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Apologies Without Accountability: Canadian Heritage Committee Seeks Answers on Government Funding an Anti-Semite

Michael Geist

The process failure, including the lack of due diligence, can be addressed by fixing the systems and engaging in greater antisemitism education. Indeed, there was no defending the absence of due diligence or the failure to respond quickly once the concern came to light. It is a shame it does not happen more often.

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[Guest post] German court: copyright infringement by ‘re-pin’ on Pinterest

The IPKat

In GS Media ( C-160/15 , Katpost here ) the CJEU ruled that placing a hyperlink to protected content may be an infringement, when the content linked to is freely accessible, but unlawfully so. This makes the scenario very similar to the Renckhoff case, where a re-post occurred after the file was copied to another server.

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Section 60 of the Copyright Act: Finally, Some Answers(?)

SpicyIP

The safeguard against groundless threats alleging copyright infringement in Section 60 suffers from a lack of clarity around some of its key terms like “due diligence”, “groundless” and “prosecution” One decision that attempts to address this lacuna is the Bombay High Court’s decision in Manya Vejju v.

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DNS Providers as Piracy Fighters? Enforcement Groups Weigh Options

TorrentFreak

Internet service providers, websites, search engines, hosting providers, domain companies, social media services, and advertising companies are all considered part of the problem. Following legal action, ISPs in dozens of countries are now required to prevent their customers from accessing sites like thepiratebay.org.

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Takedown Services Under Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

The safe harbour exemption clause was added to Section 79 of the Information Technology Act of 2000, which protected an intermediary from liability for third-party content on its platform if it completed “due diligence” as specified by the Central Government. The location of all of the work’s details.

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How to Avoid Pitfalls on the Way to Decentralized Disney

Copyright Lately

The first thing that’s important to understand is that buying a copy of a creative work, even if it happens to the only copy in existence, doesn’t give you any copyright interest in the work. So, if you buy a copy of “Dune,” you can read it. It would have taken a bit of due diligence, but not much.

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A New Brick in the Wall: Barcelona Commercial Court grants preliminary injunction against NFTs infringing copyright

LexBlog IP

In such a doubtful context, careful due diligence of the rights acquired on the work shall be in order for the owner of the corpus mechanicum. VEGAP also requested the Court to enjoin the defendant from creating NFTs and order them their withdrawal, along with damages compensation.