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3 Count: Unmodding Nintendo

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Garry's Mod removes Nintendo assets after copyright notice, ad agency sues Jindal Steels Brazil cracks down on anime piracy. The post 3 Count: Unmodding Nintendo appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Tiktok's other, smaller legal problem

43(B)log

False advertising: Meishe pointed to statements defendants made in their copyright notice at tiktok.com, in the ByteDance Code of Conduct, in TikTok’s Intellectual Property Policy, and in TikTok’s terms of service. 2015) “in this circuit, a reverse passing off claim requires the alteration of a product and a subsequent sale.”

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Are Ads in Old Magazines Protected by Copyright?

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Dear Rich: I am working on a book project which would use advertisements from a major U.S. The magazine itself was copyrighted, but the ads do not contain any copyright markings, so my understanding is that the ads would have entered into the public domain. The advertisements are most likely in the public domain.

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3 Count: One More Thing…

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In addition to WWDC footage, the channel had archived advertisements, internal training videos and more. However, the channel is gone after it was flooded with copyright notices filed by Apple. The channel was operated by Brendan Shanks, who had uploaded a series of WWDC videos going back to the early 2000s.

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3 Count: Not Very Private

Plagiarism Today

However, RCN has hit back, saying that Righscorp, which was responsible for most of the detection of pirated material, unfairly flooded them with too many copyright notices. However, 18 months ago, the site removed all advertising and sought to keep itself afloat with donations.

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Shelbyville-Based Photographer Sues Dr. Brite for Alleged Copyright Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Further, Haehl claims she posted a copyright notice alongside each photograph posted on her Facebook page. Haehl claims Dr. Brite used one of her copyrighted photographs to advertise Dr. Brite’s products as shown below (the “Dr. VA0002191510. Defendant, Dr. Brite, LLC (“Dr.

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1202 and Lanham Act claims can't save lawsuit against embedding photos

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Lanham Act false advertising: The theory was that Meta misrepresented “the creation and ownership” of Logan’s photos. Dastar doesn’t clearly bar false advertising §43(a)(1)(B) claims in general, but it does bar the claim as pled here: “a copyright claim repackaged under a trademark statute.” 3d 1137 (9th Cir. Ugly Pools Ariz.,