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Court Orders Instagram to Expose Pirates, Boot Their Accounts, and Purge URLs

TorrentFreak

The number of removals runs in the hundreds of thousands during a typical month, without getting noticed by the public at large, but if Instagram users continue to post copyright infringing content, they risk losing their accounts. Not just on pirate sites, but also on otherwise legitimate social media platforms.

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Protecting Your Brand: How to Remove Counterfeits from X (formerly Twitter)

Corsearch

X (formerly Twitter) is one of the most popular social media platforms for businesses and individuals, with around 335 million monthly active users worldwide. Unfortunately, this global reach and accessibility to a large audience also attracts bad actors looking to exploit the popularity and features of social media platforms.

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The Copyright Clash Of Shark Tank India : Balancing Startup Promotions And IP Protection

Intepat

Introduction The issue came to light when one of the founders of a company named Dorje Teas put up a post on LinkedIn claiming that they have been served a copyright infringement notice by Shark Tank India for the unauthorized use of clips of their pitch on the show to advertise on Youtube and Meta ads.

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Blurred Lines: How the Lack of Regulation of NFT Platforms Has Fueled Rampant Art Theft

IPilogue

Listing someone else’s artwork on an NFT marketplace is as simple as saving a copy of the work from an artist’s website or social media platform and uploading it onto a marketplace where it is minted into an NFT. Many NFT marketplaces do not require the person listing the piece to provide proof of ownership or personal information.

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field. The Regulations also protect the rights of authors of an original applied or fine artwork to a share in the proceeds of sale of that work as long as copyright subsists. A presentation of the report was made by Hon.

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Iconic Welsh word trade marks surrendered after public backlash

The IPKat

Recently, this Kat reported on Beyoncé’s decision to remove a sample from her song, after Kelis took to social media to complain, even though the rights had been cleared and there was no copyright infringement. As I explained in the Guardian : “It doesn’t matter that Beyoncé didn’t actually infringe Kelis’s rights.

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DMCA Scammers Exploit Sites Linked to Mental Health Issues to Boost SEO

TorrentFreak

In a new article this week, Richard Byrne reports on an email sent to him by another fake law firm, this time calling itself ‘Nationwide Legal’ [nationwidelaw[D0T]org]. The image referenced in the email as being the original, copyrighted image, is suspiciously hosted on Imgur. – GetSocialGuide.com.