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“Volitional Conduct” Doctrine Helps DistroKid Defeat Copyright Infringement Claim–White v. DistroKid

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

First, oral copyright licenses are a recipe for trouble. Second, how is DistroKid supposed to sort through the ownership and license rights here? White uploaded the album, took it down, and now claims it’s infringing. DistroKid defends against the direct copyright infringement claim using the volitional conduct argument.

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Smells Like Copyright Infringement

IPilogue

Seventy-two years later, Scott-Giles’ granddaughter, Jocelyn Bundy, noticed that “ an image virtually identical ” to Scott-Giles’ illustration was being used in the popular grunge-rock band Nirvana’s merchandise and brought a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States for damages covering decades of sales. A Brief Overview.

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Copyright Infringement and Remedies: An Overview

IP and Legal Filings

What is Copyright The term “copyright” describes a group of legal privileges that belong to the person who first created an original work of authorship, such as a piece of literature, music, film, or software. The owner of the copyright, or the person who created the original work, has control over it.

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3 Count: Spare Time

Plagiarism Today

In total, the lawsuit is seeking both injunctive relief and damages for alleged copyright infringement and contributory copyright infringement. 3: Dev loses copyright appeal over forensic software after judges rule suite was owned by his employer.

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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

IPilogue

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws. v Datafile Ltd. ,

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“Pearson v Chegg”: Is “Cheating” a Copyright Infringement?

IPilogue

Copyright Infringement? . Although Pearson does not provide these answers nor retain ownership of the solutions, Pearson alleges that Chegg provides its clients with “ textbook questions often copied nearly verbatim or with just slight changes.” Code, subsection 101 , states: . “ Under the U.S.

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3 Count: Pulp Non-Fiction

Plagiarism Today

1: Pearson Education Sues Chegg, Alleging ‘Massive’ Copyright Infringement. Now, he’s claiming ownership of the image and saying that it’s been used widely without a proper license. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.