TorrentFreak
MAY 23, 2023
Released on the Amazon Appstore in November 2016, Saba’s ‘Downloader’ app offered users just two things; an empty URL field and a download button. At the time of writing, Downloader has 664,605 customer ratings on Amazon, averaging 4.3 It was basic yet functional, and in time, extraordinarily successful.
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 10, 2024
LAION case, heard by the Hamburg Regional Court, centered on LAION's automatic downloading of images, including a copyrighted work by photographer Robert Kneschke, for AI training purposes. LAION had downloaded the photo from a licensed website to check if it matched the description using its software. The Kneschke v.
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TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Over the years, rightsholders have reported many thousands of apps, often for copyright infringement. The anti-piracy group is known to target stream-rippers that allow people to download music from YouTube. “Search, download and play music offline wherever you are. Thus far, the app remains online.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
After playing the victim for years, an investigation found that the law firm uploaded movies to sites like The Pirate Bay and then sued those who downloaded them. Movies covered by these licenses subsequently turned up on BitTorrent networks and people who downloaded them began receiving legal threats.
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Did you know that even when you download an image from an online site, you might still be at risk of copyright infringement? Whether you’re a blogger, a graphic The post Think you’re safe using that image you downloaded? appeared first on Brisbane Commercial, Litigation and Intellectual Property Lawyers.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Operating as an illegal ‘shadow library,’ Libgen enables users to download, for free, fiction and non-fiction books (among other types of works), including educational textbooks, instead of buying or renting lawful copies or checking them out from a legitimate library. ” “The scale of Defendants’ infringement is staggering.
The IP Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
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. The lack of a copyright notice does not give you permission to use the work. Copyright infringement occurs when a person or company uses another’s copyrighted work without permission.
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