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Despite 155 Piracy Incidents in Cinemas, Pirates Suffer Worst Year Since 2012

TorrentFreak

FCPA offers no additional detail, but we understand that the extremely high-quality CAM copies of the movies leaked online were directly linked to the defendant’s skills and the career he hoped to pursue somewhere in the film or TV industry. A mere conviction probably ended that dream, regardless of the scale of the punishment.

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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 180: Victoria Owen Sets the Record Straight on the State of Canadian Copyright Law and Content Licensing By Libraries and Educational Institutions

Michael Geist

Since the Canadian copyright law reforms in 2012, education and libraries have increased spending on licensing and a non-partisan House of Commons study found no need to create new restriction on education and library copying rights.

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. It is authorized by the federal Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA).

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. It is authorized by the federal Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA).

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Google Answers Question About Plagiarized Content, Kind Of

Plagiarism Today

However, despite those efforts, a study in 2012 found that Google only identified the original content 57% of the time , often ranking duplicates higher than source material. This has made copied content something of a sore spot with many Google watchers. Why SEO Practitioners Cares About Copied Content.

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Over the Last Decade India has Spent Rs. 1,00,000 crores on Scientific Research with No Transparency: Time to Resuscitate the PUPFIP?

SpicyIP

For example, one of us asked for copies of some of the funding agreements for COVID related vaccines. crores for CSIR (2012-22); Rs. of Ayush (2012-22); Rs 10,209.2 crores for ICMR (2012-21); Rs. 689 crores for TDB (2012-22); Rs. 7,295 crores for SERB (2012-22); Rs. of Health Research (2012-22); Rs.

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Authors Get Mixed Results With Initial Skirmish in OpenAI Lawsuit

The IP Law Blog

The plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI copied their published books, which are protected by copyright law, and used them in a training dataset for its LLM. To allege a valid copyright infringement claim, a plaintiff must show that: (1) that he or she owns a valid copyright; and (2) that the defendant “copied aspects of his [or her] work.”