Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Life Music Inc, representing songwriters Gloria Parker and Barney Young, filed a lawsuit against Disney and others involved in the film alleging that the Disney version of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious violated the copyright of their 1951 song Supercalafajalistickespeealadojus. Why It’s Worth Remembering. Bottom Line.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

White, with Rivers’ consent, had uploaded her album to DistroKid, which describes itself as “a service for musicians that puts your music into online stores & streaming services.” DistroKid defends against the direct copyright infringement claim using the volitional conduct argument.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Sheeran affirming the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of copyright infringement claims filed against British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran over his 2014 single “Thinking Out Loud.” Late last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a ruling in Structured Asset Sales, LLC v.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Earlier this year, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others filed a complaint at a Nashville federal court, accusing Elon Musk’s X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. As a result, X is reportedly rife with music piracy. The music companies see things differently.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 21, 2022

Faced with the prospect of copyright strikes, Content ID claims and potential account loss, thousands of YouTubers, TikTok users, and other content creators use music provided by Epidemic Sound. Founded in 2009 and based in Sweden, Epidemic Sound has a library of more than 35,000 music soundtracks and 90,000 sound effects.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances”. This legal requirement remained largely unenforced for nearly two decades but a series of copyright infringement liability lawsuits, with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, have shaken up the industry.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Anime and manga piracy is more prevalent than music piracy today, and hentai is no exception. Copyright holders are not happy with the unauthorized distribution of their content. However, even if the subpoena is quashed, nHentai’s legal issues are far from over, as PCR has just filed a full-blown copyright infringement lawsuit.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This week, EUIPO released another in-depth piracy report titled “Online Copyright Infringement in the European Union.” Software and movies piracy are relatively popular in Croatia, while Ireland has the highest percentage of music pirates. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 20, 2024

In the UK, music industry group BPI has enetered the mix, targeting AI-generated voice models and cover tracks. This technology, which partly relies on copyrighted recordings, has been controversial for a while. In so doing, they are endangering the future success of British musicians and their music.”

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JD Supra Law

JULY 2, 2024

major record labels, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, filed copyright infringement claims against two artificial-intelligence (AI) music start-ups, Suno and Udio. On Monday, June 24, 2024, the three U.S.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 10, 2024

In a complaint filed at a Nashville federal court last spring , Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others, accused X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. The attempt was partially successful; last month, the court dismissed the music companies’ direct and vicarious copyright infringement claims.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2024

This week in Other Barks and Bites: WIPO releases a study that finds intangible investment is growing rapidly in part due to IP; the Center for Investigative Reporting files a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft; and the RIAA files a lawsuit against AI music-generating platforms for mass copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

First off today, The Fashion Law reports that trainer Megan Roup has filed for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by fellow trainer Tracy Anderson over allegedly copyright-infringing exercise routines. committed copyright infringement every time he simply played the game. But that raises another problem for L.L.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In late 2022, several of the world’s largest music companies including UMG, Warner and Sony Music prevailed in their lawsuit against Internet provider Grande Communications. Specifically, they alleged that the company failed to terminate repeat infringers. 47 Million Appeal Grande was unhappy with the verdict and appealed.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

This is a highly controversial topic in the music industry, with many insiders suggesting that commercial use of these models could breach copyright law. RIAA Targets ‘AI Hub’ Discord Server The RIAA , which represents the rights of American music companies, is keeping a very close eye on the AI landscape.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2022

1: Freeplay Sues CNN Over Music Used in News Reports. First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that the music production company Freeplay music has filed a lawsuit against CNN, alleging that the news organization used their music in news segments without a license.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 2, 2024

For roughly a quarter-century, rightsholders have sent copyright infringement notices to ISPs, informing them about alleged copyright infringements carried out by subscribers. Needless to say, the movie and music companies disagreed and both filed objections, urging the court to keep the claims intact.

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Republished by Blog Post PromoterYou’ve heard the tale in one form or another: A bar plays a recorded song over its sound system (without permission), then gets sued for violating the public performance right of the musical composition’s copyright holder. Copyright infringement. It happens.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 11, 2022

1: Microsoft Sues “Black Market” Software Distributor for TM and Copyright Infringement. First off today, Christina Tabacco at Law Street reports that Microsoft has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against The Search People Enterprises over allegations that the company distributed pirated copies of Microsoft products.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 25, 2022

1: Ninth Circuit Boosts Efforts to Sue Overseas Copyright Infringers. First off today, Edvard Pettersson at Courthouse News Service reports that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a copyright infringement lawsuit that was filed against the Vietnamese company VNG Group.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In recent years, music and movie companies have filed several lawsuits against U.S. One of the main arguments is that the DMCA requires providers to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in ‘appropriate circumstances’. Most notable is the ‘$1 billion damages award a jury awarded in favor of several music companies.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

This Kat always eagerly awaits decisions from the French Cour de Cassation, so he was delighted to find out about an important recent decision on copyright (Cour de cassation, 1st Civil Chamber, 15 November 2023, n° 22-23.266). The judgment focuses on a procedural aspect, namely the limitation period for an action for copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 4, 2023

Music fans love to share mixtapes and have done so for decades but sharing these ‘tapes’ over the Internet is not without risk. In 2017, the company was sued by several RIAA-backed labels, including Sony, Warner, and UMG, which accused the company of massive copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 19, 2021

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the musician Cher has filed a lawsuit against Mary Bono, the widow of Cher’s late music partner Sony Bono, to try and prevent the Bono estate from terminating her rights to the duo’s music. 3: KLF Assert Justified and Ancient Copyright Claim to Block Documentary.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The web is riddled with copyright infringing content, ranging from full-length blockbuster films, through small music samples, to reposted celebrity photos on social media. This week, the National Unit for Serious Crime (NSK) announced that a 39-year-old man from Valby had been arrested and charged with copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

First off today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that the team behind the H3 Podcast has asked for the lawsuit against them to be dismissed, saying that the lawsuit is incorrect as a matter of law as they did not commit any copyright infringement. 2: Discovery Extension Requested in Internet Archive Book Scanning Suit.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This ranges from complex existential worries to concerns about AI-related copyright infringement, which is already widespread. Tthese copyright concerns will be discussed next month at a meeting of WIPO’s Advisory Committee on Enforcement, where several stakeholders will present their thoughts.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 6, 2024

Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules but, according to a lawsuit filed by several prominent music companies last year, X is not among them. In a lawsuit filed at a federal court in Nashville last summer, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI, and others accused X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Last summer, Optimum chose to settle its lawsuit with some music industry giants, including BMG, UMG, and Capitol Records, under undisclosed terms. In a similar yet separate lawsuit, the company is pitted against a group of almost 50 music labels , that also accused Altice of mass-infringement. now Rainberry Inc.),

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Most of these amount to copyright infringement complaints, challenging the unauthorized use of protected works as AI training data. The music group is a driving force in lawsuits against the AI companies Udio and Suno , for example, and recently backed a lawsuit against the AI startup Anthropic. AI Vocal Cloning – voicify.ai

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

1: Sony Music sues Triller Claiming Copyright Infringement, Alleging it is Owed Millions. Though the lawsuit lists less than 100 songs, Sony alleges that Triller has withheld payments for royalties on music that they stream over their service. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 12, 2023

Last fall, a Texas federal jury found Grande Communications liable for willful contributory copyright infringement and ordered the ISP to pay $47 million in damages to a group of record labels. For example, there were no copies of the 1,403 original copyrighted works to compare against the allegedly pirated music tracks.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 3, 2021

1: Twitter Is Turning a Blind Eye to Music Copyright Infringement, Group of U.S. million takedown notices for copyright infringement in the first half of 2020, pointing to a pervasive problem on the service. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. According to the letter, Twitter received some 1.6

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 23, 2022

However, the labels argue that Bright House was clearly in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and that the court should find in favor of them. 2: German carmaker Audi, Ad Agency M&C Saatchi Apologize for Copyright Infringement in Video Campaign with Hong Kong’s Andy Lau.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 7, 2022

First off today, Bill Donahue at Billboard reports that pop musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a second lawsuit over her hit song Levitating , as a pair of different accusers have accused her of copyright infringement. This news lawsuit was filed by songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2023

Czech police say the man had a collection of almost 1,000 commercial music albums stored on a server, which is quite a lot. Unfortunately, those passing by included unnamed rightsholders who filed a criminal copyright complaint with the police. .” It is his lifelong hobby.”

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2023

The major record labels don’t want the public to download music from YouTube, which is common practice for millions of people. To stop this, the music industry titans deployed a variety of legal tactics around the world. YouTube-DL’s services have enabled users to stream rip and download copyrighted music without paying.

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