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Five Men Indicted For Uploading Movies & Then Extorting ‘Pirate’ Downloaders

TorrentFreak

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.

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3 Count: Pulp Non-Fiction

Plagiarism Today

1: Pearson Education Sues Chegg, Alleging ‘Massive’ Copyright Infringement. Now, just a few months later, at least some of those names are receiving letters demanding a settlement payment for the alleged illegal download. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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3 Count: Plagiarism Again

Plagiarism Today

To support their claims, Riot included images of similar characters and elements between the two games, making the argument that Moonton crossed the line into copyright infringement. million settlement in 2018. 3: Wrongfully Accused ‘Pirate’ Recoups $108k From ‘Copyright Troll’. That lawsuit resulted in a $2.9

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The Great Global Work From Home Experiment and How it Changed the Way We Work Forever

Velocity of Content

The more third-party published content is shared, the higher the risk of copyright infringement. Downloading content through any tool makes a new copy of that content – and copying often requires permission. SECURE needed permissions, annual licenses, and copyright-compliant content workflow software for easy compliance.

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Increasing Your Employees’ Copyright Awareness

Velocity of Content

While the sharing of information with co-workers supports collaboration and drives innovation, the sharing of this content without first obtaining the necessary subscriptions, licenses, or permissions also carries enormous potential risk.

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Are Memes Dangerous?

LexBlog IP

All meme-like images in this article are properly licensed. Table of Contents: Fair Use Under the Copyright Act How much risk are we talking here? If the creator has greater leverage or financial means than the enforcement-targeted business, the result of these demands is often swift settlement. Yes and no.

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Movie Piracy: Customers of Major UK ISPs Receive Letters Demanding Cash

TorrentFreak

Companies that own copyrighted works have the option to monetize them in any way they see fit. For movies this can include releasing them in theaters, licensing to streaming services, or releasing on physical formats such as blu-ray. Warning Signs Appeared a Few Months Ago.