Plagiarism Today

APRIL 4, 2022

In some types of programming, especially when there’s only one correct way to do something, copying code isn’t just a shortcut, it’s the norm. Many lawyers also copy and paste heavily in the legal documents in a bid to meet the criteria there. The most significant difference between is that copyright is a function of the law.

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The IPKat

APRIL 3, 2023

Here’s what Desmond writes: Nigeria's new Copyright Act 2022: how libraries can benefit by Desmond Oriakhogba Background In October 2021, I wrote about the Nigerian copyright law reform process. Pending publication, the pre-assent copy of the Act can be accessed here. How can libraries in Nigeria benefit from the Copyright Act 2022?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

” Perhaps the plaintiffs were concerned that Instagram has insufficient “volition” for the copies made by its servers; or perhaps Instagram can claim the 512 safe harbor for any embedded user-uploaded files (but the 512 safe harbor also applies to contributory infringement, so this theory isn’t very plausible).

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

Produced by Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland and based on the novels by Julia Quinn, Bridgerton was seen by a then-record 82 million households when the first season premiered on Netflix in early 2021. Fast forward to September 2021 when “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” became the top album on iTunes’ U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In 2021, OpenAI’s Dall·E was able to create images in response to text prompts, including those combining unrelated concepts (such as “a snail made of harp”), but the results were merely competent in artistic terms. Generative AI Computer-generated art reached a tipping point in 2022.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

2021 has seen the emergence of a litigation genre against “yearbook” database vendors that publish old yearbooks online. 2021 WL 5050079 (N.D. 2021 WL 5795306 (N.D. I’ve blogged three yearbook cases so far this year ( Callahan v. Ancestry , Knapke v. Classmates , and Sessa v. In the wake of the 2020 Lukis v.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2021

The test is premised upon the technical difference between a website that displays a copy of an image hosted on the site’s own server and a site that uses HTML instructions to direct a user’s browser to another server that stores the image. July 30, 2021 Order Denying Sinclair’s Motion to Dismiss. View Fullscreen.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This is the initial copying design (without of the background graphics in the precedent work): The copyright registrant alleged this copying design constituted copyright infringement. 2021 WL 5893161 (S.D. Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation, 2021 WL 4482608 (S.D.N.Y. Case Citation : Alper Automotive, Inc.

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43(B)log

MAY 22, 2023

Appellants, current and former professional models, appealed their summary judgment loss on a variety of claims arising from the use of their images in social media posts promoting a “gentlemen’s club” operated by EIE. Their social media footprints range from several thousand to a few million followers.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

Temporary or incidental storage of work or performance to provide electronic links, access, or integration, where the owner has not expressly prohibited such links, access, or integration, falls under the ambit of fair use of copyright, according to Section 52(1)(c) of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 1, 2023

In our brave new world where millions of ordinary people are copyright holders of snaps they publish to social media or videos they upload to YouTube, awareness of copyright law is at an all-time high. ” and “Is it copyright if nobody knows I copied a song and changed it so it sounds nothing like the original?”

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

On one hand, those who view intellectual property rights as a limited monopoly would suggest that even derivative use of the content in a meme is infringement on the rights holder’s interest. 405 (2019); Terrica Carrington, Grumpy Cat or Copy Cat? 511, 523 (2012). viii] See, e.g., Lee J. Memetic Marketing in the Digital Age , 7 Geo.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Wilmot Storage Services [2] , the court laid down the scope and extent of de minimis while stating that it can be used in matter of copying of the copyrighted content instead of just a mere display of such work. The defence only applies to the extent of a plaintiff’s copyrighted work’s usage, not how the defendant uses it.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 7, 2023

billion on YouTube in 2021 and that doesn’t account for all the removals carried out by Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, Snapchat and any other platform that springs to mind. Social media platform Facebook also reports huge numbers of takedowns to the EC. And that’s only Google search.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

This means that TOs have been tasked with getting enough GameCubes, Wiis, copies of the game, and clunky CRT TVs to play on. Players rallied against Nintendo’s actions, causing #FreeMelee to trend across social media and throughout the gaming world. Players, for most of the game’s competitive existence, have played in person.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The good news is after the holiday was effectively ruined last year, we’re more or less back in business in 2021. As the story goes, they provided him with a copy of a few scenes from “Ghostbusters” in which the theme would appear. You can judge for yourself by downloading a copy of “Jap Herron” here.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 21, 2021

Now, in 2021, Dolezal may find herself at the center of a new controversy. 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. Here’s a copy of Dolezal’s complaint. View Fullscreen.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 28, 2022

Takedown notices are a vital tool for copyright holders who want to make sure that infringing copies of their work are not widely distributed. Every week, millions of these requests are sent to hosting platforms and third-party services, including social media networks. The same is true for content that’s clearly fair use.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

Cameron Boyce and Nicole Berger ( Runt ) As the parties negotiated in mid-2021, Virtuoso says Coakley demanded $1,375,000 to fund a pilot for one of his other projects, allegedly threatening to take actions that would be “harmful to the commercial success of Runt ” if his demand wasn’t met. LFP , Inc. ,

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Because Grant had created the track for entertainment purposes and Trump had used it for political commentary, that was a “fundamentally different and new purpose” and covered by the doctrine of fair use. Use Was Not Fair In October 2021, U.S. That fair use was the vehicle adds insult to injury.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

As described here in a previous post: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected an artistic intent or purpose test for fair use on March 26, 2021, in The Andy Warhol Foundation v. ” Then, as I noted , the US Supreme Court decided a few days later, “in Google v. 21-735 (2021).

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