LexBlog IP
JANUARY 2, 2024
All you have to do is add up the numbers and see how outrageous the settlement demands will be. It is not uncommon to see demands of $25,000 to $35,000 for merely downloading movies (where copyright notices and FBI warnings are not usually found) and to try to milk these people financially dry.
Canadian Intellectual Property Blog
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Automatic Forwarding Unfortunately, the original system was subject to abuse as social media platforms tended to forward all copyright notices they received in order to limit their liability. These letters were used to effectively extort settlement money from alleged infringers.
Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 13, 2021
However, both sides have now reached a settlement, bringing the case to a close before that happens. 2: Le Tigre’s Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman Sue Over “Deceptacon” Copyright Infringement Accusation. Sinclair argued that the server test meant that, since they weren’t hosting the video, that it was not infringing.
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