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3 Count: LEGO Jacket

Plagiarism Today

As a result, he sent a cease-and-desist letter to LEGO. However, he claims that LEGO responded claiming that they had an implied license to use the jacket as part of their set. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Role of Intellectual Property in Entertainment Industry

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Introduction The media and entertainment industry is a broad and ever-evolving domain that includes several industries, including music, cinema, television, fashion, and more. Creators need to comprehend the fundamentals of copyright law to safeguard their creations and negotiate licensing and distribution contracts with skill.

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Pirate IPTV Service Glo TV Faces $25m Lawsuit, Resellers’ Feet Held to the Fire

TorrentFreak

Does 1-10 are described as the infringing IPTV service’s operators, who knowingly and unlawfully transmit, and publicly perform in the United States, TV channels for which DISH holds or held an exclusive license. In both cases DISH instructed Massive Wireless to cease-and-desist and both times DISH was ignored.

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Too Rusty For Krusty–Nickelodeon v. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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NFTs Excite Hollywood But Not Because They Can Solve Piracy

TorrentFreak

“NFTs represent an exciting business opportunity for MPA’s members to promote their core products —motion pictures and television programs — in new ways, expand their merchandise offerings, and connect with their audiences on a deeper level,” the MPA writes. Piracy remains a concern, however.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In that case, Judge Easterbrook wrote, in finding that a “shrinkwrap” license was enforceable against the defendant: But are rights created by contract “equivalent to any of the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright”? Pilgrim Films & Television, Inc. , Three courts of appeals have answered “no.”

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Why Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction

Copyright Lately

Netflix could have sent Barlow & Bear a cease and desist letter hand-delivered by Regé-Jean Page. The company didn’t file its lawsuit as a first or even second resort, but only after the artists decided to stage their musical at the Kennedy Center of all places, and only after they declined to take a license.

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