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“Pro Camcorder Pirate” Arrested in Govt, Police & UK Cinema Chain Operation

TorrentFreak

Hollywood believes that these ‘cam’ copies cause significant damage to the cinema industry, an opinion shared by the UK’s Film Distributors’ Association. Sources confirm that the copies were traced back to two multi-screen cinemas, both of them in Liverpool, the location mentioned by PIPCU.

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3 Count: Lit Appeal

Plagiarism Today

As a result, government agencies overseeing telecoms and cinemas have come together to create a cooperative plan, one that mimics the approach taken in Portugal. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Russia Claims Ukraine & Allies Use Pirate Sites to Spread Propaganda

TorrentFreak

Following the invasion of Ukraine a year ago, new video content produced by major Western companies mostly disappeared from Russian cinemas and online platforms. Older content covered by existing licensing agreements remained in place, but in a matter of days, many of those deals will run out.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 8-November 15)

SpicyIP

SpicyIP Tidbits: Compulsory License on Mira Behn’s Autobiography, and Stricter Test of Similarity of Marks for Medicinal Products. The High Court also noted that merely because the impugned mark’s advertisement occurred in Delhi, the courts of Delhi will not become eligible to adjudicate on the dispute. Image from here.

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Legalizing All Movie Piracy Bad For Russia, Media Giants Inform Parliament

TorrentFreak

As a result, Russia no longer feels bound by licensing restrictions and will source the same content from elsewhere, whenever that’s required. There is a single economic goal here – to make money from advertising on the site.” The bill submitted in April seeks significant amendments to Law No.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

The case is New Line Cinema v. ” In 2004, video game publisher Capcom contacted MKR, the film’s producer, to inquire about about obtaining a license to use elements from the film in one of its games. Cinema Secrets (2000). affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the advertisers.

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Case study: “copyright-free” in-store music and collective management

LexBlog IP

Such music is used as a background for the broadcasting of advertising messages that are heard in such commercial spaces on a daily basis. The advertising messages are played at a higher volume than the music.

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