Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This year, for the first time since 2018, we will be open, and we couldn’t be more excited. But, before I go, I wanted to leave you with five tales of how copyright has shaped Halloween that I’ve written over the years. 1: How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie. 2: Dracula vs. Nosferatu: A True Copyright Horror Story.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books. Without this rule, many authors fear the UK market would be flooded with cheaper international copies. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The case pits Sheeran against Structured Asset Sales, a company that owns a one-third stake in the copyrights of Ed Townsend. Sheeran’s attorneys argued the elements that were allegedly copied, namely a chord progression and the harmonic rhythm, were both commonplace in music and not protectable by copyright.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Looking back, his career trajectory has been laced with a healthy amount of plagiarism allegations by other artists. Three of the most prominent accusations of plagiarism are with regard to his songs “Photograph”, “Thinking Out Loud”, and “Shape of You”. 2018 saw the continuation of Sheeran’s struggles with infringement allegations.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Though he clarified that they were not “direct copies”, he claimed there were similarities in style, color choices and techniques used that were overwhelming to him. A Successful Career Defined by Plagiarism. According to Machine, Hirst’s painting were so similar to his that he thought he was looking at his own work.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 7, 2022

1: Dua Lipa Hit With Another Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Levitating’. First off today, Bill Donahue at Billboard reports that pop musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a second lawsuit over her hit song Levitating , as a pair of different accusers have accused her of copyright infringement. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 8, 2021

She says that text and data mining is not a copyright infringement and that, since an AI cannot produce a copyright-protected work, its output cannot be an infringement. Is the code original enough to qualify for copyright protection? Is the snippet of code long enough to qualify for copyright protection? Is it identical?

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

1: Spike Lee, Nate Parker Sued by Indie Filmmakers Over Copyright Infringement. First off today, Diane Haithman at TheWrap reports that filmmakers Spike Lee and Nate Parker have been sued for copyright infringement over allegations that their 2019 Film American Skin is an infringement of an earlier screenplay.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 24, 2021

1: Sirius XM Wins Appeal of Turtles Members’ California Copyright Claims. 2: Michael Moore Hit With Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’. According to the panelists, the issue is that such releases make it easy for pirates to obtain pristine copies, and they usually appear on pirate sites without hours of release.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 7, 2021

1: Spanish Broadcasting System Keeps $800k Fee Win in Music Copyright Case. LAMCO), which accused SBS of unlawfully performing songs that they hold the copyright to on radio stations in both San Juan and New York City. 2: Cloudflare Defeats “Repeat Infringer” Copyright Lawsuit in US Court. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 15, 2022

Though the name originates from an August 2021 article by Reeves Wiedeman and Lila Shapiro in Vulture , many reporters had written about the story well before that, including an October 2018 article in Publishers Weekly and a December 2020 article by the New York Times. It is neither a plagiarism story nor a copyright story.

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Plagiarism Today

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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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2021

1: Bungie & Ubisoft Sue Destiny 2 Cheatmakers Ring-1 For Copyright Infringement. The lawsuit alleges that the group is committing copyright infringement not only because they are making derivative works based upon their games, but because they are circumventing copyright protection tools.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Cattelan moved to dismiss Morford’s infringement and plagiarism claims on three grounds: [7]. copyright law does not protect “elements of expression that nature displays for all observers,” [8] which, according to Cattelan, excludes the main components of Morford’s artwork. Cattelan’s Motion to Dismiss.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The question then arises as to whether the fiction writer alone owns the copyright to work drawn in whole or part from another’s writings or experience. As the District Court noted: When Dorland read an online version of The Kindest in 2018, she noted the similarities between her letter and the letter in the story.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A literary controversy surrounding a copyright claim has taken over the North American online writing community, and it involves a kidney donation, a private Facebook group, and a short story.? . On June 10, 2018, Ms. Copyright Office. In order to prove copyright infringement , Ms. 19-cv-10203-IT), Ms. 3d 12, 18 ).

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

In India, as of 2018, the industry was valued at over five trillion INR and is expected to reach about 223 billion dollars by 2021. Copyrights play a pivotal role in the fashion industry as well. It is pertinent to note that, unlike copyright protection, the design may be protected under the act only if it is registered.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As of 2018, the global art market was valued at over 67 billion US dollars. Digital platforms have made it increasingly easy to disseminate unauthorized copies of art works that are copyright protected. Test of substantial similarity to determine copyright infringement for contemporary artworks. Martin Weiner Corp.,

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Plagiarism Today

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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Goldsmith et al sheds light on different perspectives of copyright law in common law and civil law countries. Firstly, both Brazilian and American legislation stipulate that the creator of a work holds copyright over it. However, this may not be necessary in certain cases where copyright limitations apply.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Remembering another lousy year with a countdown of the most ill-considered, unsatisfying and wrongly-decided copyright rulings of 2022. So what better way to commemorate 2022 than with a look at the worst copyright decisions from coast to coast? In 2018, when Goldman v. Remember: the smaller the numbers, the bigger the misses.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 16, 2022

We’re pleased to bring you a guest post by Lokesh Vyas thinking through the implications of ‘authoritative’ bodies engaging in plagiarism or lifting of content, as he looks at the recent allegations of plagiarism against the University Grants Commission. You can find his earlier posts for us here. Lokesh Vyas.

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