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AUGUST 23, 2021

1: 11th Circ Ends Drama Over Venezuelan Network in Telenovela Copyright Case. The lawsuit actually began in 2012 when LaTele sued Telemundo over alleged copyright infringement of a telenovela. 2: Pepe the Frog’s Creator Nuked a $4 Million NFT Collection Over Copyright. Settles ‘Focus’ Copyright Infringement Lawsuit.

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APRIL 25, 2022

1: Dan + Shay, Justin Bieber Sued for ‘10,000 Hours’ Copyright Infringement. First off today, Mathew Lemkuehler at The Tennessean reports that a new lawsuit claims the song 10,000 Hours , performed by Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber, is a copyright infringement of an earlier work. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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MAY 5, 2022

In 2014, the estate attempted to file a notice of copyright termination with Authentic Brands to terminate a 1983 agreement that resulted in them obtaining rights to the song. The Second Circuit has now upheld that dismissal, ruling that the right of copyright termination only applies to agreements reached by the original author.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

Shopify strongly denied this and claimed to have a robust system for dealing with copyright and trademark issues. 3: Supreme Court won’t review copyright fight over Paramount’s ‘What Men Want’. The post 3 Count: Textbook Piracy appeared first on Plagiarism Today. 2: Scripps Expands Channel Piracy Protection. Specifically, E.W.

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MAY 17, 2022

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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MARCH 14, 2022

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. However, Genius, not the copyright holder on the lyrics, opted to sue claiming breach of contract and unfair competition laws.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

First off today, Ted Johnson at Deadline reports that a group of six United States Senators have signed a letter to the domain name registry Verisign calling upon the service to suspend the domains of pirate websites and generally do more to combat copyright infringement. The post 3 Count: Verisigned appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

1: Embattled copyright lawyer suspended from practice in New York. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that controversial copyright lawyer Richard Liebowitz has been suspended from practicing law in New York State following a ruling by an appeals court. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

1: Marvel Sues to Prevent Losing Copyrights to ‘Avengers’ Characters. First off today, Tin Baysinger at The Wrap reports that Marvel has filed a series of five lawsuits that challenge the copyright termination notices filed by heirs of famed creator Stan Lee in hopes of retaining the rights to some of its most popular characters.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

2: Artists to Cash in When Work is Resold with Update of Copyright Laws. 3: Taylor Swift Files Motion in “Shake It Off” Copyright Lawsuit, Says Lyrics “Were Written Entirely by Me”. Finally today, Nina Corcoran at Pitchfork writes that Taylor Swift has filed a motion in her ongoing lawsuit over her 2014 song Shake it Off.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

1: Cox Wants to See Evidence in Majors V Charter Copyright Case in Ongoing Bid to Overturn Billion Dollar Judgement. Specifically, Cox alleges the metadata on the evidence indicates that they are files from 2016 though the case only deals with 2012-2014. The post 3 Count: Evidence Issues appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Million Award for Rapper in Copyright Battle. 2: Sam Smith, Normani Ask Judge to Dismiss ‘Nonsensical’ Claims in Amended Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. The post 3 Count: Somewhat Less Lit appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

The app was launched in 2014 though the original developers abandoned it quickly after its debut. 3: Meghan Markle to Receive Just £1 from Mail on Sunday Following Copyright Win. The post 3 Count: No More Popcorn appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Million in Copyright Case. This prompted ZHT to file the lawsuit and decided that Zillow’s infringement was innocent until July 10, 2014, when ZHT sent a cease and desist letter to the company. However, even when notified about significant copyright infringement taking place, Cloudflare has failed to act against those sites.

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APRIL 7, 2022

It deals with whether Amazon and/or CCA infringed FDN’s copyrights by scraping descriptions from their website for use as part of Amazon’s product listings. It’s a confusing question with no easy answer, but it’s an issue that puts the copyright registration of every website at risk. The Registration Wrinkle.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The story starts when the first Mashelkar report (which was later retracted) was alleged of plagiarizing a part of a commissioned study by Prof. However, the allegation of plagiarism by a Governmental committee from an academic’s commissioned report caused an uproar insinuating the influence of industry on the reports.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In that apology, Butz admitted he was “clearly ignorant about copyright laws and got defensive when it was brought to my attention.” As with many aspects of copyright, the only way to get a definitive answer on a fair use question is to have a case go to court and have either a judge or a jury decide the outcome.

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MAY 11, 2023

Ed Sheeran’s 2014 hit song “Thinking Out Loud,” was accused of stealing Marvin Gaye’s harmonic progressions as well as the melodic and rhythmic elements in Gaye’s most well-known song, “Let’s Get It On.” So, let’s get it on! ” The lawsuit was filed by the heirs of Ed Townsend.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Copyright Office published a Notice of inquiry (“NOI”) and request for comments, Artificial Intelligence and Copyright, Docket No. 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].

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

1: Can’t Shake This: Taylor Swift to Face Copyright Lawsuit. First off today, Reuters reports that a lawsuit accusing Taylor Swift of copyright infringement in her 2014 hit single Shake it Off has been allowed to move ahead, setting the stage for a possible trial. 2: Sonny Bono’s Widow Strikes Back in Cher Copyright Fight.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

1: Supreme Court Asks for Biden Administration’s Views in Google Copyright Case. 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. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? 1 Hit “Rockstar”.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

1: ‘ Sports Illustrated’ Model Sues Twitter for $10 million, Accusing its Algorithm of Contributing to Copyright infringement. Morton also alleges that Twitter has been slow to remove allegedly infringing material from their site despite obligations to do so “expeditiously” under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

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