Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 7, 2024

Last Thursday, June 27, 2024, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its largest shareholder, Microsoft, in the U.S. The lawsuit accuses the tech giants of using CIR’s copyrighted material without authorization. This free rider behaviour is not only unfair, it is a violation of copyright.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Majors Publishers File Copyright Complaint Against Libgen According to a copyright lawsuit filed in the U.S. . The publishers dismiss this as “just a ruse” to account for a “massive piracy effort” that runs counter to the stated aim of copyright law. “[T]he Sites undermine the very purpose of U.S.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 15, 2023

‘Breeding Mass Copyright Infringement’ Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others filed a complaint at a federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, accusing Twitter’s parent company X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. copyright law.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 30, 2023

Additional cases were filed over the same songs by Structured Asset Sales, a company owned by investment banker David Pullman that is a beneficial owner of one-third of the copyright in the Townsend catalogue. Both parties submitted expert musicologist reports. Are the songs substantially similar?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The European Intellectual Property Office ( EUIPO ) has recently published a report on Online Copyright Infringement in the European Union. The report examines the consumption of copyright-infringing content in the EU Member States and the UK between January 2017 and December 2020. 8 t imes per month.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 20, 2023

Image from here A couple of weeks ago, I discussed a law student in Bengaluru filed a case, alleging copyright infringement, against two assistant professors. On the above allegations, the court took cognizance of the offense u/s 63 of the Copyright Act (copyright infringement) and Section 420 of the IPC (Cheating).

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TorrentFreak

JULY 24, 2022

Copyright holders send out millions of takedown notices a day, hoping to remove pirated content or making it harder to find. The efficacy of the DMCA takedown process is open for debate but it certainly doesn’t help when companies flag their own websites as copyright infringing. Sony Targets Sony.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 3, 2022

In addition to rising visitor numbers, copyright enforcement complaints have skyrocketed to previously unimaginable levels. Reddit detailed these trends a few days ago in its latest transparency report. During the first months of the year, copyright holders asked Reddit to remove a record-setting 738,010 pieces of content.

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The Illusion of More

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Copyright Office published its report on copyright infringement by states and state actors in response to the present circumstance whereby states are immunized against litigation for unlicensed use of protected works. The post State Copyright Infringement Should Be About Justice appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Over the past several years, a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits has targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. Two years ago, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. Meanwhile, AimJunkies wasn’t sitting idly by.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 1, 2022

Twice a year Mega publishes a transparency report that reveals the volume of copyright complaints. The latest release shows that in the first quarter of 2022, copyright holders sent 1,187,646 takedown requests. Repeat Infringers. Mega has a repeat infringer policy when it comes to copyright infringement claims.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This data is presented in Mega’s annual transparency report and this week the company published its latest set, revealing that it now has 230 million users in more than 200 countries and territories. Copyright Infringement & Content Removal. million takedown requests from copyright holders, up from around 1.2

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Photographs are under the subject matter of copyright which means that photographs are artistic works that attract copyright protection. In India, photographs enjoy copyright protection under Section 2 (c) i of the Copyright Act, 1957 , which mentions the certain types of artistic works granted copyright protection in India.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

This is a highly controversial topic in the music industry, with many insiders suggesting that commercial use of these models could breach copyright law. The letter to Discord simply states that AI Hub is dedicated to copyright infringement of its members’ works. Meanwhile, the AI Hub server remains online.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 2, 2023

The European Union recognizes that online piracy poses a serious threat to copyright holders and the public at large. This includes a requirement for large platforms to deter repeat copyright infringers. According to the EU, pirate sites lead to “high financial losses” for copyright holders. Scammers Exploit Europa.eu

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

1: The US Copyright Office Says an AI Can’t Copyright its Art. First off today, Adi Robertson at The Verge reports that the U.S. Copyright Office has declined to register the copyright of an AI-created image that it says did not include an element of “human authorship.” Copyright Office on the work.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Life Music Inc, representing songwriters Gloria Parker and Barney Young, filed a lawsuit against Disney and others involved in the film alleging that the Disney version of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious violated the copyright of their 1951 song Supercalafajalistickespeealadojus. However, the case didn’t make it very far.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 20, 2021

They released ‘sizzle reels’ to market the cheat using Destiny 2 artwork and developed software to hook into copyrighted Destiny 2 code thereby producing an unlicensed derivate work. They illegally downloaded Destiny 2 in violation of the company’s licensing terms and willfully distributed copyright infringing code.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

In October, we reported that Post University, a for-profit university located in Waterbury, Connecticut, filed a complaint claiming copyright infringement, trademark infringement, violations of the DMCA, and related violations of law by online service provider Course Hero.

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BYU Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Charming Beats, claims to control the copyright in the registered musical work Lights Dim (U.S. Copyright Registration No. SR 713-284) (the "Song"). The company asserts that Wasatch Academy reproduced, synchronized, distributed, and publicly performed the Song in the Video. Wasatch Academy has yet to file an answer in either case.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

With the NFT craze reaching new heights, Quentin Tarantino finds himself at the receiving end of a copyright infringement battle. Movie studio Miramax, which owns most of the rights to the film, sees it as a contract breach and copyright infringement. Through the lawsuit, Miramax hopes to stop the NFT sales.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 18, 2023

Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU) has filed three lawsuits over false copyright infringement claims on the platform. As Amazon reported, “multiple bad actors” submitted thousands of false copyright infringement claims against Amazon sellers in an effort to have them and their products removed from the Amazon store.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

The Ninth Circuit recently addressed the issue of whether parties can contractually agree to shorten the statute of limitations period for bringing a copyright infringement claim. Normally, the statute of limitations for a copyright violation is three years. In an unpublished opinion in the case, Evox Productions, LLC v.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 4, 2024

That basically allows one party to request evidence from the other, to properly support or refute the copyright infringement claims that form the basis of the lawsuit. OpenAI Seeks NYT ‘Source’ Material In its quest for evidence, OpenAI is particularly interested in the copyrights of the New York Times’ works.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 27, 2024

after a Washington federal judge ruled earlier this month that the gamer illegally posed as a company employee and reported Bungie fans' YouTube videos as copyright violations, according to a court order Wednesday. An online gamer has settled a lawsuit filed by video game developer Bungie Inc.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books. The IPO has said that it will continue evaluating potential changes to copyright law but did not set a timetable.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

For the purpose of this report, however, we’ll home in on the copyright issues faced by Reddit during the last year and how the site responded to them. Copyright Removals. “In 2021, Reddit received 177,450 copyright notices reporting 920,672 pieces of content. Invalid Copyright Notices Are Rejected.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The plaintiff sued Cloudflare for copyright infringement. It found that Cloudflare was liable for copyright infringement due to providing the CDN services but not for the DNS resolver services. Copyright infringement on ddl-music.to infringed the plaintiff’s right under the German equivalent of Art.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

With more content comes the increased possibility that Netflix is engaging in copyright infringement and on the receiving end of copyright infringement claims. [1] 1] This blog will briefly summarize a few of the notable copyright infringement cases Netflix has defended against in the United States.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2022

Triller alleged willful copyright infringement (for distributing, uploading, copying, and publicly displaying the fight), violations of the Federal Communications Act (interception/misuse of a satellite broadcast), and vicarious copyright infringement in respect of the infringing acts of those who allegedly viewed the fight on FilmDaily.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Ninth Circuit was recently asked to determine whether to continue to apply the Circuit’s two-part extrinsic/intrinsic test for “substantial similarity” with regard to a copyright infringement claim or to depart from this approach and apply the Second Circuit’s “ordinary observer” test instead. In Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2022

Whether that is the main motivation behind putting these streams up remains a question but it’s pretty clear that if streamers are looking for negative attention from copyright holders, this is a good way forward. In the case of repeat infringers it needs to terminate them “in appropriate circumstances.”

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

1: Ex-White House Photographer Sued for Copyright Over His Own Photo: ‘You Can’t Make This Up’. First off today, Bevan Hurley at The Independent reports that former White House photographer Pete Souza says that he is facing legal threats over his use of a photograph he took on his own website. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The music group reported well-known targets such as The Pirate Bay, Newalbumreleases, MP3Juices, RARBG, and RapidGator, plus other piracy-related sites and services. The RIAA wasn’t sure about this element either but said that if the sites are training their AI models using copyrighted music, it would be considered problematic.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

My daughter’s (copyrighted) art, circa 1990, age 5 (Used with permission) It is rare that a copyright story makes the national news, in Canada or elsewhere, but this one had all the needed ingredients. A teacher exploiting students, irate parents, and a possibly negligent school board. What’s not to like?

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 30, 2021

It is also an increasingly popular medium for infringers to illegally source and share copyrighted materials. Fortunately, copyright law prohibits the unauthorized reproduction of a work. Copyright disputes do not need to escalate into costly and time-consuming litigation. What is Copyright?

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

To protect copyright holders, YouTube regularly removes, disables, or demonetizes videos that contain allegedly infringing content. For years, little was known about the scope of these copyright claims, but that changed two years ago when the streaming platform published its first-ever transparency report.

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