LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Many find it surprising, but there is no requirement to include a copyright notice on a work for the work to be protected by copyright law. The lack of a copyright notice does not give you permission to use the work. Copyright infringement occurs when a person or company uses another’s copyrighted work without permission.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

What is copyright infringement? Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is referred to as copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 2, 2023

The European Union recognizes that online piracy poses a serious threat to copyright holders and the public at large. This includes a requirement for large platforms to deter repeat copyright infringers. Over the past few months, we have documented how scammers are exploiting weaknesses in various Europa.eu

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 8, 2022

1: Photographer Sues Leaseweb for Hosting ‘Copyright Infringing’ Sites. First off today, Ernesto Van der Sar reports that a photographer has filed a lawsuit against the hosting company Leaseweb, claiming that the company has ignored copyright infringements taking place on its network.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 16, 2022

How about being liable to your professor for willful copyright infringement damages of up to $300,000? Several students from Chapman University in Orange County California (currently identified only as John Does 1-5) are finding themselves on the receiving end of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Assistant Professor David A.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The letter claimed that the director, an ad agency, and a popular theme park had all committed copyright infringement because a panda appeared in the background of their TV commercial. But if they appear on film without permission, even fleetingly, they could prompt a copyright infringement lawsuit.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 27, 2022

Suppose you have not registered your copyright in a book with the U.S. Copyright Office until someone has infringed your copyright by copying substantial portions of your book. Can you sue the alleged infringer for actual damages for the copyright infringement without going to federal court?

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The issue revolved around copyright infringement claims brought by UIRC-GSA Holdings against William Blair, a financial services company. UIRC-GSA Holdings (hereafter referred to as UIRC) alleged that Blair copied certain documents used in bond offerings, which UIRC claimed copyright protection over.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The original Lynn Goldsmith photograph (left) and Andy Warhol’s Prince portrait (right), as reproduced in court documents. If Goldsmith wins, the Warhol Foundation will probably face floods of litigations after years of diligent copying and printing by Warhol. Photo Credit: Artnet News. .

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. Hsuanyeh Law Group v.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

When one hears the claims of copyright infringement, confidential information and employment claims one can readily assume that this is an employer/ex-employee dispute. The issues (1) are the copyright and confidential information in ProSPC owned by PQ? (2) 296-297).

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2022

After being uploaded in the preceding days, on April 26 the company filed a complaint at YouTube alleging copyright infringement. As the takedown notice shows, Riot Games demanded not only the removal of the video, but also any additional copies that may be uploaded in the future.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 8, 2022

First off today, Thomas Claburn at The Register reports that a leaked Russian document indicates that the country may be considering abolishing criminal and administrative liability for violating software licenses, making software piracy in the country fundamentally legal. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As part of their series The Facebook Files , which is an examination of leaked internal documents from the company, the paper published a scathing review of the company’s practices surrounding copied content. This was in part because the company feared running afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Bottom Line.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 28, 2024

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed that the ISP was contributorily liable for pirating subscribers, but reversed the vicarious copyright infringement finding. Evidence pertaining to these allegedly pirated files was central to proving direct copyright infringement. Meanwhile, Cox has another angle to work at.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 3, 2022

Over the past several years, a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits has targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. It argued that cheating isn’t against the law and said that the cheat software itself isn’t copyright infringing. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2024

Hoping to establish why a tech site had been treated no differently than the most egregious piracy portals, we pulled and translated every document AGCOM makes available to the public as part of the site-blocking process. ” The documentation for the first proceeding ( pdf ) reveals a similar complaint. Warner Bros.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” This legal requirement remained largely unenforced for nearly two decades but a series of copyright infringement liability lawsuits, including a billion-dollar damages award against Cox, have shaken up the industry.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

“Kiwi Farms users provided a Google Drive link to a full copy of Mr. Greer’s book.” Greer sued Moon and Kiwi Farms for contributory copyright infringement and other claims. The district court dismissed the contributory claim because the defendants didn’t materially contribute to the infringement.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2023

For several years in a row, EVO opened the “screener season” by releasing leaked copies of upcoming films. EVO was also the first to release an early Blu-Ray copy of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ last year, and a high-quality copy of the blockbuster “Dune” in 2021, ahead of its official U.S.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 8, 2023

The injunction , issued by the District Court of Hamburg, required the Swiss DNS resolver to block its users from accessing the site to prevent the distribution of pirated copies of Evanescence’s album “ The Bitter Truth “ Quad9 Appeals Site Blocking Injunction The Quad9 Foundation fiercely opposed the injunction.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2023

the Russian duo amassed over a million dollars a year through donations, while engaging in criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud, and money laundering, The extradition proceedings are still underway but the defendants don’t want things to get that far. According to the U.S., They have retained U.S.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The sites’ Russian owner Tofig Kurbanov was taken to court in the United States in 2018, accused of facilitating mass copyright infringement. Despite being ordered to fully produce documents and web server data, Defendant failed to comply with this Court’s orders. Need to Deter. This recommendation was taken over by U.S.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 27, 2024

Some Plead Guilty, Others Dig in Early on, Jetflicks programmer and iStreamitAll founder Darryl Julius Polo (aka djppimp) pled guilty to copyright infringement and money laundering; that earned him a 57-month sentence and a $1m forfeiture order. “The government estimates it will take at least a couple of months to copy the data.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 5, 2022

According to reports, he included strict exam instructions, including “forbidding students from using any class materials, notes or online resources while taking the tests,” and instructing the students they were “prohibited from copying any part of the exam.”. The Course Hero website is an education-focused website for document sharing.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In both cases, the ISPs are accused of failing to disconnect subscribers who were repeatedly flagged as copyright infringers. The copyright infringement notices are key evidence in both cases. The allegedly infringing files were central to prove direct copyright infringement. Recreated Evidence?

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TorrentFreak

MAY 26, 2023

The number of removals runs in the hundreds of thousands during a typical month, without getting noticed by the public at large, but if Instagram users continue to post copyright infringing content, they risk losing their accounts. Whether Instagram plans to challenge the injunction is unknown.

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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

JANUARY 31, 2023

MindGeek Sues Goodporn Initially filed in 2021 at a federal court in California, the copyright infringement lawsuit accuses the site and its operator of large-scale copyright infringement. A copy of the agreement is offered as evidence and signed by Kumar. The counterclaims and defense go hand in hand.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Perhaps it comes as no surprise that a copyright dispute regarding a fire- breathing – sneezing dragon would get so heated. It said this showed it had not copied the book. Nevertheless, shortly before Christmas 2021, Ms Evans commenced proceedings against John Lewis and adam&eve alleging copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 21, 2021

After the apparent demise of Area 51 but in advance of the settlement being finalized, it’s alleged that Tusa launched a close copy of Area 51 called SingularityMedia, which scooped up Area 51’s customers. The injunction and associated documents can be found here 1 , 2 , 3 , (pdf). It later disappeared.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 2, 2022

In the meantime, unofficial ‘scanlation’ groups stepped in to meet demand with their scanned and translated copies, leaving official suppliers to play catch-up and pirate sites to reap the benefits. 1782 , a statute that empowers courts to order third-parties to provide documents and statements for use in foreign legal processes.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

According to the movie companies, the hosting services should have terminated their agreements with these VPN companies after repeated copyright infringement warnings. However, Quadranet also believes that the copyright infringement claims fail. “LiquidVPN is not a direct infringer. That should be sufficient.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

DMCA subpoenas compel service providers, such as Discord, Twitter or Reddit, to hand over information they hold on users identified by rightsholders as copyright infringers. A full-blown copyright infringement lawsuit is one possibility, but the company may use the information to end or mitigate future infringement instead.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

In a framing case, the plaintiffs’ web servers aren’t the affected chattel because the plaintiffs’ web servers delivered the web pages directly to users’ devices, after which the framer (Google) superimposed its frame on the web pages once the copies were in users’ RAM. ” Even this correction is suboptimal.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 28, 2022

. § 106(4) ; (ii) whether Defendants are liable for infringing upon Plaintiffs’ exclusive reproduction rights through the unauthorized copying of the Copyrighted Works for Defendants’ 24/7 channels and VOD offerings, id. § 106(1); and. he may attempt to dispose of some or all of the claims against him.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 10, 2022

In addition, it refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked any substance and were ungrounded because some of the referenced copyrights were registered well after the cheats were first made available. We intend to subpoena documents with actionable information to answer these questions.”

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