Plagiarism Today

MAY 2, 2022

Normally, a company like Facebook would be protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) from such arguments. However, Cook’s allegations speak to those requirements, both claiming that “removed” content isn’t truly removed and that they have failed to terminate repeat infringers. The Complicated Backdrop.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

1: Spike Lee, Nate Parker Sued by Indie Filmmakers Over Copyright Infringement. First off today, Diane Haithman at TheWrap reports that filmmakers Spike Lee and Nate Parker have been sued for copyright infringement over allegations that their 2019 Film American Skin is an infringement of an earlier screenplay.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 16, 2022

For those who missed it, author Jumi Bello published an essay with the goal of explaining why her upcoming book was cancelled for plagiarism. However, that essay contained parts that were plagiarized (albeit with heavy rewriting) from a 2011 post on this site. This is an area where copyright and plagiarism do not overlap.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 16, 2022

How about being liable to your professor for willful copyright infringement damages of up to $300,000? Several students from Chapman University in Orange County California (currently identified only as John Does 1-5) are finding themselves on the receiving end of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Assistant Professor David A.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

3: King Copyright Infringement Trial to Begin in Federal Court. As part of his reelection campaign, he used the meme on various social media platforms, prompting Laney to file the lawsuit. appeared first on Plagiarism Today. King attempted to get the case dismissed, saying that it was politically motivated.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2022

2: Rapper Nonini Goes After Social Media Influencer in Legal Battle. Next up today, Amos Robi at Pule reports that, in Kenya, musician Hubert Mbuku Nakitare (Nonini) has accused a local media influencer of unlawfully using one of his song as part of an advertisement for an electronics manufacturer.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 25, 2022

2: Celeb Photography Agency Sues Ntando Duma for Copyright Infringement. Next up today, Naledi de Wee at The South African reports that local actress Ntando Duma is being sued by the celebrity photography agency Pixel Kollective after she allegedly failed to credit the agency when using their work as part of a social media campaign.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

Also in 2018, FDN filed the original complaint, targeting both Amazon and CCA, alleging that they both breached contracts and committed copyright infringement. Copyright Office, “Online content is considered published if the copyright owner authorizes the end user to retain copies of the content or further distribute the content.”.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The company was found liable for copyright infringement and breach of contract for using the actor’s photographs picture for advertisements between December 2014 and April 2015 without getting his permission or authorization. The photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This prompted Dorland to first report the alleged plagiarism to a wide variety of groups and worked on getting the story pulled while working through lawyers to demand financial compensation. That, in turn, prompted a counterclaim by Dorland for copyright infringement. What Larson did there was clearly plagiarism.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The IIPA notes that China has made some progress recently, such as copyright law amendments introducing broadcasting and public performance rights for producers of sound recordings. In addition, the maximum punitive damages for copyright infringers in China was increased ten-fold. Criminal Action Against Pirate Sites.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Dorland alerted publishers, writing conferences, and journalists to what she considered Larson’s plagiarism and ethical betrayal. Larson also sought a declaration that she owns the copyright to The Kindest and that the letter in the short story does not infringe Dorland’s copyright. ’ Piccone v.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Dorland to prevent publication of The Kindest at a book festival, and an onslaught of plagiarism allegations. Dorland’s copyright infringement claims were allowed, while her claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress was denied.? . In order to prove copyright infringement , Ms. 19-cv-10203-IT), Ms.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 19, 2024

The safeguard against groundless threats alleging copyright infringement in Section 60 suffers from a lack of clarity around some of its key terms like “due diligence”, “groundless” and “prosecution” One decision that attempts to address this lacuna is the Bombay High Court’s decision in Manya Vejju v.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This has also led to other issues such as the creation of unauthorised merchandise, discrediting of original artists as well as plagiarism. Test of substantial similarity to determine copyright infringement for contemporary artworks.

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CopyrightsWorld

MARCH 30, 2021

Every writer is aware of the practises out there to plagiarize or citate content from other authors, either because they’ve done it, or because they have seen it done to them, or both. Both practises though can be copyright infringement cases, meaning you are not producing an original work, thus not entitled to copyright over it.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 4, 2022

1: Damon Dash Loses $805K Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. This prompted Muddy Water Pictures to file a lawsuit for alleged copyright infringement, defamation and more. They have awarded the company Some $155,000 in copyright infringement damages and $650,000 in damages related to the defamation.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 14, 2021

1: Can’t Shake This: Taylor Swift to Face Copyright Lawsuit. First off today, Reuters reports that a lawsuit accusing Taylor Swift of copyright infringement in her 2014 hit single Shake it Off has been allowed to move ahead, setting the stage for a possible trial. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

They go as far as to call for people to change their mindset about social media before making the jump. But, while Mastodon does have a slew of important and well-understood differences between it and a centralized platform, like Twitter, there’s a very important one that’s easy to overlook: Copyright. Some Mastodon Basics.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

A group of artists has filed a first-of-its-kind copyright infringement lawsuit against the developers of popular AI art tools, but did they paint themselves into a corner? While the plaintiffs have asserted a claim for vicarious infringement based on users’ conduct, it doesn’t strike me as particularly strong.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 10, 2022

A banana taped to a wall may qualify as art, but as a copyright infringement lawsuit it should have been left to rot. In some ways it’s only fitting that Cattelan finds himself defending an absurd copyright infringement lawsuit. Plagiarism much?” A Tale of Two Bananas. The Complaint.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Copyright laws, for instance, vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. What constitutes copyright infringement in one country may not be in another. 1] , t he cloud service provider was not made liable even after abetting the infringement. Thus, in Tiffany(NJ) Inc. eBay Inc. [1]

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 24, 2022

” 2: ‘Electric Avenue’ Musician Seeks to Depose Trump Campaign Social Media Director About Using Song in Ad That Mocked Joe Biden. President Trump himself has already been deposed in this matter, but attempts to depose Dan Scavino, the social media director for the campaign, have been met by repeated delays.

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