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If copyright law won’t protect small fashion brands against copying, social media will – just ask influencer Danielle Bernstein

JIPEL Copyright Blog

In this case, via alleged copyright infringement. Danielle Bernstein is a 28-year-old New York City influencer and founder of the brand We Wore What (“WWW”). However, an equally long list of controversies accompanies this list of accomplishments, the majority of which involve alleged copying. The account and its 2.6

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U.S. Govt: Omi in a Hellcat Should Serve 15.5 Years For Pirate IPTV Scheme

TorrentFreak

In September 2021, a grand jury returned a 62-count indictment charging Bill Omar Carrasquillo with crimes related to his Gears-branded IPTV services. Circumvention of an access control device, from March 2016 through November 23, 2019, in violation of 17 U.S.C. §§ 1201(a)(1)(A) , 1204(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. §

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

Brands have recently begun to co-opt this form of communication in an attempt to capitalize on the prevalence and effectiveness of memes. [ii] ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. Costs Versus Benefits of Copyright Protection. 139 (2016). [ix] LAW AND ECONOMICS.

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RCN Faces Another Multi-Million Dollar Piracy Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat copyright infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” Internet provider RCN, which operates under the Astound brand, has been one of the most frequent targets. While these cases are under appeal, new ones are being filed at U.S.

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Emerging Trends In Digital Copyright Law

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

People have become less dependent on print media and more likely to use a digital medium such as computerized documents of soft copies. Given the fact that the copyright law was originally framed to protect literary and artistic works, it needs to be seen how much the law has evolved to grant protection to digitalized works.

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Pirate IPTV Investigations Are Expensive, Time-Consuming & Prone to Misfire

TorrentFreak

Swedes and the New Piracy Boogeyman Starting around 2016, give or take depending on region, pirate IPTV services exploded globally. The group believed the man was behind Dreamhost, one of the more popular pirate IPTV brands in Sweden and therefore a priority target. They weren’t alone. “According to the indictment, L.K.’s

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Inter American Convention allows claims that Lanham Act makes dubious after Abitron; but what about Article III?

43(B)log

27, 2023) Industria sued Latinfood for trademark and copyright infringement; Latinfood counterclaimed for tortious interference against Industria and another counterdefendant Cordialsa. Industria, based on Colombia, produces and distributes food products under two relevant brand names: Zenú and Ranchera. Latinfood U.S.