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3 Count: Swimsuit Edition

Plagiarism Today

1: ‘ Sports Illustrated’ Model Sues Twitter for $10 million, Accusing its Algorithm of Contributing to Copyright infringement. The latter is a photo editing company that was acquired by Twitter in 2016 and created the AI software that, according to Morton, creates unauthorized derivatives of her work.

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Patent, Trademark, and Copyright: Definitions and Distinctions

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Definitions and Differences. The following is an edited transcript of my video Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Definitions and Differences. Copyrights are registered with the Library of Congress.

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It’s a Copyright Violation, But Also Much Worse….Fraud, Negligence, and “Misappropriation of Personality”…Plus Being a Gross Insult to Anyone’s Intelligence: The Jagmeet Singh Fake Ads (There Oughta Be a Law!)

Hugh Stephens Blog

Image: Shutterstock It is so ludicrous it’s hard to believe the ads—real ads but using a fake news story to promote a fraudulent product–appeared in mainstream media in Canada and elsewhere. But it happened.

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RightsClick Offers Simplified Copyright Management

Plagiarism Today

For independent creators, every hour spent working on one’s copyright is an hour not spent on creating new work or running their business. As such, many creators either neglect their work’s copyright protection or pay someone else to handle it, often at great cost. RightsClick also makes it easy to bulk edit a large number of works.

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The Height of Hypcrisy! OpenAI Accuses DeepSeek of Stealing its Content

Hugh Stephens Blog

Image: Shutterstock (edited) Am I the only one, or did anyone else have just a touch of schadenfreude when they read the story in the New York Times that OpenAI is claiming the Chinese start-up DeepSeek may have improperly harvested its data. What irony!

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[Book Review] Designs Law and Practice (3rd Edition)

The IPKat

This is a review of “ Designs Law and Practice (3rd Edition) ” by RPC. Formerly published as Sykes: Intellectual Property in Designs, this is a substantially revised and updated new edition which aims to provide a comprehensive but practical reference source for the various IP rights protecting designs, with a focus on the United Kingdom.

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New Copyright Lawsuit Targets Uploaders of 10-Minute Movie Edits

TorrentFreak

When YouTube first got off the ground in 2005, most of its users would’ve been oblivious to how closely copyright law would govern their online activities moving forward. These heavily edited copies of mainstream movies aim to summarize key plot lines via voice-over narration in about 10 minutes.

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