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Copyright Infringement and Remedies in Nigeria

IPilogue

Copyright infringement is the violation and piracy of an author’s exclusive right through the unauthorized use of a Copyright-protected work. Section 15 (1) (a)-(g) of the Copyright Act, C28, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (“LFN”), 2004 , provides several acts that amount to copyright infringement in Nigeria.

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Instagram Not Liable For Copyright Infringement Over Embedded Images

TorrentFreak

Hunley sought damages for the alleged infringement and an injunction to prevent further violations. At BuzzFeed News, the location where Hunley’s image was displayed, there could be no violation of Hunley’s exclusive display right under the Copyright Act. pdf ) case in 2007. does not constitute direct infringement.”

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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

SHOULD LEX LOCI PROTECTIONIS BE APPLIED BLANKETLY TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT? It has been established that lex loci protectionis is the rule that is applied to all the IPR infringement cases, barring a few exceptions. Today, most of the copyright infringement happen through the Internet. Which law to choose then?

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Audi and the Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection

Plagiarism Today

Mange, who has nearly 4 million followers, pointed out the copying in a video comparing the two works. This kicked off a firestorm of controversy in China, with Audi, M&C and Lau all apologizing for the copying. All these systems are remarkable feats of technology and have helped shape our understanding of copying.

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No CTRL-ALT-DEL in the 9th Circuit for the Server Test

The IP Law Blog

To violate the public display right, infringers must “display ‘copies’ of the copyrighted work.” The district court held that the Ninth Circuit’s 2007 opinion in Perfect 10, Inc. The public display right under copyright law is infringed only when an alleged infringer “displays” a “copy” of the copyrighted work.

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Legit Torrents Shuts Down After 17 Years

TorrentFreak

Legit Torrents in 2007 In the years that followed the site signed up roughly 50,000 users and hosted 5,500 torrents. Over the years, several rightsholders mistakenly accused the site of sharing copyright-infringing material without permission. Dustin recalls that it initially started out with a free dyndns.org subdomain.

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Clive Cops $1M in Additional Damages for Copyright Infringement

IP Whiteboard

The Federal Court of Australia has awarded additional damages in the highest order against Clive Palmer ( Palmer ) for his copyright infringement of the 1985 Twisted Sister’s rock song “ We’re Not Gonna Take It ” (the Song ). After being alerted to the UAP campaign, Universal commenced copyright infringement proceedings against Palmer.