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Asghar Farhadi’s High-Stakes Plagiarism Battle

Plagiarism Today

However, as per The Hollywood Reporter, he now finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes plagiarism battle. The lawsuit was filed by Azadeh Masihzadeh who, according to the lawsuit, was a student of Farhadi in 2014. Note: The case is being litigated in Iran. However, I know very little about Iranian copyright law.

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The FTC’s Misguided Comments on Copyright Office Generative AI Questions

Patently-O

We, who have been writing and teaching about copyright law and how it has responded to challenges posed by new technologies for decades, were among those who submitted comments, see [link]. In addition, conduct that may be consistent with the copyright laws nevertheless may violate Section 5. That is far too hasty.