IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Copyright infringement and De Minimis are often replaced to complement each other. However, de minimis is sometimes used as a defence in a copyright lawsuit. More often than not, the lawsuits filed for copyright infringement are cases of de minimis and thereto, get dismissed on the anvil of frivolity. INTRODUCTION.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 28, 2022

1: BET Must Face Copyright Claim Over ‘House Party’ Web Show. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that Black Entertainment Television (BET) will have to face a copyright infringement lawsuit by Walkie Check Productions over BET’s Instagram Live show House Party.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 24, 2024

All five men were convicted of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement. Dallmann was further convicted of two counts of money laundering by concealment and three counts of misdemeanor criminal copyright infringement. Was the Retail Value of Infringement More Than $2,500? and $16.97

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 21, 2024

In 2019, eight men from Las Vegas were named in a grand jury indictment alleging they conspired to violate criminal copyright law through two IPTV services, Jetflicks and iStreamitAll. The scope of their alleged infringement was substantial; Jetflicks reportedly offered access to over 183,200 distinct TV show episodes at one point.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

“This is a ruling that fully upholds our allegations, and we believe that it should be a great deterrent against copyright infringement in the future,” a joint CODA and JVA statement reads. “Compared to other copyright infringement cases in recent years, the amount of compensation awarded in this case is large.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 13, 2021

With the increasing sale, offer for sale, distribution, and/or supply of television boxes or illicit streaming devices (ISDs), the Intellectual Property High Court in Kuala Lumpur has ruled such sale and distribution as illegal observing that such activities enable copyright infringement and unauthorized access to copyright content.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

3: “Cheaters” Reality Show Creator Awarded $390,000 in Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. Finally today, a press release announces that Bobby Goldstein Productions (BGP) has emerged victorious in a lawsuit over a pair of reality TV shows as a jury awards them some $390,000 in damages for some 26 infringements.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 19, 2024

Instead of focusing on alleged hacking practices, the company led with Jack Valenti’s ‘Boston Strangler’ analogy, part of an all-out effort by television and movie producers to stop a groundbreaking new technology. Microsoft asked the court to dismiss several key claims, including contributory copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2022

2: UK Judge Delivers Mixed Ruling on Copyright Infringement in the Famous Love Story that Inspired Doctor Zhivago. The judge noted that, while Prescott did make some modifications to the translation, the changes were not enough to avoid copyright infringement. 3: NitroTV Hit with $51m Piracy Damages.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

First off today, David McAfee at Bloomberg Law reports that Locast, a now-shuttered service for streaming over-the-air television online, has been hit with a permanent injunction that bars it from operating. Locast was a service that allowed users to stream over-the-air broadcast television online in about 30 markets.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Memes utilize pop culture content, such as movies, television shows, and other various forms of media, often in a parodic way. Such uses are often methods of social commentary regarding the user’s own life, or more broadly, current events; they also often utilize copyrightable material. [i] By: Taylor Bussey. INTRODUCTION.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

1: Miramax Hits Tarantino With Copyright Suit on ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs. First off today, Samantha Handler at Bloomberg Law reports that the film studio Mirimax has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against director Quentin Tarantino over Tarantino’s plans to release of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) related to the film Pulp Fiction.

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2023

It issues licenses for the communication to the public of cinematographic works on the basis of § 22 of the German Copyright Act. MPLC has brought an action against Citadines, a hotel operator, alleging copyright infringement through communication to the public on the basis of § 22 of the German Copyright Act.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 2, 2023

The Court clarified that Member States are not obliged to allow collective management organisations (CMOs) to bring, in their own name, actions for copyright infringement on behalf of the rightholders. In the national proceedings, a local CMO, Kopiosto, opposed an operator of cable television network, Telia.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Massive Copyright Infringement The language used in the complaint makes it extremely clear that the MPA views playlists as a threat and illegal under copyright law. Suppliers and Users Infringe Copyright The MPA’s complaint basically accuses the entire chain of copyright infringement offenses, GitHub included.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

However, copyright infringement occurs when such copyrighted music is streamed without acquiring proper license from the copyright owners. Hence, licensed broadcasting of copyrighted music does not give rise to copyright infringement. In the case of Super Cassettes Industries Pvt.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 24, 2022

You may be familiar with the phrase, “the Golden Age of Television.” It is being used to describe the proliferation of high-quality television shows across broadcast, cable, satellite, and streaming platforms that we currently enjoy. For those who think film and television have no place in the workplace, think again.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 23, 2024

An attorney for a photographer suing reality television star Kat Von D for copyright infringement over a tattoo she produced based off of his photograph of Miles Davis told a California federal jury during opening statements Tuesday that her actions could influence millions of others to steal photographs.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Since Sony’s Betamax-format recorders were able to record TV shows, studios including Universal and Disney sought to hold Sony liable for users’ alleged copyright infringements. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 24, 2021

In April 2020, a coalition of entertainment companies headed up by Universal, Paramount, Columbia, Disney and Amazon filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the operators of ‘pirate’ IPTV service Nitro TV. Lawsuit Alleges Different Type of Copyright Infringement.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 28, 2021

They urged the Copyright Office not to grant the exemption as it would open the door to widespread piracy. The groups fear that jailbreaking will result in widespread copyright infringement, as it allows the public to install piracy tools on these video devices as well.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 11, 2024

Catching IPTV Pirates In 2017, BREIN booked a prominent victory at the European Court of Justice, which ruled that it’s illegal to sell devices that are pre-configured to access copyright-infringing content. This “Filmspeler” decision ended all theories that sellers of pirate streaming boxes somehow operated in a gray area.

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Intellectual Property Brief

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

After losing a copyright infringement case in September against the four major television networks, the streaming service Locast agreed to pay $32 million for improperly retransmitting the networks’ broadcast content.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Better known online as YouTuber ‘Omi in a Hellcat,’ Carrasquillo ran an illegal internet-based television and movie streaming service using video content fraudulently obtained from cable providers. “Carrasquillo personally profited from the conspiracy in an amount of $30,095,204,” the memorandum notes.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 4, 2022

The US Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of a motion to dismiss copyright infringement claims as barred by the statute of limitations, affirming the copyright owner’s right to sue even though more than three years had passed since the alleged infringement occurred. 21-55379 (9th Cir.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 6, 2024

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. Elon Musk himself had previously added fuel to the smoldering fire, characterizing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) as a “ plague on humanity ”.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 16, 2023

. “We are writing to notify you of, and request your assistance in addressing, the extensive copyright infringement of motion pictures and television shows that is occurring by virtue of the operation of the APK software, CloudStream.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

2: Bookie Operators Sued Over Alleged Sports Broadcast Copyright Infringement. Finally today, Advanced Television reports that, according to a recent survey, rising energy and consumer prices are putting the squeeze on customers, with an increasing number of them turning to piracy to save money.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2024

The debate over whether copyright infringement cannibalizes legitimate media consumption has been dragging on for several decades now. However, there are many more nuanced types of copyright infringement, where ‘unauthorized’ use is more likely to have a positive effect.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

At this point, ACE ran out of patience and responded with the current lawsuit alleging direct and willful copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement, and inducement of copyright infringement for more than 100 copyright works.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The Association of Commercial Television (AKTV) represents the rights of broadcasters in the Czech Republic. ko television networks, AKTV’s responsibilities include defending the rights of its members and ensuring that everyone respects copyrights. .” Time to Start Filtering Uploads.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 9, 2021

With the onset of the trend wherein users are gradually switching to online streaming to meet their music needs and discarding traditional methods such as radio, television, and music CDs, compulsory licensing for the internet was recognized as a key policy issue by the music industry last year.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2024

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Last year, a New York Federal court concluded that the library is indeed liable for copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 12, 2022

1: LEGO is Being Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Leather Jacket Design. Finally today, Andrew Mills at Reuters reports that Qatar and Saudi Arabia have put an end to their dispute before the World Trade Organization over the alleged piracy of Qatari television provider beIN. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 28, 2022

Black Entertainment Television LLC. Plaintiff has adequately stated a claim for copyright infringement and may thus pursue discovery on this claim. From the decision: Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint. filed by BET Productions IV, LLC, ViacomCBS Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Thiccc Boy then sued for copyright infringement. “the allegedly infringing videos undisputedly commented on the quality of the discussion in the copyrighted works.” Swindelles admittedly duplicated the copyrighted videos’ full frames. The court finds fair use. Purpose and Character of Use.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MAY 3, 2024

The lawsuit centers on allegations of unauthorized interception, receipt, and broadcast of a televised sporting event known as the Gervonta Davis v. Section 553 , which prohibit the unauthorized interception, receipt, and publication of communications, including television broadcasts. Section 605 and Title 47 U.S.C. Continue reading

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