Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2021

3: Back 4 Blood Streamers Will Have to Turn Off Licensed Music to Avoid Copyright Strikes. Finally today, Andy Chalk at PC Gamer reports that streamers wanting to play the newly released Back 4 Blood will have to silence the in game music or risk receiving copyright strikes or having their streams shuttered.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

1: Music Labels Win $46.7 First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the internet service provider Astound Broadband has been ordered to pay a group of music labels $46.7 million over their alleged contributory infringement of some 1,400 copyright-protected works. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Last summer, Optimum chose to settle its lawsuit with some music industry giants, including BMG, UMG, and Capitol Records, under undisclosed terms. In a similar yet separate lawsuit, the company is pitted against a group of almost 50 music labels , that also accused Altice of mass-infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

by the musician and, according to a copyright notice and a published cease and desist letter, it was used without permission. The video featured the song Still D.R.E. A spokesperson for Greene confirmed that, for a time, she was locked out of her account but later regained access and was able to tweet about in the incident.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 4, 2022

Next up today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that a federal judge has blocked a counterclaim by the internet service provider (ISP) RCN, which accused the anti-piracy firm Rightscorp of improper behavior. No VPN providers have said whether they will or will not follow the directions.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 30, 2022

Next up today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that YouTube has said it will seek summary judgment in its lawsuit against Maria Schneider claiming that her publisher has granted the company a blanket license covering her entire back catalog of music. 3: Rockstar Copyright Strikes Could Point To Coming GTA 6 Reveal.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Instead of the usual DMCA copyright notices, the music group asked the search engine to remove various URLs for alleged violations of the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision. After sending its first anti-circumvention takedown notice in February, an independent record label from France is setting the pace.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 20, 2023

Last fall, several of the world’s largest music companies including Warner Bros. and Sony Music prevailed in their lawsuit against Internet provider Grande Communications. Music Labels Want $12 Million Extra While Grande is playing defense, the major music labels are taking a more offensive approach with demands for more compensation.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

When the film was released, the print was missing a copyright notice. Under the laws at the time, this mean that it didn’t have copyright protection. However, it lapsed into the public domain in 1953 after the owners failed to renew their copyright registration, which was required at the time.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 21, 2022

Several major music industry companies including Artista Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music, and Warner Records, have filed lawsuits against some of the largest U.S. According to the music companies, the ISP failed to terminate persistent pirates. .” ” Piracy Notices Never Came Through.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This legal requirement remained largely unenforced for nearly two decades but a series of copyright infringement liability lawsuits, including a billion-dollar damages award against Cox, have shaken up the industry. Music Companies Sue Optimum While Internet terminations are more common today, that hasn’t stopped the lawsuits.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Specifically, copyright protection attaches to the original, creative work when it is fixed in a tangible medium, such as when it is written, drawn, recorded digitally, or typed electronically. Further, only a modicum, or small amount, of creativity is required for copyright protection to attach.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

Not for engaging in piracy per se , but for not responding aggressively enough against subscribers mostly accused of repeatedly pirating movies and music. Just before the weekend, dozens of record labels including UMG, Warner, and Sony, filed a massive copyright infringement lawsuit against Verizon at a New York federal court.

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CopyrightsWorld

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Copyright infringement of digital photos differs in important ways from infringement in the markets of music and movies. 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. Based on statistics , 2.5

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 3, 2021

IPRS has launched a three-month-long campaign ‘License Liya Kya’ to educate music users on the different licensing needs and kinds of music licenses available and highlight the benefits of music licensing and the ease of procurement. The DPIIT has introduced the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021 on 21st September 2021.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 30, 2021

The new lawsuit raises a host of complicated legal issues that, while exciting for copyright nerds like me, are often a nightmare to litigate. Key among them is the extent to which pre-1978 works first published abroad without proper copyright notice are still protected under U.S. copyright law. Copyright Office.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

In 2019, a Virginia jury ordered Internet provider Cox Communications to pay a billion dollars in damages to record labels including Capitol Records, Warner Bros, and Sony Music. The movie companies say they notified Comcast of these infringements in more than 250,000 DMCA notices. Failure to Terminate Repeat Infringers.

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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. “It seems like it’s not just the music community getting hit. 2 non-music channels cannot be a mistake,” he tweeted.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2024

Copyright protection applies to many creative works, including literature, music, art, film and software. In many countries, including the United States, inventors receive copyright protection for their creations. It is fixed in a concrete form, such as written or recorded.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Specifically, copyright protection attaches to the original, creative work when it is fixed in a tangible medium, such as when it is written, drawn, recorded digitally, or typed electronically. Further, only a modicum, or small amount, of creativity is required for copyright protection to attach.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 31, 2023

I don’t find this argument convincing given the ability today to license many content types at scale for TDM, including images, music and yes, journal articles (See “Full disclosure” above), but it is an argument often offered by infringers. Open licenses can create a very practical challenge for users who go beyond the terms.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2022

Over the years we’ve published thousands of articles on copyright law, from how it works in theory to its application in full-blown lawsuits. In most cases involving pirate sites, for example, the unlicensed distribution of movies, TV shows, music and games is easily determined. We might have one of those today. .”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

BMG Music Publ’g, 512 F.3d Section 504(c)(2) says: “in a court’s discretion where the infringer “sustains the burden of proving, and the court finds, that such infringer was not aware and had no reason to believe that his or her acts constituted an infringement of copyright.” Violent Hues Prods., LLC, 922 F.3d 3d 255, 268 (4th Cir.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The suit concerned agreements dating back to 2001 between IPRS and ENIL regarding broadcasting music in certain cities. When ENIL broadcast music in cities other than the ones in the agreement, IPRS filed an infringement suit. Both suits were filed before the 2012 amendment to the Copyright Act.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., There is good reason that copyright is an “opt in” regime. Some AI developers have gathered content by routinely ignoring flags, copyright notices and metadata. Whether the copying is for commercial or non-commercial research purposes will be considered.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Unique expertise on code too; code is different from photos, music, videos; some of the most valuable code on GitHub is licensed openly. Black Music Action Coalition, Willie “Prophet” Stiggers: Founded to combat racism in the music industry. TDEX is a multistakeholder body creating better licensing of music.

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

MARCH 18, 2021

A good first step is determining what assets you own that may be eligible for copyright or trademark protection. . What Does a Copyright Protect? A copyright is a form of intellectual property that protects original works of authorship. A registered copyright provides public notice of your rights.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 24, 2022

Akira: Well, to be honest, ( taking a pause to think ) IPR mostly reminds me of how hard it is to upload TikTok videos to YouTube , because of either over-eager lawyers or how their magic code detects it and sends copyright notices! Recently, I launched my song where I composed the music and wrote the lyrics. Very annoying!

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

3: Now the Film Producers Sue AT&T and Verizon Over Allegedly Slack Copyright Policies. Finally today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that Voltage Pictures has filed a lawsuit against Verizon alleging that the internet service provider (ISP) is not doing enough to combat piracy on its network.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

publications of the translated work, which lacked both registration and copyright notice in Scott-Giles’ name. Drawing on Twin Books , they argued, “a publication of a work in the United States without the statutory notice of copyright fell into the public domain,” as per the U.S. They brought evidence of U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

It was taken down after one hour, as it was subject to a copyright notice by a news channel relying on the US DMCA. Another – more recent – example involves the video of a 2020 copyright panel at New York University where music was played to explain the application of the US fair use rules.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. This duration didn’t start until 1989 when the United States signed the Berne Convention, the international copyright treaty. That’s understandable.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Unfortunately, IP law has gotten so complicated that many people aren’t even sure which types of IP (copyright, trademarks, or patents) protects their creative work.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Last summer, Optimum chose to settle its lawsuit with some music industry giants, including BMG, UMG, and Capitol Records, under undisclosed terms. In a similar yet separate lawsuit, the company is pitted against a group of almost 50 music labels , that also accused Altice of mass-infringement.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The novel continues to be protected in Germany and other countries with copyright terms lasting 70 years after the author’s death, which includes much of the world. Among the iconic musical works entering the U.S. charts in 1929 after appearing in the second musical talkie, Gold Diggers of Broadway. public domain.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 28, 2022

It reveals that the number of copyright notices received during the first half of 2021 increased slightly compared to the six months before. Takedown Notices Increase. According to EU research , Twitter is one of the preferred social media platforms among music pirates. President Trump.

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