Hugh Stephens Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Used with permission November 30 is the “day of action” for Canadian writers and publishers.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 21, 2023

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, only one patron at a time can get a copy. Mass Copyright Infringement or Fair Use?

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

Publishers vs. Internet Archive The self-scanning service offered by the Internet Archive (IA) differs from the licensing agreements entered into by other libraries. Not all publishers are happy with IA’s approach, resulting in a major legal battle two years ago. These groups also reject the fair use arguments.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 26, 2023

As a distance learner, digital copies made sense since they don’t have to be physically returned. Several people claiming to have used Fenlita say they pretty much got what they expected – a pirated copy of a textbook in PDF format, in some cases delivered via a Dropbox link. Unfortunately, 99.4%

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 18, 2023

A federal court has approved a consent judgment in the long-running copyright infringement case filed by four publishers against the Internet Archive over its scanning and lending of library books. The post Publishers, Internet Archive Agree to Consented Judgment appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 4, 2024

In 2022, a platform called Pirate Library Mirror appeared on the scene, courting controversy right from the start after obtaining a full copy of Z-Library before the site’s legal troubles began. On December 4, 2023, the Italian Publishers Association (AIE) filed a copyright complaint against Anna’s Archive.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2023

This unauthorized activity has not gone unnoticed by publishers, who’ve made it clear that piracy will not be tolerated, wherever it takes place in the world. Japan’s largest publisher Shueisha finds itself at the frontline of this battle. The company has taken a variety of legal actions, also in a U.S.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 25, 2022

However, there are also instances where developers see copies of their own content elsewhere on Github, placed there by others without permission. The takedown notice also claims that the copied repository circumvents technical protection measures, which would be an additional violation of the DMCA.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Publishers Share IPFS Concerns This week, IPFS was repeatedly mentioned by the Association of American Publishers ( AAP ) in its overview of the most notorious piracy markets submitted to the U.S. The publishers see them as a threat, as they make the piracy angle easier too. Trade Representative.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 12, 2024

This week in Other Barks & Bites: A group of senators introduces the COPIED Act; WIPO begins its annual assemblies meetings; and the European Union publishes the final text of its landmark AI Act.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 4, 2024

The site’s origins reportedly trace back to the Soviet Union’s underground publishing culture ‘ samizdat ,’ which was used to bypass state censorship in the last century. In 2017, Elsevier won a court case against LibGen and Sci-Hub in a New York federal court, which awarded the publisher $15 million in damages.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 13, 2023

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house, with technical restrictions that prevent copying. Covered Books?

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LexBlog IP

MAY 30, 2023

District Court for the Southern District Court of New York granted summary judgment in favor of book publishers and against Internet Archive (“IA”) in a copyright infringement action involving ebooks brought by the four leading book publishers in the United States, Hachette Book Group, Inc.,

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The Illusion of More

AUGUST 13, 2021

On July 23, the District Court for the District of Columbia denied publisher Valancourt’s claims that the requirement to provide deposit copies of U.S. published works to the Library of Congress constitutes an unlawful taking under the Fifth Amendment and/or an infringement of speech under the First Amendment.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 14, 2022

In the summer of 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Internet Archive (IA). Two Years of Litigation, Both Parties Request Summary Judgment. Two Years of Litigation, Both Parties Request Summary Judgment. In a June 10 letter to Judge John G.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 29, 2023

Copyright Office's demand that a niche publisher of gothic literature submit physical copies of new publications to the Library of Congress or risk thousands of dollars in fines amounted to an unconstitutional taking of the publisher's property. Circuit ruled Tuesday that the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

From a cold, legal perspective, a 2020 blocking application filed by publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society should’ve been straightforward. On one hand, unauthorized mass copying and distribution of movies, TV shows, and music is widely recognized as copyright infringement. Today, most run relatively smoothly.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2022

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. Is it permissible to download and keep copies of movies and TV shows if you’ve paid for a legal subscription? Subscriber Agreements.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 8, 2024

According to published reports, George Carlin’s estate settled right of publicity and copyright claims relating to an AI-scripted comedy special using a “sound-alike” of George Carlin which performed the generated script.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2022

Praised by all who find its services useful or even vital, Sci-Hub also has to deal with attacks from publishing giants who would prefer to see the platform taken offline, or blocked by ISPs wherever that is a viable option. “Inject freedom into science publisher websites, with style. Please contribute new websites! Is it Legal?

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 19, 2021

Last June, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive for copyright infringement , describing its ‘Open Library’ as operating like a pirate site. Publishers Respond to Internet Archive’s Request.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 4, 2022

has reached a deal to end a copyright and trademark infringement suit brought by a group of educational publishers that accused the e-commerce retailer of knowingly hosting and enabling shop owners to sell pirated digital copies of the publishers' textbooks, testing packets and solution materials, Shopify confirmed Tuesday.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 15, 2021

For these companies, their need is simple – get a hard copy of their research into the hands of physicians so they know it’s available if they ever need it. It’s a testament to the deeply engrained preference of physicians for hard copies of research and to the value of the tactile experience of a physical copy.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Garland shows that demanding book copies without paying for them is arguably property theft, but it also stifles innovation in the publishing industry by disincentivizing small printing companies from entering the market due to a fear of high costs and outdated government regulations, says Zvi Rosen at Southern Illinois University School of Law.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 17, 2022

In recent years music publishers have repeatedly spoken out against online platforms that use their music without a proper license. As compensation for the alleged infringing activity, the music publishers demand compensation. These include TikiTok and Roblox , among many others.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Sales Could’ve Been Better Despite becoming a number one best-seller in multiple countries, not every country has access to ‘Spare’ In common with many Western entertainment companies, publisher Penguin Random House pulled out of Russia following its invasion of Ukraine last year. ” the letter reads. Plagiarism?

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In 2015, The Publishers Association, a UK organization supporting members producing digital and print books, research journals and educational resources, broke new ground by becoming the first entity in the UK to use Section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to obtain blocking measures.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A group of educational publishers on Wednesday sued Shopify Inc. in Virginia federal court, alleging the e-commerce company knowingly hosts and enables shop owners to sell pirated digital copies of the publishers' textbooks, test packets and solution materials.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A niche publisher of gothic literature has taken its legal fight with the U.S. Circuit, saying an obscure law that still requires publishers to submit physical copies of all publications to the office or risk of thousands of dollars in fines is unconstitutional. Copyright Office to the D.C.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

It is a common practice to make copies of deteriorating or far away cultural heritage. As of 2022, it is not even a new idea to use digital methods to copy heritage, considering that the mass digitisation of cultural heritage, especially books, started more than two decades ago. Photo by awsloley via Pixabay.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 14, 2021

The service was not appreciated by book publishers. Publishers Sue IA For Copyright Infringement. HarperCollins Publishers LLC, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and Penguin Random House LLC – all members of the Association of American Publishers – accused the Internet Archive of running a pirate site.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 4, 2022

“The original software is a DLL which we publish inside a DLL loader programmed by us in C# with VMProtection. That the creators of a cheat that almost certainly violates the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA attempted to have a copy taken down based on the same law is both novel and pretty ironic, to say the least.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Additional copyright holders have also blocked sites that offer live sports and publishing content such as scientific papers and books. This streaming platform is currently offering all of the latest movies and TV shows, including copies of No Time To Die , which received its theatrical debut just a couple of weeks ago.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

district court ruled that San Francisco–based non-profit Internet Archive (IA) infringed the copyright of four international publishing houses when it loaned unlicensed digital copies of … Continue reading "Implications of the U.S. Earlier this year, a U.S. Controlled Digital Lending Decision in Canada Remain Unclear"

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 12, 2023

NBCUniversal is facing a copyright infringement suit from the publisher of a California Occupational Safety and Health Administration newsletter, which claims that the media giant illegally copied and distributed the publication around its offices via email.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Publishers would prefer fans to go legit but in common with any premium content, there are those who prefer not to pay. The Infringing Websites [those listed above] were likely to be used to store the infringing copies so that they can reduce the traffic of the Main Infringing Website and make it more accessible,” Shueisha notes.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 21, 2022

On June 9th, Anna Katharine Verney at the Guardian Australia published a lengthy analysis of the John Hughes book The Dogs. The similarities included both scenes and ideas that were rewritten, as well as lengthy passages of text that were copied either verbatim or near-verbatim. Hughes, for his part, apologized for the copying.

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