TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2024

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat copyright infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” The law doesn’t specify what these circumstances are but in recent years federal courts have provided more context. The movie distributor also requests a broad injunction.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Meme Culture Meets Copyright Law: A Guide for Businesses & Creators Memes, often humorous media fragments that spread rapidly through online sharing, are a global phenomenon that have made their way into mainstream culture. Are Memes Dangerous? by Melanie Lane Are Memes Dangerous? How much risk are we talking here?

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 5, 2022

When it comes to copyright, the photography space has been especially fraught with litigation and legal threats over the past decade plus. Getty Images, along with several other stock photography companies, engaged in a massive copyright campaign that began in the 2000s. How LicenseGuard Works. Bottom Line.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

Recent decisions suggest courts are losing patience with those who bring dubious copyright infringement claims as part of their business models. Back in May, I wrote about an overzealous copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Rachel Dolezal , the woman best known for mispresenting her racial background.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

AimJunkies denied the claims and argued that cheating isn’t against the law. In addition, it refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked substance because some of the referenced copyrights were registered well after the cheats were first made available, AimJunkies said.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 2, 2023

Bungie listed six causes of action including copyright infringement, trafficking in circumvention devices contrary to the DMCA, trademark violations, and unfair competition. In February 2023, after reaching settlements with three defendants, a California court rejected Bungie’s request for a $2.2m

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2022

After three years of legal dispute in that matter, in 2021 Watch Tower filed a parallel copyright infringement lawsuit against McFree for the same alleged infringements. After reading one of our articles on the topic, attorney Paul Levy at the Public Citizen Litigation Group concluded that it was. Really, really dark.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2021

The CCB will be dominated by claims over alleged online infringement, so it’s a major development for online copyright law. Currently, all federal copyright infringement claims must be filed in federal court. The CCB is structured like a “small claims” court for low-value copyright infringement claims.

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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] Author: Harjas Gulati.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

A photo of the Indianapolis nighttime skyline has generated $825 in license fees & $135k in settlements. After 3+ yrs of litigation, court awards Bell $200 in statutory damages–but actually $0 due to a related settlement. This is a preview of the future of CCB litigation…CAN’T WAIT! SA Music LLC v.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2022

In September 2021, we reported that US movie company Voltage Holdings had begun sending demands to Virgin Media customers, claiming they had infringed their rights in the movie ‘Ava’ via BitTorrent networks. FACT, under various corporate structures, has built a reputation for pursuing large-scale infringers since the 1980s.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

At an initial conference on January 23, 2023, the parties reached a settlement and asked to dismiss the claim. I served a subpoena on Mr. Oppenheimer’s attorney on March 29, 2022 demanding that Mr. Oppenheimer’s attorney emailed me suggesting that we agree to present the claim to the copyright claims board in lieu of trial.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

To fully understand these conflicting views of the majority opinion, it is necessary to understand both the specific facts of the case and the history of the Supreme Court’s case law concerning the fair-use doctrine. or LGL), seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement and/or fair use for the entire Prince Series.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

copyright law. Secrecy Reasons : “Some religions use copyright law to keep their religions secret; some religions do not want to disclose their works to the general public.” ”) Other religions “seek copyright for secrecy, but secrecy to protect their students[,].teachers ” Id.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Alfred Yen, A Federal Rules of Evidence Perspective on Forensic Musicology and Music Copyright Infringement Juries hear a lot of forensic musicology evidence they shouldn’t which confuses them and leads to poorer decisionmaking in music © infringement cases. Kristelia Garcia: the bullets you give apply to the plaintiff’s side.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Trump is actively litigating a copyright infringement lawsuit over the Eddy Grant song “Electric Avenue” while trying to keep relevant deposition testimony in the case permanently under seal. ” So much for Trump having a basic understanding of copyright law. 14· · · · · Q.· ·Mr. 17· · · · · A.· ·I

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