The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field. The Regulations were made pursuant to section 45 of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act and came into force on 18th March 2022. The photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”.

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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 2, 2022

Normally, a company like Facebook would be protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) from such arguments. First, though Facebook’s cache may have waned some in recent years, it remains the largest social network on the planet. The SMART Copyright Act aims to address this by having the U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

1: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Copyright Suit Flies On As Paramount’s Motion To Dismiss Denied. 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.

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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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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

According to their filing, the section of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that governs such subpoenas doesn’t just apply to web hosts, but also to internet service providers like Centurylink. 2: Celeb Photography Agency Sues Ntando Duma for Copyright Infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

It deals with whether Amazon and/or CCA infringed FDN’s copyrights by scraping descriptions from their website for use as part of Amazon’s product listings. It’s a confusing question with no easy answer, but it’s an issue that puts the copyright registration of every website at risk. The Registration Wrinkle.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The American copyright industry generates billions of dollars in annual revenue and is generally seen as one of the primary export products. A few days ago several of these threats were highlighted by the International Intellectual Property Alliance ( IIPA ), which counts copyright groups including the MPA, RIAA, and ESA among its members.

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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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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The question then arises as to whether the fiction writer alone owns the copyright to work drawn in whole or part from another’s writings or experience. Dorland alerted publishers, writing conferences, and journalists to what she considered Larson’s plagiarism and ethical betrayal. ” Let’s see why.

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CopyrightsWorld

MARCH 30, 2021

The second one is to get ownership of their copyright, know their rights under the copyright laws and how to protect them. According to the copyright laws, a work that has required significant mental activity to create, and is, therefore, considered original, automatically becomes its creator’s intellectual property.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A literary controversy surrounding a copyright claim has taken over the North American online writing community, and it involves a kidney donation, a private Facebook group, and a short story.? . Copyright Office. Dorland to prevent publication of The Kindest at a book festival, and an onslaught of plagiarism allegations.

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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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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The fallout seems to have even impacted Twitter’s copyright filtering tools. They go as far as to call for people to change their mindset about social media before making the jump. The basic idea behind Mastodon is to create a decentralized social networking platform that no one entity control. Some Mastodon Basics.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Digital platforms have made it increasingly easy to disseminate unauthorized copies of art works that are copyright protected. This has also led to other issues such as the creation of unauthorised merchandise, discrediting of original artists as well as plagiarism.

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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? This arguably makes the use of copyrighted works by by Stable Diffusion even more transformative than Google Book Search. Stability AI Ltd.

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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. 2: Sonny Bono’s Widow Strikes Back in Cher Copyright Fight.

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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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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. Plaintiff Joe Morford claims that the copyright in his artwork (L) has been infringed by defendant Maurizio Cattelan. 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

1: George Lopez Joins Growing Group of Comedians Suing Pandora for Copyright Payments. ” 2: ‘Electric Avenue’ Musician Seeks to Depose Trump Campaign Social Media Director About Using Song in Ad That Mocked Joe Biden. 3: Calvin Theatre sued for copyright infringement. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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