BYU Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Over the last several years, we have reported on a number of cases that have reached quiet settlements or otherwise fizzled out without us acknowledging their end. Carrington CollegeWe previously reported on this case in late 2018. Here, we round up final updates on a few of those cases:Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

Recent decisions suggest courts are losing patience with those who bring dubious copyright infringement claims as part of their business models. Back in May, I wrote about an overzealous copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Rachel Dolezal , the woman best known for mispresenting her racial background.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

[viii] Spotify, Pandora and other companies also follow the principle of settlement rather than compliance in their regimes. ix] It is essentially a cheap get out of jail free card for companies like Spotify who use copyright litigation and time as a weapon to cede the music label into bowing down. [x] Author: Harjas Gulati.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2022

McFree utilized copyrighted material owned by Watch Tower in his productions, something that gave the religious group a leverage point to shut him down. In 2018, Watch Tower filed an application for a DMCA subpoena to compel YouTube/Google to hand over his details. And then things got dark. Really, really dark.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Much of alleged infringement occurred while Nealy was incarcerated, and he alleged that he did not become aware of the infringement until 2016. Nealy filed suit in 2018, within three years of the date he allegedly discovered the infringement. Sherman Nealy and Music Specialist, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

At an initial conference on January 23, 2023, the parties reached a settlement and asked to dismiss the claim. On June 4, 2018, Oppenheimer found his image on Prutton’s website. The claim says hat infringement is ongoing from 2018-present, even though the photo was removed in 2019. It seems like it did.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

73, 77 (2018)(footnotes omitted)]. Garg (2018), at 78-80 ]. Though continuing more recently in 2018 to extol the human author requirement, her 2003 work demonstrates that the UK has historically been more flexible on this issue than the United States has now become. ” But beauty is not a basis for copyright protection.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Thus, if an artist creates a derivative work based on a photograph unlawfully , and copies of that derivative work are reproduced and distributed to the public, the owner of copyright in the photograph is entitled to sue for copyright infringement and to recover remedies for the unlawful use of their photograph.

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