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When Children Plagiarize

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Last week, Jamila Lemieux at Slate published an edition of her Care and Feeding advice column with an unusual question involving a young author who committed plagiarism. The daughter was wishing to contact editors of the publication to let them know about the plagiarism. Why Children Plagiarize.

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3 Count: Warhol Battle

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Those arguments were described as “lively” with justices examining both the transformative nature of the works involved but also looking into how both competed for the same market, namely illustrating articles about Prince in magazines. The post 3 Count: Warhol Battle appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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RightsClick Offers Simplified Copyright Management

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The first is sending a cease and desist letter. In addition to the cease and desist letter, users can also send a DMCA takedown notice or can reach out to an attorney in their network for additional help. The post RightsClick Offers Simplified Copyright Management appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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3 Count: Polar Thawing

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After that, several affiliate sites owned by Sinclair embedded the video into news articles, prompting Nicklen to sue. He has sent several cease and desist letters regarding the issue but Le Tegre have opted to file the lawsuit proactively, beating Mann to the legal punch.

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The Coming Copyright/Trademark Storm for NFTs

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Eventually, the RIAA itself got involved, sending a cease and desist letter to Hitpiece on February 4. The same day that the RIAA sent its cease and deist letter to Hitpiece, Nike filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against reseller StockX over Nike-themed NFTs. Courts and legal cases were always a certainty.

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Using the Copyright Small Claims Board to Fight Essay Mills

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However, as a recent article on Torrentfreak pointed out , more than a third of the cases they were able to examine came from just two defendants and most appeared to be photographers targeting commercial use of their images. It sits perfectly at the intersection of copyright as a legal field and plagiarism as an ethical issue.

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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

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Costumes are considered “useful articles” and, similar to most of the fashion industry , does not qualify for any kind of copyright protection. . First, design elements that are “physically or conceptually separate” from the article can be protected. However, there are two key exceptions to this. The second limitation is masks.

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