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Mojang Targets Repositories of Browser-Based Minecraft Copy ‘Eaglercraft’

TorrentFreak

In the years following its first release in 2011, Minecraft captured a truly massive audience. With more than 238 million copies sold, it’s also the best-selling video game in history, a reign that looks set to continue. All repositories are reportedly linked to copies of Eaglercraft.

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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

Yesterday, we looked at the myriad of ways that copyright and trademark impact Halloween costumes. 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. Copyright and Halloween.

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De Minimis & Copyright Infringement : Where To Draw The Line?

IP and Legal Filings

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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Why do only fools and horses write original material? UK court finds copyright infringement of ‘Del Boy’ character

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), part of the English High Court, has ruled that copyright subsists in the character of Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter and that a character can be protected as a literary work under the UK’s closed list of copyright works ([ 2022] EWHC 1379 IPEC ).

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Unclear student guide not enough to constitute authorisation to use short film still

The IPKat

To celebrate the start of this event, this Kat has found a recent judgment issued by the Tribunal judiciaire (TJ) of Lyon [ the birthplace of cinema ] concerning a case of copyright infringement relating to the still of a short film. Facts Mr T trained as an editor at a film and audiovisual school run by ECAR CAMPUS from 2009 to 2011.

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Refusal of domestic authorities to enforce copyright breaches human rights, says ECtHR

The IPKat

The copy was subsequently removed from the NGO’s website at Safarov’s request. He claimed that that country’s failure to ensure the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions, that is: his copyright due to the unauthorized reproduction and online publication of his work, breached his human right to the peaceful enjoyment of his IP.

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Book review: Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship

The IPKat

, this Kat was delighted to review Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship by Dr Luke McDonagh (Assistant Professor of Law at LSE Law School). This is the first academic monograph that solely considers the relationship between UK copyright law and historical and contemporary theatre. And who poses moral rights in the work?