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The Streamlabs (SLOBS) Plagiarism Scandal

Plagiarism Today

It was hot on the heels of a very different kind of copying scandal, one that involved Streamlabs announcing the launch of a new product using content copied and pasted from one of their biggest competitors. Hey, can I copy your homework? ? Yeah, just change it up a bit so it’s not obvious you copied. This is our fault.

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Namecheap Suspends Zorox.to, Upmovies.to and Other ‘Pirate’.to Domains

TorrentFreak

Last week, we reported that an Indian dynamic+ court order had taken down movie-web’s demo site, along with several other pirate sites. — A copy of the High Court injunction is available here (pdf). The injunction, issued by the New Delhi High Court, requires local ISPs to block access to the domains.

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Hollywood Used ‘Dynamic+ Injunction’ to Shut Down movie-web and Other Pirate Sites

TorrentFreak

This weekend, we reported that the open source movie search app movie-web lost control over the domain name of its demo site. The software is still available for others to use but the official demo website will remain offline. Movie-web kept its word. companies to take action. fzkidd.net 2. ofilmyzilla.ms ofilmyzilla.com.ve toonstream.in

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Can We Patent An Idea That Made To Public?

Intepat

Organizing demos and pilot projects with investors. This would give you a prior filing date and also protect your idea from being copied. Revealing the idea in conferences and trade shows to add merit to the organization, 3. The patent office can also reject the idea if it is too obvious.

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Fmovies Piracy Ring Was Shut Down by Vietnam, Assisted By ACE

TorrentFreak

Congress received a demo of the site late last year courtesy of MPA Senior Executive Vice President, Karyn Temple. One of the Fmovies sister sites, Bflixz.to, posted an announcement that was a one-to-one copy of a shutdown notice posted by 123Movies six years ago. To illustrate how brazen the platform had become, lawmakers in U.S.

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When Is a Song Published?

Dear Rich IP Blog

If I send copies to a few people, is that considered "published," or does it have to be a mass distribution, like a sale? Dear Rich: I'm about to submit a copyright application and have a question about whether or not a song is considered published. What exactly is meant by "distributed to the public"? Limited publication.

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Ed Sheeran’s song “Shape of You” does not infringe Sami Switch’s “Oh Why”

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The case focuses on whether Ed Sheeran consciously copied Sami Switch’s chorus. Accordingly, this case is a useful example of how a court will: (1) assess the derivation requirement (of actual copying) of UK copyright; and, (2) as part of that, consider similarity between musical works for the purpose of copyright infringement.

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