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The Nightmare Plagiarism Scenario Comes True

Plagiarism Today

In 1951, academic and musical satirist first performed the song Lobachevsky. This approach requires that all journals be ethical and perform due diligence on incoming works, something well known to be not true. A Nightmare Scenario. However, there’s no easy way to do that.

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Beyond the Limit: The Battle Over Copyright Back-Damages in Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy

Patently-O

By Dennis Crouch and Timothy Knight* The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on February 21 in an important copyright case – Warner Chappell Music v. ” Copyright’s statute of limitations bars claims not “commenced within three years after the claim accrued.” ” 17 U.S.C. §

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Supreme Court Fixes One Problem with the Copyright Statute of Limitations, But Punts Another — Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Warner Chappell Music, Inc. Under the “discovery rule,” the limitations period begins to run when “the plaintiff discovers, or with due diligence should have discovered, the injury that forms the basis for the claim.” Warner Chappell Music, Inc. , to license works from the Music Specialist catalog. Nealy , No.

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Giving off Bad Energy: “Milkshake” Sample Removed from Beyoncé’s Album “Renaissance”

IPilogue

Kelis has no legal ground to stand on but her quarrel with Beyoncé illuminates a prominent and recurring issue in the music industry. And when that man says, ‘Music has value,’ he means its value is beholden to men who had no part in creating it.”

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Funding Strategies in the Generative AI World – Why Patents Should Still Matter to Investors: A Conversation with Technology Disruptor and CEO Linda Bernardi

JD Supra Law

Uribe speaks with author, technology disruptor, strategist and CEO Linda Bernardi on the role of patent strategies in VC funding opportunities and due diligence. Leveraging Linda’s current role as CEO at XdMind Inc.,

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Why the Supreme Court’s Latest Copyright Ruling May Be Short-Lived

Copyright Lately

The ink’s not even dry on Warner Chappell Music v. Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated opinion in Warner Chappell Music, Inc. For the plaintiff, music producer Sherman Nealy, the Court’s ruling means the right to pursue damages dating back to 2008, ten years before he filed suit. Yesterday, the U.S.

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Time's Up! Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy and the Discovery Rule Saga

The IPKat

During this period, Mr. Nealy was not involved in the music industry as he was serving a prison sentence. The first is that a copyright claim "accrues" only when an infringing act occurs or, alternatively, a claim may “accrue” when the plaintiff discovers the infringing act or should have discovered it by exercising due diligence.

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