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Supreme Court of Canada Decision Undermines Canada’s Collective Licensing System: A Parliamentary Fix is Needed

Hugh Stephens Blog

On July 30 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) delivered what can only be described as body blow to the management of collective rights in Canada, although the collective society at the centre of the action, Access Copyright, pointed out in its press release that the Court “refuses to legitimize uncompensated copying by the education … Continue (..)

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DeivanArt Expanding System for Detecting Copied Images

Plagiarism Today

However, these services are heavily geared toward trying to collect licensing fees from alleged infringers, a process known as speculative invoicing , and is something that many artists are not comfortable with. The post DeivanArt Expanding System for Detecting Copied Images appeared first on Plagiarism Today. At least not yet.

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My Concerns with the ‘Can’t Be Evil’ NFT Licenses

Plagiarism Today

Last month, a study published by The Galaxy examined the top 25 most valuable NFT projects and found that, despite many understanding that NFTs transferred either the copyright or the license in the original work, only 1 in 25 of those projects even attempted to do as such. Understanding the “Can’t Be Evil” Licenses.

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Software Downloads Netflix & Disney+ Videos to Make DRM-Free Copies

TorrentFreak

Long before the advent of legitimate online video streaming services, torrent sites and similar platforms allowed users to download and keep copies of movies and TV shows. It is unlikely that these features will appear on a licensed mainstream service but that doesn’t stop subscribers from desiring them. Subscriber Agreements.

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Record Labels: ‘Hisses & Crackles’ Are No License to Copy & Digitize Old Records

TorrentFreak

The Internet Archive is widely known for its Wayback Machine, which preserves copies of the web for future generations. “Defendants have created a massive online storefront providing digital copies of thousands of these protected sound recordings to anyone to stream or download for free. .

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BTS’ ‘Butter’ Hit with Multiple Plagiarism Allegations

Plagiarism Today

However, this turned out to be more of a licensing than a traditional plagiarism issue. The most likely cause for this similarity was simply Garcia using either the same or a very similar melody to the one he licensed to Luca. With the second case, the real question is what license did Luca obtain when purchasing the track?

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Crypto Group Buys Dune Book, Confuses it for Buying the Rights

Plagiarism Today

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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