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Movie Companies Sue Lawyer in Dispute Over Piracy Settlement Cash

TorrentFreak

For companies whose movies are downloaded and shared illegally, solutions have been developed that allow them to monitor suspected pirates and track them back to their ISPs, before obtaining their identities and making a settlement offer to end the risk of a full-blown lawsuit.

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COPYRIGHT IN METAVERSE

Intepat

Issues of ownership, counterfeit goods, and infringements are rising concerns, threatening the sustainability of creativity in the metaverse. Copyright and Ownership in the Metaverse In the metaverse, copyright applies to digital creations such as virtual art, music, designs, and even entire virtual worlds.

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Amazon Owns Your E-Books and Wants More

SpicyIP

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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“Happy Together” – The Ninth Circuit Plays the Golden Oldies of Copyright Law

The IP Law Blog

The crux of the case turned on the meaning of the phrase, “exclusive ownership,” which the California legislature used in California’s copyright statute in 1872. In essence, if Flo & Eddie prevailed in any of the three appeals, they would be entitled to an additional $5 million under the settlement agreement. In 1908, the U.S.

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A Seismic Ruling Undone: California’s Sound Recording Copyright Statute Does Not Include Public Performance Rights—Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that California Civil Code section 980(a)(2) , which grants “exclusive ownership” of a sound recording fixed before February 15, 1972, to its “author,” provides only an exclusive right of reproduction and distribution, and does not provide an exclusive right of public performance.

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DMCA Scammers Exploit Sites Linked to Mental Health Issues to Boost SEO

TorrentFreak

A copy from the Wayback Machine also reveals that the photographs of the therapist are drastically different when compared across sites, an indication of a deliberate switch. As the archive copy of the Beyond Boundaries website on the Wayback Machine clearly shows in the footer, the site was created by web design/SEO company i New Media.

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Judge Recommends Approving “New” Phanatic Mascot Despite Termination

Copyright Lately

Last year, I wrote about an epic copyright battle between the Philadelphia Phillies and the original creators of the Phillie Phanatic over ownership rights in the beloved baseball mascot. That said, there are reasons for the parties to discuss settlement. But questions still remain. 3D Mascot Turnaround of Original Phillie Phanatic.