Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

1: Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. The judge ultimately ruled that any use of Watch Tower material was a fair use and ordered the subpoena quashed. 2: German Court Case Could Have Huge Repercussions for Anyone Who Uses the Internet. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

The Notorious Markets report is an annual report by the USTR that identifies international markets that enable piracy. The USTR invites input from various stakeholders, which is what the RIAA is providing in this report. Cardi B had previously argued that the use of the image was a fair use because it was transformative.

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MARCH 3, 2022

First off today, Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide reports that musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims her 2020 hit Levitating is an infringement of an earlier song. However, the lower court tossed the lawsuit, saying that the use was a fair use, and awarded the school some $10,266.37

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APRIL 19, 2022

First off today, Joe Tidy at the BBC reports that the City of London Police have arrested three people and shuttered the website of a group that was running an unauthorized clone of Club Penguin, the Disney social media site/game that shuttered in 2017. The court, in this case, rejected the test as well as Newsweek’s fair use arguments.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that Disney has failed to dismiss an ongoing case against it over the 2018 reboot of the Muppet Babies TV show. The post 3 Count: Disney Defeat appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

1: Nirvana Beats T-Shirt Copyright Lawsuit Involving Dante’s ‘Inferno’ First off today, Bill Donahue at Billboard reports that members of the band Nirvana have emerged victorious in a battle over their iconic Dante’s Inferno shirt, even if it is likely not the final word on the case.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that U.S. The judge also ruled against Sinclair on the issue of fair use, saying that it was too early in the case to rule on that issue. The post 3 Count: Server Tested appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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MAY 19, 2022

First off today, Pamela Chelin at Variety reports that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a significant victory so singer Toni Basil, granting her sole copyright in her 1981 debut album, which included the hit song Mickey. appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? The post 3 Count: Hey Mickey!

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

In fact, according to their most recent transparency report , that includes some 176,959 notices covering some 738,010 pieces of content in just the first six months of 2022. While that rate is typical among hosts of its type, that still leaves some 173,280 pieces of content that were reported as copyright infringing but were not removed.

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MAY 16, 2022

First off today, Massimo Capizza at the National Law Review reports that the Supreme Court of the United States has denied certiorari in a case over the 2003 Josh Groban song You Raise Me Up , leaving a circuit split in place over how to determine substantial similarity between two works. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

According to H3’s response, their use of the video in the podcast was a fair use and if the version they had was pirated, that is not itself a copyright infringement. The post 3 Count: Quad 9 appeared first on Plagiarism Today. 2: Discovery Extension Requested in Internet Archive Book Scanning Suit.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

According to YouTube’s Copyright Transparency Report , the site receives more than 4 million copyright claims every day. Rules around fair use, notice and takedown and so forth are replaced by bots that are incapable of understanding the nuances of the law itself. This has put YouTubers in a bind. The Internet of Old.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

1: Google/Oracle Doesn’t Affect Warhol Fair-Use Ruling, 2nd Circ Says. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has amended a previous decision to make it clear that the recent Oracle v. The post 3 Count: No Impact appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

Next up today, Jasmine Simpkins at Hip Hollywood reports that musicians Brandon Cooper and Timothy Valentine have filed a lawsuit against both Chris Brown and Drake alleging that their song No Guidance is an infringement of their earlier song I Love Your Dress. The post 3 Count: Settling Seuss appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a copyright infringement lawsuit against the realtors Columbia House of Brokers Realty over the alleged infringement of floor plans. 3: Microsoft is Looking to Use the Ethereum Blockchain to Prevent Piracy.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

These tools include a custom GPT called “Remove Paywall” and a tool such as “News Summarizer”, which promises to “save on subscription costs” and “skip paywalls just using the link text or URL.” OpenAI and Microsoft have previously argued that the use of copyrighted works to train its models falls under fair use.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

These tools include a custom GPT called “Remove Paywall” and a tool such as “News Summarizer”, which promises to “save on subscription costs” and “skip paywalls just using the link text or URL.” OpenAI and Microsoft have previously argued that the use of copyrighted works to train its models falls under fair use.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2021

Blogging and Fair Use. The doctrine of fair use bears substantial importance for blogs since the question of plagiarism may sprout up at regular intervals. However, quoting facts word-to-word, paragraph after paragraph, won’t be construed as constituting fair use.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

This prompted Dorland to first report the alleged plagiarism to a wide variety of groups and worked on getting the story pulled while working through lawyers to demand financial compensation. However, today, I want to focus on just one aspect of this story: The plagiarism. What Larson did there was clearly plagiarism.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Designed to be freely available licensed or public domain; we occasionally use fair use images where no free image is available, such as when a famous work has been destroyed. One of the most requested tool from volunteers is a better tool to detect plagiarism. Narrowly tailored solutions are the most effective.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

1: Justices to Consider Whether Warhol Image is “Fair Use” of Photograph of Prince. First off today, Ronald Mann at SCOTUSblog reports that, tomorrow, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is expected to hear arguments in the case of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Though a U.S.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case pitting photographer Lynn Goldsmith against the estate of artist Andy Warhol. In 1984, Lynn licensed one of her photographs of the musician Prince to be converted into a painting by Warhol for Vanity Fair magazine.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that Pandora has been sued by a group of comedians and their estates claiming that the streaming service has been streaming their performances but not paying all the royalties owed. The post 3 Count: Serious Comedy appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

First off today, Ashley Cullins at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that Instagram has secured the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against it by two photographers who claimed that the service’s embedding feature enabled copyright infringement. The post 3 Count: Insta Victory appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that tattoo artist Catherine Alexander has emerged victorious in a recent trial against Take-Two Interactive over the use of tattoos she created in a video game. The post 3 Count: French Anti-Pirates appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

Is this relevant to fair use? Satire involves using the same style to clothe different ideas; therefore it shouldn’t infringe (lack of substantial similarity as in the Greatest American Hero case; German case law; perhaps the jury’s reasoning in the Kat von D case). W/o fair use, these tools are far more limited.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

First off today, Joseph Menn at Reuters reports that, despite a recent settlement, Apple has appealed a lower court decision in its ongoing lawsuit against the security firm Corellium. However, a judge tossed the case, ruling that Corellium’s use was a fair use. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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AUGUST 11, 2022

But there weren’t reported lawsuits against Bollywood films. There’s no record of the judgment but there is contemporaneous reporting. Cross-cultural plagiarism: adaptation of a film to a different cultural context. Banks wouldn’t give loans to filmmakers. Can the NFAI screen the movie? rights so now it can be shown.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

First off today, Eriq Gardner at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that a judge has declined former President Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by musician Eddy Grant over the song Electric Avenue. This prompted Grant to sue, claiming that the use of his music was an infringement.

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