Plagiarism Today

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. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 18, 2025

Reddit Publishes Transparency Report This week, Reddit published its latest transparency report which shows that this year-long upward trend has reversed recently. This is mostly caused by duplicate reports. Meanwhile, 5,573 reports failed to identify specific content and 1,721 items were suspected to be fraudulently reported.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a verdict against the concert streaming service Wolfgang’s Vault, including a meager damages award. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 2: Bookie Operators Sued Over Alleged Sports Broadcast Copyright Infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 12, 2022

First off today, The Fashion Law reports that LEGO is facing a lawsuit from artist James Concannon following the inclusion of a jacket similar to one that he designed as part of a recent LEGO set. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Michael Geist

MAY 4, 2023

The debate over Bill C-11 was frequently marked by politician and lobby group claims that failure to act would place the future of Canadian film and television production at risk. Profile 2022 , the well-regarded annual report on the state of industry funding was released yesterday.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Indeed When Fmovies originally went offline last summer, as first reported by TF in July, the reason is easily explained according to the authorities. Unclear and Very Unusual In foreign cases where court documents may never become available, reporting can be difficult. Much Worse? emphasis ours).

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 28, 2022

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that Black Entertainment Television (BET) will have to face a copyright infringement lawsuit by Walkie Check Productions over BET’s Instagram Live show House Party. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that songwriter Daniel Grigson has filed a lawsuit against Disney and others that worked on the film Frozen 2 alleging that one of the tracks from the film is an infringement of his earlier work. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 19, 2022

LaLiga Reports ‘Empty’ IPTV Players to the EC. From a basic web browser to dedicated media players such as VLC, many tools will do the job, but when users want to access IPTV streams (Internet Protocol Television), they often turn to tools designed for that specific purpose.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

JULY 15, 2021

Commerce's NTIA Releases Report on Current and Projected Federal Use of Spectrum by Space-Based Systems. Today, NTIA released a first-of-its-kind report documenting the wide array of current and projected spectrum uses by space-based systems. The report, titled “ The Spectrum Needs of U.S.-Based July 15, 2021.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

First off today, David McAfee at Bloomberg Law reports that Locast, a now-shuttered service for streaming over-the-air television online, has been hit with a permanent injunction that bars it from operating. Locast was a service that allowed users to stream over-the-air broadcast television online in about 30 markets.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

RIAA Reports Hellshare and Hellspy. Later in 2012, the RIAA submitted its regular report to the United States Trade Representative, requesting various sites to be branded notorious pirate markets. According to Google’s Transparency Report, all three domains are regularly reported for carrying infringing content.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 14, 2025

The service provides unauthorized access to live sports streams, television channels, and on-demand movies and television shows to its customers for a monthly subscription,” USTR wrote. The Motion Picture Association and ACE have targeted MagisTV services for several years and local copyright holders have done the same.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 12, 2024

MPA Reports Cuevana.biz to the USTR Today, Cuevana continues to present a major piracy threat in the Spanish-speaking part of Latin America. This certainly isn’t the first time that a Cuevana site has been reported to the USTR. The coalition announced that it managed to shut down a major Cuevana operation. “[T]he Cuevana[.]biz/Cuevana3[.]eu

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Shutdowns, domain seizures, and other enforcement actions are reported almost every week, including civil lawsuits and criminal prosecutions in the US, EU and beyond. The accused advertised ‘cheap and stable television viewing’ via social networks. Without exception, they acted with nicknames,” police report.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 6, 2025

In addition to effective blockades , there were multiple reports of overblocking, where the anti-piracy system blocked access to Google Drive , Cloudflare , and other legitimate sites and services. AGCOM, the organization in charge of the blocking system, announced as much in its annual report last month. Slippery Slope?

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

According to the documents , the aim of the SPARKS group (which was active between 2011 to early 2020) was to fraudulently obtain DVDs and Blu-Ray discs for copyrighted movies and television shows prior to their retail release date, remove the copyright protections, and distribute the files via SPARKS-controlled servers. “As

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 3, 2023

As previously reported , these injunctions can now be presented to Google for recognition. IP Address ‘Domains’ Reappeared in Google Search The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) has responsibility for blocking actions in Lithuania. Just over a year ago, everything changed.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Yet despite reported progress, including an overhaul of Vietnam’s copyright laws and promises to crack down on piracy, including the formation of a specialist anti-piracy unit , nothing has had any visible effect. Blocking a reported 1,000 sites presented few problems for the authorities then.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 21, 2024

According to the indictment, the defendants reproduced tens of thousands of copyrighted television shows without authorization, and distributed the illicit content to a vast audience of paid subscribers across the United States. ” U.S. Attorney Jason M.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 19, 2024

Last December, Swedish anti-piracy group Rattighetsalliansen (Rights Alliance) reported that a local prosecutor had filed an indictment against a man suspected of being behind Viking IPTV. bitcoin with an estimated value of SEK 5 million, around US$465,300 at today’s rates, the anti-piracy group reported.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

“Duties of this position include supporting enforcement of films, television shows and live events, researching piracy technologies, websites, and apps, tracking piracy data, providing regular reports on piracy trends, evaluating prospective providers of antipiracy services and managing existing providers,” Disney adds.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2024

In the spring of 2012, Google formally launched its Transparency Report, sharing details on all copyright-related removal requests, including the targeted links and their senders. This site was flagged more than 100 million times in less than a year, almost exclusively by VGTRK, the Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2024

Commissioned by the Attorney-General’s Department, the research aims to better understand internet users’ consumption habits, across five key content types – Television, Movies/Film, Music, Video Games, and Live Sport – and track changes in behavior over time. That’s slightly down on the 61% reported in 2022.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 8, 2025

This post aims to look at the important terms of the MoU and the Standard Agreement, as highlighted in these reports. Additionally, SWA is also taking forward the quest to have a standardised agreement for screenwriters, which is presently being negotiated with film and television production houses.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 23, 2023

“We […] request your assistance in addressing, the extensive copyright infringement of motion pictures and television shows that is occurring by virtue of the operation of the domain cloudstream.cf, which is hosted on and available for download from your repository GitHub Inc.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

In a report to the United States government, the powerful International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) pulls no punches. Since the report runs to 241 pages, our focus is a subset of issues linked to online piracy. A reported 71% of Canadians spend at least one hour each day watching TV shows or movies online. .

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 23, 2024

Within China itself, enforcement actions take place far less often than rightsholders believe they should, but in Taiwan, raids are reported more frequently, with foreign rightsholders also likely to benefit. “The appearance of the place was low-key, like a house that had been abandoned for many years,” CIB says.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Local media reported that those arrested were under suspicion of systematically downloading movies and TV shows from pirate websites located outside China, adding subtitles, and distributing the captioned videos from their own servers in breach of copyright. Liang Yongping was handed a 3.5-year million yuan, around US$235,000.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Candeub Report. The brief relies heavily on an “expert” report from Adam Candeub. Life is too short to spend precious time reading the report, though I did find the plaintiffs’ motion to strike interesting. Adam Candeub “expert” witness report. Motion to strike this report. RCFP et al.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 19, 2023

World Cup 2022 – Audiovisual Broadcasting Review Published this week, Arcom’s study reveals that more than six out of 10 French people watched or listened to at least one live match during the World Cup, a figure that rose to 73% in respect of all content, including replays, match analysis, and behind-the-scenes reporting.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 16, 2023

. “We are writing to notify you of, and request your assistance in addressing, the extensive copyright infringement of motion pictures and television shows that is occurring by virtue of the operation of the APK software, CloudStream.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2023

Subscription television is even more expensive and often demands longer-term commitments people simply can’t afford. No doubt some media reports will take the ‘500,000 customers’ comment and run with it but nowhere here does it say that 500,000 lost access to one or more services.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 12, 2022

“This position will be part of a team that is responsible for providing antipiracy services with a focus on combating online piracy of film, television, and live events related to Disney properties worldwide,” the job listing reads. The candidate needs to have a few years of experience in a law firm or legal department.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 16, 2023

While those stories focus on the availability of services and content in Canada, a new Variety report points to another negative impact from the bill: less film and television production in Canada, at least in the short term. In other words, the bill could initially lead to less investment in Canada. The reason?

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Michael Geist

JUNE 29, 2021

Third, Housakos linked the current success of the Canadian film and television sector with the gatekeepers’ support for Bill C-10: The problem isn’t a lack of investment in Canadian talent and Canadian stories. The problem, if you see it that way, is that it’s happening without the need for intermediaries like the Canada Media Fund.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 7, 2024

BREIN has just published its latest annual report, providing insights into the priorities of the organization and the progress being made. A total of 3,739 advertisements were flagged and reported, a figure that has been relatively stable over the years. Knock Knock… The full annual report includes many more details and nuances.

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