TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Importantly, however, none of this is illegal in the UK so, in what appears to be an overreaction with significant potential for overreach, lawmakers want changes to copyright law to retip the balance of power. Even then, anyone with a camera can record an event, without breaking copyright law.

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Barry Sookman

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The report, Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Part 2: Copyrightability , unsurprising, concludes that copyright does not extend to purely AI-generated material where there is insufficient human control over the expressive elements. … The post Understanding the Copyrightability of AI: Insights from the U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In Case C-426/21 , the CJEU looked into the complicated relationship between copyright law and online television services. The focus of the case is twofold: the scope of application of the private copy exception, on the one hand, and that of the right of communication to the public, on the other.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

and torrents.yts.rs , all violate local copyright law. The MPA lists six domains in total; sflix.to, sflix.se, and sflix.is, plus myflixerz.to, myflixertv.to, and myflixer.today, noting that these domains shared pirated copies of many films including “Shazam!”, “Jumanji: The Next Level” and “Top Gun: Maverick”.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2023

Harmonization With EU Copyright Law Under the EU-Moldova Association Agreement of 2014, Moldova was required to reform copyright law to meet EU standards. Amadassor to Moldova, and the European Union, a closed government discussion on July 27 led to Moldova’s new copyright law being passed by parliament a day later.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Since the Canadian copyright law reforms in 2012, education and libraries have increased spending on licensing and a non-partisan House of Commons study found no need to create new restriction on education and library copying rights. She joins the Law Bytes podcast to discuss the CFLA statement and copyright law in Canada.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

ID Tech believed that Bayam copies too much of its copyrighted website content and pursued a whirlwind of enforcement activity, including filing two lawsuits against Bayam and sending numerous DMCA takedown demands to Shopify. The post How Copyright Law Fosters Anti-Competitive Behavior, Part Infinity–Bayam v.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 29, 2024

Another lesser-known problem of the authors of the schools providing educational services through the Internet is the question of the control of the distribution of copies of copyrighted works. Informing the users of the copyright laws and the repercussions of violating them is the other measure of risk management.

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The Illusion of More

JULY 18, 2024

On July 11, Senators Cantwell, Blackburn, and Heinrich introduced a bill called the Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfake (COPIED) Media Act. One of many AI related bills in Congress, the heart of COPIED is transparency in artificial intelligence through implementation of content provenance information (CPI).

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Michael Geist

JULY 20, 2022

For much of the past two decades, copyright groups have steadfastly sought to deny what the Supreme Court of Canada has repeatedly endorsed, namely that the purpose of Canadian copyright law is to serve the public interest by balancing users’ and authors’ rights. ” The decision – SOCAN v. 339, at para.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 4, 2022

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. Github’s Analysis Results in Takedown.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Many of the details were previously sealed, but unsealed copies added to the docket yesterday reveal new information. copyright law. — A copy of all relevant documents referenced here are available though Free.law’s Courtlistener From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In the lawsuit, Pearson alleges that Chegg, through the use of thousands of freelancers, provides answers to questions found in textbooks it publishes and, in doing so, often copies the question verbatim or with slight paraphrasing. As a result, Pearson is suing Chegg alleging copyright infringement. Chegg’s Potential Defenses.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Image from here Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive: Archiving Access to Information or Strengthening Copyright Laws? Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 31, 2024

First Case of its Type in Japan This week local anti-piracy group CODA revealed details of a copyright prosecution that’s so unusual, it’s probably never happened before. On October 29, officers from Miyagi Prefectural Police Headquarters and Tome Police Station arrested three men on suspicion of violating copyright law.

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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. Riot Games Uses Copyright Law to Unmask Uploader.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Thomson Reuters argued that Legal Ease’s questions, incorporated by Ross in machine-readable form, essentially copied its creative headnotes. The Court’s analysis reveals a misunderstanding of how technological innovation intersects with copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 14, 2022

copyright law. Genius filed the lawsuit in 2019 alleging that Google was unlawfully copying lyrics to songs that they had hosted. According to Genius, they had used watermarking techniques to prove that Google had copied from their database of lyrics. Neither side commented on the decision.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Internet Archive is widely known for its Wayback Machine, which preserves copies of the web for future generations. “Defendants have created a massive online storefront providing digital copies of thousands of these protected sound recordings to anyone to stream or download for free. .

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

But if you really want Kiwi Farms gone, have you considered using copyright law for its censorial power? “Kiwi Farms users provided a Google Drive link to a full copy of Mr. Greer’s book.” Somebody,” he explained, “created a copy of [his] book and put it in a Google Drive that is accessible on Kiwi Farms.”

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The authors accused these services of sharing pirated copies of their book “5000 Integrated Circuits Power Audio Amplifiers” When the authors sent Cloudflare a takedown notice, the company responded that it doesn’t host any content for doku.pub, clarifying that it operates as a ‘pass-though’ CDN provider.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. Without this rule, many authors fear the UK market would be flooded with cheaper international copies. The IPO has said that it will continue evaluating potential changes to copyright law but did not set a timetable.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

Josh Hawley’s Move to Strip Disney’s Copyrights Called ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’. He claims that it aims to revoke Disney’s “special” copyright protections though the law would rewrite copyright law for all creators. According to Sen.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

In analogizing semiconductor chips to traditional areas of copyright law, the legislative history notes that, just as a plagiarist who copies only one chapter of a book may be held liable for infringement, a person may be liable for copying a part of a mask work if it is a qualitatively important portion that results in substantial similarity.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

Copyright law is in charge of controlling how literary, artistic, and theatrical works, among others, are used. The law of copyright regulates the activities of copying and disseminating the words of someone who has copyright over something online without that person’s consent.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Court Deems Cloudflare Liable After reviewing the evidence, the Court of Rome agreed that the targeted website infringes Italian copyright law and that Cloudflare can be held liable due to its failure to respond to complaints. is a responsible intermediary pursuant to Article 156 of the Italian Copyright Law,” the decision reads.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

1: Top EU Court Rejects Polish Complaint Over Copyright Law. First off today, John Silk at Deutsche Welle reports that the highest court in the European Union, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), has rejected a Polish challenge to the latest EU copyright directive. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Copyright Office (USCO) launched a new AI Initiative to examine the copyright law and policy issues raised by artificial intelligence (AI), including the scope of copyright in works generated using AI tools and using copyrighted materials in AI training. On March 16, 2023, the U.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Furthermore, they allege that Reelz has copied many elements from Live PD including the show’s format, the show’s hosts and the same catchphrase to name a few. 2: HC Directs Telegram to Disclose Details of Channels Violating Copyright Law. The lawsuit was filed by songwriters L.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

All this raises a simple question: Did the series copy St Onge’s work? Onge and others who spotted the similarities, someone who worked on the series closely copied or even traced St. And despite copying my video, the episode still contains several errors, like saying the Orlando version has 2 ride systems while showing 4.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 30, 2025

The contract Terms and Conditions might also be preempted by copyright law, as is true for other claims, including the claim for unjust enrichment. “As with OCLC’s contract claim, whether federal copyright law preempts its unjust enrichment claim depends on the state-law interests that claim serves.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2025

” Problematic Reporting Obligations In addition to matters directly related to blocking, the tech industry is concerned about recent amendments to Italian copyright law that introduce obligations that contradict the principles set forth in the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2025

The shadow library provided copies of several redacted emails where companies requested access. copyright laws and pressure from copyright holders, make AI companies hesitant to bite into this fruit, fearing legal repercussions. Is it fair for some countries to have a knowledge advantage due to differing copyright laws?

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IIPRD

JANUARY 22, 2025

One such legal issues is what is referred to as “fair use,” which becomes particularly problematic in the context of the copyright law. Such databases may include work that is copyrighted. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 provides for the laws related to data privacy and some form of regulation.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Finally today, Porter Anderson from Publishing Perspectives reports that the International Publishers Association is joining a chorus of Kenyan-based publishers in decrying proposed changes to the nation’s copyright law. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 10, 2025

It is essential to answer this question before we discuss defences to copyright infringement claims or remuneration for the use of protected content in the AI learning process. some training datasets contain only hyperlinks to content stored online rather than copies of content). What/where is the legal problem? in files and folders).

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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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