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“The Copyright Case of the Century”: Final Settlement between Google and Oracle on API Copyright Infringement

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Tianchu Gao is an IPilogue Writer and a 1L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . . The decade-long dispute between Google and Oracle over computer code’s copyrightability finally came to an end on April 5, 2021. copyright law. Supreme Court on October 7, 2020.

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3 Count: Polish Rejection

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1: Top EU Court Rejects Polish Complaint Over Copyright Law. First off today, John Silk at Deutsche Welle reports that the highest court in the European Union, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), has rejected a Polish challenge to the latest EU copyright directive. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Next up today, K.J.

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Clive Cops $1M in Additional Damages for Copyright Infringement

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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.

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The Importance of Germany’s Ad Blocking Ruling

Plagiarism Today

Calling the lawsuit “without merit”, the court said, “here is no unauthorized duplication and/or reworking of copyrighted computer programs,” under German copyright law. Ad Blocking as Piracy and Copyright Infringement.

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A Win for Users’ Rights: Supreme Court Finds Access Copyright Tariff Not Mandatory and End-User Perspective Must be Considered in Fair Dealing Analyses

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Perhaps one of the most important copyright decisions since the 2012 ‘ pentalogy ’ cases, York University reflects the Supreme Court’s intention to develop Canadian copyright law in a way that maintains a balance between users’ and creators’ rights. Access Copyright subsequently sued for copyright infringement.

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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

IPilogue

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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Watch Tower vs. McFree: Nonprofit Defends Critic’s Fair Use & Anonymity Rights

TorrentFreak

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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