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Failure to comply with the terms of a copyright assignment agreement held to amount to copyright infringement in France

The IPKat

This time, the dispute notably concerns both the originality of photographs and their use for a period exceeding that stipulated in the copyright assignment contract. In early 2019, Ms Y noticed that several of her other photos were still available online and had been altered. L'Oréal regularised the situation by renewing the licences.

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Airline Sues to Stop Popular Web-Scraping Service–American Airlines v. The Points Guy (Guest Blog Post)

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On January 9th, American Airlines sent TPG a cease-and-desist letter. But before they get there, these courts must first decide whether AA’s terms and conditions constitutes a valid and enforceable contract, and whether TPG assented to its terms. Of course, Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

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sued Bright Data for trespass to chattels, breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, violation of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, and misappropriation. Here, the court agreed, and dismissed Twitter’s breach-of-contract claims on that basis. In November 2023, X corp. on all counts.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

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by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. It’s not that half of federal judges have adopted one clear stance on copyright preemption of contracts and the other half have adopted another clear stance. But fair use isn’t a defense to a breach of contract claim.

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[Guest Post] Complexities of audiovisual copyright claims in Nigeria: Ini Edo and Chinenye Nworah’s dispute over Shanty Town (Neflix)

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According to the documents published on the internet, the relationship between Ini Edo and Chichi Nworah began as a co-production agreement on December 13, 2019, with another named partner, Joy Odiete, to produce a slate of 5 movies in a 10-year timeline.

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Once Again, LinkedIn Can’t Use CFAA To Stop Unwanted Scraping–hiQ v. LinkedIn

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In 2019, the Ninth Circuit upheld the district court’s injunction ruling in favor of hiQ. CFAA : The key question is whether hiQ’s continued access following receipt of LinkedIn’s cease-and-desist letter was “without authorization” under the CFAA. LinkedIn lawsuit started in 2017.

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ACE Anti-Piracy Expansion in Europe is More Than Just Another New Member

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Friend MTS offers dynamic, near real-time blocking of illegal IPTV streams and recent contract renewals ( 1 , 2 ) suggest that expectations are being met. In 2019, police in Serbia reported the arrest of two men aged 40 and 31. Two years on from these operations, ACE executed a successful cease and desist action near Belgrade, Serbia.