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Asghar Farhadiā€™s High-Stakes Plagiarism Battle

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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. However, I know very little about Iranian copyright law. and European copyright law.

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3 Count: Server Tested

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District Court Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a controversial ruling denying the “server test” of copyright law and ruling that embedding images can be an infringement of copyright law. 3: Jake Owen Sued for Alleged Copyright Infringement Over No. The case was filed by Paul Nicklen against Sinclair Media.

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3 Count: Dark Horse Dismissal

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1: Katy Perry Wins in Dark Horse Copyright Appeal. The lawsuit was filed in 2014 by musician Marcus, Gray, who claimed Dark Horse was an infringement of his earlier song, Joyful Noise. copyright law. The post 3 Count: Dark Horse Dismissal appeared first on Plagiarism Today. million in damages.

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3 Count: Settled Again?

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2: Artists to Cash in When Work is Resold with Update of Copyright Laws. Next up today, Marie Woolf of the Canadian Press reports that, in Canada, a new law is being drafted by Innovation Minister FranƧois-Philippe Champagne and Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez that would give artists a “resale right” in their paintings.

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3 Count: Extra Element

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First off today, Thomas Claburn at The Register reports that the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) has won a key victory over Vizio as a judge has ruled that the open source GPL and LGPL licenses are not just copyright licenses, but contain an extra element covered by contract law rather than copyright law.

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The Battle Over Poker NFTs

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In that apology, Butz admitted he was “clearly ignorant about copyright laws and got defensive when it was brought to my attention.” That court found that most of Prince’s work was non-infringing (though several works still were) and the two sides ultimately settled the case in March 2014.

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3 Count: Supreme Genius

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But both the district court and the appeals court ruled against Genius, saying that their claims were preempted by copyright law. 2: DaBaby Facing Copyright Lawsuit Over His No. 3: Taylor Swiftā€™s ā€˜Shake It Offā€™ copyright Lawsuit Dismissed After 5 Years. 1 Hit ā€œRockstarā€.