IP Watchdog

APRIL 9, 2024

District Court for the Central District of California ruled on Friday that Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay, the widow and son, respectively, of Ehud Yonay, who authored a 1983 magazine article that inspired the renowned film, Top Gun, were not entitled to damages for copyright infringement related to the 2022 sequel to the film.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In 1981, Goldsmith licensed a photo that she took of the musician Prince to Vanity Fair magazine, with the intent that the magazine would have Warhol create a painting based on it. 3: Roanoke’s “Slumlord Millionaire” Files Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. Though a U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 7, 2021

On Tuesday, journalist Robert Kolker published an article in the New York Times Magazine entitled Who is the Bad Art Friend? That, in turn, prompted a counterclaim by Dorland for copyright infringement. The story looked at the ongoing feud between two authors, Dawn Dorland and Sonya Larson.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 28, 2022

She licensed the photo to Vanity Fair magazine for use as an artist reference. 3: Renowned Saint Luke’s Cardiologist Sues Epic Systems Over Copyright. Finally today, James Dornbrook at the Kansas City Business Journal reports that cardiologist Dr. John Sertus has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Epic Systems Corp.,

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

On June 6, Paramount Pictures got its tower buzzed for copyright infringement in the U.S. According to the allegations in the complaint, in 1983, author Ahud Yonay wrote a magazine story about the real-life exploits of two naval fighter pilots entitled, “Top Guns.”

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Copyright Lately

JULY 8, 2023

But number 1 when it comes to number 2 is a new copyright infringement lawsuit filed this week over a jigsaw puzzle called “101 Pooping Puppies.” This case involved an infringement claim brought by artist Saul Steinberg , who drew the image for The New Yorker magazine cover on the left. Columbia Pictures.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The Hollywood group sees copyright infringement as one of Telegram’s growth drivers and it urged the US Trade Representative to put the service on the annual list of notorious piracy markets. Instead, a Telegram popup message informs us that it is “unavailable due to copyright infringement.”

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 7, 2022

1: Paramount Pictures faces copyright lawsuit over ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ First off today, Joe Hernandez at NPR reports that Paramount Pictures is facing a lawsuit over their new movie Top Gun: Maverick. King was convicted of being the leader of a variety of companies that traded in copyright infringing products.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 10, 2022

“This allowed the unmasking of a consolidated system of unauthorized sharing and dissemination, not only of newspapers and magazines published by the main Italian editorial groups, but also television schedules, TV series and other paid entertainment content, distributed via the internet by the major streaming platforms.”

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 4, 2024

Indianapolis, Indiana – Defendant Circle City Broadcasting, LLC d/b/a WISH-TV , is being sued by Plaintiff Christopher Sadowski over alleged copyright infringement. Sadowski is a photojournalist from New Jersey , who has been published in numerous popular newspapers and magazines.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Copyright Office announce a joint study on non-fungible tokens; IBM files a copyright infringement suit against Micro Focus for its unauthorized use of IBM’s mainframe software; and the Seventh Circuit nixes a right of publicity claim under Illinois state law after finding that the sale of a magazine subscriber list did not involve the use of the plaintiff’s (..)

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Nelligan Law

MARCH 25, 2024

So, when Prince’s untimely exit prompted a resurrection of the original article alongside a commemorative Conde Nast magazine featuring the full Prince Series, Goldsmith saw red—and not just any red, but a vibrant, copyright-infringement red. Last summer, in the case of ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, INC.

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

The photographer became aware of the use of her photograph in 2016 when Prince died, and the Andy Warhol Foundation licensed the use of Warhol’s “Prince Series” to use in a magazine commemorating his life. There was no image copyright credit or compensation to Lynn Goldsmith.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JUNE 1, 2023

In a 7-2 majority opinion authored by Justice Sotomayor, the court found that both Warhol’s artwork and Goldsmith’s original photograph served the same purpose of depicting Prince in magazine stories about him. The commercial nature of the copying further weighed against fair use.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

What is copyright infringement? Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is referred to as copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JUNE 17, 2022

According to the Complaint, Design Tascono is the owner of numerous copyrights for various decorative pieces, including wall sculptures. The Plaintiffs are requesting the Defendants be enjoined and restrained from infringing the copyrighted Tascono Works, pursuant to 17 U.S. The Concrete Lady, Inc. , Section 502. Section 505.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Eight years later, Japan’s parliament passed new copyright amendments that banned the unlicensed downloading of manga, magazines and academic texts from the Internet, in line with the previously outlawed media categories. In 2012, Japan passed legislation that made it illegal to download unlicensed movies and music from the Internet.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Warhol created these silkscreens from a photograph of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith, who claimed copyright infringement when the Warhol estate licensed Orange Prince to Conde Nast after Prince’s passing in 2016 to illustrate an article about Prince’s life and music.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 6, 2024

A federal court has shot down a copyright infringement lawsuit claiming that Top Gun: Maverick flew too close to a 1983 magazine article that inspired the original film.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As reported on Entrackr , Pocket FM has filed a copyright infringement case against Kuku FM before the Delhi High Court. Pocket FM alleges that Kuku FM has violated its copyright by providing audio summaries of books to which Pocket FM has exclusive rights to create audiobooks. Image from here. The matter is still being heard.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 27, 2021

This association also triggered a separate lawsuit by magazine publisher Perfect 10, but that was eventually settled. Earlier this year, Leaseweb was targeted in a copyright lawsuit once again. The hosting company already entered the spotlight a few years prior. Movie Companies Sued Leaseweb.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 18, 2024

According to the publishers’ complaint, around 8,200 pirated copies of manga and magazines (73,000 volumes) were offered on Mangamura. Copyright infringement cases are not limited to pirated sites targeting manga, but also include movies, anime, etc., and the scope of damage is wide-ranging.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office has published a new edition of its Online Copyright Infringement Tracker study. Overall Rates of Infringement Overall infringement rates in the report should be viewed in context. The annual survey aims to understand the piracy habits of citizens aged 12 and above.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 27, 2024

Another media organization has filed a copyright infringement suit against OpenAI over how the Microsoft-backed brand trains its ChatGPT software, this one on Thursday coming from a nonprofit that recently began operating the political magazine Mother Jones.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 7, 2022

Each year the UK Government publishes a new edition of its Online Copyright Infringement Tracker which reveals the results of an annual survey polling the piracy habits of people twelve years old and above. The UK Intellectual Property Office has just published the results of the 11th wave which took place in 2021.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2024

They include the Japan Satellite Broadcasting Association, Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Japan Video Software Association, Japan Magazine Publishers Association, Association of Japanese Animations, plus several others involved in the videogame, software, and content protection legal sectors.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

“It’s a Scam” Photocredit has a poor reputation on Trustpilot , where many people complain that they were accused of copyright infringement despite having a proper license. Below is a screenshot from POLICE Magazine , which credits Career Employer and links to the website.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 19, 2022

Millions of scientific papers, novels, textbooks, and magazines are now just a couple of clicks away, making unlicensed sites like Sci-Hub and Libgen both wildly popular and prime candidates for anti-piracy enforcement. Copyright Infringement Allegations.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

3] The Court found that the Warhol Foundation’s licensing of the Orange Prince to Conde Nast did not have a sufficiently different purpose as the Goldsmith photograph because both were “portraits of Prince used in magazines to illustrate stories about Prince.” [4] Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2]

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IPilogue

JULY 14, 2022

Ehud Yonay authored the 1983 California magazine article that inspired Top Gun. Shosh and Yuval claim that Paramount has infringed on the copyright to Ehud’s article which they own as of January 24 th , 2020. Shosh and Yuval Yonay are the widow and son of Ehud Yonay, respectively.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The Court of Appeal’s considerations The Court of Appeal adopted the 2 issues for determination submitted by the Appellant, which related to: appropriate defendant in photography-related copyright infringement cases and image rights cases (i.e. In light of all the above, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 9, 2022

Vanity Fair (magazine) took a license to use and modify the image for its magazine and hired Warhol to use his artistic talents to develop a new image. She brought suit for copyright infringement, lost at the trial court because of the Warhol estate’s fair use defense but won on appeal to the Second Circuit.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 20, 2024

The organization explained that its complaint wasn’t a straightforward copyright infringement matter actionable under Section 512 of the DMCA. “N/MA’s members publish copyrighted content on websites protected by paywalls which the technology identified below [BPC] circumvents.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 8, 2023

Goldsmith redefines the contours of the fair use defense to copyright infringement. The Court ruled in favor of respondent Lynn Goldsmith, holding that the licensing to a magazine of an Andy Warhol print depicting the recording artist Prince did not constitute fair use of Goldsmith’s photograph on which the print was based.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 24, 2023

In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court found that an Andy Warhol silkscreen of the singer Prince, sourced from an original Lynn Goldsmith photograph, did not qualify for the Copyright Act’s “fair use” defense because both the photograph and the silkscreen had the same use, which was to illustrate commercial magazine articles about the singer.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2024

In a recent interview with a Dutch film magazine , Kuik mentioned that BREIN received hydrochloric acid in the mail at some point, adding that police complaints were filed on various occasions. “The best [achievement] is the CJEU ruling that The Pirate Bay is a copyright-infringing service.

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IAM Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Recent copyright infringement judgments in Shenzhen and Guangzhou could upend common practices for commercial software developers.

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