Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

1: Taylor Swift Sued for $1 Million by Memphis-Area Poet for Copyright Infringement. First off today, Lucas Finton at Commercial Appeal reports that Taylor Swift is facing a new copyright infringement lawsuit, this one filed by a Memphis-area poet that accuses Swift of lifting her work.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Specifically, they alleged that the company failed to terminate repeat infringers. A Texas federal jury found Grande guilty of willful contributory copyright infringement, and the ISP was ordered to pay $47 million in damages to the record labels. $47 This went against the requirements under U.S. law, the music companies say.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

2: Vir Das, Netflix Among Four Booked for Copyright Infringement. Next up today, The Indian Express reports that, in Mumbai, comedian vir Das, Netflix and others have been booked by the Mumbai Police under the nation’s copyright act following a complaint from a producer alleging infringement of a 2010 agreement.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

Yossman at Variety reports that Kanye West’s 2010 song Power has drawn a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over a sample the song contains of the King Crimson’s song 21st Century Schizoid Man. 2: Kanye West’s King Crimson Sample in ‘Power’ Sparks Lawsuit Against Universal Music. Next up today, K.J.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 25, 2022

Ad Blocking as Piracy and Copyright Infringement. This idea that modifying a web page to hide ads is a copyright infringement is nothing new. Back in 2010, we examined this exact idea in the light of the rise of ad blocking tools , including Adblock Plus.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 31, 2022

The complaint alleged copyright infringement and violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by Wasatch Academy through the unauthorized use of a musical work controlled by Charming Beasts in a student film created by a student at Wasatch Academy in 2010.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Pearson, a large textbook and education company, accused Chegg of copyright infringement as Chegg publishes answers online to the questions found in Pearson’s textbooks. In its Answer, Chegg asserts multiple defenses, including that “any use of Pearson’s asserted copyrighted works by or through Chegg’s services constitutes fair use.”

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

One of the brothers passed away in 2010 and is represented by his daughters, another is a member of the lawsuit and a third brother is not listed as a plaintiff. The lawsuit alleges that the two songs are similar in “structure, rhythm, type/tone/nature and/or arrangement.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Publishing these materials can create substantial legal risk for research-focused bloggers, including the risk of copyright infringement. 2010 WL 4115413 (D. 2010), a blogger won a motion to dismiss for republishing 8 sentences of a 30 sentence new article. For example, in Righthaven LLC v. Realty One Group, Inc.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

However, that is just the latest in a decade-long history of discussing copyright, plagiarism and other authorship issues as they pertain to Halloween and horror. So, this year we’re going to take a look back at the various tales of copyright infringement and/or plagiarism that we’ve looked at over the years.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The ‘Humans of’ platforms that have arisen subsequent to the ‘Humans of New York’ (HoNY) platform, which was introduced by Brandon Stanton in 2010, include the HoB. The focal point of the discussions on art ethics and commercialization took a turn towards alleged copyright infringement in the case between HoB and PoI.

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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. HLG ultimately filed suit for copyright infringement.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 23, 2021

Historically, Canadian educational institutions negotiated licence agreements with copyright collectives Access Copyright and Copibec to fulfill their copying needs within the collectives’ repertoires. On December 23, 2010, the Copyright Board granted Access Copyright an interim tariff at the rate of $3.38

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 28, 2023

Movie and TV show companies, including Village Roadshow, Universal, Warner, Paramount, Sony, 20th Century Fox, and Disney, sent copyright infringement notices to internet service provider iiNet, demanding action against its pirating subscribers. Authorization, Liability, Safe Harbor Citing various grounds, iiNet refused.

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The IPKat

APRIL 28, 2022

Here is the announcement from the UK IPO (full details can be found here ) : Since 2010 the Economics, Research and Evidence (ERE) team in the IPO has published more than 100 research reports involving leading experts from the UK and around the world. This team of economists, researchers and analysts are working to: Research time!

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

In February 2010, FDN entered into an agreement with CCA where FDN would build and host a website for CCA for the purpose of selling CCA-manufactured furniture. Also in 2018, FDN filed the original complaint, targeting both Amazon and CCA, alleging that they both breached contracts and committed copyright infringement.

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BYU Copyright Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

The court found that Woodson had reason to believe in 2010 that her article would be published and should have conducted further investigation at that time. Therefore, the statute of limitations began when Woodson responded to the email in 2010 expressing interest in the schools publication opportunity.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 9, 2022

However, its rise in popularity also brought with it a great deal of legal attention, and it was eventually shut down by an injunction in October 2010. Much of that perception comes from issues that NFTs have had, One of the more common ones is plagiarism and copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 19, 2022

However, Watch Tower is still pursuing a parallel copyright infringement lawsuit against McFree in another court. ” As demonstrated in an RIAA music piracy case ruling back in 2010, alleged copyright infringers cannot simply claim First Amendment anonymity rights to avoid liability.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 24, 2023

Introduction The Plaintiff is engaged in the construction business and is the proprietor of trademark BURJNOIDA in class 37 (for building and construction services) as of February 2, 2011, which it claims to have been using since December 24, 2010.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 21, 2023

This worked well until it got banned, not because of copyright issues, but because Legit Torrents signed up for an offer that later turned out to generate fraudulent clicks. Speaking with TorrentFreak, Dustin notes that at its height in 2010, the site generated over $1,000 for a few months.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The anti-piracy body pioneered the so-called “graduated response” system back in 2010, with Hadopi tracking down copyright infringers using mainly BitTorrent networks and then warning, fining, or even disconnecting them.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

If readers remember the Home Minister’s speech linking copyright infringement to terrorism, on which, Prashant filed an RTI application to know if there was any actual data with the ministry. Likewise, we have made piracy, a form of copyright infringement, a non-bailable and cognizable offense.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 28, 2021

This includes phone jailbreaking, which was declared legal in 2010. These provisions are renewed every three years after the Copyright Office hears various arguments from stakeholders and the general public. They urged the Copyright Office not to grant the exemption as it would open the door to widespread piracy.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 8, 2023

The second was filed by the plaintiff to restrain the defendant from committing trademark/copyright infringement and passing off with respect to the mark ‘MODERN’. A crucial argument by the defendant was that the plaintiff was aware of the defendant’s mark, containing the word ‘MODERN’, since 2003/2010.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

According to the United States government, this work earned Bencko more than $1 million in 2010 alone. Police report that the man was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued in Virginia, United States, after being “convicted of several crimes such as extortion, copyright infringement, or money laundering.”

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Over the years copyright holders have tried a multitude of measures to curb copyright infringement, with varying levels of success. In 2010 , it went to court demanding that local ISP Ziggo should block The Pirate Bay. Site blocking has emerged as one of the preferred solutions.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 9, 2021

First, website blocking is a disproportionate, ineffective and undesirable response to copyright infringement. Successive Canadian governments conducted extensive copyright consultations in 2010 (leading to the 2012 reforms to the law) and again in 2018.

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SpicyIP

JULY 31, 2023

There had been earlier attempts to amend the Act through amendment bills in 2010, 2019 (discussed by Divij here ), and 2021 (discussed by Adyasha here ). Furthermore, the 2023 bill enables aggrieved individuals to pursue action under Section 51 of the Copyright Act 1957 for copyright infringement. Isn’t it?

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The IPKat

MARCH 4, 2024

Nike, a titan in the industry, has managed to register more than 3,000 trade marks throughout the years on a European level and owns the title of the second most successful applicant for registered Community designs at the EUIPO for the past decade, as per the EUIPO’s Design Focus Report (2010-2019).

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SpicyIP

JULY 9, 2021

Recently, a copyright infringement suit had been filed before the District Court, Trivandrum, against Facebook India. A copyright holder has the exclusive right to communicate his work to the public and as the plaintiff’s sound recordings were used without authorisation, copyright infringement could be easily proved.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The software was first released in 2010 under the name “ Torrent Stream “ Three years later it rebranded its service to Ace Stream, after which it took off. LaLiga shouldn’t have had any problem contacting Ace Stream and both companies have discussed copyright infringement matters in the past.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.

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CopyrightsWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

This article is part of our series showcasing well-known copyright ownership cases from the music and film industries, technology, and more. This week’s post looks at three well-known copyright infringement cases involving tech giants battling each other over ownership rights. Apple vs. Microsoft.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

With further ado, here’s what I found in Novembers: Database Protection in India: Since Prof Basheer’s 2005 post about the inaccurate implication of the theft of data as copyright infringement, to 2023, not much seems to have changed. The Indian courts have further clarified this issue. Sounds “Jhakaas!”

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

27, 2023) Industria sued Latinfood for trademark and copyright infringement; Latinfood counterclaimed for tortious interference against Industria and another counterdefendant Cordialsa. Prior import plans in 2010-11 were paused. Copyright: The Third Circuit applies the discovery rule to the limitations period of three years.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

RoBlaBlog – Thoughts on dual licensing and contrib agreements (Posted on 2010-02-27 by robla) While dual licensing has its detractors , there’s no denying its effectiveness in reconciling the differing needs of various parties involved. Another significant legal issue is the matter of contributor agreements.

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