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Bungie Sues Elite Tech Boss, Lavicheats & VeteranCheats For Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

They released ‘sizzle reels’ to market the cheat using Destiny 2 artwork and developed software to hook into copyrighted Destiny 2 code thereby producing an unlicensed derivate work. They illegally downloaded Destiny 2 in violation of the company’s licensing terms and willfully distributed copyright infringing code.

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Tarantino Asks Court to Dismiss Miramax’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFT Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

Movie studio Miramax, which owns most of the rights to the film, sees the plan as a contract breach and copyright infringement. For example, the early artwork featured iconic depictions of Samuel L. In addition, several tweets from the Tarantino NFT team with alleged copyright-infringing material were deleted as well.

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Specifically, a group called Spice DAO purchased an NFT displaying a copy of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ for $3 million, assuming it would grant them the ability to produce derivative works, such as an animated Dune series.

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[Guest post] BAYC sues Ryder Ripps over unauthorized minting of NFTs

The IPKat

created) on a permissionless blockchain (like Ethereum, Cardano o Solana) through a software called “smart contract” which is recorded on the blockchain itself. A digital file (an artwork, a song, etc.), NFTs – still subject to “old” IP law An NFT is a non-fungible (i.e. Ether (USD 1+ million).

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‘Tarantino Doesn’t Own the Copyright to Pulp Fiction Screenplay NFTs’

TorrentFreak

NFTs are not without copyright issues, however, as Quentin Tarantino swiftly discovered. Movie studio Miramax, which owns most of the rights to the film, sees the plan as a contract breach and copyright infringement. NFT Copyright Battle. The tweets are also listed as infringing examples in the legal paperwork.

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Role of Intellectual Property in Entertainment Industry

IIPRD

While trademarks protect movie titles, important characters, and other film components, copyright protects content from infringement and recognizes the rights of authors. But as the sector grows, so does the problem of intellectual property rights infringement, cybercrimes, copyright infringement , and trademark infringement.

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Africa IP highlights 2021 #1: The copyright field

The IPKat

Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field. CPL Industries Limited , dismissed an appeal from the High Court in a copyright infringement, trademark infringement and passing-off suit between two pharmaceutical companies. In January , the Court of Appeal in Nigeria in Morison Industries Plc V.