TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The YouTube download portal has more than 40 million monthly visits but believes this figure would muc: higher today if Google hadn’t removed many of its search results. In an attempt to curtail the abuse, the site sent a cease and desist letter to Google in April, asking the search engine to begin verifying senders of DMCA notices.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 12, 2022

As a result, he sent a cease-and-desist letter to LEGO. The Widevine app makes it possible for users to download high definition video from various streaming platforms. According to the lawsuit, despite the tiny nature of the LEGO jacket, the company reproduced multiple elements from it.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

AnimeGlare – Cease-and-Desist. “I just received a DMCA takedown notice from funimation and I’ll therefore cease all development on the Shiro app, but the site will likely stay,” the Shiro developer informs his users. “This app is now closed. It’s advice that some appear to be taking.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 25, 2021

While this is not necessarily illegal, Filelinked attracted lots of users interested in downloading piracy apps. “Once a popular bulk downloader tool for Amazon Fire TV and Android devices, the Filelinked app was used to sideload applications. As a result, this became one of the main drivers of its popularity.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 23, 2021

BREIN certainly doesn’t shy away from taking matters to court but whenever it can, settlements and an agreement to cease and desist can be enough to ward off more serious action. While BREIN has been hinting at criminal prosecutions for a while, the anti-piracy group tends to focus on civil actions.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A named defendant and others yet to be fully identified now face a full-blown lawsuit after allegedly failing to comply with the terms of a cease-and-desist notice. These matters in the U.S. sit in stark contrast to events currently unfolding in Canada’s Federal Court. and 30 days for $19.99.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Dear Rich: Does putting "Copyright 2023" at the bottom of page pages protect it from site visitors who download an image or narrative content? Can we suggest you rephrase your question to "What can I do about visitors who download images and content from my website without my permission?" you'll just have to chase them away.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 14, 2022

“In the coming days, the download links will be taken down. Speculation that the team had received some sort of legal threat weren’t answered directly but a member of the team strongly hinted that a cease-and-desist may have been received. The Discord server, telegram chat and subreddit will stay for the time being.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 30, 2021

A common example of digital copyright infringement is downloading a movie from a website which hosts pirated content. Cease and Desist Letters. If you are able to identify the infringer and obtain their contact information (be it a mailing or email address), then you may consider sending a cease and desist letter.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2023

The major record labels don’t want the public to download music from YouTube, which is common practice for millions of people. The RIAA had already sent cease-and-desist orders to the hosting company in 2020, before it approached GitHub.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 12, 2023

Overall Infringement and Claims For Relief The plaintiffs allege that the Great 78 Project contains more than 400,000 works that have been downloaded or streamed millions of times. ” The complaint states that when the 78rpm records were converted into digital files, IA reproduced copyrighted recordings without permission.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 8, 2022

The major record labels don’t want people to download music from YouTube, which is common practice for millions of people. The RIAA had already sent cease-and-desist orders to the hosting company in 2020, before it approached GitHub. This would be impossible without downloading a copy off the platform first.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Further breaches of the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision took place every time a new account was opened to evade a Bungie ban, and each unlicensed download of Destiny 2 was yet another breach of Bungie’s copyrights.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The record labels were aware of this, they allege, as the RIAA sent a cease and desist letter on their behalf but took no further action at the time. “Defendants have created a massive online storefront providing digital copies of thousands of these protected sound recordings to anyone to stream or download for free.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 14, 2022

Over the years, pirate streaming services have eclipsed torrent sites and direct download portals in popularity. Following a cease and desist letter, 30 Cuevana-related domain names were signed over to the movie industry group. However, there are other means to hit these streaming portals as well. .”

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Plaintiffs also sent infringement notices and cease-and-desist letters to Defendant, yet he has continued to infringe their copyrights,” Judge Buchanan writes. “Defendant’s Websites explicitly encourage Users to download Plaintiffs’ copyrighted audio recordings for free. Registered DMCA Agent.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As usual in these types of cases, Ryanair sent cease-and-desist letters to Booking telling it to stop. Chen’s password and then ran searches, nor do they allege that either individual Defendant in any way accessed or downloaded information from Lumileds’ network. Needless to say, it didn’t stop. hiQ Labs II at 43.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

At least one medical device manufacturer took issue with the online library and sent iFixit a cease-and-desist letter, citing its exclusive rights under copyright to reproduce and communicate the repair information online. Citing the U.S.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 3, 2020

News & World Report [link] 2020-04-30 Injunction granted to prevent cease and desist letters to be sent to suppliers purchasing an allegedly infringing p… [link] 2020-05-01 Can artificial intelligence help us design vaccines?

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 1, 2023

In an effort to curtail the abuse, earlier this year the site sent a cease and desist letter to Google, asking the search engine to begin verifying senders of DMCA notices. CreativeCode’s attorney previously sent cease-and-desist letters to multiple email addresses suspected of being behind these fraudulent takedowns.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 11, 2022

Next up today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has hit back against Yout.com, alleging that the site’s bid to be declared legal is nothing but “wordplay” Yout is one of many stream ripping websites that allow users to download videos or audio tracks from YouTube.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

For more details on copyright, download our free eBook, The Law of Creativity , using the form in the sidebar. For those looking to find copyright-free works to use, one rule of thumb is that any work created prior to 1924, no longer has copyright protection (in the public domain). Trademarks.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Stoererhaftung’ merely provides for a cease and desist and removal obligation where a reasonable duty was breached. The resulting conclusion in the BGH case law (e.g., in this case ) was that – generally speaking – the only possible legal consequence for internet service providers was a the so-called principle of ‘Stoererhaftung’.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Instead, it links to third-party sources and offers torrent downloads. TB of WorldCat® data available for public download through its torrents,” OCLC writes. . TB of WorldCat® data available for public download through its torrents,” OCLC writes. The defendant allegedly teamed up with unnamed co-conspirators.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The defendant in that case had offered adapters for sale which enabled Nintendo games, that had been produced by third parties in circumvention of copy protection measures and downloaded from the internet, to be used on the Nintendo games console. Injunctive relief (Section 97(1) UrhG) and cease and desist agreements.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

For more details on copyright, download our free eBook, The Law of Creativity , using the form in the sidebar. For those looking to find copyright-free works to use, one rule of thumb is that any work created prior to 1924 no longer has copyright protection (in the public domain). Trademarks.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

scene in the past, things seemed to come to a head in November 2020 when Nintendo sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Tournament Organizers (TOs) of the Big House, an upcoming streamed Melee tournament, and subsequently forced them to cancel the event. Melee , know this better than anyone.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Download The Golden Quarter eBook Our eBook ‘ The Golden Quarter: A True 360° Customer View ’ is your comprehensive guide to navigating the challenges that bad actors present across global marketplaces and capitalizing on the opportunities that arise during the year’s most critical period.

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