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11th Circuit affirms Viacom's Rogers-based win for MTV Floribama Shore

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Flora-Bama logo The Flora-Bama has been featured in artistic works by third parties. Chesney also performed on the Lounge’s beachfront stage at a 2014 concert broadcast as “Kenny Chesney: Live at the Flora-Bama” on Country Music Television (CMT), a Viacom channel. New Life Art, Inc., 3d 1266 (11th Cir.

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Pirate IPTV: Brit Arrested in Benidorm After Social Media Ads Raised Suspicion

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For this reason, the audience to which the television offer was directed was of British or English-speaking origin,” police reveal. “Market and Consumer” Offenses Police say a 62-year-old British man stands accused of intellectual property offenses, specifically those related to the market and consumers.

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Music Piracy

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Music is an artistic work which is subject to copyright protection. Vs. Prime Cable Network , the plaintiff has business of producing and marketing music cassettes, CDs etc. However, the defendant, Prime Cable Network, continued to broadcast infringing works on their television channel without regard for the plaintiff.

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Copyright Infringement and Music

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. Vs. Prime Cable Network , the plaintiff has business of producing and marketing music cassettes, CDs etc. Nowadays, music lovers can easily stream music. In the case of Super Cassettes Industries Pvt. The defendant no 1 i.e,

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Puzzlingly calling a venue name a "title," court nonetheless rejects claim against MTV show

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The district court granted summary judgment on the resulting trademark claims, reasoning that plaintiffs’ likelihood of confusion showing was “not strong enough to meet the standard that applies to artistic works. Occasionally been used in the title to artistic works” is a red herring. This part is not persuasive.

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Copyright Infringement and Music

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. Vs. Prime Cable Network, the plaintiff has business of producing and marketing music cassettes, CDs etc. Nowadays, music lovers can easily stream music. In the case of Super Cassettes Industries Pvt. The defendant no 1 i.e,

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Rogers v Grimaldi doesn't apply to alcohol, but Peaky Blinders still can't get injunction

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If we got rid of the bizarre idea that Rogers was about artistic works and correctly labeled it as being about commercial speech, courts would do much better. It submitted 14 social media posts “which it contends shows consumers and retailers attributed a particular source to Defendants’ liquor and Plaintiff’s television show.”