TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In a recent report, RIAJ Chairman and Sony Music Entertainment CEO Shunsuke Muramatsu said that 2024 marked the 11th consecutive year of growth in the domestic market. In common with Western markets, streaming is the driving force. ” From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The defendant published a bio on Sewell and included one of McDermott’s photos–apparently sourced from an unrelated Instagram account (possibly another infringer, or perhaps that account has a fair use defense?). McDermott, represented by the Sanders Law Group, sued KMC for copyright infringement.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Google wanted to attract as many programmers as possible to develop smartphone apps on Android, thereby furthering copyright’s creativity objectives. percent of the total Java source code, and it does not diminish Java’s marketability since Android is used in different platforms (i.e., In addition, Breyer J. smartphones). .

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

He claims that it aims to revoke Disney’s “special” copyright protections though the law would rewrite copyright law for all creators. However, an element of the bill would make it retroactive for all companies with a market cap of $150 billion, an amount Disney exceeds. million settlement in 2018.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In a recent decision ( Case 1:20-cv-00613, ECF 770 ) on the use of copyrighted texts for AI (but not generative AI) training, the Delaware District Court (the Court) held that a fair use defence was unsuccessful on a summary judgment motion for copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 21, 2022

In Europe, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has been the engine behind several important cases featuring defendants who believed they had found a legal foothold in an otherwise illegal market. Court Orders Infringement to Stop. BREIN says the defendants were also required to pay a settlement fee.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 21, 2021

A pending settlement agreement included a clause that Tusa couldn’t launch or be involved with any similar services. After the apparent demise of Area 51 but in advance of the settlement being finalized, it’s alleged that Tusa launched a close copy of Area 51 called SingularityMedia, which scooped up Area 51’s customers.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Last year, Texas-based model Deniece Waidhofer sued Thothub for copyright infringement after the site’s users posted many of her ‘exclusive’ photos. The trio accused Cloudflare of both direct and contributory copyright infringement. Settlement? This prompted Waidhofer to change priorities.

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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. Int’l Com.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 29, 2021

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in US courts after rightsholders filed lawsuits against several ISPs. These Internet providers are accused of not doing enough to stop copyright infringers on their networks, even after receiving multiple ‘copyright infringement’ notifications.

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The following is an excerpt from the ebook, 2025 Copyrighted Content Usage Trends, which draws on data from the 2025 Information Seeking and Usage Study to offer insights into how employees think about, use, and share copyrighted content today, including with AI tools. The full ebook can be found here.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2023

The idea that the transitory nature of streams qualified for protection under Article 5 of the InfoSoc Directive was also dismissed, in part because the pirate movies and TV shows were (surprise) pirated and therefore undermined the legitimate market. And with that, BREIN had the authority to target all players in the pirate IPTV market.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Three cases have filed a “notice of settlement,” though some of the other dismissals may reflect undisclosed settlements. We believe this shows that understanding the law does not improve the perceived benefits of the CASE Act venue relative to traditional copyright infringement litigation.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

MARCH 27, 2018

Over the past few years, graffiti artists, also referred to as street artists, have started filing copyright lawsuits over the alleged improper and unauthorized use of their work. Sometimes the works in question are reproduced on clothing, other times the works are featured in advertising and marketing campaigns.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

An AIG unit must pay Amway more than $24 million to cover the marketing company for defense and settlement costs related to a 2015 copyright infringement suit, a Michigan federal judge said Monday, in a ruling that went against the insurer on nearly every issue.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2022

As detailed in our previous reporting , Voltage Holdings is a member of FACT Administration LLP , a UK corporate structure behind the latest settlement scheme. A division of the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT Worldwide) and FACT chief Kieron Sharp are officers in the LLP and are now playing a leading role.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Ross Intelligence The recent US District Court opinion in Thomson Reuters (TR) v Ross Intelligence, which allowed TR’s motion of copyright infringement against Ross for its usage of TR’s headnotes, has caught the attention of genAI and copyright enthusiasts around the world. Herbal Bioactives Llp & Ors.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

In May 2018, a massive copyright infringement lawsuit targeted PrimeStreams, one of the most recognizable pirate IPTV brands ever to hit the market. Two Copyright Infringement Lawsuits The foundations of the complaint were straightforward. Filed in a Kentucky court, the complaint saw U.S.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Ross Intelligence The recent US District Court opinion in Thomson Reuters (TR) v Ross Intelligence, which allowed TR’s motion of copyright infringement against Ross for its usage of TR’s headnotes, has caught the attention of genAI and copyright enthusiasts around the world. Herbal Bioactives Llp & Ors.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Roshan Santhalia ruminating on the question of whether a cease-and-desist notice before instituting a trademark or copyright infringement suit should be issued or not. His predominant areas of practise are Arbitration, Commercial and Intellectual Property Laws.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2024

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat copyright infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” The company first launched a proactive lawsuit against music rights group BMG in 2016, which ended in a settlement. The movie distributor also requests a broad injunction.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 16, 2021

To support this claim, the movie companies turn to evidence handed to them as part of a settlement deal with the operator of the YTS torrent site. The letter further went on to warn Grande that since it fails to terminate repeat infringers, it does not qualify for the safe harbor provisions of the DMCA.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

India’s copyright law does not envision an exception permitting LLM trainings from copyrighted materials. Additionally, it is right-holder centric favouring authors and encouraging them to control the use of their works in new markets. Read for more on this update! the Bolar provision. and others. Defendant No.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. As a result, we’ve seen very, very few successful 512(f) enforcements.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Depending on opinion, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, the supervising body and publisher for the Jehovah’s Witness religious group, either doesn’t like criticism, dislikes copyright infringement, or hates both. In the summer of 2021, that case also ran into trouble when McFree refused to supply his real name.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 9, 2022

Several of these lawsuits have ended in settlements, where some VPNs services agreed to block notorious pirate sites or BitTorrent traffic on US-based servers. While not all VPN services are bad apples, VeePN is allegedly using pirates’ fear of getting caught as a marketing strategy. Millions in Copyright and Trademark Damages.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

After the H3 Podcast aired a short clip of the event on YouTube, featuring a fight that lasted just 119 seconds, Triller filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against creators Ethan and Hila Klein. Ben Askren PPV boxing event will turn three years old and still be remembered for all that went wrong.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 30, 2025

Ms Calvin Klein Trademark Trust vs Bhupinder Singh And Anr on 21 March, 2025 (Delhi District Court) Calvin Klein Trademark Trust filed a suit against Bhupinder Singh and Ajmeet Singh for selling counterfeit “Calvin Klein” products in Delhis Karol Bagh and Gaffar Market. 7 and 8 had entered into a settlement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

A photo of the Indianapolis nighttime skyline has generated $825 in license fees & $135k in settlements. After 3+ yrs of litigation, court awards Bell $200 in statutory damages–but actually $0 due to a related settlement. A lawsuit over allegedly infringing music files uploaded to the iTunes store. [The 26, 2021).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2021

The CCB will be dominated by claims over alleged online infringement, so it’s a major development for online copyright law. Currently, all federal copyright infringement claims must be filed in federal court. The CCB is structured like a “small claims” court for low-value copyright infringement claims.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 29, 2023

million copyright infringement damages award in hand, and suddenly cooperative defendants helping to unveil others involved in the circumvention of Bungie’s technological protection measures. .” The lawsuit began in August 2021 with the aim of shutting down the ‘Wallhax’ cheat. By June 2022, Bungie had a $13.5

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The lawsuit later expanded to name other defendants including Galindo’s wife, Anna Galindo, and popular YouTuber ‘Touchtone’, who allegedly received $500,000 to promote and market Nitro TV. Issues Over Destruction of Evidence. “Defendants’ after-the-fact, conspiracy-driven excuses cannot change this fundamental fact.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As I’ve previously written, for many years after the DMCA passed, everyone assumed that 17 USC 512(a) completely shielded Internet access providers from liability for subscribers’ copyright infringements. MarkMonitor sent Cox 163,148 infringement notices during the claim period.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The email doesn’t mention Byrne by name (a red flag in itself) but attempts to achieve the same goals: link to a site, credit the ‘source’, and Byrne won’t get sued for copyright infringement. The image referenced in the email as being the original, copyrighted image, is suspiciously hosted on Imgur.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 14, 2023

The ease with which teams can access and share information, such as news, feature articles, research reports, and more, can influence the pace at which organizations and their teams drive innovation and deliver products and services to the market.

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Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Yet, with this newfound mainstream acclaim and popularity comes a slew of legal and ethical quandaries, as the demarcation between inspiration and infringement grows increasingly hazy. In the realm of tattoo artistry, the tango between creativity and copyright law is a delicate affair, riddled with complexities and nuances.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Atari’s copyright infringement lawsuit against State Farm advances, underscoring the importance of careful clearance in advertising. On Friday, a Texas federal judge dismissed much of the case but kept Atari’s core copyright infringement claim in play.

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