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Publishers’ Lawsuit Accuses Libgen of “Staggering” Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

Majors Publishers File Copyright Complaint Against Libgen According to a copyright lawsuit filed in the U.S. Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC (d/b/a Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill LLC, and Pearson Education, Inc.) At least 20,000 of those files were published by plaintiffs Cengage Learning, Inc.,

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Copyright-A Bane For The Students Or A Boon For Copyright Owners?

IP and Legal Filings

Among the other solutions, the most easy and feasible way to come out of the problem of unavailability and unaffordability was to start copying the books, study materials, and video lectures with the help of different mechanisms. Copyright ensures certain minimum rights and it has never been an absolute right. Evolution afterward.

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A Novel Dataset Measuring Change in Copyright Exceptions

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In 2015, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) set out to conduct empirical research on the impact of copyright exceptions. We soon realized that information about the changes to copyright law over time – which would be especially useful for empirical studies – was lacking.

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Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part One: Setting the Record Straight

Michael Geist

Canadian copyright lobby groups have relentlessly lobbied the government to overturn decades of Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence, seeking unprecedented restrictions on fair dealing that include eliminating it for educational institutions if a licence is available. These claims are grounded in multiple inaccuracies.

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The EU DSM Copyright Directive: Implementation in Germany 2021 – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In the last year, the German Copyright Act has experienced what is probably its most substantial reform since it first came into force in 1966. The reason for this was the implementation of the DSM Copyright Directive 2019/790/EU (DSMD) and Directive 2019/789/EU (Online SatCab Directive). Extensive changes to the German Copyright Act.

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A (More!) Problematic Plagiarism: Thinking About The Allegations Against UGC

SpicyIP

Plagiarism’, is an oft-castigated (even if not always, see Brian Frye’s works here and here ) buzzword in the copyright bazaar, especially in academia , wherein ‘original(ity)’ is an amply-emphasized expectation. liability, if any, under copyright law, 2.) liability, if any, under any other law or regulation. (??UGC’s

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A research-friendly copyright system is a flexible copyright system

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this blog post, originally published on the KR21 blog , KR21 policy committee member Felix Reda analyses the potential for copyright reform in Germany, where the government has included a promise to “promote a more research-friendly copyright” in its coalition agreement. 5 (3) (n) of the InfoSoc Directive, are woefully outdated.