Dear Rich IP Blog
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Dear Rich: Does putting "Copyright 2023" at the bottom of page pages protect it from site visitors who download an image or narrative content? Placing a copyright notice on your website is like sticking a "Keep off the grass" sign on your front lawn. Gather evidence of copying. you'll just have to chase them away.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Instead of the usual DMCA copyright notices, the music group asked the search engine to remove various URLs for alleged violations of the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision. To put this number into perspective, the RIAA sent just over 100 anti-circumvention notices this year, while the BPI is stuck at roughly 180.
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The IP Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Further, only a modicum, or small amount, of creativity is required for copyright protection to attach. 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. The lack of a copyright notice does not give you permission to use the work.
IPilogue
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Today, copyright notices are no longer required thanks to the Copyright Act of 1976 (US); sadly for Romero though, the act does not extend protections to his 1968 film. Due to the oversight, anyone could copy and distribute the film for free.
LexBlog IP
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Further, only a modicum, or small amount, of creativity is required for copyright protection to attach. 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. The lack of a copyright notice does not give you permission to use the work.
TorrentFreak
JANUARY 5, 2024
On January 1, 2024, TorrentFreak published a review of the wrongful DMCA notices filed against us in 2023, either directly via email or at Google demanding deindexing of our articles. Our small request for 2024 was not unreasonable: stop sending us bogus copyright notices.
TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 4, 2023
For companies whose movies are downloaded and shared illegally, solutions have been developed that allow them to monitor suspected pirates and track them back to their ISPs, before obtaining their identities and making a settlement offer to end the risk of a full-blown lawsuit.
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