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The 5 Worst Copyright Decisions of 2021

Copyright Lately

Remembering another frustrating year with a countdown of 2021’s most unsatisfying copyright rulings. I don’t know about you, but my 2021 actually made 2020 look pretty, prettay, prettaay good by comparison. So, forget all the “best of” lists that I’m sure are clogging up your feeds right now.

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Around the IP Blogs

The IPKat

We say goodbye to 2021 with the most interesting posts and articles from the surrounding IP blogs of the past week! Verena von Bomhard (BomhardIP) presented a summary of trade mark cases before the EU Courts in Luxembourg from 2021. Several cases were concluded without judgment. disputes between domain names and trademarks).

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TV Museum Will Die in 48 Hours Unless Sony Retracts YouTube Copyright Strikes

TorrentFreak

Since Sony’s Betamax-format recorders were able to record TV shows, studios including Universal and Disney sought to hold Sony liable for users’ alleged copyright infringements. I was just blown away by seeing stuff I had forgotten,” Klein recalled in a 2021 interview. Like many labors of love, its beginnings were humble.

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Airline Sues to Stop Popular Web-Scraping Service–American Airlines v. The Points Guy (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

And while most would agree that the Supreme Court avoided a worst-case scenario with its decision, it didn’t give us what many were hoping for. Those interested in web scraping legal issues had high hopes that the Supreme Court’s opinion in Van Buren v. The cases involve The Points Guy, LLC (“TPG”) and American Airlines, Inc. (“AA”).

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Copyright Termination and “Harmless Error”

Copyright Lately

As a new case involving Dwight Yoakam illustrates, serving a copyright termination notice is fraught with potential pitfalls, and mistakes come easy and often. For a copyright lawyer, there are few things as nerve-racking as preparing a copyright termination notice. Can the “harmless error” doctrine save the day?

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Which VPN Providers Really Take Privacy Seriously in 2023?

TorrentFreak

The VPN industry is booming and prospective users have hundreds of options to pick from. All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. The VPN review business is flourishing as well. Instead, we aim to provide an unranked overview of VPN providers, asking them questions we believe are important.

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