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The Streamlabs (SLOBS) Plagiarism Scandal

Plagiarism Today

It was hot on the heels of a very different kind of copying scandal, one that involved Streamlabs announcing the launch of a new product using content copied and pasted from one of their biggest competitors. Hey, can I copy your homework? ? Yeah, just change it up a bit so it’s not obvious you copied. This is our fault.

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Namecheap Suspends Zorox.to, Upmovies.to and Other ‘Pirate’.to Domains

TorrentFreak

Last week, we reported that an Indian dynamic+ court order had taken down movie-web’s demo site, along with several other pirate sites. — A copy of the High Court injunction is available here (pdf). Upmovies, relocated From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Mr Justice Zacaroli finds manufacturing software copyright infringed and confidence breached in ex-employee fight

The IPKat

When one hears the claims of copyright infringement, confidential information and employment claims one can readily assume that this is an employer/ex-employee dispute. PQ became aware of InSPC v1 when it was promoted in demo form by CyberMetrics in the Summer 2017. CyberMetrics then removed InSPC v1 from their website.

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When Is a Song Published?

Dear Rich IP Blog

Dear Rich: I'm about to submit a copyright application and have a question about whether or not a song is considered published. If I send copies to a few people, is that considered "published," or does it have to be a mass distribution, like a sale? Copyright killer. What exactly is meant by "distributed to the public"?

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Ed Sheeran’s song “Shape of You” does not infringe Sami Switch’s “Oh Why”

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The UK High Court has declared that Ed Sheeran’s mega-hit “Shape of You” does not infringe copyright in Sami Switch’s lesser-known song “Oh Why” ( [2022] EWHC 827 (Ch) ). The case focuses on whether Ed Sheeran consciously copied Sami Switch’s chorus. In the end, the allegations of copying were directed at Ed Sheeran only.

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Gary Bowser: How a 1980s Hacker Became Nintendo’s Nemesis Decades Later

TorrentFreak

And when George Hotz , aka Geohot, posted a copy of the PlayStation 3’s private key online, traffic to game hacking sites blew up. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. This was also the case for PSX-Scene, which Gary was hosting, managing, and posting on at the time. .

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Hollywood Used ‘Dynamic+ Injunction’ to Shut Down movie-web and Other Pirate Sites

TorrentFreak

This weekend, we reported that the open source movie search app movie-web lost control over the domain name of its demo site. Like many other countries around the world, India’s copyright law allows rightsholders to limit access to pirate sites. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. myflixer.la