TorrentFreak

JUNE 15, 2023

‘Breeding Mass Copyright Infringement’ Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others filed a complaint at a federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, accusing Twitter’s parent company X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. copyright law.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

this Kat was delighted to review Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship by Dr Luke McDonagh (Assistant Professor of Law at LSE Law School). This is the first academic monograph that solely considers the relationship between UK copyright law and historical and contemporary theatre. Details here.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

However, with the convenience of streaming music through these digital platforms, the music industry has also had to deal with a wide range of copyright issues, including online copyright infringement. Spotify has encountered its fair share of copyright infringement lawsuits filed by music artists, record labels, and publishers.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 27, 2024

The company published its latest quarterly results last week, reporting $26 billion in revenue; a 340% increase compared to two years ago. NVIDIA Faces Copyright Infringement Claims Earlier this year, several authors sued NVIDIA over alleged copyright infringement. Copyright Act,” the company writes.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 31, 2024

First Case of its Type in Japan This week local anti-piracy group CODA revealed details of a copyright prosecution that’s so unusual, it’s probably never happened before. On October 29, officers from Miyagi Prefectural Police Headquarters and Tome Police Station arrested three men on suspicion of violating copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 21, 2022

First off today, Hillel Italie at the Associated Press reports that a judge in Maryland has shot down a law that would have required publishers to make e-books available on “reasonable terms” to libraries in the state. The publishers pressed on, seeking a permanent injunction to bar the law from ever taking effect.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2025

Various groups stressed the importance of copyright protection when it comes to new AI technologies. They argued that foreign governments should be mindful of potential copyright infringements. Other countries, including Japan, have already written AI exceptions into law. In the U.S.,

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

It was published in the U.K. copyright law, a particularly confusing subject for foreign works published before 1978. copyright law, a particularly confusing subject for foreign works published before 1978. Bundy argued that the work, as created by a British citizen and published in the U.K.,

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

It also discusses national and international viewpoints on the subject before going into the Indian judiciary’s stance on copyright violations in the social media era. Copyright law is in charge of controlling how literary, artistic, and theatrical works, among others, are used.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 9, 2022

Most copyright infringement lawsuits filed by the recording industry are aimed at sites, services and individuals involved in the unlicensed online distribution of music. Claims were filed against the man by 15 music and media companies including Warner Music Finland, Universal Music Publishing, Bauer Media, and Sanoma Media Finland.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Under the agreement, Internet providers will voluntarily block sites that are deemed to be copyright infringing; no court order needed. MPA Complaint Results in First Blockades In March, the MPA was the first rightsholder representative to file a copyright infringement complaint under the new administrative site blocking rules.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

1: Manhattan Judge Rejects ‘Server Test’ for Internet Copyright Infringement. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a controversial ruling denying the “server test” of copyright law and ruling that embedding images can be an infringement of copyright law.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

This maneuver blurs the lines between defamation and copyright law, raising questions about the appropriate remedies for defamation and the jurisdictional authority of courts in such matters. Defamation Remedies vs. Copyright Remedies Defamation and copyright law are distinct legal frameworks with separate objectives and definitions.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 25, 2022

Last week, the Hamburg District Court issued a ruling in favor of Eyeo, the company behind prominent ad blocker Adblock Plus, in their long-running battle against German publisher Axel Springer. Since those pages qualify for copyright protection, the modification was essentially creating a derivative (ad-free) work and was an infringement.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 26, 2022

If you have ever incorporated music into your Instagram or Facebook videos, you may have committed copyright infringement. The suit was filed in California Northern District Court by Swedish music label and publishing company, Epidemic Sound. The Infringement. But don’t worry, you won’t need to get a lawyer!

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2022

Major Manga Publishers Prepare to Sue Cloudflare. Major manga publishers Shueisha, Kodansha, Shogakukan and Kadokawa are no strangers to legal action against pirate sites and their operators. Since the lawsuit is yet to be filed, it is currently unclear which pirate sites the publishers are complaining about. com and manga1001.com.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against an author in his battle against Texas A&M University, ruling that he cannot sue the school for copyright infringement but may be able to sue the school under the state’s constitution.

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The Illusion of More

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Copyright Office published its report on copyright infringement by states and state actors in response to the present circumstance whereby states are immunized against litigation for unlicensed use of protected works. The post State Copyright Infringement Should Be About Justice appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

Publishers vs. Internet Archive The self-scanning service offered by the Internet Archive (IA) differs from the licensing agreements entered into by other libraries. Not all publishers are happy with IA’s approach, resulting in a major legal battle two years ago.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Welcome to the fourth and final trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. In a report published on 13 October, the European Parliament emphasized the essential role of cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI).

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Ramirez was pivotal in Judge McMahon’s dismissal of the publishers’ claims. 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). TransUnion v.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

From a cold, legal perspective, a 2020 blocking application filed by publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society should’ve been straightforward. penned terms such as ‘rogue site’, Indian judges had readily embraced blocking injunctions as a reasonable response to rampant infringement.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 29, 2024

This make chances of piracy and copyright infringement higher because lots of course encompasses material such as video, powerpoint presentation, and text among others, which once created can be duplicated and distributed by people other than the original creator. This was set in the earliest case of A&M Records Inc. v Napster Inc.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

“In 2021, Reddit permanently suspended 2,813 users and banned 2,625 subreddits for excessive copyright infringement,” the company writes. These figures represent a substantial increase over those published for 2020. Any copyright notices sent to Reddit must comply with various rules.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 5, 2022

When standard approaches failed, a business professor recently turned to copyright law, hoping for a solution. To obtain a subpoena, Berkovitz would have to register his copyrights and file a lawsuit for copyright infringement, which he did. This lawsuit was dismissed one month after it was filed.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 6, 2021

According to a judgment published by the Federal Court of Australia this week, the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) – the world governing body for kung fu – is attempting to identify the person who posted allegedly copyright-infringing videos to YouTube. Case Before the Federal Court in Australia.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

But if you really want Kiwi Farms gone, have you considered using copyright law for its censorial power? He self-published a book about the experience (“ Why I Sued Taylor Swift and How I Became Falsely Known as Frivolous, Litigious and Crazy “). Direct Infringement. CloudFlare’s block ). ” Ugh.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 18, 2023

In common with content created in other fields, photographs generally enjoy protection under copyright law, allowing photographers to determine who can duplicate and/or distribute their work. Photographers Alexis Hunley and Matthew Brauer posted several of their copyrighted works on Instagram. Amazon, Inc. ( pdf ) case in 2007.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The email, which Center Director Jennifer Jenkins shared with me for Copyright Lately, claimed that the Berne Convention prevents Tintin from entering the public domain and further suggested that the U.S. copyright law, the Tintin rightsholders’ argument is just plain wrong. copyright protection for Tintin.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 8, 2022

If you follow copyright news, you likely have been seeing countless stories of popular musicians being sued for alleged copyright infringement in their work. . That says nothing about the myriad of cases over the past few months or years that have been grabbing headlines, both inside and outside copyright circles.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2022

Imo, it was inevitable that publishers would take action, on me or someone else, during this react meta,” she added. In order for Twitch to remain eligible for its ‘safe harbor’ protection under copyright law, it needs to show that it takes action against infringers.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Copyright infringement cases on the internet have increased because the internet has become more widely available. Legal Framework governing take down notice.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Image from here Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive: Archiving Access to Information or Strengthening Copyright Laws? Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 4, 2021

Claire Wortsman is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . Is GitHub Copilot a Copyright Infringer? While Ziegler’s use of the word “mostly” may not reassure those fearing copyright infringement, his paper highlights two details that might. Photo by Christopher Gower ( Unsplash).

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

A new study published in the Harvard Business Review examines the impact of AI systems on human creators. The answers are not encouraging. The post Does AI Replace Human Creators? appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Equally, a significant portion of online material is also likely to contain personal data, and there is likely to be a significant overlap in relation to specific pieces of content which are protected by both copyright law and by data protection law.

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