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Supreme Court: There’s No ‘Time Limit’ on Copyright Infringement Claims

TorrentFreak

While Nealy was doing time, his former partner licensed the Music Specialist catalog to Warner Chappell. That release sold millions of copies reaching the Billboard chart’s top ten. In response, he filed a lawsuit against Warner Chappell in 2018, demanding compensation for the alleged copyright infringements, dating back to 2008.

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Record Labels: ‘Hisses & Crackles’ Are No License to Copy & Digitize Old Records

TorrentFreak

The Internet Archive is widely known for its Wayback Machine, which preserves copies of the web for future generations. Several record labels including Sony and UMG, sued the Internet Archive for copyright infringement in Manhattan federal court last year. The Great 78 Project is illegal,” they state.

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Tips for Avoiding Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

Specifically, copyright protection attaches to the original, creative work when it is fixed in a tangible medium, such as when it is written, drawn, recorded digitally, or typed electronically. Many find it surprising, but there is no requirement to include a copyright notice on a work for the work to be protected by copyright law.

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Music Companies Sue Twitter Over Mass Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

‘Breeding Mass Copyright Infringement’ Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others filed a complaint at a federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, accusing Twitter’s parent company X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. copyright law.

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Music Publishers Launch Crackdown on Copyright Infringing Apps

TorrentFreak

Many of the enforcement efforts are targeted at services or tools that offer pirated content, but there are less visible copyright infringement challenges too. In recent years music publishers have repeatedly spoken out against online platforms that use their music without a proper license. Unlicensed Platforms and Apps.

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Instagram and Facebook Users Are Engaging in Copyright Infringement?!

IPilogue

Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. If you have ever incorporated music into your Instagram or Facebook videos, you may have committed copyright infringement. In the official pleading , they argued that Meta violated the US Copyright Act 17 USC § 501 for direct, induced, and contributory copyright infringement.

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Copyright Infringement and Remedies: An Overview

IP and Legal Filings

According to Section 14 of the Copyright Act of 1957 , copyright is the exclusive right to perform or authorise the performance of any of the following acts in relation to a work or any significant portion thereof: Any kind of reproduction is permitted, including saving the work in any format.