3 Count: 10,000 Hours

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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.

The lawsuit was filed by the music company Melomega, which claims that 10,000 Hours is an infringement of the 1973 R&B song The First Time Baby Is A Holiday. A record studio owned by Melomega released a version of the song in 2014.

According to the lawsuit, the musicians and their songwriters copied elements from the earlier track, including the chorus, verse and hook from the song. Neither Dan + Shay or Justin Bieber had any comment on the lawsuit.

2: MPA Wins Piracy Battle, US Court Orders PrimeWire to Shut Down

Next up today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that a group of movie studios have won a key victory in their ongoing litigation against the pirate site PrimeWire with a court ordering that the site’s domains be seized.

The lawsuit was filed last December and included Netflix, Disney, Paramount and others. Initially the site continued to operate but began to remove links to pirated content once the lawsuit threatened their domains. Primewire also moved to a new domain proactively.

However, the judge said that its removal of pirate links was not enough to comply with the existing injunction and, at a hearing where PrimeWire did not appear, the judge awarded a default judgment to the studios and a permanent injunction. The judge says that the plaintiffs are now free to conduct discovery to attempt to determine potential damages.

3: Goshen Township, Police Chief Accused of Badge Copyright Infringement

Finally today, Jennifer Edwards Baker at Fox19 reports that, in Ohio, the Goshen Township police have been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over the design of their police badge.

The lawsuit was filed by Louis Kohus, who claims to have designed some eight drafts of the badge for the department in 2015. However, in April 2016, he says the police chief he was working with was replaced, and the new one implemented his design without paying for the work. Instead, the department simply made minor changes and removed the copyright symbol.

Now Kohus is suing both the police department and the chief of police. Neither side responded for comment to the lawsuit.

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