TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

For the purpose of this report, however, we’ll home in on the copyright issues faced by Reddit during the last year and how the site responded to them. Copyright Removals. “In 2021, Reddit received 177,450 copyright notices reporting 920,672 pieces of content. This represents an increase of 104% from 2020.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 31, 2022

Telegram doesn’t permit copyright infringement and generally takes swift action in response. For some copyright holders that’s not enough, as new ‘pirate’ channels generally surface soon after. This argument is the basis of an infringement lawsuit filed in 2020. The case in question was filed by Ms.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2021

The book is available as a PDF at Gumroad for $10, as a Kindle ebook for $9.99, and in hard copy at Amazon for $20. The hard copy comes with a free PDF on request; and shipping should be free on Amazon Prime.] If you’re an academic and would like a free evaluation copy, please email me. I added a major note on the Van Buren v.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 19, 2023

Between 2010 and 2020, Hadopi issued 12.7 File-sharers had issues with the program for obvious reasons but for digital rights group La Quadrature du Net , massive internet surveillance to protect copying rights had arrived at the expense of citizens’ fundamental right to privacy.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

3:23-cv-03440 ) In a recent post we analysed a class action filed in the US against Open AI for unauthorized use of copyright works for training of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT ( here ) (“Generative AI” or “Gen AI”). District Court for the Northern District of California, No. 76) (see here and here ). 78 and here ).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It involves several IP rights, some of which overlap in some cases: copyright, trademarks, patents, trade secrets/confidential information, and the right of publicity (and similar rights with different names). Copyright 1. Singapore (computational data analysis; user must not “use the copy for any other purpose”) f. Japan (Art.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 21, 2021

Is she weaponizing copyright? Earlier this week, she filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement against CBS Interactive over a photograph CBS used in a 2015 Entertainment Tonight Online article about her scandal. This isn’t the first copyright infringement claim Dolezal has brought against the media. Weaponizing Copyright.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The copyright owner in Runt is seeking to enjoin director William Coakley from releasing a behind-the-scenes project about alleged on-set bullying and sexual harassment that it claims he fabricated. The case involves an interesting interplay between copyright law, entertainment contracts and the First Amendment.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Telegram doesn’t permit copyright infringement and generally takes swift action in response to complaints. This includes the removal of channels dedicated to piracy but for some copyright holders that’s not enough; they also want to know who the copyright-infringing users are. Rightsholders Request User Data.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Telegram doesn’t permit copyright infringement and generally takes swift action in response to complaints. This includes the removal of channels dedicated to piracy but for some copyright holders that’s not enough; they also want to know who the copyright-infringing users are. Rightsholders Request User Data.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 23, 2024

According to law, the company may only use the information to protect its copyrights, but that leaves plenty of scope for a range of actions, up to and including multi-million dollar lawsuits in appropriate circumstances. What happens when that information is handed over to Cognosphere is mostly unknown. 512(c)(3)(A)(v).” “X Corp.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 15, 2023

Rules and security are key in The Scene, but in 2020, a series of raids demonstrated that it’s not impenetrable. Unlike The Scene, P2P groups don’t have to abide by a particular set of rules, but privacy is still a top priority. For several years in a row, EVO opened the “screener season” by releasing leaked copies of upcoming films.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Most significantly, “the development of blockchain technology” has been accepted as a legal business activity by the Indonesian standard industrial business categorization code, which was published in 2020. 5 of 2020, dated November 16, 2020, regarding ESP in the Private Sector, as amended by MOCI Regulation No.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Things eventually went bad, resulting in contract/trade secret claims and copyright/ROP counterclaims. After they executed a Web Development Agreement, a number of her copyrighted photos were added to the site created by McCandless (it’s disputed who did that). COY hired MG to develop COY’s subscription platform. Wilmott Storage Servs.,

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In 2020, Amazon teamed up with publisher Penguin Random House and authors including John Grisham, Scott Turow and Lee Child to sue several pirate ‘Kiss Library’ eBook sites operating out of Ukraine. When sales are replaced by pirated copies, authors earn a lot less. Congress and Google Must Do More.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 8, 2021

In the interim order, it was found that there is a prima facie case to uphold the petitioner’s RTBF, based on (1) the protection of his right to privacy and reputation both online and offline, and (2) providing an acquitted person the right to have their name redacted and stop being identified as an accused person. and Gupta J. ITC logo.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 16, 2022

Plagiarism’, is an oft-castigated (even if not always, see Brian Frye’s works here and here ) buzzword in the copyright bazaar, especially in academia , wherein ‘original(ity)’ is an amply-emphasized expectation. liability, if any, under copyright law, 2.) UGC logo with the motto line Gyan-Vigyan Vimukte (Knowledge Liberates).

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Patently-O

AUGUST 22, 2022

Bonito Boats centers on a Florida statute prohibiting copying of unpatented boat hulls via direct molding. And, once a patent expires (or is refused or forfeited by public use), the balance allows “free access to copy whatever the federal patent and copyright laws leave in the public domain.” 141 (1989).

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Copyright laws, for instance, vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. What constitutes copyright infringement in one country may not be in another. The mere fact that the respondent operates in India and has servers in India empowers Indian courts to deal with copyright disputes to address this matter. “ CS (COMM) 282/2020.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Our hard-working students and community members published more than twice as many articles than in 2020 and the most articles in a calendar year since 2011. This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Is GitHub’s New Feature a Copyright Infringer?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

In the wake of the 2020 Lukis v. In particular, they are having some success bending Section 230, and this genre offers some interesting considerations for folks paying attention to the privacy/230 borders. Copyright Preemption. Copyright Preemption. Callahan v. ” Statutory Publicity Rights Claim (3344).

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IPilogue

MAY 25, 2022

In September 2020, Proctorio filed a lawsuit against former UBC employee and Open Education Librarian Ian Linkletter for tweeting links to Proctorio’s Help Centre YouTube videos for instructors and taking a screenshot of the website. Copyright Infringement and Fair Dealing. Proctorio, as a copyright owner under s.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

For many, bullfighting is an art, but this does not necessarily mean that a bullfight is a work in which the bullfighter holds a copyright. Out post addressed the questions that the Supreme Court must answer when deciding whether a bullfight can be an original work and therefore protectable by copyright. is there anything I can do?

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SpicyIP

MAY 6, 2024

vs Prerna Rajpal Trading As The Amaris Flagship Store on 29 April, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The dispute is over copying substantial elements like placement, pattern, color combination of plaintiff’s Serpenti Ocean Treasure Necklace by the defendant’s Shield-It Necklace. Bulgari S.P.A Kutch’s Ajrakh gets GI tag.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Soon after, an entity called Bayside asserted copyright ownership of the photos and sent 512(c)(3) takedown notices to Twitter followed by a 512(h) subpoena to unmask CallMeMoneyBags. ” Second, Bayside said that copyright already accommodates First Amendment considerations via the fair use defense (citing the Reddit case ).

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2023

Police Commissionerate, Jaipur issues Circular on Section 52(1)(za) of Copyright Act Wedding bells can now ring without copyright worry in Jaipur, as police circular clarifies empty copyright threats at weddings won’t be accepted! percent were blocked for copyright infringement. Welcome Clarification?:

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Bill McGeveran: interesting b/c privacy/data protection regimes are very different in the two regimes. Justin Hughes The Sub Rosa Rules of Copyright Fair Use Two competing descriptions of fair use: (1) Vague, unpredictable, ad hoc. (2) Thus, intermediate copying for reverse engineering of software is now a rule.

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