Plagiarism Today

MAY 2, 2022

creators whose creative works were featured in Facebook advertisements without permission. Normally, a company like Facebook would be protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) from such arguments. Facebook has not responded to the lawsuit, nor has it responded to media requests about it. The Complicated Backdrop.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Drawing on input from copyright holders, the report includes a non-exclusive overview of sites and services that are believed to be involved in piracy or counterfeiting. For more than a decade we have covered the online part of the report. In recent years, the scope of the report has broadened.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On November 6, 2023, a California district court handed down a permanent injunction and ordered the defendant to pay MG Premium a cool $117,270,000 in statutory copyright damages. Tanggula set-top boxes are advertised on social media platforms, sold via various affiliate and reseller schemes, and ‘reviewed’ regularly on YouTube.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2024

The debate over whether copyright infringement cannibalizes legitimate media consumption has been dragging on for several decades now. The issue has been researched extensively with both positive and negative effects being reported, varying based on the type of content and the ‘piracy’ source, among other variables.

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Social Media Copyright Infringement Television Journalism 108

Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2022

First off today, Luke Plunkett at Kotaku reports that the iconic “oof” sound effect in Roblox has been removed yet again due to licensing issues with the sound’s creator. 2: Rapper Nonini Goes After Social Media Influencer in Legal Battle. 3: YouTube Reduces Length Of Copyright Dispute Process.

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43(B)log

APRIL 26, 2023

24, 2023) “This case arises out of alleged misuse of copyrighted images, eventually leading to a dispute … that resulted in false business reviews, malicious e-mails, and mutual efforts to interfere with each other’s business.” I Dig Texas, LLC v. Creager Servs., LLC, 2023 WL 3066119, No. 22-CV-0097-CVE-JFJ (N.D.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Exploring Section 113(c) of the Copyright Act, an underutilized defense that could have changed the outcome of a recent infringement case. There’s a provision of the Copyright Act that provides a simple and straightforward defense to an entire category of infringement claims. 17 U.S.C. § 17 U.S.C. § You get the idea.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Traditional journalism organizations and digital-native social media networks alike face a formidable challenge – more and more, people trust information less and less. NewsGuard rates the credibility of news and information websites and tracks online misinformation for search engines, social media apps, and advertisers.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 25, 2023

The US Chamber of Commerce 2023 International IP Index report is a pretty big read at 213 pages, but for those interested in intellectual property matters, it’s an interesting one too. The report benchmarks the IP frameworks in 55 major economies and rates them based on how effectively they protect all kinds of intellectual property.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Back in August we reported how Google had received requests to remove one billion allegedly-infringing links from its search results. A few days before we published that report, Google had just processed its seven billionth removal request, having reached six billion less than a year earlier.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

— Bright Data has long sold the data of all the major social media companies. — For the claims related to illegal selling of scraped data, the court dismissed those because they were preempted by copyright. That’s what copyright law is for. In November 2023, X corp. on all counts. Bright Data Ltd. ,

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This growth is facilitated by users who openly advertise the site on social media, TikTok included. While the Authors Guild doesn’t recommend branding the platform as a notorious market, the social media platform responded to these and other rightsholder complaints in a letter to the USTR. TikTok Responds.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Similar to celebrity-filled ads, collaborative relationships between influencers and companies on social media continue to be prevalent. Like Patrick + Brittany and Travis + Taylor: Partnerships Are Key Nowadays, celebrities and social media influencers are more business savvy. Who owns the copyright?

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2024

Two billion copyright claims are processed every year through YouTube’s Content ID platform – a staggering figure that underscores the scale of this content management system. Aside from addressing copyright infringements in an automated fashion, the Content ID system brings in billions of dollars in revenue.

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Copying Copyright Infringement Fair Use Social Media 91

The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

COPYRIGHT Giovanni Maria Riccio and Fabiola Iraci Gambazza (E-Lex law firm) reported on the recent publication of the European Audiovisual Observatory entitled " Mapping report on national remedies against online piracy of sports content ", commissioned by the European Commission. disputes between domain names and trademarks).

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Corsearch

MARCH 13, 2023

The copyright for one of the first depictions of Mickey Mouse will expire in 2024. Copyright © Walt Disney Animation Studios Interestingly, Mickey started as a character known as “Oswald the Lucky Rabbit”. Copyright protection is usually granted for 95 years to works published between 1923 and 1977. Steamboat Willie.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 2, 2023

Citing police sources, La Presse reports that the investigation began after a group of telecoms companies headed by Bell Canada filed a complaint with police alleging millions of dollars worth of damage to their businesses, attributable to the Arubox IPTV service. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Social Media Reporting Publishing Ownership 120

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

With nearly 12 million books, Z-Library advertised itself as the largest repositories of pirated books on the Internet. On social media, Z-Library users appear frustrated by the new Tor problems. As we reported earlier this week, these people still support the shadow library, despite the criminal allegations.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 19, 2023

World Cup 2022 – Audiovisual Broadcasting Review Published this week, Arcom’s study reveals that more than six out of 10 French people watched or listened to at least one live match during the World Cup, a figure that rose to 73% in respect of all content, including replays, match analysis, and behind-the-scenes reporting.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 21, 2022

In reponse to rampant cheating in Call of Duty games, earlier this month Activision filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against cheat maker EngineOwning UG and CMN Holdings S.A. In order to function, EngineOwning uses a number of services including internet service providers, payment providers and social media websites.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Over the years, rightsholders have reported many thousands of apps, often for copyright infringement. Many of these promise free music, MP3 download functionality, and the option to download videos and music from social media sites. The RIAA is one of the entertainment industry outfits keeping an eye on Google Play.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 17, 2022

Recently, this Kat reported on Beyoncé’s decision to remove a sample from her song, after Kelis took to social media to complain, even though the rights had been cleared and there was no copyright infringement. As I explained in the Guardian : “It doesn’t matter that Beyoncé didn’t actually infringe Kelis’s rights.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 2, 2022

Around the middle of April, posts on social media sites popular in Russia (VK, Telegram) suggested that cinemas in several regions would begin screening big Hollywood movies, including ones that should not be available. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 4, 2024

LibGen Hoping for a better outcome, textbook publishers Cengage, Bedford, Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill, and Pearson Education filed a similar copyright infringement lawsuit against LibGen last year. According to the plaintiffs, LibGen is responsible for “staggering” levels of copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 20, 2024

” Martin will report directly to Karyn Temple, the MPA’s Senior Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel. Intermediaries are classified as follows: video players, domain name registries and registrars, hosting providers, payment processors, advertising networks, digital marketplaces, search engines, and social media.

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Social Media Reporting Intellectual Property Advertising 87

TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2022

With 30 search and seizure warrants in hand, law enforcement officials blocked or seized the domains of 226 websites, 461 piracy apps, and 15 social media accounts. The Ministry of Justice further reports that this is the first time that ‘Operation 404’ partially ‘took place in the metaverse.’

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 24, 2021

In an injunction application dated December 2, 2021, Nintendo requested a website blocking order under section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. It targeted six major ISPs (BT, EE, Plusnet, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media) demanding that they block subscriber access to five domains carrying NSW2U and NSWROM branding.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

As part of Musk’s ElonJet crackdown, he blocked journalists for reporting on the story. This was always a tough case involving possible conflicts between Section 230 and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The opinion upheld every aspect of Texas’ social media censorship law. SMART Copyright Act.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Here are some of the greatest copyright horror stories, featuring such classics as “Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Halloween,” “Dracula,” “Ghostbusters” and … a creepy McDonalds character? The studio settled quietly out of court, so there’s no reported decision in this one.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In fact, Applinked was initially served from the developer’s own website and is still advertised and linked from there, despite what happened to its predecessor. Developer ‘Takes a Break’ From Social Media. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These days it’s more likely for those sales to be organized on social media, which happily broadcast illegal sales to the whole world while logging everything for posterity. Fraud, Copyright and Money Laundering. KCCTS reports that the men asked the Court for leniancy, citing their families’ reliance upon them.

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Intellectual Property Social Media Reporting Copyright 97

The IPKat

JULY 18, 2021

Subsequently, the Committee Report on the Economics of Music Streaming has been published, calling for "a complete reset" of music streaming and the need for significant change within the music industry. The report nominates the remuneration to be paid by the rightsholders, (i.e. Explained here ].

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IPilogue

AUGUST 19, 2021

The New York Times reported that a spokesperson for Facebook, Instagram’s parent company, confirmed that it removed Thompson-Hera’s video but claims her access to the app was mistakenly suspended. Rule 40 restricts social media posts and advertisements published by athletes and sponsors during the Games, both in volume and content.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

As another example, when the search results provide the records associated with Mr. Abraham, “adjacent to the list of records containing [his] name, photograph, and likeness” is an advertisement promoting the subscription membership. Copyright Preemption. Section 230. ” Statutory Publicity Rights Claim (3344).

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

The author or creator of any theatrical, literary, creative, or musical work has an exclusive right to copyright. It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Image Source: gettyimages]. What are takedown services?

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2022

On the flip side, today’s interconnected world has the ability to transform leaks into powerful advertising and hype, keeping message boards and social media alive with discussion of exciting new products, at zero cost to official marketing teams. Copyright Complaint Targets Just One Video.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

And – let's be honest - most of us are quite entertained: we allow ourselves to be dazzled by luxury and a whiff of a desire to live the good and easy life that is presented by the main characters on various social media as a tangible dream.

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