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3 Count: Truth Settles

Plagiarism Today

1: Lizzo Settles Truth Hurts Copyright Battle with Former Collaborators. First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that Lizzo has reached a settlement with her former collaborators over her hit song Truth Hurts. However, now the sides have reached a confidential settlement that brings the case to an end.

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Movie Companies Sue Lawyer in Dispute Over Piracy Settlement Cash

TorrentFreak

For companies whose movies are downloaded and shared illegally, solutions have been developed that allow them to monitor suspected pirates and track them back to their ISPs, before obtaining their identities and making a settlement offer to end the risk of a full-blown lawsuit.

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3 Count: Polar Thawing

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However, both sides have now reached a settlement, bringing the case to a close before that happens. 2: Le Tigre’s Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman Sue Over “Deceptacon” Copyright Infringement Accusation. Instead, they argue that he copied them from black artists performing in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Is Your Website Published or Unpublished?

Plagiarism Today

Copyright Office, “Online content is considered published if the copyright owner authorizes the end user to retain copies of the content or further distribute the content.”. Their pages contained a pair of copyright notices that read, “Nothing on this page may be copied or reproduced without explicit permission.”

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ISP Optimum Questions ‘Evidence’ For Billion Dollar Piracy Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

The pirating activity of subscribers shouldn’t be a surprise for the ISP, plaintiffs argued, as the company received numerous copyright infringement notices. This included those sent by the tracking company Rightscorp , which were paired with settlement demands.

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WOW Asks Court to Throw Out Filmmakers’ Expanded Piracy Liability Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

. ‘Trolls’ The ISP described the film companies and their anti-piracy partner MaverickEye as “copyright trolls”. WOW mentioned that the companies previously tried to get quick settlements from John Doe subscribers based on little more than an IP-address. This lawsuit isn’t progressing quickly by any means, however.

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Understanding the CCB’s First Two Final Determinations (Guest Blog Post–Part 3 of 3)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

At an initial conference on January 23, 2023, the parties reached a settlement and asked to dismiss the claim. Prutton admitted to copying and said that his adult daughter had helped him with his website. (A Prutton claims that Oppenheimer was unreasonable in settlement negotiations. It seems like it did. What is the burden?

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