McBayer IP Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Posted In copyright , Intellectual Property , Name, Image, and Likeness , Social Media Big business owners, small business owners, entrepreneurs, and influencers are all looking for boosts to their reputations that drive traffic and revenue their way.

Social Media 52

Social Media Free Content Intellectual Property Business 52

TorrentFreak

JUNE 21, 2022

It’s proven popular with fans for the range of free content in multiple languages but for a number of reasons it fails to compete with pirate sites. But of course, Shueisha’s manga business is challenged by illegal pirate alternatives, something the company doesn’t even try to hide. Competing With Piracy.

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Publishing Marketing Marketing Free Content 140

Michael Geist

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The inclusion of the CBC is a function of the exceptionally broad approach to the definition of “eligible news businesses” in the bill. Section 28 states: The designation of a public broadcaster as an eligible news business is subject to any other conditions specified in regulations made by the Governor in Council.

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Advertising Advertising Television Government 92

TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

They knew their products, ran tight businesses, and had the best possible grasp on the intricacies of their respective markets. Competing with ‘free’ was clearly impossible. When online file-sharing hit the mainstream, entertainment company bosses tore out their hair in frustration. But it needs to be executed with care.

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Free Content Music Marketing Marketing 118

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

If the publisher cannot sufficiently curb bad actors from overrunning the service, then advertisers will flee, users will not pay to access low-quality content, and UGC publishers will lack a tenable business model that puts the entire enterprise at risk.

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Publishing Government Contracts Law 93

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In just a few years it has transformed the adult industry’s pay-to-access model into an all-you-can-eat, free-to-stream business. Part of this magic formula is down to Pornhub and other MindGeek-owned tube sites allowing users to upload content.

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Free Content Copyright Reporting Copyright Infringement 110

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Pikashow is an app which claims to provide free content of known OTT platforms. However, since no infringing good or business entity was found in the Defendant’s entity, as the same was sold off by them, the court refused to grant relief of rendition of account and damages.

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IP Cease and Desist Patent Music 100