The Illusion of More

JULY 18, 2024

On July 11, Senators Cantwell, Blackburn, and Heinrich introduced a bill called the Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfake (COPIED) Media Act. One of many AI related bills in Congress, the heart of COPIED is transparency in artificial intelligence through implementation of content provenance information (CPI).

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

‘Fast movies’ are essentially heavily edited copies of feature-length films that tell the entire story in just a few minutes. “The three defendants had been accused of violating the Copyright Act by editing ‘I Am a Hero’ and two other works copyrighted by Toho Co.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 23, 2024

Rebecca Tushnet and I are pleased to announce the seventh edition of our casebook, Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases & Materials. Paperback buyers can get a free PDF file by emailing me a copy of their receipt showing which edition they bought. We didn’t make many major changes in this edition.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 4, 2024

found pirated copies on 53 sites and continually issued takedown notices for a full year. Takedowns Were Effective, Sales Trend Up After the research was completed, three assistants were asked to conduct online searches to confirm whether it was harder to find pirated copies ‘protected’ books online. In total, Plagiat.pl

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 14, 2022

As such, he copied and pasted elements from other sources as placeholders and then lost track of his editing as he picked up and put down the application several times. In short, Magnuson said that he copied and pasted the text into the work with the intention of “reworking” it so that it wouldn’t be verbatim.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 17, 2024

Unlike the Swedish and German referrals, the Romanian one has not been made in the context of a dispute concerning works of applied art (which is refreshing), but rather in relation to the protectability of a critical edition of a work. Translated into copyright language: a critical edition is an example of derivative work.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 8, 2022

However, according to an investigation by The Mercury News , roughly one-fifth of the book was copied from a variety of online sources. Roughly half of the copied paragraphs did not contain footnotes, and none of the paragraphs indicated that the text was quoted. However, I have not been asked about this case as of this writing.

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The Trichordist

JULY 12, 2024

Senators Cantwell, Blackburn, and Heinrich introduce the Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act (COPIED Act), Giving Artists New Tools to Protect Against… Read more "@human_artistry Press Release: Senators Introduce COPIED Act to Combat AI Deepfakes"

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 18, 2022

million ($3 million) acquiring a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune. With previous ones selling for around €25,000 ($28,000), their copy cost more than 100 times the going rate. Many copies of the book are already easy to access just through a simple search. Last year, the group spent €2.66

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

Any time you do copy and paste outside material into your writing, quote and cite it immediately. Waiting until you are editing the work just opens up the possibility of making mistakes and leaving out key citations. Contrary to what many believe, plagiarism doesn’t just cover the copying of words without attribution.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

2: YouTubers Who Uploaded Movie Edits Receive Suspended Prison Sentences. Fast movies are not full pirate releases but, instead, are heavily edited versions of movies that condense a film into just a few minutes. That content included both marketing text and user reviews.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video Why Restaurants Need Trademark Protection. Restaurants are often copied or imitated, so protecting the restaurant name has value to make sure that if there is a knockoff, you have tools to deal with it more easily, more quickly, and cheaper. I love restaurants for many reasons.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 9, 2022

I put it on the back burner, but eventually sought out a cached copy of the article to read, even if I couldn’t write about it or link to it. Looking at the comparisons, it’s pretty obvious that she copied my words and then rewrote them to fit her style and message. Here’s Why.” However, when I clicked it, I went to an error page.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 6, 2022

Plagiarism detection software is really just copy detection software. Though the tools are getting more advanced at detecting authorship , not just copying and pasting, a lot of the focus in matters of plagiarism is on the text itself. 1: It’s Not Just About Text. However, your work is more than just a collection of words.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

However, shortly after publication, another journalist, Josh Bavas, took to Twitter to ask why the article copied four paragraphs from a piece that he wrote two years prior. One does not copy and paste whole paragraphs from another source without any attribution or indication of quoting accidentally. Bottom Line.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2021

As one delves deeper into the allegations, it becomes clear that it isn’t just a case of a writer with a heavy hand for copy and paste, but a broader ethical breakdown that represents a years-long failing on Mikkelson’s part. To make matters even worse, Mikkelson’s bad behavior isn’t just connected to plagiarism.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

The most modern instalment of this long history comes in the form of another kind ‘copy’, less richly decorated, yet more relevant and politically sensitive for a country that has established a long-term foreign investment “partnership” with the tech and communication industry: the transposition of Directive 2019/790 into Irish law.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2021

As such, new copies of Makan are now unavailable on major retailer websites. One quick look at the examples shows clearly that Haigh copied words from other sources and then attempted to rewrite the relevant passages. Judging from the examples, Haigh copied both recipes and backstory in her plagiarism.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

Image by C Dustin via Unsplash Despite the increasing use of streaming services, where media content is not stored on local devices, but merely accessed online, the private copying exception (Art 5(2)(b) InfoSoc Directive) remains at the center of European jurisprudence. The CJEU decision C‑433/20 Private copies? Dropbox, iCloud).

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 25, 2022

Next up today, Igor Bonifacic at Engadget reports that Meta, the parent company of both Facebook and Instagram, has filed a lawsuit against a website scraping service named Octopus alleging that it has enabled widespread scraping and copying of Instagram profiles.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 19, 2021

Unfortunately, in my haste to get this letter out with the current COVID mitigation strategies, I failed to perform this important edit.” She added, “My intention was to go back and rework the words to make them my own. That is not how paraphrasing works, and it is a terrible lesson for students in the district.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books. Without this rule, many authors fear the UK market would be flooded with cheaper international copies. According to authors, this enables authors and publishers to sell books at different prices for different countries.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes practice group is pleased to provide the 2022 edition of our 50 State Desktop Reference, which surveys the most-asked questions related to restrictive covenants and trade secrets in all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia. Request a Copy.

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The IPKat

MARCH 22, 2023

Second, Kats Eleonora Rosati and Hayleigh Bosher have put together an edited collection, which brings together several current and past IPKat Team Members, as well as eminent Katfriends. The goods news of the day is that there is now a 30% discount code available to use for those interested in purchasing their own copy (or copies!)

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video Trademarks in the Cloud. Not only were applications printed and typed out on paper, but I would actually take the paper copies to the USPTO and hand them the paper copies at the filing window to get a stamped copy back. I think that’s a great idea.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes practice group is pleased to provide the 2022-2023 edition of our 50 State Desktop Reference, which surveys the most-asked questions related to restrictive covenants and trade secrets in all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia. Request a Copy.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Action-adventure characters from the Captain America and Spider-Man franchises were not unlawfully copied from the self-published comic book series of a relatively unknown author, the U.S. Allegations against Marvel and one of its top writers fail for the second time. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Here’s what Felicia writes: Archival Authenticity or Iconic Copies? It also suggests that copying might have some effect on our understanding of what is and is not iconic. Assuredly, Dolce & Gabbana may not be able to prevent copies on the U.S. In this negative space of copyright law in the U.S., As in the U.S.,

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SpicyIP

MARCH 1, 2025

Similar to owning physical copies of a book they can do whatever they wish with their copies under the fair use doctrine but the relationship of consumers and Kindle is not one of buyer and seller, but licensee and licenser. In 2009 , users woke up to find their purchased copy of 1984 had disappeared from their library.

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43(B)log

JULY 23, 2024

Eric Goldman and I are pleased to announce the seventh edition of our casebook, Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases & Materials. Paperback buyers can get a free PDF file by emailing me a copy of their receipt showing which edition they bought. We didn’t make many major changes in this edition. Price: $12 * Kindle.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

However, there are those who have made cottage industries out of the sale of illegal copies at significantly lower prices. One such individual, a 28-year-old man from Denmark, was spotted by Rights Alliance selling copies of textbooks via DBA, Denmark’s most popular online marketplace.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 14, 2022

Koeltl at the District Court for the Southern District of New York, the plaintiffs say that as leading publishers of tens of thousands of books, they already issue licensed ebook editions to libraries. As for IA’s “Controlled Digital Lending” concept, the plaintiffs insist that has no basis in law.

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Trading Secrets

APRIL 27, 2022

Additionally, Seyfarth associate Ashley Smith assisted with editing. For more information and to purchase an electronic or hard copy of the Trade Secret Litigation and Protection treatise, click here. Seyfarth partner Puya Partow-Navid and associate Joshua Salinas also authored chapters in the treatise.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 30, 2022

Far too many students think of citation as something that takes place during the editing process, after the first draft is complete. Handling citation after one has finished writing a piece opens the door to serious mistakes, including passages that were copied but not quoted, missing citations and forgotten sources.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

The organization literally archives key parts of the Internet, copying older versions of websites to preserve them for future generations. The organization doesn’t license authorized digital copies from publishers; instead, its books are scanned and digitized in-house. IA has plenty of other archive projects too.

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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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Plagiarism Today

MAY 19, 2022

This process also works on videos already uploaded, simply by editing the video and going through the same motions as normal. While TikTok may be best known for its widely copied trends, a stronger culture of citation can help reward those that start them. Furthermore, creating a culture of credit and attribution is a truly noble task.

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