TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 29, 2021

“But producing a complete forensic imaging of defendant’s hard drives and accounts will also disclose information that has no relevance to plaintiff’s copyright infringement claim, including family photos and personal financial information.” — A copy of U.S.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 10, 2023

Copyright infringement lawsuits against pirate IPTV providers and those accused of assisting them, usually have a few common elements. Similar Lawsuit, Unusual Answer A lawsuit filed by US broadcaster DISH against UK-based DataCamp claimed that the CDN company failed to take meaningful steps to prevent ongoing infringement.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Last month the plaintiffs filed a motion for default judgment, seeking maximum statutory damages for willful infringement ($150,000 per copyright work) for a total of $16,350,000. When considering whether their contributory copyright infringement claim would succeed, several factors come into play. .

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A confidential settlement was reached in October 2020 but it’s claimed that the defendant then launched Digital UniCorn Media and another service called Altered Carbon. The financial aspect of the settlement is confidential but whatever the amount, the studios now want to call in the debt. It later disappeared.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2022

The filing is part of the legal battle between several record labels and ISP Bright House, which is accused of failing to terminate repeat copyright infringement. MarkMonitor believes that the requested information is confidential and asks the court to keep it out of the public’s view.

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IP Intelligence

MARCH 21, 2023

The rules for using AI technology under an enterprise license are likely more permissive than those for consumer-facing AI tools, as the former will likely have broader confidentiality and indemnity protections than the latter. However, analysis of copyright infringement issues is nuanced and is often fact specific.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2022

Over the past few years, we have seen copyright holders take several ISPs to court, accusing them of failing to disconnect repeat copyright infringers. In one of these cases, the filmmakers accused Torguard of being involved in widespread copyright infringement. Filmmakers sued Torguard. Settlement & U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The case began in April of last year when M&S accused Aldi of copyright infringement. However, now it is being reported that the two sides have reached a confidential settlement in the matter. M&S has a well-known Colin the Caterpillar cake, but Aldi released their own version named Cuthbert.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2023

Take-Two Files Copyright Lawsuit In September 2021, Take-Two filed a lawsuit against the programmers, claiming that the aim of the projects was to create and distribute pirated versions of GTA 3 and Vice City. For good measure, Take-Two also demanded damages for alleged misrepresentations in the defendants’ DMCA counternotices.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 7, 2023

lawsuit against DataCamp, claiming that it failed to deal with copyright infringing customers. Confidentiality Agreement After a couple of weeks of relative calm, the parties agreed on a confidentiality order and from there, nothing but silence until December 2022. In February 2022, U.S.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 4, 2023

In 2017, the company was sued by several RIAA-backed labels, including Sony, Warner, and UMG, which accused the company of massive copyright infringement. The music companies requested rulings to establish that Spinrilla is liable for direct copyright infringement and that the DMCA safe harbor doesn’t apply.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As employees of MaddenCo, both Reed and Darby executed a Confidentiality Agreement wherein they agreed to not disclose any confidential information or material of MaddenCo or its subsidiaries. Per Plaintiff’s website, MaddenCo is a privately held family business and has been for over 40 years.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

In 2023, several authors, including the comedian Sarah Silverman, filed putative class action lawsuits alleging various copyright infringement claims. The OpenAI defendants moved to dismiss all causes of action alleged by the author plaintiffs with the exception of the first cause of action for direct copyright infringement. (It

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Other claims in the complaint include the unlawful reproduction of copyrighted artwork and game files, plus inducing and contributing to the copyright-infringing acts of Ring-1 customers, who allegedly create unauthorized derivative works when they deploy Ring-1 cheats. Defendants Picked Off, One By One.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

” However, Wallshoppe does not allege Defendant knew of the specific acts of infringement at issue here—Sienna Lewis selling products featuring the Palm Design on Defendant’s website. * UMG Recordings, Inc. Jury awards nearly $50M in damages against Internet access provider for user-caused copyright infringement.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 21, 2023

The rules for using AI technology under an enterprise license are likely more permissive than those for consumer-facing AI tools, as the former will likely have broader confidentiality and indemnity protections than the latter. However, analysis of copyright infringement issues is nuanced and is often fact specific.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As part of this confidential agreement, the domain names were signed over to ACE. “The sites were shut down via a confidential settlement that includes the transfer to ACE of the domain names connected to the illegal streaming services,” an ACE spokesperson informs TorrentFreak. We Will Find You!

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

As detailed in our previous posts, Columbia's allegations in this litigation have centered on EIF's alleged attempts to usurp control of the prestigious Encyclopaedia Iranica project (the "Encyclopaedia") and the legacy, publication rights, trademarks, and numerous copyrights associated with it.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 21, 2024

Cox alleges that the copyright infringement damages should be covered by the policies, which relate to claims from its ‘media activities’ The Hiscox policy has a limit of $15 million and includes legal defense costs, with a $500,000 per claim retention.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 21, 2021

In October 2020, a confidential settlement was reached, which included a clause for Tusa not to create or be involved in any other similar services. “As Plaintiffs point out, Defendant’s activities also expand the market for infringing services, which causes further harm to Plaintiffs. It later disappeared.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

leaves them with few other options, since the ISP refuses to terminate repeat infringers based on repeated copyright infringement notices. The filmmakers don’t want this limitation. They point out that WOW! And if the movie companies want to sue subscribers they can do so through John Doe lawsuits, WOW!

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in US courts and over the years several ISPs have been sued because of them. These Internet providers stand accused of not doing enough to stop copyright infringers on their networks, even after receiving multiple ‘copyright infringement’ notifications from rightsholders.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Trump is actively litigating a copyright infringement lawsuit over the Eddy Grant song “Electric Avenue” while trying to keep relevant deposition testimony in the case permanently under seal. Trump, have either you or any of your 15· ·entities been plaintiffs in copyright infringement 16· ·actions?

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Telegram doesn’t permit copyright infringement and generally takes swift action in response to complaints. This includes the removal of channels dedicated to piracy but for some copyright holders that’s not enough; they also want to know who the copyright-infringing users are. Rightsholders Request User Data.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Employment or cooperation agreements must ensure confidentiality and include proper non-compete-clauses to avoid risk of theft by employees or other unauthorized parties. Litigating in China is a viable option and there are competent and experienced Specialized IP courts that can handle very complex patent and copyright infringement matters.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

In addition, it refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked substance because some of the referenced copyrights were registered well after the cheats were first made available, AimJunkies said. As a result, the copyright infringement dispute is currently ongoing and progressing to trial.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Telegram doesn’t permit copyright infringement and generally takes swift action in response to complaints. This includes the removal of channels dedicated to piracy but for some copyright holders that’s not enough; they also want to know who the copyright-infringing users are. Rightsholders Request User Data.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Russia began cracking down on VPNs in 2017 to help deter copyright infringement. Unlike in Russia, China’s anti-VPN stance has little to do with copyright infringement. This includes Russia’s VPN law. The Government outright banned services that allow users to access blocked pirate sites.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

. “The Internet Investigator is primarily responsible for contributing to the global Internet strategy and protecting the motion picture and television industry’s business activities by investigating and reporting on individuals and organizations engaged in (the facilitation of) copyright infringement,” a new MPA job listing reads.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 15, 2024

Main Blog Unlicensed use of any content registered under the Copyright Act, 1957 , violates the exclusive rights of the owner and amounts to copyright infringement. The present article looks into a comprehensive landscape of Limited License.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A police raid in 2016 led to three of its operators being convicted two years later for criminal copyright infringement, among other offenses. based sellers of the pirate service ATN, to pay $32,100,000 in combined damages for willful copyright infringement,” IBCAP’s announcement reads.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 8, 2021

According to the rightsholders, the hosting provider indirectly contributed to the infringing activities of the VPNs’ subscribers. The movie companies alerted Sharktech about this piracy activity through various copyright infringement notices, which allegedly had little impact. “Pursuant to 17 U.S.C.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 14, 2024

In 2023, several authors, including the comedian Sarah Silverman, filed putative class action lawsuits alleging various copyright infringement claims. The OpenAI defendants moved to dismiss all causes of action alleged by the author plaintiffs with the exception of the first cause of action for direct copyright infringement. (It

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

In May 2018, a massive copyright infringement lawsuit targeted PrimeStreams, one of the most recognizable pirate IPTV brands ever to hit the market. Two Copyright Infringement Lawsuits The foundations of the complaint were straightforward. Filed in a Kentucky court, the complaint saw U.S.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2022

The prospect of being extradited to the United States to face copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering charges proved to be a heavy burden for the men, so when an opportunity emerged to stay in New Zealand, they took it. Ortmann and van der Kolk Plead Guilty Today.

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IPilogue

MAY 25, 2022

Linkletter defended his actions, admitting to the tweets but denied copyright infringement or breached confidence. Proctorio did not dispute the fact that the ongoing debate of the impact of its software was of public interest; rather, it focused on Linkletter’s supposed malicious intent and sharing of confidential links.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 19, 2023

Over the past several years, adult entertainment company Strike 3 Holdings has filed thousands of copyright cases in U.S. These lawsuits target people whose Internet connections were allegedly used to download and share copyright-infringing content via BitTorrent. federal courts.

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