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Press publishers’ right: social media enter the stage

Kluwer Copyright Blog

On 21 st October 2021, Facebook announced that it has reached an agreement with APIG , an association of French press publishers, committing itself to the payment of licensing fees pursuant to the press publishers’ right introduced by the 2019 Copyright Directive. Social media (aka Facebook) were not a part of the conversation.

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Is Your Website Published or Unpublished?

Plagiarism Today

That question is whether the descriptions were “published” or “unpublished” according to the law when they were put on FDN’s website. However, applying terms like “published” and “unpublished” to a website is complicated. That seems to be a pretty clear indication that these pages were not published, as no distribution was intended.

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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. 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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Audi and the Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection

Plagiarism Today

Instead, it was published in 2021 on Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok, by a prominent video blogger that uses the name Beida Mange. Mange, who has nearly 4 million followers, pointed out the copying in a video comparing the two works. Audi has also removed the video. They compare like works to other works of that type.

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Social Media Giants and Copyright: Instagram’s Ninth Circuit Win Sets Precedent Against Photographers

The IP Law Blog

This ultimately means that when a copy of an image is not stored on a computer’s servers but merely “embedded” onto a website, search engine, etc., In most cases, embedded content usually directs the user to the original host’s website, where the content was originally published.

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U.S. Court Orders LibGen to Pay $30m to Publishers, Issues Broad Injunction

TorrentFreak

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. With no other viable options left, the publishers filed a motion for a default judgment in their favor. However, both shadow libraries remained online and continue to operate to this day.

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Court Enjoins Texas’ Attempt to Censor Social Media, and the Opinion Is a Major Development in Internet Law–NetChoice v. Paxton

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Earlier this year, the Texas legislature enacted HB 20 , a blatant attempt to censor social media service. The opinion emphatically slices through the FUD that’s been generated by pro-censorial forces questioning whether social media services exercise editorial discretion. The Opinion. ” [cite to USTA v.