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Police Arrest Man For Uploading ‘Parasite’ Movie Edit to YouTube

TorrentFreak

‘Fast Cinema’ Uploader Speaks With The Media. In the wake of these arrests, 48-year-old YouTuber Yukio Takasugi, who uses the name ‘Fast Cinema’ online, was approached by local media outlet MBS. In June 2021, three people were arrested for uploading these 10-minute edits.

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Can India’s Cinematograph Bill Kill Camcorder Piracy & Satisfy the U.S. ?

TorrentFreak

A clear definition for the word “knowingly” was sought to establish mens rea while the reference to recording a movie “or a part thereof” raised questions over punishing behavior that should be protected under fair use exceptions.

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Saturday Sundries

The IPKat

If you ever considered how legally film characters use phones with a bitten apple logo or drink from a perfectly frozen Coca-Cola can without infringing IP, the webinar organised by EUIPO is an answer to your questions. International Copyright Issues and Artificial Intelligence is a webinar organized by the U.S. You can register here.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

The judge rejected BMG’s fair use defense, holding that the defendants took more elements from the “Nightmare on Elm” street films than they needed to accomplish any parodic purpose. The case is New Line Cinema v. Cinema Secrets (2000). Check it below and see what you think. BMG (1988).

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

SpicyIP

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Union of India clarified that writ petitions challenging an IPAB order should be filed before a Single Judge Bench of the High Court. Acko General Insurance.

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