Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter reports that A&E Television Networks has filed a lawsuit against Reels over the latter channel’s new hit series On Patrol: Live. 2: HC Directs Telegram to Disclose Details of Channels Violating Copyright Law. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 24, 2022

When YouTube first got off the ground in 2005, most of its users would’ve been oblivious to how closely copyright law would govern their online activities moving forward. The overall message is one of deterrence coupled with the reaffirmation of copyright law, Goto said.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the first trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this edition, we report on an AG Opinion that came out late in 2022 and update you on what has happened in the first trimester of 2023 in EU copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 10, 2023

Some argue that Section 22 is in contrast with that of Sections 26 or 27 since it provides a little more protection to the authors of a literary or musical work as compared to a cinematograph film or sound recording under the ambit of Copyright Law. Yet my question is even if it provides a little more protection, is that enough?

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

The Briefing from the IP Law Blog – What’s in a Name: Clearing Titles for Film and Television. In this week’s episode, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the complex process of clearing titles for Film and Television. They discuss recent high-stakes litigation around entertainment titles, including Stouffer v.

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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. ” U.S. Attorney Jason M.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to the first trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. RTL Television, AG Pitruzzella, C-716/20. On 10 March 2022, AG Pitruzzella issued his opinion in RTL Television.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The Museum of Classic Chicago Television Through the prism of history, The Museum of Classic Chicago Television owes much to Sony’s win in the Betamax case; quite possibly its very existence. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Like many labors of love, its beginnings were humble.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Welcome to the third trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. On the copyright/trade mark front, a case on the registrability of the marks ‘ ANIMAL FARM ’ and ‘ 1984 ’ is still pending before the EUIPO’s Grand Board of Appeal.

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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. channels, which are only possible to offer after content is copied and stored, contrary to copyright law.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Copyright Judgments AI and Copyright Law : Asian News International v. OpenAI The Indian news agency ANI accused OpenAI of copyright infringement, alleging that OpenAI used ANI’s copyrighted news content to train its language model, ChatGPT, without obtaining necessary permissions.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Hence, through their operational frameworks, the platforms complained of were alleged to infringe the copyright, and broadcasting rights held by Star India. [This post is authored by Tanishka Goswami.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Given the fact that the copyright law was originally framed to protect literary and artistic works, it needs to be seen how much the law has evolved to grant protection to digitalized works. Kind of Copyright Infringement. The International Conventions on copyright law do provide certain protection to digitalized works.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Several Israeli TV companies filed a DMCA complaint at Google Play alleging that Downloader offered copyrighted content. The companies supplied no details of the content allegedly infringed and said nothing about how ‘Downloader’ somehow managed to violate copyright law. Discovery Inc.’

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IP Law 360

JUNE 26, 2023

A television personality seen on shows like "Big Brother" has urged a California federal judge not to toss his right of publicity suit lodged against a European app maker, saying his proposed class action over the company's face-swapping app isn't barred by federal copyright law.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 1, 2023

A European app maker has urged a California federal judge to toss a right of publicity suit lodged against it by a television personality seen on shows like "Big Brother," arguing that the proposed class action over its face-swapping app is barred by federal copyright law and the U.S. Constitution.

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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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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

SAG-AFTRA can't continue its unpaid royalties claims against AT&T and DirecTV affiliates for a television show based on Stephen King's novel "Mr. Mercedes," a California federal judge ruled, saying the union didn't properly bring allegations under federal labor law or copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 9, 2023

This was much needed, as the Czech Republic planned to update its copyright law in January 2023, to comply with the new EU rules. The upload filters were implemented in collaboration with the local Association of Commercial Television (AKTV). Hellspy stressed that wasn’t happy with these changes but it respected the law.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Yet despite reported progress, including an overhaul of Vietnam’s copyright laws and promises to crack down on piracy, including the formation of a specialist anti-piracy unit , nothing has had any visible effect. However, turn off a few legal TV channels inside Vietnam and suddenly piracy is a real concern.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The Copyright Act of 1976 became Public Law number 94-553 on October 19, 1976 and went into effect (as scheduled) as Title 17 of the United States Code on January 1, 1978. The new Copyright Act was the fourth general revision of copyright law since the original Act of 1790.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

“The Infringing Service delivered Video Content, including television shows and movies, to subscribers to the Infringing Service, in exchange for payment,” it reads. This was achieved by subscribing to their residential cable television services in a variety of locations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, California and New York.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

According to Copyright Lately , tensions are rising in the Livingston family as to who earns the royalties from the Academy Award-winning composer, Jay Livingston’s hit songs. These songs include hits such as Que Sera, Sera and theme songs for various television programs. The Deal with Copyright Termination.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 20, 2021

What may seem like a harmless activity in the spirit of fandom can at times give rise to copyright infringement. . Cosplay (or “costume play”) is the act of dressing up as a character, often from anime, video games, comics, television, or film. Luckily for most cosplayers, their costumes likely do not infringe copyright laws.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

Last year saw the introduction of Law 4996/2022, which brought significant changes to IP legislation in Greece, amending several provisions of the existing Copyright Law 2121/1993 as well as Law 4481/2017 on Collective Management. Law 4996/2022 was implemented into the Greek legislation EU Directive 2019/789.

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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. at [former repo location],” the notice reads (minor edits for clarity).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 7, 2022

Welcome to the second trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. This is perhaps one of the most awaited judgemnts in the history of EU copyright law. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

Welcome to the second trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The copyright in these two titles expired at the beginning of 2021. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. Apologies to readers that this one comes a bit late.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Copyright Act provides an exclusive right “to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work” and defines “derivative work” in part as any work “ based upon one or more preexisting works.” This has been a long-standing question in copyright law. Lone Ranger Television, Inc. See 17 U.S.C. § ↩︎ See id.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Taiwan made amendments to copyright law that outlawed piracy-configured devices. With further amendments to copyright law in the pipeline in Taiwan, authorities launced an investigation into the supply of Unblock Tech’s devices in the country. With Hollywood regularly reporting UnblockTech to the U.S.

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IPilogue

MAY 18, 2022

CIPO has reached a conclusion after they recently issued copyright to a piece of art with an AI tool listed as a co-author (along with a human co-author). AI tools that create art (one has even sold for over $400K ), write fiction and non-fiction works (including news articles), and scripts for film and television already exist.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The courts need to understand the degree to which such usage may harm the work or decrease the profits for the owner of the copyright. Today, this doctrine has become one of most popular doctrines in the realm of copyright law. It allows people a positive defense against the infringement of copyright. Definition.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

One such case is 20th Century Fox Television v. This case involved a trademark lawsuit by Empire Distribution, a hip-hop and rap record label, based on Fox’s use of EMPIRE as the name of a television series about a fictional New York hip-hop/rap record label. Empire Distribution, Inc.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

. “He then arranged for the copyrighted works to be uploaded to servers controlled by the Sparks Group, where the movies and television shows were disseminated across the Internet. “Indeed, one of the co-defendants in this case remains at-large in Norway. Attorney writes.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 11, 2024

The message, translated from Dutch, reads as follows: You have an IPTV package subscription with us that provides access to evidently illegally offered television channels, movies and series. For this reason we have been summoned by BREIN to stop the sales of these illegal IPTV Packages immediately and to inform you about it.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 31, 2025

Analysing the intersection of journalistic privilege and copyright law. The role of IP law in combating the spread of misinformation and disinformation. Analysing the complexities of licensing deals for film and television adaptations. Examining the legality of meme usage by Indian news platforms under copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 9, 2024

Demonstrating large sales reduces sales longer term It may not be everyone’s cup of tea to spend their evenings studying the intricacies of copyright law, but Omi in a Hellcat’s fate could hardly be described as inaccessible. But here we are. Growing Interest in Certain Devices Lawsuits like this are certainly nothing new.

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