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“The Copyright Case of the Century”: Final Settlement between Google and Oracle on API Copyright Infringement

IPilogue

copyright law. It is arguably, as Stanford law professor Mark Lemley coined it, “ the copyright case of the century. ” . Google wanted to attract as many programmers as possible to develop smartphone apps on Android, thereby furthering copyright’s creativity objectives. Supreme Court on October 7, 2020.

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Pirate IPTV Sellers Who Refused to Pay a Cash Settlement Get Sued & Lose

TorrentFreak

An interesting feature of the file-sharing and streaming landscapes of the past couple of decades is their interaction with existing copyright law. In Europe, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has been the engine behind several important cases featuring defendants who believed they had found a legal foothold in an otherwise illegal market.

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3 Count: Plagiarism Again

Plagiarism Today

Josh Hawley’s Move to Strip Disney’s Copyrights Called ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’. He claims that it aims to revoke Disney’s “special” copyright protections though the law would rewrite copyright law for all creators. million settlement in 2018. According to Sen.

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. In particular, it explores why copyright of a meme’s underlying content does not matter in a normative sense. LAW AND ECONOMICS. Costs Versus Benefits of Copyright Protection. 29, 2013), [link]. [ii] 277 (2020). [iv]

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Copyright Conundrums in the Tattoo World

Nelligan Law

As tattoo artists draw inspiration from a plethora of sources, ranging from classical art to pop culture icons, questions of ownership, originality, and copyright infringement have commandeered the spotlight in the tattooing arena. At the crux of both cases lies the conundrum of copyright ownership and infringement.

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Are Memes Dangerous?

LexBlog IP

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. What has been the market-effect on the underlying work? Are Memes Dangerous?

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RCN Faces Another Multi-Million Dollar Piracy Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

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.