TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In May, Triller filed a lawsuit against the H3 Podcast, claiming that by showing a portion of the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren fight event on YouTube, the defendants breached the company’s rights. ‘Unlisted’ Video Was a “Bootlegged” Copy. In its opposition, Triller moves directly to the core of its new focus.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 5, 2023

While no digital content is ever entirely immune from being copied and distributed illegally, photographs and other images are especially vulnerable. Tools enabling users to download, copy, share, and then ultimately mass distribute images exist in, or are accessible from, most phones, tablets, and computers.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Responding to a request from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), the music group highlighted several of these sites in its annual overview of ‘notorious’ piracy markets. Unauthorized Copies and Derivatives. While Songmastr’s service is a bit more advanced, the RIAA sees it as clearly infringing.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

By recording the latest movies directly from the silver screen using concealed devices, ‘cammers’ fuel the illicit piracy market that thrives during the first few days of a film’s initial release. Events during the summer seem to have taken everyone by surprise. Movies Were Shared on TorrentGalaxy.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 14, 2022

They insist that copying their books without permission is illegal, despite IA’s claims that it only lends copies of books that it physically owns while maintaining a one-to-one “owned-to-loaned” ratio. They add that IA is not an educational institution but in any event, nonprofit status is not an excuse for book piracy.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

There’s a market for pretty much anything digital today and ‘collectables’ in particular sell like hot cakes. There are NFT projects ‘copying’ other NFTs, for example, and in some cases, people simply issue NFTs based on existing copyrighted works owned by others. ” Paid Music Events on Roblox.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 15, 2021

The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy (also known as the blank media tax or levy). In Part I of this set of posts, I describe draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 30, 2022

According to the claim, the restaurant copied a wide variety of copyrighted materials without permission. After JMC failed to confirm that the event would be canceled, Paramount decided to take the matter to the Copyright Claims Board. Instead, they announced plans to open a new McDowell’s in Springfield from May 20 to June 5.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 2, 2024

When Nintendo sued the company and ultimately the developers of the Yuzu emulator in February, that was a significant event. That fairly turbulent event has just been followed by perhaps the most efficient takedown filed anywhere on the internet in recent years. Genuine dubious device or merely a copy of one?

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2022

Ab initio distinctiveness The Court concluded that the trademark is not distinctive ab initio because there are numerous similar perfume bottles on the market. So the Court considered that Chanel’s perfume bottle is commonplace within the perfume market. As mentioned, Chanel had also submitted marketing materials and market share data.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

With studios initially unable or reluctant to distribute their works through official channels, piracy platforms of all kinds sought to fulfill demand and as a result, gained a significant foothold in the market. “This app is now closed. Unfortunately it was hit by a DMCA by the monarchy company known as Funimation,” he writes.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2023

Adjusted for inflation, imported Japanese N64s changed hands for the equivalent of $1,400 in today’s money; a copy of Super Mario 64? Imported into the gray market in Europe, US cartridges were cheaper than their Japanese counterparts. A snip at $165. An emulator reference, presumably.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2024

The researchers used this ‘natural’ event to see if the takedowns impacted legitimate streaming activity of TV shows on iQIYI, one of China’s most popular subscription streaming platforms. The researchers analyzed whether the mass takedown event impacted demand for subscription-only ‘VIP’ shows in any way.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

. “Anyone who watches the 4/22/21 Podcast can instantly recognize the true purpose of Triller’s [second amended complaint]: retaliation against the 4/22/21 Podcast because it excoriated the Broadcast and its main event – the boxing match between Jake Paul and Ben Askren (the ‘Fight’).

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 24, 2021

channels, which are only possible to offer after content is copied and stored, contrary to copyright law. YouTuber ‘Touchtone’ (Raul Orelanna) was later added as a defendant in an amended complaint alongside accusations he was paid $500,000 to market the service.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It provides that any use of a copyrighted work for the purposes of, inter alia, “criticism or review, whether of that work or of any other work” [52(1)(a)(ii)] or “the reporting of current events and current affairs” [52(1)(a)(iii)] is exempt from an infringement claim provided that it constitutes ‘fair dealing’ with the work.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 3, 2023

However, the court denied these motions, as there is no hard evidence that any game code was copied. This is the first time that a case like this will go before a jury, making it a landmark event. Defendants did not have access to the software Bungie accuses them of copying,” defendants note in a pretrial statement.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

According to the plaintiffs, IP addresses allocated to Verizon/Cellco Partnership were monitored by anti-piracy tracking outfit Maverickeye downloading and sharing pirate copies of their movies. A copy of the complaint, filed by Voltage Holdings et al. Hundreds of Thousands of Infringements.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 2, 2022

On April 21, a special event at the WIP contemporary art center in Moscow featured The Batman. Tickets cost around 500 rubles (US$7.00) with the organizers framing the screening as an art performance with artistic commentary on Hollywood’s departure from the Russian market. The source for the movie was unofficial, of course.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

However, to copy any less than the entire frame of each video would have disturbed the material and made the videos useless to the commentary. Market Effect. Swindelles appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Nature of the Work. ” Amount Taken. “Mr. . ” Amount Taken.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

“At a basic level – and common to all the technical devices mentioned – AAPA would like to see the production, marketing and distribution of any device which can be used to infringe IP made illegal” – Sheila Cassells. What’s AAPA’s position there? As for the mobile phone, it’s an infringement machine.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2022

” With respect to whether Babybus’ baby character infringed Moonbug’s baby, Babybus claimed that the alleged copying related to generic features found in nature. .'” Day to Day Imports. * Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court. * 512(f) Preempts Tortious Interference Claim–Copy Me That v.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 14, 2024

People want access to news, information about their world, current events that affect their lives. If the streaming service market is fragmented, news takes it to a whole new level. BPC has not published a copy of the DMCA takedown notice, GitLab doesn’t appear to have shared it either.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 8, 2024

In an interesting turn of events, the plaintiff in a trademark infringement suit had to face the wrath of the Delhi High Court for submitting false evidence and got criminal proceedings instituted against them on the directions of the Court. This is what was seen in the recent case of M/s KG Marketing of India v.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In common with almost every country with a movie and TV show market to protect, Spain regularly conducts operations to shut down or disrupt local pirate IPTV services. As a result, movies, TV shows, and live sporting events, were available at a rate much lower than the legitimate market price.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In a matter of weeks, the controversial Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren PPV boxing event will turn three years old and still be remembered for all that went wrong. In summary, H3 says that when it showed the fight along with biting commentary on YouTube, that was fair use, even though the video shown was sourced from a pirated copy of the PPV event.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Netflix also holds the position that Barlow and Bear “ copied liberally and nearly identically ” the elements of expression, dialogue, characters, and key plot points from Bridgerton. Perhaps more important for Netflix is the promotion and success of their event “Queen’s Ball,” a Bridgerton experience held across multiple cities.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 26, 2022

The result is often duplicated efforts, wasted time and resources, and slow or chaotic responses to urgent situations where access to scientific information and data is crucial (think: adverse medical events, environmental disasters, product recalls, etc.). Marketing & Communications. Medical Affairs.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 30, 2023

Operating from 2016 until 2018, the Flawless IPTV service copied subscription TV broadcasts from official (and unofficial) sources and then restreamed that content to tens of thousands of customers, at a dramatically cut down price. In common with licensed services, pirate IPTV providers have broadly two options for reaching the market.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In his memoir, Ford recounted growing up in Michigan, serving in Congress, and the complicated events of the 1970’s that brought him to the Presidency. Harper & Row had a first publication rights agreement with Ford, but The Nation used a pre-publication copy of the memoir to scoop everyone else with an excerpt from the book.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Parrish Publishes LifeWise’s Children’s Curriculum, LifeWise Sues In the belief that the curriculum contains information supportive of the opposition group’s cause, Parrish obtained a copy of the closely-guarded documents and, in the public interest, posted them publicly online.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 28, 2023

Their events attract millions of viewers and are monetized through multi-billion dollar licensing deals and expensive PPV events. This has created a black market for pirated live streams which attract millions of users. The UFC, NBA and NFL are without a doubt among the most recognizable sports brands in the world. Whether U.S.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2024

The event was mostly a meetup of like-minded geeks, but one person stood out a mile; Tim Kuik, director of anti-piracy group BREIN. Speaking with TorrentFreak, Kuik recalls that the home video market was just opening up. The downside was that pirates would create bootleg copies. Kuik recognizes this, at least in part.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The next months will certainly be eventful with several pending cases before the CJEU: Gemeinde Bodman-Ludwigshafen ( C-256/21 ) on the InfoSoc Directive’s sanctions and private copying, AKM ( C-290/21 ) on communication to the public by satellite broadcasting, Ocilion ( C-426/21 ) on communication to the public and the private copying exception, (..)

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

The non-fungible part means that it is something that has unique value based on the buyer’s sentiment and/or market dynamics. In practice, what this means is that a whole new market has been opened-up as NFTs have provided a system that has enabled the sale of digital items by transforming them into collectables, such as a tweet.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

The Measures aim at improving the trademark examination system by addressing the national interests and the needs of market players, while maintaining high-quality examination standards. at the national or provincial level, and there is an urgent need to introduce trademark protection.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Per Batzel, “the mere existence of the hard copy yearbooks does not indicate that the publishers ‘provided’ the yearbooks for publication on the internet.” But if a yearbook database vendor gets a hard copy of a yearbook, what does the supplier think is going to happen with it? .” Public affairs.

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