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Audi and the Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection

Plagiarism Today

Over the weekend, the German carmaker Audi became the center of a massive plagiarism controversy as a new video campaign was accused of ripping off content from a prominent Chinese video blogger. Audi, for its part, blamed the plagiarism on a “lack of supervision and lax review.” The Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection.

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3 Count: Lit Appeal

Plagiarism Today

According to Campbell, Everyday We Lit is an infringement of his 2015 song Everything Be Lit. Under the system, rightsholders, advertisers and technology partners will work together to block access to pirate websites, ideally within 48 hours (if it follows Portugal’s system).

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

In Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria Limited neglected to renew their contract with actor and filmmaker Adewole Ojo to use his photographs for advertisements. According to the court, no prima facie case was established as no clear evidence of infringement or plagiarism was produced.

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Court Quashes 512(h) Subpoena on First Amendment Grounds–In re 512(h) Subpoena to Twitter

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

There are two sets of statements by Petitioner at issue: (1) that Respondent Boudet “groomed minors” and (2) that he engaged in plagiarism…Reviewing the materials submitted by the parties, it is clear that both statements were made based on facts discussed in the subject subreddit. CPF-22-517749 (Cal. Superior Ct.

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The 5 Worst Copyright Decisions of 2022

Copyright Lately

The company has brought over 300 cases since 2017, often using copyrighted product images as a technical hook to shut down undesired resellers who advertise its products at below retail prices. In 2015, Morford posted “Banana and Orange” to his Facebook page, where it was “liked” by all of five people.

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

Patently-O

courts have addressed the legality of non-expressive uses of copyrighted works in the context of other copy-reliant technologies, including software reverse engineering, [2] plagiarism detection software, [3] and the digitization of millions of library books to enable meta-analysis, text data mining, and search engine indexing. [4]