Plagiarism Today

MAY 17, 2022

The post DeivanArt Expanding System for Detecting Copied Images appeared first on Plagiarism Today. It will be interesting to see what impact this has over the long term and if artists that are not currently on DeviantArt are willing to entrust the company with protecting their work.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 28, 2023

Sharing Pirated eBooks & Paywalled Articles Asgaard announced its closure in mid-December 2020 but that didn’t stop at least one of the site’s staff spending Christmas in prison. Around 85 of the articles were obtained from a paywalled service operated by Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet. But that wasn’t all.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Kat cloud Does the private copying exception and, with it, the fair compensation requirement under Article 5(2)(b) of the InfoSoc Directive apply to reproductions carried out by using cloud-based recording services? In Austro-Mechana , the question is once again one of private copying in the cloud.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 10, 2022

A prominent investment manager is accused of illegally copying and distributing thousands of news articles from the Wall Street Journal and Barron's publications owned by Dow Jones & Co., according to a copyright lawsuit filed Friday in Texas federal court.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 25, 2023

s copyright infringement suit accusing a prominent investment manager of unlawfully copying and distributing thousands of news articles from The Wall Street Journal be trimmed, saying the media company cannot claim statutory damages from each individual allegedly infringed article, among other things.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 5, 2024

On January 1, 2024, TorrentFreak published a review of the wrongful DMCA notices filed against us in 2023, either directly via email or at Google demanding deindexing of our articles. Both articles reported positive news related to Plex, based on information released to the media by Plex itself.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 22, 2021

At TorrentFreak, we have written hundreds of articles about dubious takedown notices. That includes TorrentFreak, as one of our news articles was reported as well. The news article in question covers legal developments in the lawsuit against Blu-Ray ripping software DVDFab, which dates back five years ago.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 24, 2022

s copyright infringement suit accusing him of unlawfully copying and distributing thousands of news articles from The Wall Street Journal, arguing that his actions are protected under fair use. A prominent investment manager has asked a Texas federal judge to dismiss Dow Jones & Co.'s

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 26, 2023

As readers may be aware, Articles 18-22 of the Directive (EU) 2019/790 (DSM Directive) [IPKat coverage here ] establish protective measures for authors and performers that license or transfer the exclusive economic rights over their works and performances to third parties for the purpose of exploitation.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

It is a common practice to make copies of deteriorating or far away cultural heritage. As of 2022, it is not even a new idea to use digital methods to copy heritage, considering that the mass digitisation of cultural heritage, especially books, started more than two decades ago. Photo by awsloley via Pixabay.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Every year we write hundreds of articles here at TorrentFreak, and some are more popular than others. The download numbers picked up later in the year when a high-quality copy appeared online. On the brink of the new year, we look back at 2021 by going over the twelve most read news items of the last 12 months.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

One of the practices that has generated a sizeable number of disputes and rulings is the use of photos to illustrate articles. There is no shortage of articles being generated online, and often those content producers simply canvass the web to find a suitable photo. The article contained several of plaintiff’s photographs.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 20, 2022

On one hand, unattributed copying is rampant, widely accepted and even necessary. Much of what lawyers write have only one or two ways that they can correctly be written, thus it’s common to copy the works of others, especially from one’s own firm or their past work. It’s a bizarre case that demands a closer examination.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2023

The court found that Le Monde’s font is original Article L112-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code (‘IPC’) provides that copyright law protects ‘the rights of authors in all works of the mind, whatever their kind, form of expression, merit or purpose’, without giving a definition of originality.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 9, 2022

In Google News, I ran across an article written by author Jumi Bello entitled, “I Plagiarized Parts of My Debut Novel. I put it on the back burner, but eventually sought out a cached copy of the article to read, even if I couldn’t write about it or link to it. There was no article in Gawker, no press, no fame. Here’s Why.”

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 19, 2022

When attempting to access Z-Library, a Libgen-related platform that offers close to 100 million articles and ebooks, something else appeared instead. A few days ago, Aroon Deep at Entrackr contacted us with an interesting finding. “The website has been blocked as per direction/order of Hon’ble Court,” the message read.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2021

The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy. The draft law on the rights of professional artists will significantly change how the private copying levy system has been functioning in Poland so far.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

From 1983 to 1989 a print magazine, Postcard Collector, published many articles which we would like to republish. Questions: (1) As I understand it, the publisher would have had to submit 2 copies of the magazine to the Library of Congress to complete the registration process. Did the authors retain copyright?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 15, 2021

The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy (also known as the blank media tax or levy). In Part I of this set of posts, I describe draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy.

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The IPKat

JULY 20, 2023

What those references have in common is that both were made in the field of broadcasting and concern issues of private copying under Article 5(2)(b) of the InfoSoc Directive. In this specific case, the question is whether broadcasters are entitled to fair compensation for private copying of fixations of their broadcasts.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. Winston & Strawn , 23-cv-11193 (S.D.N.Y. Cannon , 789 N.W.2d

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Here’s what Felicia writes: Archival Authenticity or Iconic Copies? It also suggests that copying might have some effect on our understanding of what is and is not iconic. Assuredly, Dolce & Gabbana may not be able to prevent copies on the U.S. copyright law. In this negative space of copyright law in the U.S.,

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The IPKat

JANUARY 31, 2022

Under article 8(1) of the Enforcement Directive (Directive 2004/48/EC) a claimant in infringement proceedings can request a court to order certain parties to disclose information. TB alleged that Castorama Polska sold exact and near identical copies of the images, which had been supplied to them by Knor. One image is depicted below.

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The IPKat

APRIL 15, 2024

The defendant, a local law firm, subsequently copied the Image and used it on its own website (presumably, to prove a point?). Article 5(1) of the Act states, however, that the author of a work for the purposes of the Act is " the natural person who created the work ". Show only hands. ” contractual) protections to prevent this.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

I’m not sure how we should think about Article III standing for purposes of injunctive relief—it seems clear there’s standing to contest the registration, but is there sufficient injury/redressability for an injunction if there’s no pending use in the US?] And the copying here could also lead to an inference of deception.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Press releases and feature articles are routinely provided to publications with the hope that it will encourage the reporters to cover whatever positive news the company wishes to highlight. Staying on the good side of companies is crucial to getting access to review copies and inside information that generates clicks.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 23, 2022

Mange, who has nearly 4 million followers, pointed out the copying in a video comparing the two works. This kicked off a firestorm of controversy in China, with Audi, M&C and Lau all apologizing for the copying. All these systems are remarkable feats of technology and have helped shape our understanding of copying.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In addition, ChatGPT can recall large parts of their copyright-protected articles, which effectively bypasses their paywalls. ” Training On and Reproducing Copyrighted Articles The complaint alleges that the newspapers’ articles are prominent parts of the training material for OpenAI’s models. .

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

However, shortly after publication, another journalist, Josh Bavas, took to Twitter to ask why the article copied four paragraphs from a piece that he wrote two years prior. One does not copy and paste whole paragraphs from another source without any attribution or indication of quoting accidentally.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 29, 2022

If you’re a researcher looking to publish your first article, one of the biggest choices that you will likely be confronted with is the choice of publishing in your work Open Access or going with a traditional, closed access publisher. Traditional publishing works on a business model that involves selling access to the articles they publish.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

A recent article by Austin Mace at Screenrant highlights comments made decades ago by Batman co-creator Bill Finger regarding Batman’s first appearance in Detective Comics #27, published in May 1939. . Through our modern lens, this kind of copying can seem insane. This type of copying was very common. Where We Are Today.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This is the second article of the multi-part series discussing benefits of prosecuting patents under Patent Prosecution Highway or PPH. The first article can be accessed here. Interested readers are invited to read the first article through the link provided. Introduction. Eligibility Requirements for PPH.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With the launch of Grok, xAI's new AI system, questions arose about where its data came from and if it was copying OpenAI's homework. The post When AI Plagiarizes AI appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In addition, ChatGPT can recall large parts of their copyright-protected articles, which effectively bypasses their paywalls. ” Training On and Reproducing Copyrighted Articles The complaint alleges that the newspapers’ articles are prominent parts of the training material for OpenAI’s models. .

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2021

In addition to issuing new Standard Contractual Clauses ( SCCs ) for international transfers of personal data to a third country outside the EEA, the European Commission has also published the finalised Article 28 SCCs for use between controllers and processors. The Article 28 SCCs came into force on 27 June 2021. Background.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2024

In September, Games Workshop filed 12 claims against a user offering copied 3D models online. Now the user is finally shutting down. The post Printed Minis and the Power of the Copyright Claims Board appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It was hot on the heels of a very different kind of copying scandal, one that involved Streamlabs announcing the launch of a new product using content copied and pasted from one of their biggest competitors. Hey, can I copy your homework? ? Yeah, just change it up a bit so it’s not obvious you copied. This is our fault.

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