SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Image from here Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive: Archiving Access to Information or Strengthening Copyright Laws? Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In a landmark judgment with far reaching ramifications, a German court recently held that the copying of images by Large-scale Artificial Intelligence Open Network (LAION) - a nonprofit organization that provides datasets, tools and models to liberate machine learning research – did not infringe copyright law. The Kneschke v.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The lawsuit accuses AT&T of contributory copyright infringement for its failure to act against piracy on its network. 2: Taiwanese Ultramarathon Runner Indicted in Copyright Troll Case. It then began to target alleged downloaders of those films, seeking to obtain quick but lucrative settlements from the alleged infringers.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

Josh Hawley’s Move to Strip Disney’s Copyrights Called ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’. He claims that it aims to revoke Disney’s “special” copyright protections though the law would rewrite copyright law for all creators. 3: Wrongfully Accused ‘Pirate’ Recoups $108k From ‘Copyright Troll’.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Copyright protection automatically attaches to a work when it is created. 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. Posting copyrighted images or photos on your website or social media.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Under US copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.”. According to the filmmakers, the ISP failed to terminate subscribers who repeatedly infringe copyrights. “Plaintiffs and Maverickeye are part of a well-known web of copyright trolls.

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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. ” “The scale of Defendants’ infringement is staggering.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

The lawsuit claimed that the site was offering illegal downloads of their books and specifically targeted two Ukrainian nationals as the operators. 2: SoundExchange Royalties Dispute with Music Choice to be Referred to Copyright Royalty Board. They are free of copyright. Milne’s book Winnie the Pooh.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As I wrote previously : lawsuits against IAPs are problematic for many reasons, including the failure of 512(a), the danger of assuming that notices of claimed infringements (NOCIs) actually reflect infringing behavior, and the mismatch between the wrongdoing of alleged copyright infringement and the remedy of terminating Internet access.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Historical lookback The amendment to the existing copyright law act of 1957 was carried out owing to the sensitization of issue of copyright management and revenue sharing structure that is fair and reasonable to all owners and writers of filmed and recorded works. [i]

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Over the past five years the Australian Government has committed significant resources to several copyright-related initiatives , not least the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2018. Copyright Enforcement Review & Consultation. Overall Piracy Shows No Strong Trend in Either Direction.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2022

Up until a decade ago, this piracy landscape was dominated by torrent sites and direct download portals. Even if rightsholders could obtain the IP address or even a name of an alleged streaming pirate, they would have to prove that the person in question is actually engaged in copyright infringement. That’s easier said than done.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Entertainment Software Association , recently held that ‘making available’ a music stream online and a subsequent act of streaming / downloading the music are not subject to two separate royalties. Each of these activities engage separate rights of the copyright owner.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 7, 2024

Many AI companies have simply been training their models on data scraped or downloaded from online resources, often without explicit permission. In a complaint filed last fall, they accused the company of “systematic and widespread infringement of their copyrighted song lyrics.” ’ It is not.”

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 25, 2024

“Is offshoring the training of AI a credible and efficient response to minimize copyright compliance risks or is offshoring merely a theoretical argument designed to both influence lawmakers and for government relations purposes?” Artificial Intelligence (AI) is global, and copyright laws are national.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2023

Downloading a track takes about the same time as a shrug of the shoulders followed by an internal “who cares?” “Is it legal to download music from YouTube?” ” is always popular, along with its self-focused twin sister, “Can I get caught downloading music from YouTube?” copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 29, 2021

In November 2020, the RIAA filed a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice against a GitHub project named youtube-dl, which enables the downloading of YouTube videos. Initially, GitHub pulled down the project but restored it after an uproar.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 17, 2024

The book that is going to change copyright law? After the referrals in Mio [IPKat here and here ] and USM Haller [IPKat here ] , another referral asking about the meaning of originality in EU copyright law has been made to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU): it is the referral from Romania in Institutul G.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 8, 2024

The Canadian Government is no stranger to having its copyright policies critiqued. To tackle copyright concerns, Canada has made several changes to its laws in recent years. To tackle copyright concerns, Canada has made several changes to its laws in recent years.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In a strongly-worded copyright complaint sent this week, rightsholders say that will not be tolerated. Downloading a Pluto TV.m3u playlist takes a second and they can be used in anything from VLC Media Player to systems like TVHeadEnd , which enables streaming to locations in a network, no official apps required.

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

When you’re working in a fast-paced, but small life sciences company, there’s a chance your organization hasn’t thought about a copyright policy (yet). To harness some of these issues, we recommend implementing a copyright policy by following these six steps. Be clear on why your organization is implementing a copyright policy.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 11, 2024

The ISPs teamed up with copyright holders and launched the “Clearing Body for Copyright on the Internet” ( CUII ), which is now responsible for handing down blocking ‘orders’. This can apply to torrent sites, streaming portals, search engines and direct download hubs, as long as piracy is front and center.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 12, 2023

As the Internet Archive continues to deal with an adverse ruling in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the world’s largest publishing companies, late Friday some of the world’s largest record labels launched similar legal action in the United States. named as defendants. .”

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Sites were overwhelmingly free and if MP3 files were spotted by an alert surfer, it was almost considered rude not to download them, bandwidth permitting. First Case of its Type in Japan This week local anti-piracy group CODA revealed details of a copyright prosecution that’s so unusual, it’s probably never happened before.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2022

We begin with developments in the copyright field. In February , Kenya’s parliament passed the Copyright Amendment Bill 2021. Amongst other things, the Act also establishes a National Rights Registry (NRR ) , which is the central repository collating details pertaining to the ownership of various copyright works.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Yet the issue has lagged, not the least of which because of restrictive copyright laws that can limit the ability to repair personal property. Aaron Perzanowski is a law professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio and the Associate Director of the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts.

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In my first post in this series, after discussing the basics of good copyright practice for bloggers (and other creators whose distribution is primarily through social media sites), I went on to look at the DMCA and how it may be seen as a useful first-line-of-defense bit of IP protection for content first appearing on such sites.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The new copyright rules relevant to “Big Deals”. Under the law of copyright, the authors of works of science are the copyright owners of their published articles. Under the law of copyright, the authors of works of science are the copyright owners of their published articles.

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IP Law 360

MAY 22, 2023

An alliance of more than 2 million copyright holders has thrown its support behind the Recording Industry Association of America in its Second Circuit feud with a website that allows users to download music from YouTube, arguing that the "stream-ripping service" is a threat to registered copyright holders and is prohibited by federal copyright law. (..)

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Laws that forbid the illegal uploading and downloading of copyrighted content are common around the world but the rise of streaming has sometimes exposed gaps in legislation. House of Representatives Passes Copyright Amendment Bill. But Malaysia was far from done. Punishments for Illegal Streaming Facilitators.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Here are some of the greatest copyright horror stories, featuring such classics as “Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Halloween,” “Dracula,” “Ghostbusters” and … a creepy McDonalds character? You can judge for yourself by downloading a copy of “Jap Herron” here.

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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. Copyright infringement can take place in various forms in this digital era.

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IP Law 360

MAY 5, 2023

The Recording Industry Association of America told the Second Circuit not to upset a lower court decision axing a suit from a website that allows users to download music from YouTube, arguing that the site uses technology prohibited by federal copyright law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Photo by Udo Pohlmann via Pixabay Over the last decades, European lawyers got used to the – at times remarkable and even forceful – interventions of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in copyright law. An NGO makes his entire work available for download. He sues for copyright infringement and claims damages.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Under the Copyright Act, display. The first question is whether embedding the video on Sinclair’s website was a “display” that requires the permission of the copyright owner. But it cannot be that the Copyright Act grants authors an exclusive right to display their work publicly only if that public is not online.”

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 21, 2022

The time is ripe to strike a balance between the copyright owner’s economic interests and the public’s right to have access to information and knowledge for growth and development of society before it turns out as blessings of talent over the curse of poverty. Copyright ensures certain minimum rights and it has never been an absolute right.

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