IPilogue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

There is no copyright in facts and historical events; however, writers can claim copyright in their letters if they are sufficiently original. While this alone is not sufficient to give rise to a claim for copyright infringement, Dorland and the protagonist do express similar sentiments.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

It covers some of the basics on open source AI focusing on its definition and legal challenges. The exact definition of what constitutes open source AI is still subject to discussion. Finally, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) is currently working on a definition for open source AI. Its “ Open Source AI Definition – draft v.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 4, 2021

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). Claire Wortsman is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. .

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

According to the court, ACT would be unlikely to prove copyrightability in the phrasing of a every definition but that, in aggregate, they deserved protection. The district court awarded a win to ACT, this prompted WIN to appeal to the 6th Circout Court of Appeals, which has affirmed that decision.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As often is the case with claims like these, the merits will center on the fair-use doctrine, a well-recognized legal principle in copyright law that aims to balance the interests of copyright holders with the public benefit of free speech and creative works.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2021

As such, the direct infringers in this case are the alleged pirate site operators. That is why the publishers are suing for contributory and vicarious copyright infringement, alleging that they aid in the direct infringement and willfully ignore or tolerate those infringements. Copyright Office.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2022

Just days after Dua Lipa was sued by a Florida reggae band, “Levitating” is the target of a second copyright infringement lawsuit, this time over the songs “Wiggle and Giggle All Night” and “Don Diablo.” ” Any moderately successful songwriter can be sued for copyright infringement.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

On April 5 th 2022, the Federal Court released its decision for August Image LLC v AirG Inc , a copyright infringement action concerning images of singer-actress, Jennifer Lopez. However, the Court ultimately dismissed August’s case because they failed to prove all the necessary elements of copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Unfortunately that logical example fails to help here due to a confusing clash of definitions in the study. The definition of ‘Fraudulent Piracy Site’ on page 10 of the study is followed by another definition of the same term on page 18. one that functions without judicial oversight.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

While internet intermediaries act as gatekeepers of content that is transmitted online, their services seem to attract a high number of copyright infringements. Further, while online marketplaces are excluded from the definition of OCSSPs, what would happen if their services fall within the scope of Article 17?

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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. . Pretty much every decade in music history has had their copyright battles. However, those lawsuits definitely seem to be coming much more quickly.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 12, 2022

1: LEGO is Being Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Leather Jacket Design. The Widevine app makes it possible for users to download high definition video from various streaming platforms. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2022

The bill is designed to address shortcomings with some of the statutory provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) which have failed to incentivize the development of new technical measures for preventing copyright infringement online the way that Congress originally envisioned when passing the DMCA in 1998.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Defamation Remedies vs. Copyright Remedies Defamation and copyright law are distinct legal frameworks with separate objectives and definitions. Defamation law safeguards an individual's reputation from false and harmful statements, regardless of whether the work containing those statements is protected by copyright.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2022

Even if rightsholders could obtain the IP address or even a name of an alleged streaming pirate, they would have to prove that the person in question is actually engaged in copyright infringement. Not Clear Whether Streaming is Infringing. It is definitely less straightforward than downloading, but it might not be impossible.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 16, 2025

.” While these are valid points, without the order being made available to the public, the definition of “non-compliance” is an unknown factor with potential to tip the scales. 100,000 per day is an awful lot of money for failing to deal with alleged copyright infringement over which the company has zero visibility.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 21, 2022

In short, such providers cannot be held liable for copyright infringement by their users as long as they meet certain criteria. Among that criteria is that they designate a DMCA agent to receive notices of copyright infringement and then work to remove or disable access to any works they are notified about.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

While the answers are definitely thin, Google has a long history of ducking these complicated issues. What rights do creators have when, without their work, the new creation could not exist, but it’s not similar enough to the original to be a direct copyright infringement? Bottom Line. On one hand, this is frustrating.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 15, 2024

Copyright plaintiffs prevailed as the Supreme Court definitively expanded the scope of monetary damages available in discovery-rule copyright infringement cases.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

In particular, it explores why copyright of a meme’s underlying content does not matter in a normative sense. In this blog I argue that copyright protection of the content underlying memes does not matter because of the relative weakness of enforcement mechanisms for copyright infringement of this scale. 1, 2013), [link].

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 29, 2022

However, prosecutors began to build a copyright infringement case against Ciuc?. With a Definitive Court Verdict: This case can only be filed by the educational institution that awarded the degree or by the person plagiarized. for his part, denied the plagiarism and said that his dissertation was legitimate.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 7, 2022

A person who is fully aware of an existing copyright, and chooses to infringe or abets to do the same, could be held liable for copyright infringement, which can incur criminal charges, and in order to find the cognizability of the same, Schedule I of the CrPC needs to be looked into. THE CONUNDRUM. JUDGEMENTS.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2025

Interestingly, the civil suit has been disposed of by the Madras High Court, holding that there is no copyright infringement, and the proceedings in the criminal case have been stayed. The Court was of the opinion that Tamilnadan failed to prove copyright infringement. But it may not be copyright infringement.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 5, 2021

But with Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and TikTok as the most prominent means of communicating, people can say and post what they want about you (short of the legal definition of libel) and given that fame it’s likely to be tens or hundreds of thousands or even into the millions of mentions you’re getting every day.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 20, 2022

In fact, the ruling leaves open a variety of approached LinkedIn could take, including copyright infringement , in particular violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). So while the ruling is definitely worth noting, it’s also not worth making too large of a deal about it.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2023

Fans loved ‘re3’ and ‘reVC’ but Take-Two and Rockstar Games most definitely did not. Take-Two Files Copyright Lawsuit In September 2021, Take-Two filed a lawsuit against the programmers, claiming that the aim of the projects was to create and distribute pirated versions of GTA 3 and Vice City.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) hosts, such as yourself, are not liable for infringement by their users so long as they meet four criteria: Adopt and Reasonably Implement a Policy for Dealing with Repeat Infringer. Have a Designated Agent to Receive Notices of Copyright Infringement.

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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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IP Tech Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Instagram, filed a complaint in the Northern District of California seeking class-wide relief against Instagram for inducing copyright infringement and for contributory copyright infringement and vicarious copyright infringement. In contrast, Sinclair and another case last year, McGucken v.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Over the past several years we’ve covered dozens of copyright troll cases against tens of thousands of alleged copyright infringers. The definition of the term ‘copyright troll’ is fluid. Nealy lawsuit, a music copyright case that in itself is unrelated to copyright trolling.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 6, 2024

In a lawsuit filed at a federal court in Nashville last summer, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI, and others accused X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. Elon Musk himself had previously added fuel to the smoldering fire, characterizing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) as a “ plague on humanity ”.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 5, 2025

Reportedly(see here and here ), a suit has been filed by actor Dhanushs production house Wunderbar Films (the plaintiff) against the Lady Superstar Nayanthara, Actor-Director Vignesh Shivan, and streaming platform Netflix (respondents/ defendants) for copyright infringement.

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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. Lawsuit Alleges Different Type of Copyright Infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 21, 2023

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Mass Copyright Infringement or Fair Use? The Internet Archive wholeheartedly disagrees with the copyright infringement allegations.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 16, 2022

Though Bello’s actions definitely crossed an ethical line when it comes to reusing content, it’s not a copyright infringement that I can figure. This is an area where copyright and plagiarism do not overlap. However, that is not in the cards at all.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

In a weird turn, the plaintiffs only pursued a contributory copyright infringement theory against Instagram, where the incorporating websites are the direct infringers and Instagram facilitates their infringement. In-Line Linking May Be Copyright Infringement–Goldman v. Breitbart News.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 25, 2023

Bulgaria was on the Watch List in 2015 when the USTR reported “incremental progress” in the country’s ability to tackle intellectual property infringement, albeit nowhere near enough to counter unsatisfactory prosecution rates. In the wake of that reprieve in 2020, local prosecutors filed just one copyright indictment.

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