IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

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.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

According to the lawsuit, A&E presented the program Live PD between 2016 and 2020. 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. The lawsuit was filed by songwriters L.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 9, 2021

After some digging, KokomRoilly found multiple lengthy passages of verbatim copying and posted highlighted passages on their Twitter account. It’s a fairly unique story in plagiarism and highlights the complexities of dealing with plagiarism when the intersection with copyright law is less-than-seamless.

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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

MAY 24, 2022

When YouTube first got off the ground in 2005, most of its users would’ve been oblivious to how closely copyright law would govern their online activities moving forward. These heavily edited copies of mainstream movies aim to summarize key plot lines via voice-over narration in about 10 minutes. Image credit: CODA ).

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TorrentFreak

JULY 5, 2022

In recent years we have seen several lawsuits against ISPs including Charter, Cox, RCN, and Bright House, which are accused of failing to terminate repeat copyright infringers. Under US copyright law, Internet providers must act against persistent pirates “in appropriate circumstances.” Music Industry vs. Bright House.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

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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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. As such, US copyright law lacks reach, the defendants say.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 6, 2024

A new lawsuit over Broadway’s Stereophonic tests copyright’s limits, as Fleetwood Mac’s former sound engineer claims the hit play copies his real-life story about working on the Rumours album. The problem for the plaintiffs, however, is that Making Rumours presents those scenes and dialogue as events that actually happened.

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The IPKat

APRIL 8, 2022

But for IP types, perhaps their most notable accomplishment was the revenge that they took upon the copyright system. And, while the copyright laws were used to try to keep the film from public view, ultimately it failed, to the continuing benefit of cinematic creation. Enter the copyright laws.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2024

In the EU, Article 4(2) of the InfoSoc Directive specifically addresses exhaustion, stating that the distribution right of the copyright holder is exhausted within the EU after the first sale or other transfer of ownership of a copy of a work with the rightholder’s consent. What could this mean for copyright-relevant upcycling?

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 4, 2024

He also teaches Property Law at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he is an Affiliated Researcher with IP Osgoode. His chapter probes the future of copyright law, attempting to turn the focus of copyright to collaborative authorship.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 29, 2024

Photo by ThisisEngineering on Unsplash In November 2024, the CJEU cast light on the right to fair compensation under the private copying exception harmonised by Article 5(2)(b) InfoSoc Directive and the thorny issue of whether broadcasters are entitled to it. This post considers this judgment.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Historical lookback The amendment to the existing copyright law act of 1957 was carried out owing to the sensitization of issue of copyright management and revenue sharing structure that is fair and reasonable to all owners and writers of filmed and recorded works. [i] Magic Mantra Vision. [ii] Magic Mantra Vision, CS (OS) NO.

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

The present post discusses the (mis?)application The appellant sought a copy of a PhD Thesis titled “Studies on some nitrogen fixing genes of Azotobacter vinelandi” from Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university and public authority for the purposes of RTI Act. detailed progress reports, pre-Phd presentations, Viva voce etc).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Welcome to the third trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The AG suggests that the private copyright exception applies in the cloud, but a separate levy may not be payable. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 27, 2024

Copyright lawyers always want to keep up with developments in copyright law. Earlier this week I gave my annual copyright update to copyright lawyers at an ALAI Canada meeting. A copy of my presentation can be accessed below. The cases I canvassed are listed below.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Taiwan made amendments to copyright law that outlawed piracy-configured devices. With further amendments to copyright law in the pipeline in Taiwan, authorities launced an investigation into the supply of Unblock Tech’s devices in the country. With Hollywood regularly reporting UnblockTech to the U.S. Government.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 22, 2022

Section 2(qq) of the Copyright Act, 1957 has provided meaning to the term performer stating that the term would include acrobat, singer, musician., Subsequently, performance can be referred to as the representation of any visual or acoustic presentation which has been performed by one or more performers.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 27, 2024

At the same time, however, the AI revolution presents the semiconductor giant with new legal challenges. NVIDIA Faces Copyright Infringement Claims Earlier this year, several authors sued NVIDIA over alleged copyright infringement. However, it specifically denies that it made multiple copies of the Books3 dataset.

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The IPKat

APRIL 3, 2023

Here’s what Desmond writes: Nigeria's new Copyright Act 2022: how libraries can benefit by Desmond Oriakhogba Background In October 2021, I wrote about the Nigerian copyright law reform process. The Act introduces a new vista in Nigerian copyright law as it repeals the Copyright Act 2004.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

As per legal requirements, Github complied with the takedown demand but, as TF noted at the time , the team behind the projects had the option of filing a DMCA counter-notice if it was confident that its work is permitted under copyright law. Defendants Intended to Create and Distribute Pirated Games.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The application of this principle to this case is easy: the elements that Defendants allegedly copied from Coscarelli’s cookbooks are primarily lists of ingredients and directions for combining them. Whereas the latter may be entitled to copyright protection, the former plainly is not. ” Really? Esquared Hosp. ,

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Whenever rightsholders and anti-piracy groups need more enforcement options, efforts to strengthen or establish new understanding of copyright law are rarely far behind. From being presented as a tool of last resort for use in strictly limited circumstances, site-blocking injunctions are just one example.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2023

Recently, a draft bill to change the burden of proof of originality was presented to the French Senate to try to deal with the problem created by the lower courts. The court therefore ruled that the font of Le Monde’s newspaper is an original typographic work that can as such be protected by copyright.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

TLDR Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. In the EU, a crucial legal issue is whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under existing text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in the Copyright in Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 20, 2022

Under US copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.”. — A copy of Bright House’s motion for sanctions and curative measures is available here (pdf). From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

So, before 2023 turns into yesteryear, let’s see what the past Novembers on SpicyIP (2005 to present) have offered. Spadika Jayaraj discussed a case where the Delhi High Court dismissed a suit by a media house accusing copyright infringement on its database of users. For a more specific discussion, see Prof.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 24, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following legislative update on the new Ukrainian Copyright Law from Kateryna Militsyna and Liubov Maidanyk (both Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv). It also once again confirms the strong protection of moral rights in Ukrainian copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

On one hand, unauthorized mass copying and distribution of movies, TV shows, and music is widely recognized as copyright infringement. The general consensus is that copyright law favors the publishers, but in a recent motion to dismiss, Elbakyan had other things on her mind too.

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Patently-O

APRIL 3, 2022

Although Warhol is dead, his art, legacy, copyrights, and potential copy-wrongs live on. Question Presented: Whether a work of art is “transformative” when it conveys a different meaning or message from its source material (as this Court, the Ninth Circuit, and other courts of appeals have held), or whether a court.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

“We deliberately violate the copyright law in most countries. This included archiving a full copy of Z-Library, which was completed in September. The site presents all information in a slick and easy-to-navigate format that rivals commercial vendors. In addition, torrent links are included as well.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2024

Fair use provides some exceptions to copyright protection, allowing limited use of copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner. Copyright Law Copy Right is a legal concept that gives creators exclusive rights over their original works and allows them to control the use and distribution of those works.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 17, 2021

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The IPKat

AUGUST 22, 2023

This is a review of Poorna Mysoor ’s Implied licences in copyright law (Oxford University Press, 2021). As the title suggests, this book consists of a detailed analysis and explanation of instances where it is possible to imply a copyright licence in response to or as a defence to an allegation of copyright infringement.

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