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1:  New York Piracy Ruling May Set Precedent for Web-Blocking

First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that a New York federal judge has issued an injunction against three suspected pirate sites that aims to require all internet service providers (ISPs) in the United States to block access to those sites.

The case itself pits a group of Israeli media companies against three pirate sites that they allege illegally take their content and make it available in the United States. The defendants in the case, however, did not show up, and the court issued a default judgment against them.

As part of that default judgment, the court ordered that all ISPs in the nation are to stop providing services to and block access to those sites. This would be the first time that site blocking took place in the United States. However, it’s also likely that the injunction will be challenged by ISPs.

2:  ‘The Exact Same Thing’: Oliver Tree Accuses the Kid Laroi Director of Copying His Videos

Next up today, Tomás Mier at Rolling Stone reports that musician Oliver Tree is lashing out at Kid Laroi accusing Kid of copying elements in his newest music video.

In 2021 Oliver Tree released a music video for his song Asshole, which was a collaboration with Lil Yachty. Kid Laroi has recently released a new video for his new song Thousand Miles but, according to Oliver, many of the shots from the video were taken from his work.

Oliver was careful to say that he didn’t believe Kid Laroi was directly responsible, but noted that the director of the music video, Christian Breslaur, follows him on Instagram. No legal action has been filed as of this writing.

3: SpongeBob SquarePants Fan Movie Rehydrated! Goes Live, Gets Copyright Takedown During Premiere

Finally today, Josh Coulson at The Gamer reports that, shortly after being posted, a fan recreation of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was briefly removed from YouTube before a public outcry resulted in it being restored.

The fan film, named SpongeBob SquarePants Rehydrated, is a fan-created work with all new animation and all-new vocal work. It features a wide variety of animation styles as it is crowdsourced project.

However, shortly after its debut on YouTube, the video came down due to a copyright claim by Paramount. However, now Rehydrated is back on YouTube and available for viewing following a Twitter campaign. So far, it has been watched more than 250,000 times.

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