TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 18, 2023
In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house, with technical restrictions that prevent copying.
The IP Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Copyright law “protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.” It also protects images, photos, videos, and other written work, such as blog posts. Making a copy of a video or audio recording.
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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”.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
APRIL 3, 2024
For more details on the first instance decision as a whole, see our prior Kluwer blog post here. On infringement, the judge found that the similarities were sufficiently close to be more likely a result of copying than coincidence and so it was for Tesco to explain those similarities.
Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
2018 saw the continuation of Sheeran’s struggles with infringement allegations. This time around he was accused of copying Marvin Gaye and Ed Townsend’s hit song “Let’s Get It On”. However, in 2022, the Sheeran found himself engaged in another copyright infringement litigation over the said song.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
According to Bell’s complaint, the bank used his photo without permission in a blog post. The blog post in question was written by Rebecca Marsh, the bank’s Vice President of Marketing & Communications. Marsh’s use of the photo is a clear example of copyright infringement. As it turns out, Ms.
IPilogue
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
Copyright infringement is the violation and piracy of an author’s exclusive right through the unauthorized use of a Copyright-protected work. Section 15 (1) (a)-(g) of the Copyright Act, C28, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (“LFN”), 2004 , provides several acts that amount to copyright infringement in Nigeria.
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