TorrentFreak

AUGUST 10, 2024

Stay Safe, Trust No One Case in point, ‘staying safe online’, which according to Google’s autocomplete is a popular question when people are preparing to download anything, from music to PC games, to general software and Android APKs. A decision was made not to install the software and that turned out to be a good thing.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Yesterday, we looked at the myriad of ways that copyright and trademark impact Halloween costumes. However, that is just the latest in a decade-long history of discussing copyright, plagiarism and other authorship issues as they pertain to Halloween and horror. Copyright and Halloween.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2023

Millions of people use so-called stream-ripping websites to download music tracks from YouTube, without permission. YouTube’s terms and service prohibit this activity but there are hundreds of online tools through which people can easily ‘rip’ and download content from the site.

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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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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

JANUARY 30, 2024

Internet Archive hits back in music label lawsuit, German police seize billions worth of bitcoin and Nightshade gets 250K downloads. The post 3 Count: 78 RPMs appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

According to his confession, Bridi, as well as other members of the group, would get pre-release copies of movies from wholesalers, defeat the copyright protection schemes on the discs and then leak them online before their scheduled release date. ” 3: ‘Piracy’ Website Offers NFT Art as Free Downloads.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 31, 2023

Netflix's King of Collectibles is sued over show idea, Google takes down Downloader app and USPTO launches new roundtable on piracy. The post 3 Count: Not-so Goldin Touch appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

” From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Those are the ones that work best,” a company official explained. “These days, [gambling] sites don’t work without kids.”

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

1: T elegram Shares Users Data in Copyright Violation Lawsuit. First off today, Manish Singh at TechCrunch reports that the messaging platform Telegram has disclosed names, phone numbers and IP addresses of administrators that are accused of operating copyright-infringing channels on the service.

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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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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2021

According to the RIAA, the site enables users to circumvent copyright protection measures on YouTube to download videos unlawfully. 2: Tencent Wins Copyright Infringement Case Against Douyin. As such, the court is giving Yout 28 days to refile the case with additional details. ByteDance has promised to appeal the decision.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 5, 2023

The company, known for its Blacked, Tushy, and Vixen brands, targets people whose Internet connections were allegedly used to download and share copyright-infringing content via BitTorrent. Track, Sue and Settle These efforts, often referred to as so-called ‘copyright-trolling’, are pretty straightforward.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

1: Instagram Dodges Photogs’ Copyright Lawsuit Over Embedding Feature. Yout enables users to download content from YouTube, something the RIAA says is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) rules against circumventing copyright protection schemes.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

on text data mining and its interpretation as an exception to allegations of copyright infringement, SpicyIP Fellowship applicant Tanishka Goswami highlights the key findings of the Court and explores the probable lessons for Indian policymakers in harmonizing copyright with AI and innovation. Her previous post can be accessed here.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

1: Pearson Education Sues Chegg, Alleging ‘Massive’ Copyright Infringement. They claim that it’s a violation of the copyright not only of those textbooks, but of any answer keys that the companies does or will provide. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 13, 2024

The Digital Services Act (DSA) transparency database , while proving to be rather useless for misinformation or hate speech researchers, is very enlightening on copyright moderation. The first part of the study presents findings on copyright takedowns on YouTube in Germany and France between 2019 and 2022.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 21, 2022

1: US Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act of 2022. Senators Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy have introduced the SMART Copyright Act, a bipartisan bill that aims to reform the notice and takedown system. Copyright Office would oversee to designate standard technical measures through a public rulemaking process.

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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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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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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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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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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

1: Meta Criticizes Epidemic’s Copyright Lawsuit Over “Vague Assertions and Glaring Omissions”. 2: AnyStories Drags Cloudflare to the Copyright Claims Board Over Pirate Site. However, the agreement that McMurry had with his publisher meant that the book’s copyright was returned to him 30 years after the first printing.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 8, 2023

On December 14, 2022, a group of music rightsholders including BMG, UMG, and Capitol filed a complaint at a Texas district court, accusing Altice, the parent company of ISP Optimum, of facilitating massive copyright infringement. By now the base allegations are very familiar.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 9, 2022

1: Copyright Royalty Board Asked to Approve 32% Increase on Mechanical Royalties for Physical Products, Downloads. When a song or comedy performance is streamed, there are two copyrights to consider: The copyright in the audio work and the written version of that work. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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TorrentFreak

MAY 9, 2023

Million Default Judgment In the absence of a proper defense, United States District Judge Tana Lin assumed that Bungie’s copyright infringement claims were true. With 2,790 downloads of “Bansal Cheats” and $2,000 in statutory damages per download, this amounts to over $5.5 million in compensation.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 8, 2022

2: ResearchGate Dealt a Blow in Copyright Lawsuit. Next up today, Diana Kwon at Nature reports that a Munich court has ruled that ResearchGate should be barred from hosting papers uploaded to it and that the site is responsible for copyright-infringing content uploaded on its platform.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

However, a quest by local parents, to raise public awareness of the nature of that instruction, has led to one of their group in Indiana being sued by LifeWise for copyright infringement. Copyright Complaint, Religious Controversy Filed in the Northern District of Indiana (Fort Wayne Division) on July 2, 2024, plaintiff LifeWise Inc.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

1: YouTuber Hit With Ungodly Number Of Anime Copyright Strikes Gets A Win For Everyone. 2: Nintendo Music YouTuber Who Received 4,000 Copyright Strikes is Closing Their Channel. However, The channel made headlines last week when he reported receiving some 1,300 copyright notices from Nintendo.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In general terms, these apps disguise themselves as a game or some other benign tool then once downloaded, users are able to ‘activate’ new functionality, such as streaming the latest movies and TV shows illegally. The case was transferred to the Tainan and Taichung District Prosecutors’ Offices for further investigation.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 21, 2023

As the days get shorter, downloads of specific pirated movies start to increase. As a follow-up, we now take a closer look at the seasonal download, reaching an unexpected conclusion. As a follow-up, we now take a closer look at the seasonal download, reaching an unexpected conclusion.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2023

When Felix Reda of the German Pirate Party was elected vice-president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament in 2014, and was given the job of copyright reform rapporteur , that was a moment for the archives. The server wasn’t protected in any way, so passing internet users could download whatever they liked.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

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. and Cellco Partnership (dba Verizon Wireless), stand accused of assisting subscribers to download and share pirated music, by not doing enough to stop them. .”

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 23, 2024

The official website has over 100,000 monthly visits and, since the app is available through a variety of other download portals, the total userbase could be well over a million. In case of copyright infringement, please directly contact the responsible parties or the streaming websites.”

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TorrentFreak

MAY 12, 2023

Last fall, a Texas federal jury found Grande Communications liable for willful contributory copyright infringement and ordered the ISP to pay $47 million in damages to a group of record labels. For example, there were no copies of the 1,403 original copyrighted works to compare against the allegedly pirated music tracks.

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