Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

The most modern instalment of this long history comes in the form of another kind ‘copy’, less richly decorated, yet more relevant and politically sensitive for a country that has established a long-term foreign investment “partnership” with the tech and communication industry: the transposition of Directive 2019/790 into Irish law.

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43(B)log

MAY 19, 2023

Wowwee sells a line of dolls called “My Avastars,” which plaintiffs allege were “copied directly from Roblox’s Classic Avatars.” Looking at the side by side pictures in the complaint, this is a bit hard to swallow, but the evidence of copying/references to Roblox clearly bleed over from the TM side.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A recent California District Court ruling affirmed that Perfect 10’s ruling applied to the embedding of images from social media onto third party websites. the user name and image, user caption, number of likes, and branding of the social media platform). Amazon.com, Inc., What is Embedding?

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

However, an equally long list of controversies accompanies this list of accomplishments, the majority of which involve alleged copying. This pattern begins as far back as May of 2018, when Bernstein was accused of copying pieces from several smaller jewelry lines for a collaboration she did with Nordstrom.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

but limited to commercial websites and with tighter definitions of the restricted content. As state legislatures continue to copy “protect kids online” laws that were struck down decades ago, unsurprisingly they are getting the same (negative) results. The Supreme Court essentially struck down COPA in 2004 in Ashcroft v.

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Trademark registration is not a necessity, but it’s a real value to protect from someone else trying to come after the name, and gives you tools if someone else copies the name. That is the definition of what a brand is. We find that many musical artists overlook this step and fail to protect, and that can lead to problems.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The French streaming site actively campaigns on social media where it has booked some impressive results. That kind of social media exposure is unprecedented for a pirate site and it definitely helped to get more viewers to the platform. TikTok Views. WishFlix nailed the first part of that equation.

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Michael Geist

MARCH 14, 2023

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is on the defensive as he tries to defend Bill C-18 in the wake of both Google and Facebook signalling that they may remove Canadian news from search results and social media sharing in light of the government’s approach that creates mandated payments for links.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Hanagami first sued Epic in March 2022 over the Fortnite emote “ It’s Complicated ,” which Hanagami claims is an unauthorized copy of the choreography he published for the 2017 song “ How Long” by Charlie Puth. As always, let me know what you think in the comments below or @copyrightlately on social media.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Watch UFC Free” These people also brazenly advertise on social media platforms to attract viewers to their pirate websites, with slogans on social media sites such as “Watch UFC Free,” McKnight notes. That includes those who register new accounts. law, but that’s not a given.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Between blogs, social media, forums, YouTube and a million other sites, one doesn’t have to be in a writing profession to be a widely read author. Turnitin launched in the year 2000 , Between search engines and ready-made copy detection tools, spotting plagiarism became much faster and easier than ever before.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

People have become less dependent on print media and more likely to use a digital medium such as computerized documents of soft copies. Firstly, take the example of social media. With the advent of social media, anyone can post anything on it. Kind of Copyright Infringement. Indian Scenario.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

While there are far too many for any single list, here are 5 copyright stories that you should definitely watch in 2022. This came to a head in 2017 when the filmmaker Rick Allen sued the State of North Carolina over alleged illegal copying of footage he shot of Blackbeard’s sunken ship. 1: The Copyright Small Claims Court.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 6, 2024

Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules but, according to a lawsuit filed by several prominent music companies last year, X is not among them. “Any feature that makes a service easier for all of its users will, by definition, also make the service easier for bad actors.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 4, 2022

In some types of programming, especially when there’s only one correct way to do something, copying code isn’t just a shortcut, it’s the norm. Many lawyers also copy and paste heavily in the legal documents in a bid to meet the criteria there. So, what, if anything, can we do? There’s not much that can be done on the macro level.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 9, 2023

The record also included use of the phrase other than in connection with goods included in the subject application: for example, media articles, social media posts, and podcasts. However, the starting point for registration is the statutory definition of a trademark. 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051, 1127.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In a nutshell, plaintiffs allege that Ross hired a third-party contractor to unlawfully copy Westlaw content—including its proprietary Key Number System and case headnotes—in order to train Ross’s own AI-driven natural language legal search engine. These copies, Ross claims, are fair use. That issue will be decided by a jury.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In addition, the defense wants the court to exclude evidence taken from Doe’s social media profiles and comments from his neighbors, who testified on the strength of his WiFi signal. Even courts have used the term, even though there’s no official definition. “Through the expert Dr. .

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Judging from the Rusty Krab’s marketing efforts and social media promotion as detailed in Viacom’s complaint, the pop-up was far more focused on providing the backdrop for Instagram-worthy selfies than it was on producing edible food. The court then moves on to consider Viacom’s copyright infringement claim.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But in 2018, Bell ran a Google reverse image search in an effort to locate unauthorized copies of his photo. He found that a copy was located in a VisitUSA database folder. For some strange reason, the photo was in a folder containing images of Mobile, Alabama, not Indianapolis, which only underscores how hidden the image really was.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 17, 2022

On social media platforms and elsewhere, Z-Library users openly discussed what to do next. is behind this request but it’s definitely unusual, as pirate sites generally don’t hold copyrights to the content they host. “This Website is copying my client’s content daily without any consent.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2022

levitating by dua lipa is a copy of don diablo by miguel bose and you can’t change my mind. As a result, coincidental copying is, in fact, a thing. And experts hired by the parties are of limited value because they’re, by definition, advocating on behalf of one side or the other. — elizabeth ?

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

.” Based on his reserved screenplay publication rights, there’s no question that Tarantino is permitted to sell copies of the “Pulp Fiction” screenplay. A used copy will set you back $1.09; for reasons unknown, a new copy is going for $113.03—In You can buy one right now on Amazon. (A

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Starting from those technical definitions, the notion of portability made its way into the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Think of social media or cloud storage services that involve uploading and sharing original texts, images, music or audio-visual clips. But often does not mean always!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

” Perhaps the plaintiffs were concerned that Instagram has insufficient “volition” for the copies made by its servers; or perhaps Instagram can claim the 512 safe harbor for any embedded user-uploaded files (but the 512 safe harbor also applies to contributory infringement, so this theory isn’t very plausible).

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

True, “generic” and “descriptive” are separate legal definitions along the distinctiveness spectrum. Even if this evidence were relevant, the definitions of “generic” and “descriptive” were overlapping and confusing. By the Poret Survey’s own definition, those terms are therefore generic.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 8, 2022

” The company doesn’t believe that its service is a cyberlocker under the Commission’s own definitions. A copy of the European Commission’s third Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List is available here (pdf). Social media. Mega had no opportunity to correct their misunderstandings.” Cyberlockers.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 17, 2023

among others, temporary reproduction, some lawful uses, private copy/reprography, private study, illustration for teaching and research), which are either classified or labelled differently in different Member States, or are qualified as acts outside the scope of copyright instead of L&Es. Private copy and reprography.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

Stable Diffusion Doesn’t Store Copies of Training Images The complaint also mischaracterizes Stable Diffusion by asserting that images used to train the model are “stored at and incorporated” into the tool as “compressed copies.” None of it includes copies of images. The Copyright Act Definition is Broad, But.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

August asserts that the Defendant, AirG Inc, a Canadian social media brand, committed copyright infringement by reproducing six of Pugliese’s Jennifer Lopez photos on their website without permission. They sought $22,412.45 in damages, which is the total license fee for the photos.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

From an archived copy of HitPiece’s FAQ. A number of the executives’ social media posts also appear to have been deleted, including photos of a launch party HitPiece held at Art Basel in Miami, for which it hired Artz, Busta Rhymes, Noreaga and MurdaBeatz to perform. I’d love you get your take.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

It encompasses all intersecting IT industries and might affect anything from social media use to surveillance, e-commerce, and technological innovation. The IT Bill mandates a licencing structure for numerous services, including social networks and data centres, while offering broad definitions for social network and service provider.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

2000) (“ copying an entire work militates against a finding of fair use. ”). To create its product, Clearview scraped billions of publicly available photos from websites and social media platforms. Such class actions can be considered part of the evolution of the regulatory landscape dedicated to Generative AI.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

PopSugar allegedly created profiles of prominent social media influencers and copied their photos from Instagram without permission, leading to a class action lawsuit. One example that comes to mind is the time PopSugar Inc. faced a lawsuit for the unauthorized use of influencers’ likenesses.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In 2021, Florida and Texas passed laws regarding “social media platform censorship.” This section highlights six structural problems with the opinion: The Indeterminate Universe of “Social Media Platforms” Treating Private Action Like State Action. Background. Structural Problems With the Opinion.

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

In this post, I’m looking at the vast domain of the YouTube video & social media platform —which, lest we forget, is a major division of Google/Alphabet — and how its copyright aspect manifests in options for individual contributors (“YouTubers,” in the jargon). YouTube is no different in that respect.

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