Plagiarism Today

MAY 2, 2022

Normally, a company like Facebook would be protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) from such arguments. However, Cook’s allegations speak to those requirements, both claiming that “removed” content isn’t truly removed and that they have failed to terminate repeat infringers. The Complicated Backdrop.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 4, 2022

1: Damon Dash Loses $805K Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. This prompted Muddy Water Pictures to file a lawsuit for alleged copyright infringement, defamation and more. They have awarded the company Some $155,000 in copyright infringement damages and $650,000 in damages related to the defamation.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 11, 2021

IPKat readers interested in copyright are well aware of how, over the past several years, the right of communication to the public has gained a top spot in litigation and case law. Pinterest allows users to upload images (“pins”) and share them with other users.

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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. copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Copyright infringement and De Minimis are often replaced to complement each other. However, de minimis is sometimes used as a defence in a copyright lawsuit. More often than not, the lawsuits filed for copyright infringement are cases of de minimis and thereto, get dismissed on the anvil of frivolity. INTRODUCTION.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 6, 2024

law, online service providers must respond to takedown notices and implement a meaningful policy to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. 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.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 12, 2021

We recently discussed a new trend in celebrity copyright litigation on our YouTube channel and podcast ( The Briefing on YouTube ). Specifically, we discussed celebrities taking a stand and defending copyright claims brought by photographers against celebrities who reposted photos on their social media accounts.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2020

With the ever-increasing presence of social media, including websites like YouTube where content can generate income, copyright infringement is escalating at alarming rates. Unfortunately, it is no secret that the cost of enforcing copyright through the courts is expensive.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It has cratered into a fireball of litigation that doomed the restaurant chain (e.g., It’s so complicated that the judge made an appendix recapping the status of dozens of claims: This post focuses on a sliver of the sprawling litigation empire. Why Are Pizzerias Arguing Whether Web Browsing Is Copyright Infringement?–Imapizza

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 30, 2023

In addition, the defense asked 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. However, the court granted the request to prohibit the use of information from the defendant’s social media profile.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Triller described De La Santos as a business entity and sued for copyright infringement (making the content available on YouTube), vicarious copyright infringement (liability for YouTube viewers’ infringement), plus violations of the Federal Communications Act (alleged interception of satellite broadcasts).

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2022

“Embedding” means the process of copying unique HTML code assigned to the location of a digital copy of the photo or video published to the Internet, and the insertion of that code into a target webpage or social media post so that photo or video is linked for display within the target post. In September, U.S. District Judge Charles R.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 4, 2024

LibGen Hoping for a better outcome, textbook publishers Cengage, Bedford, Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill, and Pearson Education filed a similar copyright infringement lawsuit against LibGen last year. According to the plaintiffs, LibGen is responsible for “staggering” levels of copyright infringement.

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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 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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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 3, 2021

We recently wrote about a case in the Southern District of New York against Mashable relating to the embedding of content from social media platforms like Instagram. Legal watchers speculated that the ruling would encourage copyright infringement claims based on the embedding of content.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

The media entities republished 20 photos he uploaded to Facebook and IMDB and misattributed the photo credits. After he was released from jail, he got copyright registrations for the photos and sued (pro se) the media entities for copyright infringement, 1202 violations, and more.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2022

These lawsuits target people whose Internet connections were allegedly used to download and share copyright-infringing content via BitTorrent. It’s unusual for such a file-sharing case to be so heavily litigated. Over the past several years, adult entertainment company Strike 3 Holdings has filed thousands of cases in U.S.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

On one hand, they can lead to an amicable settlement between the parties and prevent lengthy litigations. Ltd vs Poi Social Media Pvt. International Developments John Grisham, George RR Martin and 15 other authors sue OpenAI for Copyright infringement. What’s the best way forward?

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IP Intelligence

JULY 15, 2021

For attorneys frequently engaged in copyright infringement litigation, drilling down into the specifics of the four fair use defense factors set forth in 17 U.S.C. § The ultimate success of a fair use defense to copyright infringement rises and falls on many tides. 107 is common practice.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 1, 2023

In our brave new world where millions of ordinary people are copyright holders of snaps they publish to social media or videos they upload to YouTube, awareness of copyright law is at an all-time high. Full credits go to the copyright owner. No copyright infringement intended.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Knowing well that litigation in the Northern District of Texas is not in its best interests, TPG filed a declaratory judgment in Delaware hoping to take advantage of the first-to-file rule. With all that, the first battle in this litigation will be the question of where to litigate it. Trademark infringement 6.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 15, 2021

For attorneys frequently engaged in copyright infringement litigation, drilling down into the specifics of the four fair use defense factors set forth in 17 U.S.C. § The ultimate success of a fair use defense to copyright infringement rises and falls on many tides. § 107 is common practice.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 27, 2021

I finally had a chance to take a closer look at the new copyright class action complaint filed last week against Instagram. The new class action lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of California, alleges that Instagram’s embedding tool allows (and in fact encourages) online publishers to commit copyright infringement.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Here are my personal picks for the copyright opinions from 2021 that, much like the year itself, leave a little something to be desired. This is actually the second year in a row that long-running copyright litigation involving Pirates of the Caribbean has made my “worst of” list. Walt Disney Company.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Things eventually went bad, resulting in contract/trade secret claims and copyright/ROP counterclaims. One of the individual defendants is “a social media personality and model who became well-known for her photos and videos, and who has also started an agency to provide management services to other models and influencers.”

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IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2023

IP law in publishing, especially at The Globe – who is known for being an early provider of digital media and device-agnostic content delivery – goes far beyond copyright infringement and litigation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

The court displayed the respective artworks: Morford sued Cattelan for copyright infringement. Morford’s work had been displayed on social media, including YouTube, Facebook, and BlogSpot. This case involves Morford’s 2001 artwork named “Banana and Orange.” ” Independently (?),

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 7, 2023

Praharsh discussed an interesting development in Karnataka where a Court granted an interim injunction to a law student against 2 law assistant professors, on copyright infringement claims. SpicyIP Tidbit: Law Student Claiming Copyright Infringement Gets an Interim Injunction Against 2 Law Asst. Drop us a comment below!

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

There are web hosting companies, affiliate marketers, e-commerce agreements, clickwrap agreements, and social media defamation. Internet Defamation & Copyright Infringement on the Internet. But that copyright law attorney is going to have to understand the internet and online space.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2022

Neither does the group chase down people who share its music in a friendly way on social media or file-sharing networks. However, if critics (so-called ‘apostates’) use Watch Tower copyrighted content to challenge its authority or practices, bad things can follow. And then things got dark. Really, really dark.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In other words, one cannot avoid copyright infringement by merely reproducing a copyrighted work on a shirt or other “useful article.” While this may not apply to most costumes, this can prevent retailers from replicating images of Disney princesses and other copyrighted characters onto their clothing. DIY Tricks?

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2023

People of India might not just be another simple copyright infringement case, argue Nivrati, Swaraj and Praharsh in their post. Read on to know their thoughts on the controversy, questions around ownership of the work and copyrightability of business model and more!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

To my knowledge, the only litigated case that resulted in a 512(f) win was Online Policy Group v. The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. Diebold from 2004, which led to a $125k damages award.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

For comparison, the Canadian Copyright Register has included since 2021 a registration naming an AI , RAGHAV, as a joint author with a human.) Litigation against generative AI started in 2022 with a class action launched against Copilot , an AI trained to generate computer code using examples from Github.

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43(B)log

APRIL 26, 2023

Creager also alleged that IDT contacted vendors who sell Creager’s products and made defamatory statements; the one that seemed to have an impact was to third party LJD, claiming that Creager was using LJD’s name in “defamatory advertising against my company,” advising that LJD could be “tangled up in litigation.”

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of famous social media platform twitter sold an NFT of his first tweet for $2.5 Several artists have also complained about their works being minted as NFTs without their permission leading to several instances of copyright infringement claims.

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