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Company ‘Hijacks’ Blender’s CC BY-Licensed Film, YouTube Strikes User

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.” According to some, this almost utopian model with ‘free’ and ‘sharing’ underpinning everything, had no chance of survival. Right now, a company is claiming that Blender’s free content is actually their content and as a result, must be immediately removed from the internet.

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VPN, DNS, Give Up, or Go Legal: Aussies’ Reactions to Pirate Site-Blocking in 2023

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The survey found that 41% of respondents consumed at least one item of pirated content (TV, movies, music, games, or live sports) from an illegal source in 2023, up from the 39% reported in the previous year. “To access free content (e.g. music, films, TV series, e-books, etc.)”

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Adobe Thinks it Can Solve Netflix’s Password ‘Piracy’ Problem

TorrentFreak

Competing with ‘free’ was clearly impossible. Today we know that by looking beyond the bare content, such as a music track or a movie, added value can be found in how content is presented, delivered, consumed, and ultimately appreciated by the customer. But it needs to be executed with care.

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Spicy IP Weekly Review (November 16- November 21)

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Pikashow is an app which claims to provide free content of known OTT platforms. Bombay High Court granted an ad-interim relief to the Plaintiff against the Defendant’s exhibition of play ‘Disco Dancer- The Musical’. Saregama India Limited And Others On 15 November, 2022 (Bombay High Court). Image from here.

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Piracy Advertising Researchers Fall Victim to Ransomware Attacks

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ering them ‘free content,’ including the latest movies, music, and television shows. “As this report shows, malicious actors dangle free content as ‘bait’ to lure users to be victimized. In addition, nearly 80% of the researched sites served at least some malware ads.

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27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: From the DMCA to the DSA: Keynote and copyright interactions

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This is easier where we have a remuneration provision for content owners when the content remains online. Easier for music than movies which depend on exclusivity (well, whole movies). But it didn’t disclose any guidelines—we can’t tell you what they say; use less music, but we can’t say what the threshold is.