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Film Companies Counter Reddit: “An IP Address is Not a Person”

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Intriguingly, however, several movie companies now hope to use it to gain an advantage in their dispute with Reddit. Film Companies: An IP address is Not a Person The film companies, which include Voltage Holdings, are no strangers to the IP address argument. Or put differently: an IP address is not a person.

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House of the Dragon Leaks: HBO Wields DMCA in Hunt For Mystery Reddit User

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Reddit User Spills The Beans. Reddit’s /r/freefolk subreddit describes itself as a “wide open and minimally moderated subreddit” where Game of Thrones and related leaks can be discussed. Minimal moderation may be the aim but there are limits on what people can post to Reddit and live to tell the tale.

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Music Labels Warn Pirate Sites & Users After J-Pop & K-Pop Sites Shut Down

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Back in August, users of Reddit and similar platforms lamented the sudden disappearance of two music piracy platforms. An RIAJ statement notes that Jpopmix offered for download a catalog of music owned by its member companies, without obtaining any type of permission. Teichiku Entertainment, Inc. Pony Canyon Inc.

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Nintendo Hunts Down Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Leaker on Discord

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Referencing the notices sent to Discord in respect of the “copyright-protected and unreleased special edition art book for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” the company highlights a Discord channel and a specific user. “[Nintendo of America] is requesting the attached proposed subpoena that would order Discord Inc.

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Court Quashes 512(h) Subpoena on First Amendment Grounds–In re 512(h) Subpoena to Twitter

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” Second, Bayside said that copyright already accommodates First Amendment considerations via the fair use defense (citing the Reddit case ). First, it establishes that there’s a First Amendment defense independent of copyright’s defenses (an improvement on the Reddit ruling, which relied solely on fair use).

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TTAB Affirms Section 2(e)(5) Functionality Refusal of Serrated Knife Blade

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In re GB II Corporation d/b/a Columbia River Knife & Tool Company , Serial No. The Board considered the six factors set forth in Converse, Inc. However, the Reddit evidence came nowhere near qualifying as a reliable survey and so it was not probative. ITC , 909 F.3d 3d 1110, 128 USPQ2d 1538, 1546 (Fed.

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Gary Bowser Agrees to Pay $10 Million in Piracy Damages to Nintendo

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Hacking group Team-Xecuter was a thorn in the side of major gaming companies for a long time. “Plaintiff Nintendo of America Inc. The same applies to various social media channels, such as Facebook, Discord, and Reddit. Team-Xecuter defended its work by pointing out that their products are not necessarily pirate tools.