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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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2025

copyright protection standards. 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. The problem, however, is that copyright holders never gave permission to use it.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 29, 2022

However, prosecutors began to build a copyright infringement case against Ciuc?. case, and the message is pretty clear: The Romanian government has decided to tolerate plagiarism. In the most of the rest of the world, the government leaves these issues to academia. Combine this with the blatant corruption in the Ciuc?

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Specifically, the record labels argued that the ISP should also be held liable for vicarious copyright infringement. Are ISPs liable for copyright infringement if they don’t disconnect subscribers accused of copyright infringement? Government’s View? What’s the U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 19, 2021

2: Tencent Video Sues Bytedance for Copyright Violation, Unfair Competition. Next up today, Zhanhang Ye at Technode reports that Tencent has filed yet another lawsuit against Bytedance’s short-video app Douyin, this time alleging copyright infringement of the TV show Crime Crackdown.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Popular Internet infrastructure service Cloudflare has come under pressure from copyright holders in recent years. The company offers its services to millions of customers including multinationals, governments, but also some of the world’s leading pirate sites. These pirate sites have proven to be quite a headache for Cloudflare.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2022

Whatever side of the fence one sits on, be that pro-copyright or copyright-skeptic, this take from an influential streamer is pretty bewildering, especially one that was previously suspended from the platform for streaming the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It doesn’t work like that.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 20, 2024

There are several factors that should be taken into consideration even when using public data: Nature of the Data Publicly available data can include a wide range of information, such as government datasets, publicly shared research data, research published under open access (OA) licenses, and datasets that fall within the public domain.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 26, 2022

1: Court of Appeals Rules That a Timely Filed Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Can Recover All Damages, No Matter How Long Ago They Occurred. The move comes after the Khmer Writers Association raised objections over rampant infringement in the country and the lack of any action by the DCRR. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

1: Music Producer Challenges Copyright Infringement Claims Over Hit Rap Song. As a result, government agencies overseeing telecoms and cinemas have come together to create a cooperative plan, one that mimics the approach taken in Portugal. 3: Jeff Koons Sued for Copyright Infringement in ‘Made in Heaven’ Series.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2021

The lawsuit actually began in 2012 when LaTele sued Telemundo over alleged copyright infringement of a telenovela. That underlying case was settled back in 2019 but, as the case dragged on, Fraiz was removed from the company by the Venezuelan government and replaced with an appointed Junta.

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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.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

government is asking a court to award a 27-33 month sentence to George Bridi for his role int he SPARKS piracy scene group. government is request a sentence of between 27 and 33 months, which is still far lower than the 5-year maximum he could face. 3: Marks & Spencer and Aldi Settle Colin the Caterpillar Copyright Dispute.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The seventh installment of the Government-backed anti-piracy sweep, details of which were released in September , took down 675 pirate sites, 14 apps, and led to nine arrests. Piracy Challenges Remain Despite these successful enforcement efforts, the MPA still sees room for progress, to further clamp down on copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 4, 2025

This procedure allows the Government’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to regulate dominant tech firms, ensuring fair competition and consumer protection. As part of the investigation, the Government requested input from stakeholders on Googles search dominance and its effects, both positive and negative.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In response to a request from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has submitted a list of so-called ‘Notorious Markets’ to the US government.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. Finally, the state claims that this is not a copyright law, but an attempt to regulate unfair trade practices. 3: Ad Blockers Altering Website Code is Not a Copyright Violation, German Court Rules. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

by Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Sam Berriman IPKat-approved scraping As regular readers of the IPKat will be aware, the UK government is currently undertaking a consultation on AI and copyright , previously covered here and here.

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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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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 9, 2021

1: Major Record Labels Sue Charter Communications Again for Alleged Copyright Infringement. 2: World Kung Fu Governing Body Uses Copyright Law to Hunt Down YouTube Critics. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Tanishka Goswami explores how text data mining can qualify as an exception to copyright infringement. Read her analysis on the evolving intersection of copyright law and AI! Tejaswini Kaushal analyzes this in light of the evolving jurisprudence surrounding rare diseases and the implications of the government’s measure.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 24, 2024

All five men were convicted of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement. Dallmann was further convicted of two counts of money laundering by concealment and three counts of misdemeanor criminal copyright infringement. One of Dallmann’s objections relates to an episode of the TV show Paradise. and $16.97

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Government Attorneys Submit Sentencing Memorandum In a sentencing memorandum submitted in a Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday, U.S. government attorneys say the infringement amount associated with the defendants’ services had been “conservatively” calculated at $176 million. 371 2. . § Meanwhile, the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Rojadirecta famously had its domain name returned after it was seized by the US Government years ago. In addition, the site successfully fought off copyright holders in court. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. million euros in damages.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The aim is to prevent circumvention of existing blocking measures put in place to reduce widespread copyright infringement. “This case in France is part of a broader global trend of regulatory overreach, where governments attempt to control encrypted services under the guise of content regulation.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 25, 2021

That prompted the lawsuit for copyright infringement. However, a judge has dismissed the lawsuit, arguing that one of the key issues in the case is whether Bundy holds the copyright in question. The new rate, when decided, would be applied retroactively and would also govern royalties owed between 2023 and 2027.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The lawsuit accuses AT&T of contributory copyright infringement for its failure to act against piracy on its network. 3: MPLC Joins the Copyright Society. The lawsuit was filed by Voltage Pictures, which holds the rights to films such as After We Collided and Dallas Buyers Club.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 12, 2023

More than two years ago the federal government shut down Gears-branded IPTV services operated by Pennsylvania and New Jersey man, Bill Omar Carrasquillo – better known online as ‘Omi in a Hellcat’ The seizure of dozens of high-end cars and a reported $5.2m Code § 506(1)(A) and 18 U.S. Code § 2319. Code § 1204(a)(1) ).

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 21, 2022

The move comes almost exactly one year after the Philippines launched its own site-blocking measures, which were a joint effort between both the government and private internet service providers. They eventually admitted to him that it was an attempt to make videos of them a copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

However, RCN is joining up with WOW in calling these groups “copyright trolls” and saying that they only recently turned their attention from “John Doe” lawsuits against suspected infringers to the ISPs themselves. 2: French Government Creates New Online Anti-Piracy Body.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

1: Steely & Clevie Productions Take Reggaetón’s Biggest Hitmakers To Court For Copyright Infringement. The campaign is just one part of the larger collaboration between the government and FACT, which has already resulted in multiple arrests and site closures. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 11, 2022

Government regularly goes after copyright-infringing companies and individuals, both domestically and abroad. That doesn’t mean that there are no copyright issues within its own ranks. At the United States Court of Federal Claims, the German company accused the US Navy of mass copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 30, 2022

As such, the facts surrounding Shokri’s story can’t truly be owned under copyright, meaning that it’s very possible for Masihzadeh to create her documentary and Farhadi to make his fictionalized movie without the latter infringing on the former. In the end, I don’t fully understand the copyright element of this case.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 13, 2022

Finally today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that Omi in a Hellcat is facing yet another lawsuit, this time over allegations of trademark infringement over apparel he sold under his “Reloaded” brand. government in November 2019 and, since then, he has had “at least” $5.2 million seized from him.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It was not intended to prevent the songwriter from gaining the rights in their original works, and that the copyright owner of the work is the one entitled to the royalties from the song itself. The rightsholders may be able to get at least some of that money from assets seized by the government as part of the ongoing criminal case.

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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). The CFAA is far from the only law that governs web scraping. Copyright and breach of contract are just two other areas to consider.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 30, 2023

How these and other copyright questions will be dealt with is not entirely clear. Governments around the world are taking different approaches, with U.S. According to the authors, ChatGPT was partly trained on their copyrighted works, without permission. Congress recently stating that it doesn’t plan to overreact.

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