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€300m Per Year Rightsholder ‘Private Copying’ Payouts Face Scrutiny

TorrentFreak

When cassette recorders, VCRs and similar devices hit the mainstream, entertainment companies with business models reliant on customers buying copies faced uncertainty. Private Copying Levy Valenti’s statement in 1982 reached a broad audience but its essence wasn’t new.

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What is a Trademark Registration “Presentation Copy”?

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video What is a Presentation Copy of a Trademark Registration? For any trademark that now becomes registered, the recipient automatically receives an electronic version of the registration certificate, and the USPTO no longer mails out a physical copy. This concerns me.

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Canadian Writers Speak Up: It’s Time to End the Education Sector Rip-off (600 Million Pages Unfairly Copied Annually)

Hugh Stephens Blog

Writers across the country are writing the government and their MPs urging them to pass legislation to stop the great educational rip-off, being the uncompensated copying of 600,000,000 pages per year that has been taking place in the education sector … Continue reading "Canadian Writers Speak Up: It’s Time to End the Education Sector Rip-off (..)

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What is a Presentation Copy of a Trademark Registration?

Erik K Pelton

What are the differences between a USPTO trademark registration certificate and a presentation copy? The post What is a Presentation Copy of a Trademark Registration? What are the differences between a USPTO trademark registration certificate and a presentation copy? appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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DOD Owes Developer $13M For Unauthorized Software Copies

IP Law 360

Department of Defense contractor made unauthorized copies of the company's software and the DOD tried to cover up that copying. A Court of Federal Claims judge has awarded a software developer $12.7 million for copyright infringement after finding that a U.S.

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DeivanArt Expanding System for Detecting Copied Images

Plagiarism Today

The post DeivanArt Expanding System for Detecting Copied Images appeared first on Plagiarism Today. It will be interesting to see what impact this has over the long term and if artists that are not currently on DeviantArt are willing to entrust the company with protecting their work.

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Mojang Targets Repositories of Browser-Based Minecraft Copy ‘Eaglercraft’

TorrentFreak

With more than 238 million copies sold, it’s also the best-selling video game in history, a reign that looks set to continue. Mojang is totally fine with this, as long as people don’t charge money or distribute modded copies of the game. All repositories are reportedly linked to copies of Eaglercraft.

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