Plagiarism Today
MARCH 4, 2024
The recent "Glasgow Willy Wonka Event" may have launched a thousand memes. but it also raises some serious copyright and trademark issues. The post Copyright, Trademark and Willy’s Chocolate Experience appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 3, 2024
There’s rarely a shortage of conflict and controversy in the perpetual online piracy wars. For some, the David versus Goliath imagery, of ordinary people fighting faceless corporations, will never get old. For others, the right of creators to receive fair compensation for their work is non-negotiable; it puts food on the table, literally. Yet spend enough time digesting every possible detail presented by those shouting most loudly about piracy, and it becomes increasingly clear that piracy
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JD Supra Law
MARCH 5, 2024
On 27 December 2023, The New York Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft alleging copyright infringement in connection with OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT technology. This lawsuit is part of the first wave of artificial-intelligence-related lawsuits that have targeted some of the biggest technology companies in the world and some of the best-known artificial intelligence (AI) products on the market.
Patently-O
MARCH 3, 2024
By Dennis Crouch Elon Musk was instrumental in the initial creation of OpenAI as a nonprofit with the vision of responsibly developing artificial intelligence (AI) to benefit humanity and to prevent monopolistic control over the technology. After ChatGPT went viral in late 2022, the company began focusing more on revenue and profits. It added a major for-profit subsidiary and completed a $13+ billion deal with Microsoft — entitling the industry giant to a large share of OpenAI’s fut
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Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 5, 2024
Influencer Jay Shetty is facing allegations that he falsified much of his past. With that returns old plagiarism allegations made new again. The post Jay Shetty and Boomerang Plagiarism Allegations appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 8, 2024
With over 420 million code repositories, GitHub takes pride in being the largest and most advanced development platform in the world. As with other platforms that host user-generated content, this massive code library occasionally runs into copyright infringement troubles. Pirate Devs In some cases, people use code without obtaining permission from the creators, while others use GitHub to store pirated books or even music.
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Erik K Pelton
MARCH 5, 2024
Erik explains how a TTAB discovery conference works inside the process of a trademark opposition or cancellation proceeding. The post What is a TTAB Discovery Conference? appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Erik explains how a TTAB discovery conference works inside the process of a trademark opposition or cancellation proceeding.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 7, 2024
New allegations claim that the song Over the Rainbow is a plagiarism. However, this case shows why sometimes plagiarism doesn't matter. The post Why Sometimes Plagiarism Doesn’t Matter appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 2, 2024
At the start of the last decade, The Pirate Bay teamed up with Sweden’s Lund University to conduct the largest online piracy survey in history. The research elicited responses from 75,000 ‘pirates’ from all parts of the world. Despite this geographical diversity, a rather traditional gender pattern appeared. Of all respondents, only 5% were female.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 8, 2024
The U.S. District Court for the North District of California dismissed four of six claims in a pair of cases alleging that the use by OpenAI, Inc. of the plaintiffs’ books infringed the copyrights in those books. Tremblay v. OpenAI, Inc. and Silverman v. OpenAI, Inc., 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24618 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 12, 2024). The books in question include The Cabin at the End of the World by novelist Paul Tremblay and The Bedwetter by comedian Sarah Silverman.
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MARCH 6, 2024
Tomelleri (who has appeared on this blog before ) illustrates fishes (see court exhibit on the right). He sued a print-on-demand service (Sunfrog) over alleged IP violations of his illustrations. If that rings a bell, it’s because just yesterday I blogged on a DIFFERENT fish painter, DeYoung, who also brought an IP lawsuit against a print-on-demand service (Pixels).
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 6, 2024
Ferris Bueller, the sitcom, not the film (sadly), featured a plagiarism story in its final episode. How realistic was the it? Not very. The post Plagiarism in Pop Culture: Ferris Bueller appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 6, 2024
Under U.S. law, online service providers must respond to takedown notices and implement a meaningful policy to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules but, according to a lawsuit filed by several prominent music companies last year, X is not among them. In a lawsuit filed at a federal court in Nashville last summer, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI, and others accused X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement.
Cogency Global
MARCH 8, 2024
What this is : A Federal District Judge issued a judgment in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), declaring it unconstitutional. What this means : At present, the government is enjoined from enforcing the CTA’s beneficial ownership reporting requirements against the specific plaintiffs in the case.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MARCH 5, 2024
In the ongoing legal battles over print-on-demand services, RedBubble and (more recently) Printify have sometimes achieved favorable results by disaggregating all of the functions and acting solely as a marketing agent for the disaggregated vendors. These defense-favorable outcomes may work in the short term; but they leave open the potential liability of the contracting vendors (which may drive them out of the industry, leaving the marketing agent with no one to outsource to) and as well as the
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 7, 2024
Microsoft seeks dismissal of New York Times lawsuit, Spanish IPTV operators fined and study claims anti-piracy warnings are ineffective. The post 3 Count: Ignored Warnings appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 5, 2024
Last week, we reported that an Indian dynamic+ court order had taken down movie-web’s demo site, along with several other pirate sites. The injunction, issued by the New Delhi High Court, requires local ISPs to block access to the domains. In addition, domain name registrars are also urged to take action. The reach of this Indian order expands far outside the nation’s borders.
Cogency Global
MARCH 7, 2024
What this is: An introduction to nonprofit risk management, including the types of risks nonprofits commonly face, how to conduct a nonprofit risk assessment and effective risk mitigation strategies. What this means: Nonprofit risk management is the process of identifying, prioritizing and mitigating risks at your organization. It’s important for ensuring smooth operations, maintaining compliance and protecting your nonprofit’s reputation.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 7, 2024
MHL Custom took legal action against Waydoo for allegedly infringing on two U.S. Patents related to a type of personal hydrofoil watercraft called an eFoil. Following a jury trial in March 2023, where certain patent claims were examined, it was determined that Waydoo had indeed infringed on MHL's patents and had to pay a $500 royalty per board sold, totaling $1,334,000 in damages.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 6, 2024
Lawsuit against X/Twitter will move forward, North Carolina bar sued over karaoke night and trans Joker film to make its debut. The post 3 Count: X Marks the Spot appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 7, 2024
Early last year, a group of filmmakers obtained a subpoena that required Reddit to reveal the identities of users who commented on piracy-related topics. The movie companies said they were not planning to go after these people in court but wanted to use their comments as evidence in an ongoing piracy lawsuit against Internet provider RCN. Reddit wasn’t willing to go along with the request, at least not in full.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MARCH 8, 2024
[These are my rough-draft talk notes from a recent workshop of trademark law professors.] The SAD Scheme involves a trademark owner suing dozens/hundreds of defendants using a sealed complaint, getting an ex parte TRO, and then having the online marketplaces freeze the defendants’ accounts and money. The TRO acts like a supernotice compared to the traditional takedown notice: it targets sellers, not individual items; and it implicates their cash from all of their sales, not just the allege
JD Supra Law
MARCH 6, 2024
When Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, was discovered off the North Carolina coast in 1996 after a decade of searching, whatever treasure might have been with it when it found a watery grave in 1718 had been lost to the tides of time. But as any fan of Titanic lore will tell you, a sunken ship courses with an altogether different booty: the tales that can be told about it.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 4, 2024
Stability AI hits back in UK case, 3 in China convicted of anime piracy and YouTube's Content ID system continues rapid growth. The post 3 Count: Stable Defense appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 5, 2024
News that the Provincial Court of Pontevedra has handed down substantial fines to individuals behind a very large pirate IPTV operation was first reported by ElMundo on Tuesday. Seven employees and managers of Spanish company Engel Systems SL received fines ranging from 540 euros to 7,290 euros for their part in the sale of pirate decoders, plus IPTV boxes and services, through their company over eight years ago.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MARCH 7, 2024
Spencer’s wife had an extra-marital affair with Doe. Doe sent “photographs and screen shots of sexually explicit images” to the wife. Spencer, the husband, came into possession of these materials via unspecified means. He assembled various collages of the images and sent copies by postal mail to Doe and “his ex-wife, his adult child, several of his neighbors, and his place of business.” Doe sued Spencer for VAWRA, IIED, negligence, and public disclosure of private f
JD Supra Law
MARCH 4, 2024
AI is everywhere. And, no, I do not mean in a “Skynet is coming,” or “Big Brother is here,” kind of way. I mean everywhere you look. Stories abound about the oddities that result from using generative AI. In one story, a car dealership’s chatbot offered a 2024 Chevy Tahoe for $1.00. In another, attorneys who were using Chat-GPT found that the generative AI tool was pulling facts out of thin air, creating false citations to cases that did not exist.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 5, 2024
Nintendo wins settlement against Yuzu, Authors fail to halt similar AI cases and publishers seek default judgment against LibGen. The post 3 Count: Player One Wins appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 4, 2024
Library Genesis ( LibGen ) is one of the oldest shadow libraries on the Internet, offering free access to millions of books and academic papers people otherwise have to pay for. The site’s origins reportedly trace back to the Soviet Union’s underground publishing culture ‘ samizdat ,’ which was used to bypass state censorship in the last century.
IP Law 360
MARCH 6, 2024
While the recent expiration of Disney’s Steamboat Willie copyright is not likely to have an immediate impact, it could provide clarity on the extent to which trademark rights in character names and appearance affect what others can do with characters from works whose copyright has expired, says Bryan Wheelock at Harness IP.
The Illusion of More
MARCH 5, 2024
I met Bill Westwood last year when he contacted me to very kindly ask if I would like to speak to the Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) about copyright and artificial intelligence. I was aware of medical illustration as a specialized field but didn’t know much about it until I drove up to Albany to […] The post Medical Illustrator Westwood Files Substantial Claim Against Publisher Thieme appeared first on The Illusion of More.
IP and Legal Filings
MARCH 8, 2024
THE DICHOTOMY AND THEIR HARMONIOUS EXISTENCE The issue of jurisdictional overlap between federal and local bodies, which causes conflicts in decision-making and implementation, is one of the constant issues with India’s federal structure. This dichotomy results from the complexities involved in drawing boundaries between the authority of local self-governance institutions and the federal government.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 4, 2024
Anime piracy site B9Good first appeared way back in 2008, initially operating under B9DM branding. Defying the usual odds, 15 years later the site was still alive and kicking. Last March, Japan-based anti-piracy group CODA reported an estimate of B9Good’s traffic for the two years running up to February 2023. Based in China, the site had been accessed more than 300 million times and, crucially, around 95% of those visits came from Japan, mostly seeking access to Japanese content.
IP Law 360
MARCH 4, 2024
The World Trade Organization did not reach an agreement at a conference last week on a proposal to expand a waiver on intellectual property for COVID vaccines to cover tests and treatments, a move welcomed by opponents of the plan.
Velocity of Content
MARCH 5, 2024
CCC returns to the London Book Fair next week to host the “ Publishers, Copyright & AI: Taking Action , ” panel and welcome the publishing community to Booth 7H02 to discuss how our data-driven solutions can help them transition to and transform Open Access (OA) programs. Taking place on the first day of the Fair (Tuesday, 12 March) at 10:30 AM in the Tech Theatre, Publishers, Copyright & AI: Taking Action will feature an international panel of senior figures from leading scholarly publi
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