Plagiarism Today

MARCH 30, 2022

In Shokri’s case, he is alleging that Farhadi defamed him in his fictional portrayal of his real-life events. However, I know very little about Iranian copyright law. and European copyright law. Though much of copyright law is fairly standardized internationally, it may or may not apply to Iran.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Ninth Circuit was recently asked to determine whether to continue to apply the Circuit’s two-part extrinsic/intrinsic test for “substantial similarity” with regard to a copyright infringement claim or to depart from this approach and apply the Second Circuit’s “ordinary observer” test instead. In Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 18, 2022

The Copyright Claims Board (CCB), better known as the “copyright small claims court”, became a part of U.S. copyright law in December 2020 with the signing of the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act). . Within a month, the first 70 cases had been filed. Initial Determinations.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2022

That copyright was found to have been infringed by the creators of an ‘interactive dining experience’ which used Del Boy and the other main characters from ‘Only Fools and Horses’, one of the most successful British TV comedies of the 1980s and 1990s. As such, OFDE was held to be more a recreation or adaption than a work of pastiche.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Such uses are often methods of social commentary regarding the user’s own life, or more broadly, current events; they also often utilize copyrightable material. [i] ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. LAW AND ECONOMICS. 29, 2013), [link]. [ii] 277 (2020). [iv]

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The fallout seems to have even impacted Twitter’s copyright filtering tools. Those tools ceased to work sometime within the last week , leading users to upload full movies and even live events to the platform undetected. However, there is a major risk there that is easy to overlook and the risk comes from copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2023

An interesting feature of copyright law is its tendency to lag behind the times while new technology races ahead and exploits its numerous ‘loopholes’ One of the most famous loopholes was ‘exposed’ when streaming overtook BitTorrent to become the delivery method of choice for millions of video-oriented pirates.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Specifically, copyright protection attaches to the original, creative work when it is fixed in a tangible medium, such as when it is written, drawn, recorded digitally, or typed electronically. Many find it surprising, but there is no requirement to include a copyright notice on a work for the work to be protected by copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Historical lookback The amendment to the existing copyright law act of 1957 was carried out owing to the sensitization of issue of copyright management and revenue sharing structure that is fair and reasonable to all owners and writers of filmed and recorded works. [i] Magic Mantra Vision. [ii] Magic Mantra Vision, CS (OS) NO.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Massive Copyright Infringement The language used in the complaint makes it extremely clear that the MPA views playlists as a threat and illegal under copyright law. Suppliers and Users Infringe Copyright The MPA’s complaint basically accuses the entire chain of copyright infringement offenses, GitHub included.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In May, Triller filed a lawsuit against the H3 Podcast, claiming that by showing a portion of the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren fight event on YouTube, the defendants breached the company’s rights. By displaying the fight clip and its URL (location on YouTube), a breaches of copyright law took place.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 6, 2024

But despite numerous similarities between Stereophonic and the events described in Making Rumours , Caillat may be looking at a landslide loss. That’s because copyright law poses significant hurdles when it comes to real-life stories, and the line between fact and fiction isn’t always as clear-cut as it may seem.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 8, 2022

. “Because DataPacket is merely a server provider, it has no more involvement in the alleged infringement than a hardware manufacturer providing a direct infringer with computers and routers, a power utility company providing a direct infringer with electricity, or a web-hosting service providing a direct infringer with a web address.”

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 24, 2021

In April 2020, a coalition of entertainment companies headed up by Universal, Paramount, Columbia, Disney and Amazon filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the operators of ‘pirate’ IPTV service Nitro TV. channels, which are only possible to offer after content is copied and stored, contrary to copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Copyright infringement and De Minimis are often replaced to complement each other. However, de minimis is sometimes used as a defence in a copyright lawsuit. More often than not, the lawsuits filed for copyright infringement are cases of de minimis and thereto, get dismissed on the anvil of frivolity. INTRODUCTION.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The culmination of a decades-long effort, and well before the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Copyright Term Extension Act were passed in 1998, the 1976 Copyright Act ushered in a new era of copyright law in the United States. Nation Enterprises.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

Copyright law crafted decades ago to prevent infringement in an analog world has in many cases held up remarkably well in the digital age. In the United States, the existence of a loophole in copyright law had been an open secret for some time. But in this case, apparently not. .” “M.D.,

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 1, 2023

In our brave new world where millions of ordinary people are copyright holders of snaps they publish to social media or videos they upload to YouTube, awareness of copyright law is at an all-time high. Full credits go to the copyright owner. No copyright infringement intended.”

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In a recent post , Divij discussed the use of copyright infringement claims by Aaj Tak against the independent media platform, Newslaundry. In this post, I shall elaborate on one of the points mentioned by Divij, that the use by Newslaundry falls within the ambit of the exceptions provided under the Indian copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2022

Over the years we’ve published thousands of articles on copyright law, from how it works in theory to its application in full-blown lawsuits. But other copyright disputes, where infringement isn’t so obvious, can trigger new complexity and polarized legal opinions. Spoilers: Are They Copyright Infringement?

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances”. This legal requirement remained largely unenforced for nearly two decades but a series of copyright infringement liability lawsuits, with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, have shaken up the industry.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 12, 2024

Almost half a decade ago, eight Las Vegas men were indicted by a grand jury for conspiring to violate criminal copyright law via two IPTV services, Jetflicks and iStreamitAll. In the same year, another pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement and was sentenced to one year and a day in prison.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 7, 2023

Every copyright claim turns ‘upon facts which are particular to that single claim of infringement, and separate from all the other claims’,” his order denying certification reads. “This is not to say that certification of a copyright infringement class is per se impossible.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

When he refused to comply with LifeWise’s demands to take the content down, LifeWise responded with a potentially crushing copyright infringement lawsuit. These components unsurprisingly attracted the attention of the EFF, which is now defending Parrish against LifeWise’s copyright infringement allegations.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Taiwan made amendments to copyright law that outlawed piracy-configured devices. With further amendments to copyright law in the pipeline in Taiwan, authorities launced an investigation into the supply of Unblock Tech’s devices in the country. With Hollywood regularly reporting UnblockTech to the U.S. government.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The courts need to understand the degree to which such usage may harm the work or decrease the profits for the owner of the copyright. Today, this doctrine has become one of most popular doctrines in the realm of copyright law. It allows people a positive defense against the infringement of copyright. Definition.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Concrete Harm and AI Copyright Cases: A High Bar? The plaintiffs in Raw Story Media didn’t assert a claim for copyright infringement, instead relying entirely on section 1202(b). In any event, plaintiffs will need to show a real-world impact from the AI’s use of their work or risk seeing their claims fall short.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Netflix argued that this is a direct violation of US copyright law , which provides that only copyright holders have the exclusive right to monetize and create derivative works of their IP. Since one of the event locations is in Washington D.C

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The IPKat

JUNE 21, 2024

Some 'graceful' sunbathing ahead of the weekend With summer officially started in the Northern hemisphere, not only are we enjoying the longest (sunny) days of the year but also new events and opportunities in the IP field. Take a look below and do not forget to regularly check the IPKat Events page too! If so, how should we handle it?

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Dorland’s copyright infringement claims were allowed, while her claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress was denied.? . In order to prove copyright infringement , Ms. Dorland will need to show: (1) ownership of a valid copyright, and (2) copying of constituent elements of the work that are original.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

In 1982, Universal filed suit in the Southern District of New York for trademark and copyright infringement , and also threatened, and extracted license fees from, Nintendo’s various US Donkey Kong licensees. Story first appeared on Trademark and Copyright Law. The post A Tale of Two Gorillas: An Underdog (Under-Ape?)

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 10, 2022

Ukraine’s ‘Weak’ Copyright Laws. Many rightsholders see Ukraine as a problematic country when it comes to copyright enforcement; EUFA is no exception. The Russian soccer federation has appealed the measures at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which is yet to rule on the matter.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 29, 2023

million copyright infringement damages award in hand, and suddenly cooperative defendants helping to unveil others involved in the circumvention of Bungie’s technological protection measures. By June 2022, Bungie had a $13.5

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

DMCA subpoenas compel service providers, such as Discord, Twitter or Reddit, to hand over information they hold on users identified by rightsholders as copyright infringers. In the event that useful personal information is disclosed to Cognosphere’s legal team, a number of options become available.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In the meantime, check out the upcoming IP events. Contextualized in a sectorial approach - including areas such as health, fashion, environmental, artificial intelligence, automotive, and food industry - expert panels will consider the challenges and developments in IP case law and legislation that lie ahead.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Over the years, dozens of entertainment industry companies have used copyright law to protect their rights online. As far as Voltage is concerned, a case can be built to show that anyone involved in an infringement is potentially liable. Some have targeted regular internet users while others have focused on pirate sites.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

have grappled with how broadly or narrowly to interpret the concept of transformativeness when assessing fair use defenses to charges of copyright infringement… In seeking Supreme Court review, the [Andy Warhol] Foundation argued that the Goldsmith decision was inconsistent with the Court’s teachings in Campbell and Google. .

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