thus, the streaming that occurs on PrimeWire or at websites to which PrimeWire links violates the Copyright Act,” Judge Scarsi writes.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The company demanded damages under copyright law claiming that the team “willfully and maliciously” copied, adapted and distributed its source code and other content without permission. This leads to the question of whether the alleged conduct of the defendants affected the market for those games and if so, in what way.

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