The IPKat

MARCH 4, 2024

This time, Katfriend Spyridon Sipetas (Stockholm University) tells the story of a collaboration – the one between Jacquemus and Nike – that has been already plagued with accusations of copying. Here’s what Spyridon writes: Jacquemus x Nike Swoosh Bag: ‘Just Copy It’ or re-appropriation of Nike’s own trade mark?

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Gibson, the creator of The Shadow, referred to Batman as a “clowned-up version of The Shadow.”. Through our modern lens, this kind of copying can seem insane. Ethically, this type of copying would be seen as plagiarism and the creators would be treated accordingly, especially given that some of the images were traced.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

2: SoundExchange Royalties Dispute with Music Choice to be Referred to Copyright Royalty Board. Works that enter the public domain are free to be copied, used, distributed and have derivative works created of them without a license. They are free of copyright.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

If the reports are accurate, that plagiarism includes the entirety of the document, including a 20-page section that was simply copied and pasted from the European Parliament website. This wasn’t a matter of a few omitted citations or quotation marks that were left out, this was dozens of pages copied and not cited.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In some cases, it refers to little more than advanced algorithms, but complex self-learning computer systems with human-like traits are actively being developed as well. The algorithm masters your track with the same RMS, FR, peak amplitude and stereo width as the reference song you choose,” Songmastr explains. Songmastr. .

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Pirated copies of movies leak all year round, usually after they come out on streaming services or through digital release. These are advance copies of recent movies that are generally sent out to critics and awards voters. These leaked copies are then published online, sometimes months ahead of their official release dates.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 6, 2024

Pirated copies of movies leak all year round, often ripped from streaming platforms after their official premiere. However, when a high-quality copy of a blockbuster title appears online before it’s officially available, people take notice. EVO was the group that leaked a copy of Dune: Part One before its official release.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

However, there are those who have made cottage industries out of the sale of illegal copies at significantly lower prices. One such individual, a 28-year-old man from Denmark, was spotted by Rights Alliance selling copies of textbooks via DBA, Denmark’s most popular online marketplace. This had little effect.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 9, 2022

A recap of emoji law developments in 2021: Court References. I maintain a dataset of US court opinions that reference emojis and emoticons. Most case references are merely that–the court simply notes the presence of a symbol as part of reciting evidence in the case. Footnote: courts sometimes clearly mislabel the symbol.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 11, 2022

This meant that the matter was referred back to the Federal Claims court, to determine the appropriate damages amount. 600,000 ‘Infringing’ Copies. This is based on the installed copies and the price both parties would have reached in a ‘fictitious’ negotiation.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 28, 2022

She licensed the photo to Vanity Fair magazine for use as an artist reference. However, he claims that Epic has been copying and distributing at least one of those questionnaires without his permission, despite his attempt to get them to license it. The case deals with a photograph taken by Goldsmith in 1981 of the musician Prince.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 3, 2022

Specifically, the note said that the reporter in question had copied passages that were “not central to the stories” and instead represented background or supplemental material. The editor’s note is similar for each article, the only change being to highlight the specific elements that were copied.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 10, 2024

For good measure, copies of the Yuzu judgment and the injunction that restrains its developers are supplied for reference. Specifically, yuzu illegally circumvents Nintendo’s technological protection measures and runs illegal copies of Nintendo Switch games,” the notice reads.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 5, 2023

David Oppenheimer’s case against Douglas Prutton was referred to the CCB by the U.S. Oppenheimer admitted that he copied and displayed the photograph without permission, but said his adult daughter actually found the photo and placed it on his site, and also argued fair use and unclean hands in defending his use of the work.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The conclusion of that lawsuit declared that an emulator like Yuzu, that circumvents Nintendo’s technical measures, decrypts Switch games using unauthorized copies of Switch cryptographic keys, allowing games to be played on anything other than a Switch, violates copyright law. “In fact, Defendant has posted links to copies of [.]

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TorrentFreak

JULY 24, 2024

He claims that the government failed to prove that he downloaded a copy, much less distributed it to the public. He states that none of the government’s witnesses viewed these reference copies but viewed “authorized copies” instead. Was the Retail Value of Infringement More Than $2,500?

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 29, 2022

This means that a majority of published research is hidden behind paywalls and not available to those that don’t or can’t pay for access to it outside of pirated copies. To that end, most have adopted an “author pays” system, where the author(s) pay for an article processing charge (APC), commonly referred to as a publication fee.

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Patently-O

MAY 21, 2024

In utility patents, the test for analogous arts has two prongs, with the reference qualifying as prior art if either prong is met: Whether the prior art is from the same field of endeavor as the claimed invention, regardless of the problem addressed by the reference. May 21, 2024) (en banc). ” In re Jennings , 182 F.2d

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2024

Patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house, with technical restrictions that prevent copying. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, only one patron at a time can rent a digital copy of a physical book.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 28, 2024

Steamboat… Silly Indeed, if we look at the recent takedown notices sent by Disney to Google there are plenty of Mickey references. The episode is littered with easter eggs including references to the 1929 The Skeleton Dance and Dumbo’s debut in 1941. The undisputed star of the show, however, is the original Mickey Mouse.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

However, the Polish branch of media giant CANAL+ is being a bit more proactive and is asking sites to prevent copies of a yet-to-be-released TV-show from being shared. The operator of a large pirate site, who prefers not to be named, shared a copy of the preemptive warning that was received from the CANAL+ Anti-Piracy Department.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A copy letter obtained by Iilsole24ore identifies the send as the Nucleo Speciale Tutela Privacy e Frodi Tecnologiche , a Guardia di Finanza unit specializing in IT-related crime. It refers to an anti-IPTV police operation in May. A redacted copy of the letter can be found here ( pdf ). No Bluff: Police Tracked IPTV Subscribers.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2022

According to Bungie, AimJunkies copied and distributed its copyrighted work, to develop and advertise its cheat software. The cheat software itself certainly isn’t a copy of Bungie’s work, they add. . Copyright Questions. It is a factual and legal impossibility long recognized by the courts.”

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TorrentFreak

JULY 6, 2023

The film is widely regarded as a top classic, which TCM viewers expect to see on the “ national treasure “ What viewers didn’t expect to see, however, were ‘pirated’ subtitles and a reference to a BitTorrent tracker during the credits roll. Quite interesting ones too, considering the “KG” reference.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 19, 2022

The movie company accused the site and its operator of promoting and distributing pirated copies of the movie, demanding to put an end to the activity. In legal terms, this is referred to as the purposeful-availment and purposeful-direction tests. At the same time, the uploader stopped pushing torrents to other sites as well.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2024

Without obtaining permission, Lokka made a copy of the report, added his own subtitles, and then retransmitted the new version to the public via Twitter. When he copied and then rebroadcast the news report, that was copyright infringement. Subtitle Defense 2.0:

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2024

For example, Danish anti-piracy group Rights Alliance demanded The Eye to remove their copy of Books3, which it did. The authors further stated that, as far as their books appear in the Books3 database, they are referred to as “infringed works” This prompted Meta to respond with yet another denial. 107,” Meta notes.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Mr. Beast makes it abundantly clear at multiple points in the video that his work is based on Squid Game , and he repeatedly references the show throughout. Journalists routinely find their original reporting copied by later publications, often with little to no citation, that often find more readers. Why Bother?

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2024

The TLDR is that Sedlik owns a valid copyright in the Miles Davis photo, and Kat Von D admits to using the photo as a reference image to create her tattoo. This is the first case I’m aware of in which the owner of a copyrighted reference image has sued a tattoo artist for copyright infringement. The Good, the Bad and the.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

This means that it can be freely copied, printed, shared, distributed without any permission from the U.S. Best of all, it’s written in plain language, making it very easy to understand, and offers references to other circulars for a deeper dive on particular topics if wanted. Best of all, since it was produced by the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 8, 2022

GitHub already posts copies of all DMCA notices on its own website and, starting this year, it also sends copies to Lumen. This central database, managed by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, also archives copies of notices sent to Google, Twitter, and other platforms.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

‘Library Genesis,’ or ‘Libgen’ for short, is a group of pirate websites through which a vast array of written material is illegally copied and distributed online without any authorization, and with no remuneration to copyright holders.” “[T]he Sites undermine the very purpose of U.S. 101 et seq.)

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 4, 2024

“The reported repositories offer and provide access to unauthorized copies of cryptographic keys that are used to circumvent Nintendo’s Technological Measures and infringe Nintendo’s intellectual property rights. . The notice states the repos ‘provide access’ to keys that enable circumvention of its technical measures.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2022

The subscriber in question, who we’ll refer to as Mark, recently noticed that his Internet connection was offline. However, in this case, Mark didn’t download a pirated copy of Skyrim. On the contrary, he owns a perfectly legal copy of the game. Most ISPs include this type of language in their terms. Skyrim Pirate?

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 27, 2024

In the fall of 2019 , Brazilian law enforcement agencies launched the first wave of anti-piracy campaign ‘Operation 404,’ referring to the well-known HTTP error code. Prison for Flash IPTV Operator The operator of Flash IPTV, who is referred to by the initials A.W.A.P., The conviction of A.W.A.P. More to Come?

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TorrentFreak

MAY 27, 2024

Certain books written by Plaintiffs are part of Books3 — including the Infringed Works — and thus NVIDIA necessarily trained its NeMo Megatron models on one or more copies of the Infringed Works, thereby directly infringing the copyrights of the Plaintiffs,” the authors claimed. There are no counterclaims either.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2024

After uploading a copy of TPB-AFK to the system, near-instantly it found over 2,000 matches across the dozen platforms. These don’t need to be taken offline, but as far as we could see, the detected links were indeed pointing to copies of the TPB-AFK documentary. Whether it missed any links is unknown, of course.

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