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3 Count: Plagiarism Again

Plagiarism Today

However, the bill itself has very limited chance to succeed, as the bill has been widely panned as unconstitutional and a violation of various copyright treaties the United States is a signatory to. 2: Riot Games sues Mobile Legends: Bang Bang for Plagiarism—Again. million settlement in 2018. That lawsuit resulted in a $2.9

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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

However, that is just the latest in a decade-long history of discussing copyright, plagiarism and other authorship issues as they pertain to Halloween and horror. So, this year we’re going to take a look back at the various tales of copyright infringement and/or plagiarism that we’ve looked at over the years.

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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

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2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. HLG ultimately filed suit for copyright infringement.

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Asghar Farhadi’s High-Stakes Plagiarism Battle

Plagiarism Today

However, as per The Hollywood Reporter, he now finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes plagiarism battle. Masihzadeh then turned that story into a 45-minute documentary entitled All Winners, All Losers , which debuted in 2018. But this isn’t solely a case about copyright infringement, it’s also a case about ethics and honesty. ??Masihzadeh

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Did Fortnite Plagiarize Among Us?

Plagiarism Today

Though originally released in 2018, Among Us became wildly popular during the pandemic, with streamers and gamers alike discovering it and enjoying both the cartoonish art style and the intrigue of trying to suss out who the imposters are. To be clear, this doesn’t mean that a copyright infringement or other lawsuit is coming.

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Ed Sheeran’s Copyright Infringement Battles

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Looking back, his career trajectory has been laced with a healthy amount of plagiarism allegations by other artists. Three of the most prominent accusations of plagiarism are with regard to his songs “Photograph”, “Thinking Out Loud”, and “Shape of You”. 2018 saw the continuation of Sheeran’s struggles with infringement allegations.

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3 Count: Less Than Routine

Plagiarism Today

1: Spike Lee, Nate Parker Sued by Indie Filmmakers Over Copyright Infringement. First off today, Diane Haithman at TheWrap reports that filmmakers Spike Lee and Nate Parker have been sued for copyright infringement over allegations that their 2019 Film American Skin is an infringement of an earlier screenplay.