SpicyIP

JUNE 14, 2023

Harper Collins Publishers, we’re now very happy to bring further perspective on this case, with our former blogger Rahul Bajaj discussing the significant implications that this order brings with it. Harper Collins Publishers Rahul Bajaj In a significant judgment delivered on 23 rd May, 2023 [ RDB v. In sum, the RDB v.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 13, 2022

Sony, Universal, and Warner, for example, aren’t releasing new movies or music but existing contracts are being honored, meaning that older content is still licensed and legally available. That was widely misinterpreted in media reports as permission from the Russian government to pirate everything but that was not the case.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2022

Major Academic Publishers End Sales in Russia. In line with other Western entities choosing to boycott Russia, 15 major companies with a virtual monopoly on scientific publishing decided that enough is enough. The publishers put their ban in place before it could renew its licenses. Even that is sugar-coating the reality.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 16, 2022

The court confirms that to ensure enforceability, consumers should (1) check the box and (2) be advised that checking the box will indicate assent to contract terms. These basic principles “apply with equal force to contracts formed online.” Forming online contracts is not rocket science. Freedom Financial Network, LLC.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

2: Kairosoft, the Beloved Mobile Tycoon Game Developer, Openly Accuses its Chinese Publisher of Copyright Infringement and Contract Violation. The two companies signed an agreement in 2017 that gave Beijing Shi Jun publishing rights for Kairosoft games in China. 3: Facebook Signs Copyright Agreement with Some French Publishers.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 25, 2022

However, HP argues that many of the servers involved predate Oracle’s current contract system, making the patches legal. 3: Marvel Confirms Conan the Barbarian is Leaving the Publisher. Finally today, Adam Barnhardt at Comicbook.com reports that Marvel Comics is losing the publishing rights to the character Conan the Barbarian.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In May 2020, Spotify agreed to an exclusive $100 million deal with Joe Rogan, the biggest licensing agreement ever made in podcasting. Licensing Comes to Podcasting. For top-shelf creators, producers, distributors and platforms, podcasting may be an end in itself – or it can serve as a bridge to film, television, and publishing.

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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. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Specifically, the two companies created and produced work related to various testing needs and targeted state contracts. However, when WIN won a lucrative contract with the state of South Carolina, ACT sued allegiging that their skill definitoins and other elements were “virtually identical” to their own.

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Settlement Copyright Infringement Contracts Plagiarism 189

Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In 2015, the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) filed a lawsuit against Wolfgang’s Vault, alleging that the service did not have a license for the underlying compositions of the songs it streamed. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Licensing Music Television Plagiarism 169

Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Nonetheless, Mirimax claims to hold all the copyrights and trademarks related to the film, prompting them to file a lawsuit for breach of contract, copyright infringement, trademark infringement and unfair competition. 2: John Lewis Sued by Self-Published Children’s Author Over Christmas Ad. 3: $31m piracy penalty for ChitramTV.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The social contract of copyright, which main purpose is to realize a broader collective concern, the access of citizens to science and culture ( Geiger, 2013 ), lies in the approximation of the interests of rightholders and users. licenses for specific uses). 7(1) and art. 17(7) CDSM Directive.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2023

” Despite the contract, the defendants allegedly posted negative remarks about Hah’s work online. Hah’s filings focused on breach of contract, so his other claims weren’t properly alleged. The appeals court says that the contract damages allegation was conclusory and insufficient, so that claim fails too.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 31, 2022

However, it will be forbidden from digitizing any books already released by publishers in a digital format. This prompted Village Roadshow to allege branch of contract. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Village Roadshow sued Warner Bros.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

In the case, Nicklen argued that a photographer or videographer that uses Facebook or Instagram to promote their content should not automatically give up the right to license it to third parties, such as Sinclair. In addition to Owen, the plaintiffs also list all of his publishers and all the songwriters as defendants.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The resulting state court lawsuit has reinforced the Prager Effect, producing another published opinion thoroughly rejecting every argument advanced by Prager and expanding services’ legal protections for their moderation decisions. Prager tried a variety of contract-based workarounds to Section 230.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

In addition to the breach of contract and alleged violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the lawsuit accuses The Points Guy of violating both their copyrights and trademarks for the use of the American Airlines logo as part of the app. The post 3 Count: Frequent Flyer appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Marrakesh Treaty Marrakesh Treaty was adopted on June 27, 2013, to facilitate access to published works for people who are Blind Persons, Visually Impaired Persons, or Print Disabled (hereinafter beneficiary) who refrains from indulging in any printed form of copyrighted work.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 4, 2022

It was formed following a state license, in order to collect, among other things, the equitable remuneration provided by article 49 of Law 2121/93 in favour of producers, performers, and musicians for the public performance of legitimately released sound carriers. The direct licensing of in-store music was not covered by the agreement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

. “all his claims relate to the suspension of his account and the alleged failure to suspend the third-party user’s account, whether they are styled as breach of contract, tort, or fraud claims…All of Plaintiff’s claims seek to treat Twitter as a publisher.” Contract Breach. ” Cite to King v.

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Contracts Social Media Blogging Publishing 106

Velocity of Content

APRIL 25, 2023

One publisher may consider tracing adaptation, but another could have a different stance. It’s important to share with each publisher how you intend to reuse the figure. Those factors are considered when the rightsholders determine whether to grant the license and at what cost.

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Licensing Copyright Publishing Contracts 98

SpicyIP

JUNE 28, 2023

An earlier excellent post by Swaraj and Anupriya published during the pandemic in 2021, covered the various departmental policies and guidelines governing public funded R&D in great detail. The answer to this can be found only in individual contracts between these public institutions/grantees and the private sector.

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IPilogue

JUNE 14, 2022

Shamrock Investments, who acquired Swift’s master recordings from Ithaca in 2020, are in an increasingly tenuous position: Swift has precluded them from licensing to ad agencies, films, and tv shows, and where they do license, Swift receives royalties in those cases.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In this contract, it was stipulated that for licences, he would be paid a royalty rate of approximately 50%, but for a sale, such as the sale of a CD, he would be paid a royalty rate of 18%. When Four Tet’s contract was signed in 2001, these standard licensing terms were different for the music industry. Sales vs Licences.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 13, 2022

Tokenization of IP In a nutshell, "tokenization" means using a smart contract (i.e., The process of creating a digital asset with a smart contract is called "minting". The result is that the smart contract allows you to represent any IP, e.g., trademarks, designs, patents or copyrights, with a token. a MIT license ).

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Intellectual Property Non-Fungible Tokens IP Contracts 97

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. It’s not that half of federal judges have adopted one clear stance on copyright preemption of contracts and the other half have adopted another clear stance. But fair use isn’t a defense to a breach of contract claim.

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Blogging Copyright Contracts Cease and Desist 78

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In August 2022, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation published a study on EU copyright and related rights and access to and reuse of scientific publications, including open access. The post is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Image by Mediamodifier from Pixabay.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 3, 2022

These rights are often owned by different people, and are governed by contracts, so who owns what and how much they earn depends on the agreement between the parties. She said that she was told everything would be split equally between herself, Williams and Hugo, and so did not double check when presented with the contract.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2023

That the Millers may have submitted false information that Vrbo then published has no bearing on Vrbo’s liability Negligent Misrepresentation As usual, Section 230 isn’t the only reason why the plaintiffs lost. Breach of Contract/Warranty The court says the breach of contract/warranty claim is just an attempt to work around 230.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The lawsuit includes claims for breach of contract, violation of Section 230, IIED, NIED, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and conversion. Breach of Contract/Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing. Attempts to resurrect it were unsuccessful. The negligence claims fail for lack of alleged duty.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

And while their terms of use provide the social media companies a license to use that user-generated content, it is their users who typically have a copyright interest in their content. Now, the primary vehicle to stop web scraping is with breach of contract claims. It’s user-generated content. In the end, it was a pyrrhic victory.

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Blogging Contracts Intellectual Property Social Media 96

Velocity of Content

MAY 24, 2022

In recent months, for example, Pandora has been sued by comedians (or their estates, in some cases) over licensing issues. In the history of copyright, however, this is not the first time that new media technologies has led to novel disputes about licensing. Two good ones from only 20 years ago come right to mind: New York Times Co.

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Music Publishing Licensing Copyright 105

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 8, 2023

Parties to a photo image license were free to contract for a two-year statute of limitations under California law, the U.S. 22-35113 Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2023

Publishing is, of course, one of the core copyright industries – if not the core industry historically associated with copyright. IP law in publishing, especially at The Globe – who is known for being an early provider of digital media and device-agnostic content delivery – goes far beyond copyright infringement and litigation.

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Journalism Privacy Contracts IP 80

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2022

Contract Formation. Reminder: a second click is best practice because it reduces risk of contract formation failure, like what happens here). The court doesn’t specify what contract terms gap-fill in the TOS’s absence, but those default rules won’t be as favorable to Roblox as their TOS. Cite to IC v.

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Contracts Publishing Licensing Editing 122

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. Some of the key regulatory recommendations are discussed in this post. Plot twist!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The court dismisses the contract and IIED claims on Section 230 grounds. The only question at issue is whether the lawsuit treats Facebook’s refusal as a publisher/speaker action. That is a quintessential publishing decision for which Facebook is “perforce immune.”

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