TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Following the invasion of Ukraine a year ago, new video content produced by major Western companies mostly disappeared from Russian cinemas and online platforms. Older content covered by existing licensing agreements remained in place, but in a matter of days, many of those deals will run out.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

As a result, government agencies overseeing telecoms and cinemas have come together to create a cooperative plan, one that mimics the approach taken in Portugal. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 26, 2023

“Such video content should not be legally presented in Russian online services, should not be rented in cinemas, and should not contain extremist materials and LGBT propaganda,” the source said. Good luck with that.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 22, 2022

When citizens first began screening pirated Hollywood movies in cinemas, Russian entertainment groups condemned them for it. Three months later, a dejected cinema industry chief said that he couldn’t blame venues for trying to stay alive. Russia Will Get Content, One Way or Another.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

As previously reported , that has caused huge issues for the cinema industry and beyond. With most Western content either unlicensed or unavailable legally in Russia, multiple plans to pirate that content, enforce compulsory licensing (piracy, effectively), or say good riddance because Russia never needed it anyway, are all on the table.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 28, 2022

This means that the unauthorized recording of movies in cinemas is set to bounce back. While COVID-19-related cinema closures suppressed this activity during the pandemic, camcords have reportedly reappeared as theaters have started to re-open,” the Special 301 Report reads.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 26, 2023

An unauthorized recording means making or transmitting an infringing copy of a film at a licensed place for film exhibition without the owner’s authorization. The IIPA previously urged India to “swiftly enact legislative amendments to outlaw unauthorized recording of all or part of an audiovisual work in a cinema.”

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Section 18(1), 3 rd proviso states that the right to receive royalties cannot be waived or assigned or licensed except to legal heirs or copyright society for distribution and collection. Thus, this proviso implies that royalties accrue upon utilisation of work except communication to the public of film (playing movie) at cinema hall.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 28, 2021

“When users search for these films they are redirected to the film on the official streaming platform or to the cinema to buy a ticket. Due to old-fashioned licensing issues, the extension can only be used in the UK, Norway, and France for now. Platforms are the past. Viral distribution is the future,” Sharp tells us.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Rights to distribute and reproduce the work exclusively, as well as the right to grant a license that will allow the copyright holder to collect royalties, are included in this property. According to Section 30, the holder of copyrights may license all or part of his rights to another party. The court ruled in Gramophone Co.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Lack of Bona Fide Intent: Precedential No. 33: "LOCH MOOSE MONSTER" Fends Off Monster Energy's Lack-of-Bona-Fide-Intent Summary Judgment Motion Nonuse/Specimen of Use: USPTO Issues Examination Guide 1-21: Expungement and Reexamination Proceedings Under the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 Precedential No.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

SpicyIP Tidbits: Compulsory License on Mira Behn’s Autobiography, and Stricter Test of Similarity of Marks for Medicinal Products. Licensing Ip International S.AR.L Image from here. In the present case the Assignor (Defendant no. The consideration would be commensurate to the possibility of making business out of it while negotiating.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 6, 2023

There are licensed and official sources for subtitles, but every now and then, we see fan-made subtitles appear on legal platforms. This allowed the community of tens of thousands of film fans to build an irreplaceable archive of the world cinema.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This is a direct result of the territorial licensing deals the entertainment industry is built on. Many PlayStation users were reminded of these licensing complications a few days ago when they were informed that several purchased movie titles will disappear from their libraries. That frustration can, in turn, fuel piracy.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The case is New Line Cinema v. ” In 2004, video game publisher Capcom contacted MKR, the film’s producer, to inquire about about obtaining a license to use elements from the film in one of its games. Cinema Secrets (2000). Meanwhile, the video, once thought lost , is now on YouTube after more than a 30 year absence.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Then came a successful 1940 cinema version , staying mostly true to the theatre version (released as a one-word title). The picture on the lower left is by Chris Flook and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 6, 2023

As a result, Russia no longer feels bound by licensing restrictions and will source the same content from elsewhere, whenever that’s required. The bill submitted in April seeks significant amendments to Law No. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 3, 2022

On September 30, the day of the movie’s release, the Court published its orders, noting that substantial sums had been invested in ‘Vikram Vedha’ and the movie was expected to screen in 3,000 cinemas worldwide. How far he was prepared to go still came as a surprise.

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SpicyIP

MAY 4, 2023

Thus, the authors of these works are entitled to receive royalties when the concerned synchronized work (cinematographic film or sound recording) is made available to the public, except when a cinematograph film is exhibited in a cinema hall. Separately, after the establishment of the IPD, Entertainment Network India Ltd.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Article 18 of the CDSM provides that where authors license or transfer their exclusive rights for the exploitation of their works, they are ‘ entitled to receive appropriate and proportionate remuneration ’. The principle of appropriate and proportionate remuneration of articles 18 and 20 of the CDSM. and certain specific rules.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

“In terms of our client’s loss, our client’s film was originally planned to be released in cinemas in the first quarter of 2020. Perceptions of quality, however, are not something that Voltage Pictures believes led to the movie’s commercial problems. Instead, a combination of COVID-19 and piracy is cited.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2022

Company B grants through websites (ie, music platforms) licences regarding any kind of use (eg, background music or in-store use, television use, cinema use, or radio use) for over 550,000 original musical works belonging to more than 7,300 rights holders around the world (eg, composers, performing artists, publishers and record companies).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

This will potentially impact the copyright licensing landscape insofar as filmmakers will have to enter into dedicated agreements to claim protection for works not listed within the scope of Section 17. Microsoft Technology Licensing v. the licensee. The judgement was authored by Justice C. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL) v.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 8, 2023

In common with Russia, Belarus relies on intellectual property owned by foreign rightsholders that are currently unable or unwilling to supply and/or license it. Lukashenko’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led to new sanctions being imposed by the U.S. , EU , UK , and other countries.

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