Plagiarism Today

JULY 26, 2023

The post Article Spinning: Generative Writing Before Generative AI appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Nearly twenty years ago, a new technology appeared to make it easy to generate original text. Here are the lessons we didn't learn from it.

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MARCH 23, 2023

The Writers Guild of America has released a statement saying that plagiarism is a feature of AI. The post Is Plagiarism a Feature of AI? appeared first on Plagiarism Today. How true is that?

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JUNE 29, 2022

faced a significant plagiarism scandal. s 38-page 2013 dissertation from the National Defense University in Bucharest were plagiarized from outside sources. for his part, denied the plagiarism and said that his dissertation was legitimate. , for his part, denied the plagiarism and said that his dissertation was legitimate.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Back in September , I reported on Facebook’s Widely Viewed Content Report and how Casey Newton, a reporter at The Verge, noticed that nearly all the top posts on Facebook for the quarter were plagiarized. . However, Newton’s report comes as the Wall Street Journal is also examining Facebook’s efforts to block plagiarized and pirated content.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

However, that is just the latest in a decade-long history of discussing copyright, plagiarism and other authorship issues as they pertain to Halloween and horror. So, this year we’re going to take a look back at the various tales of copyright infringement and/or plagiarism that we’ve looked at over the years.

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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. HLG ultimately filed suit for copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. In addition, ChatGPT can recall large parts of their copyright-protected articles, which effectively bypasses their paywalls. In addition, they called out the lack of specific copyright infringements by third parties.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 23, 2022

Over the weekend, the German carmaker Audi became the center of a massive plagiarism controversy as a new video campaign was accused of ripping off content from a prominent Chinese video blogger. Audi, for its part, blamed the plagiarism on a “lack of supervision and lax review.” The Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

On Tuesday, journalist Robert Kolker published an article in the New York Times Magazine entitled Who is the Bad Art Friend? This prompted Dorland to first report the alleged plagiarism to a wide variety of groups and worked on getting the story pulled while working through lawyers to demand financial compensation.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. In addition, ChatGPT can recall large parts of their copyright-protected articles, which effectively bypasses their paywalls. In addition, they called out the lack of specific copyright infringements by third parties.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

However, Casey Newton at The Verge noticed something else askew with the top posts: Nearly all of them were plagiarized. Then are those 15 posts actually plagiarism or just people using Facebook how they’re expected to use it? When it comes to plagiarism, we often tend to think of it in terms of a plagiarist and a victim.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

But, before I go, I wanted to leave you with five tales of how copyright has shaped Halloween that I’ve written over the years. If you want a more complete list of the Halloween-related articles that have been featured on this site, check out this post from October 2021. 1: How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The post The Day Before Accused of Trailer Plagiarism appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Developers for the upcoming video game The Day Before have worsened their problems by releasing a trailer that resembles earlier works.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 27, 2021

The reason is that the track has faced not one, but two separate allegations of plagiarism, with many fans and critics alike wondering if the band may have run afoul of copyright law. However, this turned out to be more of a licensing than a traditional plagiarism issue. My practice is primarily in text-based works. Bottom Line.

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MARCH 16, 2022

Course Hero states that it has a policy to not tolerate copyright infringement. It is unclear if Berkovitz filed a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice against the works or not. Tests, study guides, answer keys and other materials produced by instructors can be protected by copyright.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 5, 2022

On the other side, users and websites are repeatedly hit with surprise notices of infringement and demands to pay $1,000 or more for the alleged infringement. They are launching a new copyright infringement tracking tool , dubbed LicenseGuard, that they hope will break this cycle and result in a better-educated internet.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 4, 2024

A law firm has filed a lawsuit against a competitor alleging copyright infringement over a copied brief, testing both ethical and legal norms. The post Law Firm Sues Competitor Over Copied Brief appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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MARCH 30, 2022

However, as per The Hollywood Reporter, he now finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes plagiarism battle. But this isn’t solely a case about copyright infringement, it’s also a case about ethics and honesty. ??Masihzadeh In the end, I don’t fully understand the copyright element of this case. Bottom Line.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Yesterday, news broke that Pearson Education, the largest publisher of textbooks in the world, has filed a lawsuit against the website Chegg alleging widespread copyright infringement of its content on the site. As a result, Pearson is suing Chegg alleging copyright infringement. The post Understanding the Pearson v.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Facebook and Instagram have become rife with copyright infringement notice scams. The post How to Avoid Facebook/Instagram Copyright Scams appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Here's how they work and how to avoid them.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 18, 2021

Most notably, that included the PUBG Corporation, which filed a lawsuit against Epic Games in May 2018 for alleged copyright infringement. To be clear, this doesn’t mean that a copyright infringement or other lawsuit is coming. The post Did Fortnite Plagiarize Among Us? appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IPilogue

MAY 4, 2022

It used to be that occasionally we would hear in the news that some artist is suing some other artist for infringing their song. You may remember the big music copyright infringement case of 2012 , where Robin Thicke was sued by Marvin Gaye over claims that Thicke’s hit song “Blurred Lines” infringed on Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up”.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 5, 2023

And probably, they’ll respond by saying “plagiarism.” Sharing one fascinating story here, a law student sued a law college, two of its professors and the editor of a journal alleging copyright infringement. Meme from here Ask anyone in academia what’s their worst nightmare. The suit was instituted by Aathira Mannath A.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 19, 2024

The post The Fight to Save the Photo Stealers Website appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Photo Stealers, a 12-year project to out photo thieves, is being sued for $100 million and was briefly closed by an angry photographer.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 4, 2024

but it also raises some serious copyright and trademark issues. The post Copyright, Trademark and Willy’s Chocolate Experience appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The recent "Glasgow Willy Wonka Event" may have launched a thousand memes.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

That especially true given the thought of me repeatedly typing (or more realistically pasting) Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious into this article. If Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious can face a copyright infringement lawsuit, almost any song can. This isn’t to imply that the plaintiffs were acting in bad faith.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The post Understanding The JerryRigEverything/Casetify Copyright Battle appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Zack Nelson, the man behind JerryRigEverything, claims that Casetify copied his and dbrand's work. And he has significant proof.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The post Why Cox’s $1 Billion Victory May Not Matter appeared first on Plagiarism Today. A $1 billion judgment against Cox was recently vacated. However, it's not a full victory for the ISP nor a full defeat for the music industry.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A famous AI-generated piece of art has been rejected by the US Copyright Office. The post Another AI Copyright Registration Rejected appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Here's why the decision matters and what it means.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The post Copyright and The Bizarre World of Obituary Piracy appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Obituary piracy sites have long been a thing, but now YouTube channels are getting on the act. What is obituary piracy, and how can stop it?

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

Lynn sued allegiging that those prints were a copyright infringement. 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.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Here's what copyright and trademark law say about what is next. The post Copyright, Trademark and the Future of Zero Punctuation appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The long-running YouTube series Zero Punctuation has come to an abrupt end.

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MAY 24, 2022

2: Copyright Infringement: Court Fixes May 25 to Hear Motion for Injunction Against Transcorp Hilton. million) in damages for the alleged copyright infringements. 3: PokerPaint Copyright Thief Brett Butz Called Out as WSOP Beckons. The post 3 Count: Fast Movies appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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MARCH 27, 2023

The post Why the Internet Archive Lost appeared first on Plagiarism Today. On Friday, a judge ruled in favor of the publishers against the Internet Archive. Here's why the Internet Archive lost that case.

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APRIL 12, 2023

The post The Case Against Roy Lichtenstein appeared first on Plagiarism Today. A recent documentary about Roy Lichtenstein looks at his appropriations. Was he an artistic genius, a plagiarist, or both?

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AUGUST 2, 2021

1: Manhattan Judge Rejects ‘Server Test’ for Internet Copyright Infringement. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a controversial ruling denying the “server test” of copyright law and ruling that embedding images can be an infringement of copyright law. ” As such, Warner Bros.,

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 22, 2022

In December 2020, the United States government passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act). The act, to put it simply, created the Copyright Small Claims Board (CCB), a “small claims court” to hear copyright infringement disputes. Copyright Office has been working to launch the board.

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