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Major Record Labels Sue Youtube-dl’s Hosting Provider

TorrentFreak

Law firm Rasch works with several major music industry players and it was on their behalf that cease-and-desist orders were sent to local hosting service Uberspace. While the RIAA’s effort to take down youtube-dl from GitHub grabbed all the headlines, moves had already been underway weeks before that in Germany.

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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

million followers on Instagram, was allegedly making “ seven figures ” as of 2017, and has a book on the New York Times bestseller list (Tik Tok commenters would remind you, however, that her listing had a dagger next to it). Nordstrom removed the pieces at issue, and everything seemed to be fine on the copying front—until 2020 hit.

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Is the Grinch Slasher Film a Protected Parody?

Plagiarism Today

Back in 2017, a group made plans to stage a play entitled Who’s Holiday , a one-woman show featuring a foul-mouthed grown up version of Cindy Lou Who. As the play got closer to opening, the Seuss estate sent cease and desist letters to try and stop it. It’s important to note that the two cases were very different in nature.

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Record Labels Hit Internet Archive With New $400m+ Copyright Lawsuit

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. “While the commercially viable recordings will have been restored or remastered onto LP’s or CD, there is still research value in the artifacts and usage evidence in the often rare 78rpm discs and recordings,” IA wrote following the launch of the project in 2017.

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Youtube-dl’s Hosting Provider Fights Record Labels’ Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

The RIAA had already sent cease-and-desist orders to the hosting company in 2020, before it approached GitHub. Their complaint, which cites an earlier case from 2017 , alleges that youtube-dl aids copyright infringement by circumventing YouTube’s technical protection measures. No Circumvention.

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Another 512(f) Claim Fails–Moonbug v. Babybus

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

” With respect to whether Babybus’ baby character infringed Moonbug’s baby, Babybus claimed that the alleged copying related to generic features found in nature. . Day to Day Imports. * Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court. * 512(f) Preempts Tortious Interference Claim–Copy Me That v.

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Judge Recommends $83 Million ‘Piracy’ Damages Award Against YouTube Rippers

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They previously sued YouTube-MP3, the world’s largest ripping site at the time, which resulted in the site shutting down in 2017. Plaintiffs also sent infringement notices and cease-and-desist letters to Defendant, yet he has continued to infringe their copyrights,” Judge Buchanan writes. FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com Lawsuit.