Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

1: Judge Denies Taylor Swift’s Last-Ditch Request to Spike ‘Shake It Off’ Copyright Lawsuit. First off today, Nancy Dillon at Rolling Stone reports that the judge in the Taylor Swift Shake it Off lawsuit has declined a last-minute attempt to dismiss the case, putting it on track for a trial in January. 2: Robert Downey Jr.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2021

1: Major Publishers Sue Shopify, Alleging Copyright Violations. First off today, Suzanne Smalley at Inside Higher Ed reports that five major textbook publishers have teamed up to file a lawsuit against Shopify over allegations that the ecommerce platform is enabling rampant piracy. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 28, 2022

1: BET Must Face Copyright Claim Over ‘House Party’ Web Show. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that Black Entertainment Television (BET) will have to face a copyright infringement lawsuit by Walkie Check Productions over BET’s Instagram Live show House Party.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 25, 2022

1: Federal Oracle-HP copyright fight kicks off in Silicon Valley. First off today, Natalie Hanson at Courthouse News Service reports that a trial between Oracle and Hewlett Packard (HP) has begun as Oracle accuses HP of infringing their rights to a variety of patches for the Solaris operating system.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a verdict against the concert streaming service Wolfgang’s Vault, including a meager damages award. 2: Bookie Operators Sued Over Alleged Sports Broadcast Copyright Infringement.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 23, 2023

The Ninth Circuit recently addressed the issue of whether parties can contractually agree to shorten the statute of limitations period for bringing a copyright infringement claim. Evox Productions creates and licenses images of cars. In 2003, it licensed its images to Chrome Data Solutions, LP, for a five-year period.

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BYU Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Some of our previous reports on these cases can be found here and here.In This is yet another in a series of suits that MMAS has brought against various institutions for misuse of intellectual property. their Complaint, MMAS explains how the defendants used MMAS's medication adherence scale in their research.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

1: Disney Loses Bid to Dismiss ‘Muppet Babies’ Reboot Copyright Suit. First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that Disney has failed to dismiss an ongoing case against it over the 2018 reboot of the Muppet Babies TV show. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

1: Miramax Hits Tarantino With Copyright Suit on ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs. First off today, Samantha Handler at Bloomberg Law reports that the film studio Mirimax has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against director Quentin Tarantino over Tarantino’s plans to release of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) related to the film Pulp Fiction.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that songwriter Daniel Grigson has filed a lawsuit against Disney and others that worked on the film Frozen 2 alleging that one of the tracks from the film is an infringement of his earlier work. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

First off today, Kim Lyons at The Verge reports that American Airlines has filed a lawsuit against the travel tips website The Points Guy alleging that the site has violated their copyrights, trademarks and the terms of service of their frequent flyer program. 2: Nintendo Copyright Strikes That Pokemon First Person Shooter.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 11, 2023

was banned and then signed up for a new account, he agreed to Bungie’s Limited Software License Agreement with no intent to comply with it; fraud according to Bungie. has the right to disaffirm any contract within a reasonable time of becoming an adult. With no enforceable contract between L.L. In its response to L.L.’s

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

3) What is the effect of open source licenses on the AI model that uses only some open source components? (4) There are many AI models that claim to be open source – just as there are multiple forms of open source licenses , from permissive licenses (e.g. MIT License or Apache License ) to less permissive licenses (e.g.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

January: The year kicked off in Tanzania with the news that the Parliamentary Standing Committee in Tanzania received a report from the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports addressing its efforts to review and improve the loopholes found in the Copyright Licensing and Rights to Benefit from Re-Sale Regulations, 2022.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Nevertheless , tokens may be used in a digital rights management scheme, as the aforementioned default position is subject to contract modification, as explained below. Assignment The copyright owner may transfer the entirety of the copyright in the work to the purchaser by assignment.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Every time he signed back up he breached Bungie’s Limited Software License Agreement (LSLA), Bungie said. Bungie calls this ‘cheat software” and according to Mann, the company has been trying to “shoehorn” its use into a recognized cause of action, such as copyright infringement and/or breach of contract.

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2021

Subsequently, the Committee Report on the Economics of Music Streaming has been published, calling for "a complete reset" of music streaming and the need for significant change within the music industry. The report nominates the remuneration to be paid by the rightsholders, (i.e. Explained here ].

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

In 1984, Vanity Fair sought to license the photograph for an “artist reference” in a story about the musician. Goldsmith agreed to license a one-time use of the photograph with full attribution. scholarship, or research” [2] and is evaluated through multiple factors. factor weighs in favor of fair use.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 6, 2024

A federal court has shot down a copyright infringement lawsuit claiming that Top Gun: Maverick flew too close to a 1983 magazine article that inspired the original film. These flaws rendered Bean’s opinions “unhelpful and inadmissible,” resulting in the court excluding his expert report.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 20, 2022

Contracts that ban fighters from being independently and visibly sponsored at the most lucrative times are another point of contention. If fighters do well under contract but want to leave or make money in another sport, people not called McGregor needn’t apply. If people want access to content, UFC will license it to them.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2023

The newspaper’s print and digital formats reach over 6 million readers every week, with Report on Business magazine reaching over 2.5 Publishing is, of course, one of the core copyright industries – if not the core industry historically associated with copyright. million readers every issue in print and digital.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Google Ireland, CJEU, C-376/22 In 2021, Austria enacted a law requiring communication platform providers to establish mechanisms for reporting and verifying potential illegal content, with provisions for regular transparency reports, and allowing administrative fines of up to €10 million for non-compliance.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2023

MindGeek Sues Goodporn Initially filed in 2021 at a federal court in California, the copyright infringement lawsuit accuses the site and its operator of large-scale copyright infringement. Antoon was the CEO of the adult company but left his position a few months ago, according to media reports.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

The limitation on the use of Meta’s libraries occurred after the tech behemoth and the Italian copyright collecting society for authors and editors (“Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori”, “SIAE”) came to an impasse during the renewal of the license agreement for the exploitation of the Italian repertoire. In particular, Art.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

1: Megan Roup Seeks Dismissal in Fitness Routine Copyright, Contract Lawsuit. First off today, The Fashion Law reports that trainer Megan Roup has filed for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by fellow trainer Tracy Anderson over allegedly copyright-infringing exercise routines.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Judge Phillips begins by accepting that Tusa ran various pirate IPTV services offering 2,600 channels and PPV events without having any license to do so. When considering whether their contributory copyright infringement claim would succeed, several factors come into play. . ” Copyright Infringment Damages.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As reported on Entrackr , Pocket FM has filed a copyright infringement case against Kuku FM before the Delhi High Court. Pocket FM alleges that Kuku FM has violated its copyright by providing audio summaries of books to which Pocket FM has exclusive rights to create audiobooks. Image from here.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 28, 2022

Over the past several years a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits has targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. In addition, the company denied Bungie’s copyright infringement allegations. Judge Zilly also agrees to refer the non-copyright and trademark-related claims to arbitration, as AimJunkies requested.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2022

Over the past several years a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits have been filed against alleged cheaters or cheat makers. This includes several copyright infringement allegations. According to Bungie, AimJunkies copied and distributed its copyrighted work, to develop and advertise its cheat software.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2023

MindGeek Sues Goodporn Initially filed in 2021 at a federal court in California, the copyright infringement lawsuit accuses the site and its operator of large-scale copyright infringement. Antoon was the CEO of the adult company but left his position a few months ago, according to media reports.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 21, 2022

The users of infringed copyrighted work are not even aware that they are causing monetary losses to the person and publication associated with it. The secondary copyright infringement or contributory infringement has not got much attention. for taking reprographic usage licenses after paying a prescribed tariff.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

” The court doesn’t address the potential licensing market for the tattoo design. Implications This case generally sidesteps the interesting issues involving tattoos and copyrights, but the ruling does have tattoo-specific elements. WWE 2K Can Tattoos Infringe Copyrights, and If So, What Happens Then?–Sedlik

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TorrentFreak

JULY 1, 2022

Movie studio Miramax, which owns most of the rights to the film, sees the plan as a contract breach and copyright infringement. NFT Copyright Battle. In addition, several tweets from the Tarantino NFT team with alleged copyright-infringing material were deleted as well.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field. CPL Industries Limited , dismissed an appeal from the High Court in a copyright infringement, trademark infringement and passing-off suit between two pharmaceutical companies. In January , the Court of Appeal in Nigeria in Morison Industries Plc V.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Unlike Europe where computer software is protected by patents, software is expressly protected under copyright in China. Industrial and graphic designs, applied art, architectural buildings are also protected by copyright. Copyright arises on the date the original work is created. Conclusion.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 19, 2021

Given the disparity in negotiating power between a platform the size of Twitch and individual creators, Twitch is better situated to take on the burdens of negotiating a music licensing solution on behalf of all of the creators who drive traffic to their site. [i] million in 2020 from more than 55,000 subscribers. [x]

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This is the initial copying design (without of the background graphics in the precedent work): The copyright registrant alleged this copying design constituted copyright infringement. The second comer/licensee assigned the exclusive license to a successor licensee, the defendant in this case. assertions.

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