TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Day in and day out, millions of people use pirate sites and services to download or stream movies and TV shows. Word-of-mouth advertising helped the app to break through, and after becoming the official sponsor of the Afghan cricket team during Asia Cup 2022, its profile went mainstream. Trade Representative.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Laws that forbid the illegal uploading and downloading of copyrighted content are common around the world but the rise of streaming has sometimes exposed gaps in legislation.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2022

On the flip side, today’s interconnected world has the ability to transform leaks into powerful advertising and hype, keeping message boards and social media alive with discussion of exciting new products, at zero cost to official marketing teams. Riot Games Uses Copyright Law to Unmask Uploader.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2024

million people (according to SimilarWeb) in ’23, was provisionally found to have earned about 340 million won [$35 million] in advertising revenue,” the statement notes, adding that the platform illegally shared almost 27,000 titles causing “significant damage” to the publishing industry.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 20, 2022

The plaintiffs’ complaint argues that VeePN ‘promotes’ the use of pirate sites and Popcorn Time, while advertising its services on popular torrent site YTS.mx. This activity amounts to both copyright and trademark infringement, the film companies claim. It means that you may be punished by law.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 25, 2022

In addition to the takedown request, the notice also contains an unsolicited lecture on Github’s supposed liabilities under copyright law. In this case, there is no proof that the additional statements in the notice are relevant to the conduct of Github, or its liability under copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Over the years, dozens of entertainment industry companies have used copyright law to protect their rights online. The company has sued individual downloaders , pirate sites , apps , VPN companies , advertisers, hosting providers and ISPs, even an Internet backbone access company. Voltage-Led Coalition Sues Major U.S.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Amongst other things, the Act also establishes a National Rights Registry (NRR ) , which is the central repository collating details pertaining to the ownership of various copyright works. The NRR allows copyright holders to register and view/download copyright certificates digitally.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 7, 2023

At every point, from live performances to downloading it, people come up with innovative ways for others to experience music. These methods range from live performances to downloading it. People have always had a strong emotional connection to music, even before the beginning of existence.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 13, 2023

ChatGPT and the Underlying Copyright Malady Can the output(s) generated by ChatGPT be protected under copyright law? Who is the owner of the underlying copyright (if any) the coder? The author of the input? Recently, the Delhi High Court had an opportunity to look into it in Winzo v Google case.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It’s not possible to “trespass” an intangible asset; any legal protection for the asset comes from contract law (but the plaintiffs gave a license) or IP law, such as copyright law, which the plaintiffs aren’t invoking. Google responds that whatever it means, it’s preempted by copyright law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Parts 1 and 2 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here and here , and part 4 will be published on the blog shortly. In addition to rights of the author, German copyright law also recognises related rights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The BGH ruled that the exclusive right of distribution of the author also included the right to offer the original or copies of the work to the public to purchase and to advertise to the public, in a targeted manner, the purchase of either the original or copies of the work.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 14, 2023

Online marketplaces, such as online auction houses, or websites that advertise their unlawful nature are used to trade or profit from tangible counterfeit or pirated items in every category. In a case where multiple parties are involved, each belonging to a different jurisdiction, how should the choice of law be ascertained?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

.” The Kremen test is so obviously ill-fitting to this inquiry, but the court gets to the right place: “there is no cognizable property interest in website copies that may serve as the basis for a trespass to chattels claim under California law.” mobile device screen.” That lawsuit also failed.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Development of Copyright Law Protection of Intellectual property rights has always been in existence among various sections of the society. TRIPS Agreement accepted the Berne Convention except Article which states that copyright protected work shall enjoy the copyright protection in all countries of the union.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Claims under copyright law. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2022

While these letters are unpleasant to receive, under copyright law they are entirely legal and if the person named in the letter did indeed infringe the movie company’s rights, settling a case might be the sensible course of action. Right off the bat, people accused of piracy via BitTorrent (i.e

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

What are Publicity Rights & How Are They Different than Copyright? Under copyright law, lawyers speak in terms of the license.’ You can provide permission or license to download the video using some third-party software. Again, statutory damages under copyright law can be severe.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

You can judge for yourself by downloading a copy of “Jap Herron” here. For reasons unknown, Pasillas took a copyright lawsuit about this single mask all the way up to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which in Pasillas v. affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the advertisers.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

This feature comes with fast download speeds and unlimited bandwidth. Usually, we only recommend our customers to avoid the US & UK locations for file-sharing, but it is on a self-regulatory basis since these countries have strong anti-copyright laws in place. This data is deleted when an account is deleted.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Previously, a rate of 2% of the Net Advertisement Revenue (NAR) of the earnings of each FM Radio station was fixed for all music providers by the Copyright Board.

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43(B)log

APRIL 7, 2023

Moderator: Martin Senftleben, University of Amsterdam Copyright Law and/or/vs. a ‘Brussels Effect’ for the Digital Services Act Jennifer Urban, Berkeley Law School The Brussels Effect claim is descriptive, not predictive—can it apply to the DSA?

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 13, 2024

These images can be downloaded, used, and shared for free. Advertising would be one option, but more advanced subscription-based services are too. The site’s developer trusts that the company’s AI partners respect existing copyright law. The site currently hosts more than a million pre-generated images.

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