Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Next up today, in a very different YouTube story, Jordan Middler at VGC reports that the YouTuber behind the GilvaSunner channel has decided to call it quits after receiving more than 4,000 “copyright blocks” on his account. Now those notices have been followed up with another 2,200 from Nintendo.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 2, 2023

For example, if an adult downloads 100 movies and shares them via BitTorrent protocol via “the swarm” the so-called John Doe Defendant can be on the hook for a $20,000 to $50,000 settlement. Typically, they are extracting settlements anywhere from $150 to $750 per movie allegedly infringed. This can add up.

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CopyrightsWorld

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Read more about the importance of copyright registration explained by General corporate lawyer Harender Branch, from UK law firm Branch Austin. Use a copyright notice. Displaying a copyright notice, such as ‘© All Rights Reserved,’ has not been a legal requirement in the US since 1989. Watermark your work.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Further, only a modicum, or small amount, of creativity is required for copyright protection to attach. Many find it surprising, but there is no requirement to include a copyright notice on a work for the work to be protected by copyright law. The lack of a copyright notice does not give you permission to use the work.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Today, copyright notices are no longer required thanks to the Copyright Act of 1976 (US); sadly for Romero though, the act does not extend protections to his 1968 film. He even has checklists available for download on his webpage for those with the spirit and the storage!).

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 30, 2021

While BitTorrent can also be used legally, the VPN companies allegedly promote their service as a tool to download copyright-infringing material anonymously. “Defendants promote their VPN services as a tool that can be used to pirate copyright protected content without getting caught,” the complaint reads.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 20, 2024

. “The Court previously relied on Plaintiffs’ allegations regarding copyright notices to find that Plaintiffs had sufficiently alleged the knowledge element of their contributory infringement claims. This is because Plaintiffs do allege that other detection companies — namely, MEU and Irdeto — sent copyright notices to WOW.”

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Further, only a modicum, or small amount, of creativity is required for copyright protection to attach. Many find it surprising, but there is no requirement to include a copyright notice on a work for the work to be protected by copyright law. The lack of a copyright notice does not give you permission to use the work.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

More Than 250,000 DMCA Notices Sent to Comcast. The plaintiffs say that third parties (Comcast subscribers) are responsible for downloading torrents from sites including RARBG, 1337x, The Pirate Bay, YTS, and the less-well-known Russia-focused torrent site seleZen. Failure to Terminate Repeat Infringers.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 31, 2022

Beware of Unnecessary Links, Multiple Downloads. This ray of hope draws the target’s attention towards the outcome of the supposed copyright ‘moderation’ process and away from the bogus copyright notice. Needless to say, YouTube doesn’t deliver files to its users like that.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 5, 2024

On January 1, 2024, TorrentFreak published a review of the wrongful DMCA notices filed against us in 2023, either directly via email or at Google demanding deindexing of our articles. Our small request for 2024 was not unreasonable: stop sending us bogus copyright notices.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

When acting unlawfully, AI developers receive materials from pirate sites, through downloading in violation of express terms and flags, and from so-called “shadow libraries,” among other things. To what extent are copyrighted works licensed from copyright owners for use as training materials? ROSS Intelligence Inc., 529 F.Supp.3d

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

As part of those changes I believe I may have downloaded a photo of the federal courthouse in Oakland, California and put it on his website. I do know that the photo I downloaded from the internet of the federal courthouse did not have any copyright information visible on the image. What is the burden? Section 401(d).

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2022

Using the DMCA’s takedown process as a weapon, persons unknown sent copyright notices to YouTube, claiming that the targeted videos should be taken down for infringing Bungie’s rights. The purchase came with a bonus download link for an emblem, sent to the buyer via email. 241 IP address.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2023

For companies whose movies are downloaded and shared illegally, solutions have been developed that allow them to monitor suspected pirates and track them back to their ISPs, before obtaining their identities and making a settlement offer to end the risk of a full-blown lawsuit.

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SpicyIP

JULY 1, 2021

This reveals the importance of having easily downloadable textbooks and interactive material on the internet and copyright policies that do not impede their being transmitted to students electronically. Crucially, instead of taking a user rights-based approach, particularly to education, Section 3.4

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Any works that received copyright prior to 1989 had different requirements and durations, including having a copyright notice, i.e. © Steve Schlackman (1975). For those looking to find copyright-free works to use, one rule of thumb is that any work created prior to 1924, no longer has copyright protection (in the public domain).

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Any works that received copyright prior to 1989 had different requirements and durations, including having a copyright notice, i.e. © Steve Schlackman (1975). For those looking to find copyright-free works to use, one rule of thumb is that any work created prior to 1924 no longer has copyright protection (in the public domain).

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