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Software Downloads Netflix & Disney+ Videos to Make DRM-Free Copies

TorrentFreak

Long before the advent of legitimate online video streaming services, torrent sites and similar platforms allowed users to download and keep copies of movies and TV shows. Services like Netflix have sought to mimic some of these benefits by allowing content to be played on most devices and even downloaded for offline viewing.

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Judge Rakoff: Embedding Social Media Content is a “Display” Under the Copyright Act

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Nicklen “urged his social media followers to consider the ‘haunting’ and ‘soul-crushing scene’ and to take steps to mitigate the harms of climate change.” Under the Copyright Act, display. But it cannot be that the Copyright Act grants authors an exclusive right to display their work publicly only if that public is not online.”

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Russian Cinemas Are Showing Pirated Movies Downloaded From Torrents

TorrentFreak

Around the middle of April, posts on social media sites popular in Russia (VK, Telegram) suggested that cinemas in several regions would begin screening big Hollywood movies, including ones that should not be available. The pirated copy – complete with Russian dubbing – was downloaded from an unnamed torrent site.

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Emerging Trends In Digital Copyright Law

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

People have become less dependent on print media and more likely to use a digital medium such as computerized documents of soft copies. Given the fact that the copyright law was originally framed to protect literary and artistic works, it needs to be seen how much the law has evolved to grant protection to digitalized works.

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‘Valorant Mobile’ Leaks Excite Gamers But ‘Pirate’ Copies Are Bad News

TorrentFreak

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. Riot Games Uses Copyright Law to Unmask Uploader.

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Tips for Avoiding Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

Specifically, copyright protection attaches to the original, creative work when it is fixed in a tangible medium, such as when it is written, drawn, recorded digitally, or typed electronically. Further, only a modicum, or small amount, of creativity is required for copyright protection to attach.

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Takedown Services Under Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

Temporary or incidental storage of work or performance to provide electronic links, access, or integration, where the owner has not expressly prohibited such links, access, or integration, falls under the ambit of fair use of copyright, according to Section 52(1)(c) of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957.