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Russian Cinemas Are Showing Pirated Movies Downloaded From Torrents

TorrentFreak

Russia’s Cinema Industry Sounds Alarm Bells. In the wake of Hollywood’s unprecedented suspension of new releases, Russia’s Association of Cinema Owners issued a powerful statement. Whether any was given is unclear but in the meantime, some cinemas have been taking drastic action to put people in seats.

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Reddit Bans ‘No Way Home Leaks’ For Excessive Copyright Complaints

TorrentFreak

At least some of these appear to have been obtained from cinema footage captured with cell phones. Worse still, several sources on social media report that the majority of the film was recorded in a theater and then posted to Facebook, a post that was subsequently linked in the subreddit and not removed, or at least not quickly enough.

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First preliminary injunction issued by a court in Turkey regarding NFTs

The IPKat

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), ranging from art and literature to fashion and cinema, remain among the hottest legal topics in the world of intangible rights, despite the lack of clear legal regulation. z discuss a recent decision rendered in Turkey, representing the first foray by a Turkish court into these murky legal waters.

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Video Editor and Motion Graphics Designer: Creative Hobby to Creative Career

Art Law Journal

We cover topics including career paths, preparing for interviews, using social media to grow your footprint, networking, and much more. In this article series, you’ll find valuable information on building and maintaining a career in the creative space.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

The case is New Line Cinema v. Cinema Secrets (2000). In 1999, Cinema Secrets licensed the right to sell a Michael Myers Halloween mask from the film’s copyright owner. This prompted a lawsuit by Don Post Studios, which asserted that the Cinema Secrets mask was a copy of its own mask. BMG (1988). Happy Halloween!

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Miramax, Tarantino and a Fight Over Bright Shiny Objects

Copyright Lately

Buy a piece of cinema history: [link] pic.twitter.com/4tqPgl3HDu — Tarantino NFTs (@TarantinoNFTs) November 18, 2021. Let me know in the comments section underneath or on social media @copyrightlately—and have a Happy Thanksgiving! As always, I’d love to know what you think. View Fullscreen.

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

SpicyIP

Social Media platform Humans of Bombay filed a case against a similar platform- People of India alleging copyright infringement and replication of their business model. Crown Craft has clarified that the Designs Act protects the application of ideas to articles and not ideas in abstract themselves.

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