Copying, Copyright, Reporting and Social Media

‘Copying into Copyright Law’: Ireland’s minimalist transposition of Directive 2019/790

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

The most modern instalment of this long history comes in the form of another kind ‘copy’, less richly decorated, yet more relevant and politically sensitive for a country that has established a long-term foreign investment “partnership” with the tech and communication industry: the transposition of Directive 2019/790 into Irish law.

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Intellectual Property Protection for Content Creators & Social Media Influencers

Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to promoting, marketing, and advertising, social media is one of the most effective and powerful ways. Content creators and social media influencers work sincerely to build their reputation for expertise in specific industries, products, and topics. How to Ensure Compliance with IP?

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Social Links: Embedding social media posts can be considered copyright infringement…but is it?

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Social Links is our ongoing series here at Socially Aware that rounds up current developments at the intersection of social media, policy, research, and the law. Embedding social media posts can be considered copyright infringement.but is it? Judge Charles Breyer of the U.S.

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World’s Most Notorious Pirate Sites Listed in New USTR Report

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2024

The USTR’s report aims to motivate governments and various players in the private sector to take appropriate action, wherever that’s possible, to disrupt and limit infringement. Russia-based trio Rapidgator (file-hosting), RuTracker (torrents) and VK, the largest social media platform in Russia, also maintain their spots.

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Twitter Now ‘Rejects’ Most Copyright Takedown Requests

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 28, 2022

Takedown notices are a vital tool for copyright holders who want to make sure that infringing copies of their work are not widely distributed. Every week, millions of these requests are sent to hosting platforms and third-party services, including social media networks. Twitter is certainly no exception. President Trump.

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NASCAR Fan-Friendly Copyright Claims Needed Extra Boost to Pacify Fans

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Recurring news that another established and popular content creator faces copyright issues on YouTube is something the world will have to get used to. Two screenshots, featuring copyright claims against a long list of his older videos, were headed by, “I’m getting too old for this.” What About Fair Use?

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Extreme Weather Videographer Faces Copyright Infringement Hurricane

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Everybody knows that content is copied online but the scope of the problem is truly massive. Some of these are innocent infringements, but there’s a whole industry of shady copyright exploiters out there as well. 44,000 Copies of One Event. . 44,000 Copies of One Event. WxChasing Compilation.

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Music Companies Sue Twitter Over Mass Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

JUNE 15, 2023

Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules, but according to a lawsuit filed this week by several prominent music companies, Twitter is not among them. This activity generates many millions of views which are monetized by the social media platform, while rightsholders are not compensated. copyright law.

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Paris Hilton is One of the First Defendants at the ‘Small’ Copyright Claims Board

TorrentFreak

JUNE 21, 2022

Last Thursday, the US Copyright Claims Board went live. Through this venue, hosted at the Copyright Office, copyright holders can try to recoup alleged damages outside the federal court system. The Copyright Claims Board put several safeguards in place to prevent this, but it’s certainly worth keeping an eye on.

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Reddit Sees Copyright Takedowns Peak While Subreddit Bans Drop

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 7, 2023

A few years ago copyright holders paid little attention to these discussions. In 2017, the site removed ‘just’ 4,352 pieces of content in response to copyright holders’ complaints. User access requests, which allow users to ask for a copy of their account information, skyrocketed in the first half of 2023.

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‘Pirated’ TikTok Clips Help to Promote TV Series, Research Finds

TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2024

The debate over whether copyright infringement cannibalizes legitimate media consumption has been dragging on for several decades now. The issue has been researched extensively with both positive and negative effects being reported, varying based on the type of content and the ‘piracy’ source, among other variables.

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3 Count: Keep Shaking

Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 14, 2021

1: Can’t Shake This: Taylor Swift to Face Copyright Lawsuit. First off today, Reuters reports that a lawsuit accusing Taylor Swift of copyright infringement in her 2014 hit single Shake it Off has been allowed to move ahead, setting the stage for a possible trial. 2: Sonny Bono’s Widow Strikes Back in Cher Copyright Fight.

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3 Count: Less Than Routine

Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

1: Spike Lee, Nate Parker Sued by Indie Filmmakers Over Copyright Infringement. First off today, Diane Haithman at TheWrap reports that filmmakers Spike Lee and Nate Parker have been sued for copyright infringement over allegations that their 2019 Film American Skin is an infringement of an earlier screenplay.

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‘Valorant Mobile’ Leaks Excite Gamers But ‘Pirate’ Copies Are Bad News

TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2022

On the flip side, today’s interconnected world has the ability to transform leaks into powerful advertising and hype, keeping message boards and social media alive with discussion of exciting new products, at zero cost to official marketing teams. Copyright Complaint Targets Just One Video.

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Paramount Flies Clear of Copyright Turbulence in “Top Gun” Lawsuit

Copyright Lately

APRIL 6, 2024

A federal court has shot down a copyright infringement lawsuit claiming that Top Gun: Maverick flew too close to a 1983 magazine article that inspired the original film. These flaws rendered Bean’s opinions “unhelpful and inadmissible,” resulting in the court excluding his expert report. There are several reasons for this.

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AI and copyright in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This post looks back at the key developments in AI and copyright in 2022, covering generative AI, text and data mining exceptions, the pastiche exception, deep fakes, voice cloning and infringement and enforcement of copyright using AI. Very few jurisdictions expressly provide for copyright in computer-generated works.

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Facebook’s Plagiarism Problems Are Deeper Than You Realize

Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Back in September , I reported on Facebook’s Widely Viewed Content Report and how Casey Newton, a reporter at The Verge, noticed that nearly all the top posts on Facebook for the quarter were plagiarized. . This was in part because the company feared running afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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Court: Accused Pirate Can Use the Term ‘Copyright Troll’ at Trial

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 30, 2023

In addition, the defense asked the court to exclude evidence taken from Doe’s social media profiles and comments from his neighbors, who testified on the strength of his WiFi signal. However, the court granted the request to prohibit the use of information from the defendant’s social media profile.

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ContentCore Aims to Be a ‘Content ID’ Equivalent for Independent Video Platforms

TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2024

Two billion copyright claims are processed every year through YouTube’s Content ID platform – a staggering figure that underscores the scale of this content management system. Aside from addressing copyright infringements in an automated fashion, the Content ID system brings in billions of dollars in revenue.

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U.S. Identifies Top Pirate Sites and Other ‘Notorious Markets’

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Drawing on input from copyright holders, the report includes a non-exclusive overview of sites and services that are believed to be involved in piracy or counterfeiting. For more than a decade we have covered the online part of the report. In recent years, the scope of the report has broadened.

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Court Orders Instagram to Expose Pirates, Boot Their Accounts, and Purge URLs

TorrentFreak

MAY 26, 2023

Similar to any other online platform that deals with user-generated content, Instagram processes copyright complaints on a daily basis. Takedown Trouble Triggers Lawsuit This takedown policy is widely accepted as the standard for social media services but every now and then, disputes can arise.

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ReCreating Europe’s report, datasets and data analysis on EU and comparative copyright flexibilities now available online – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 17, 2023

The H2020 project reCreating Europe performed an unprecedented mapping of EU and Member States’ sources on copyright flexibilities. The reports commented on the main features of Member States’ rules and, in case of correspondence to an EU provision, they assessed convergences, divergences and degree of flexibility compared to the EU model.

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X Clearly Profits from Widespread Music Piracy, Labels Argue

TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Earlier this year, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others filed a complaint at a Nashville federal court, accusing Elon Musk’s X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. A few weeks ago, the social media platform filed a motion to dismiss , refuting all piracy allegations.

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The 5 Worst Copyright Decisions of 2021

Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Remembering another frustrating year with a countdown of 2021’s most unsatisfying copyright rulings. Here are my personal picks for the copyright opinions from 2021 that, much like the year itself, leave a little something to be desired. Walt Disney Company.

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Filmmakers Distribute Fake Movie Leak to Tease Pirates

TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

A few hours ago, social media activity in India lit up when a ‘leak’ of the highly anticipated film “Fukrey 3” started to circulate. Local news media outlets were quick to jump on the topic and over the past several hours, numerous headlines eagerly informed readers that the film had leaked.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

APRIL 2, 2024

Trade Marks Alessandro Cerri reported on the highly anticipated judgment of the England & Wales Court of Appeal in Lidl v Tesco , which upheld the High Court's findings on bad faith, infringement, and passing off, including the findings in respect of the 'price-matching' allegation.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

— Bright Data has long sold the data of all the major social media companies. — For the claims related to illegal selling of scraped data, the court dismissed those because they were preempted by copyright. As I wrote back in December, scraping claims are almost always about unwanted copying and distribution of data.

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Trump Doesn’t Deserve Copyright Win Over Eddie Grant But Still Might Get One

TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Trump’s ability to attract and generate controversy will go down in history, as will his numerous appearances in copyright infringement lawsuits. Musician Eddy Grant filed a complaint against Trump in 2020 and three years later there’s little positivity to report for anyone involved.

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Combatting Online Copyright Infringement

LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 30, 2021

It is also an increasingly popular medium for infringers to illegally source and share copyrighted materials. Fortunately, copyright law prohibits the unauthorized reproduction of a work. Copyright disputes do not need to escalate into costly and time-consuming litigation. What is Copyright? How is Copyright Infringed?

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New York Times: Microsoft’s AI Tools Are Nothing Like The VCR

TorrentFreak

MARCH 19, 2024

As reported yesterday , the decision was cited in the ongoing legal battle between book publishers and the Internet Archive. NYT vs. OpenAI/Microsoft Late last year The Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft , alleging that its generative AI models were trained on copyrighted news articles.

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Blurred Lines: How the Lack of Regulation of NFT Platforms Has Fueled Rampant Art Theft

IPilogue

JUNE 13, 2022

Artists in the digital space have always been vulnerable to the unauthorized distribution, copying, and sale of their work. Listing someone else’s artwork on an NFT marketplace is as simple as saving a copy of the work from an artist’s website or social media platform and uploading it onto a marketplace where it is minted into an NFT.

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Bridgerton Helps Navigate The Limits Of The Fan Fiction Defence In Intellectual Property

IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Barlow and Bear went on to become viral sensations on social media and Grammy-winning artists (2022 Best Musical Theatre Album) for their production. alleging infringement of federally registered copyrights and trademarks in violation of 17 U.S.C. § On July 29 th 2022, Netflix sued the TikTok stars Barlow and Bear in the U.S.

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YouTube, Facebook, & TikTok Won’t Discuss Bad Takedowns? Get Over It, They’re Busy

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Back in August we reported how Google had received requests to remove one billion allegedly-infringing links from its search results. A few days before we published that report, Google had just processed its seven billionth removal request, having reached six billion less than a year earlier.

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Deadly Dolls and a Forgotten Copyright Exception

Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Exploring Section 113(c) of the Copyright Act, an underutilized defense that could have changed the outcome of a recent infringement case. There’s a provision of the Copyright Act that provides a simple and straightforward defense to an entire category of infringement claims. 17 U.S.C. § 17 U.S.C. §

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Record Labels Urge Court to Uphold $47 Million Piracy Liability Verdict

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A Texas federal jury found Grande guilty of willful contributory copyright infringement, and the ISP was ordered to pay $47 million in damages to the record labels. $47 This view was supported by several telecom industry groups, who all object to disconnecting subscribers’ internet access based on copyright claims.

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Music Industry Flags Discord and Reddit as Primary Piracy Threats

TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2022

The report then continues with examples of concrete threats. According to IFPI, a group of social media platforms and messenger services have become increasingly problematic. The music industry group notes that social media can also be beneficial to artists. IFPI Flags Top Piracy Problems.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Here are some of the greatest copyright horror stories, featuring such classics as “Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Halloween,” “Dracula,” “Ghostbusters” and … a creepy McDonalds character? The studio settled quietly out of court, so there’s no reported decision in this one.

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TikTok Blocks Z-Library Hashtag Pending Piracy Investigation

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This growth is facilitated by users who openly advertise the site on social media, TikTok included. While the Authors Guild doesn’t recommend branding the platform as a notorious market, the social media platform responded to these and other rightsholder complaints in a letter to the USTR. TikTok Responds.

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War of the Wordles: Did the New York Times Go Too Far?

Copyright Lately

MARCH 13, 2024

is flexing its copyright muscles once again, this time targeting the developers of hundreds of games inspired by Wordle, the popular word game the Times purchased in 2022. purchased the copyright in Wordle in 2022 from original developer Josh Wardle. The Asserted Rights So what exactly is the Times claiming to own?

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Russian Cinemas Are Showing Pirated Movies Downloaded From Torrents

TorrentFreak

MAY 2, 2022

Around the middle of April, posts on social media sites popular in Russia (VK, Telegram) suggested that cinemas in several regions would begin screening big Hollywood movies, including ones that should not be available. The pirated copy – complete with Russian dubbing – was downloaded from an unnamed torrent site.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir.

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Studio Puts Loan-Outs On Blast in Copyright Termination Fight

Copyright Lately

JUNE 25, 2023

A major motion picture studio has filed a lawsuit challenging the termination of a copyright assignment made by a writer’s loan-out company. Hundreds of other writers fortunate enough to have penned material still valuable after 35 years may find themselves in a similar quandary when they try to exercise copyright termination rights.

Copyright

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Is Rachel Dolezal Using Copyright to Erase History?

Copyright Lately

MAY 21, 2021

Is she weaponizing copyright? Earlier this week, she filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement against CBS Interactive over a photograph CBS used in a 2015 Entertainment Tonight Online article about her scandal. After a local Spokane news reporter asked Dolezal point blank “Are you African American?,”

Copyright

Copyright Copyright Infringement Fair Use Copyright Law

What Are The Various Copyright Law Issues With Apps Like Spotify In The Modern Tussle Between Artists And Corporate Giants?

IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Historical lookback The amendment to the existing copyright law act of 1957 was carried out owing to the sensitization of issue of copyright management and revenue sharing structure that is fair and reasonable to all owners and writers of filmed and recorded works. [i] from the copyright holder) licencing or compulsory licencing (i.e.,

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‘Copying into Copyright Law’: Ireland’s minimalist transposition of Directive 2019/790

Intellectual Property Protection for Content Creators & Social Media Influencers

Trending Sources

Social Links: Embedding social media posts can be considered copyright infringement…but is it?

World’s Most Notorious Pirate Sites Listed in New USTR Report

Twitter Now ‘Rejects’ Most Copyright Takedown Requests

NASCAR Fan-Friendly Copyright Claims Needed Extra Boost to Pacify Fans

Extreme Weather Videographer Faces Copyright Infringement Hurricane

Music Companies Sue Twitter Over Mass Copyright Infringement

Paris Hilton is One of the First Defendants at the ‘Small’ Copyright Claims Board

Reddit Sees Copyright Takedowns Peak While Subreddit Bans Drop

‘Pirated’ TikTok Clips Help to Promote TV Series, Research Finds

3 Count: Keep Shaking

3 Count: Less Than Routine

‘Valorant Mobile’ Leaks Excite Gamers But ‘Pirate’ Copies Are Bad News

Paramount Flies Clear of Copyright Turbulence in “Top Gun” Lawsuit

AI and copyright in 2022

Facebook’s Plagiarism Problems Are Deeper Than You Realize

Court: Accused Pirate Can Use the Term ‘Copyright Troll’ at Trial

ContentCore Aims to Be a ‘Content ID’ Equivalent for Independent Video Platforms

U.S. Identifies Top Pirate Sites and Other ‘Notorious Markets’

Court Orders Instagram to Expose Pirates, Boot Their Accounts, and Purge URLs

ReCreating Europe’s report, datasets and data analysis on EU and comparative copyright flexibilities now available online – Part II

X Clearly Profits from Widespread Music Piracy, Labels Argue

The 5 Worst Copyright Decisions of 2021

Filmmakers Distribute Fake Movie Leak to Tease Pirates

Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Trump Doesn’t Deserve Copyright Win Over Eddie Grant But Still Might Get One

Combatting Online Copyright Infringement

New York Times: Microsoft’s AI Tools Are Nothing Like The VCR

Blurred Lines: How the Lack of Regulation of NFT Platforms Has Fueled Rampant Art Theft

Bridgerton Helps Navigate The Limits Of The Fan Fiction Defence In Intellectual Property

YouTube, Facebook, & TikTok Won’t Discuss Bad Takedowns? Get Over It, They’re Busy

Deadly Dolls and a Forgotten Copyright Exception

Record Labels Urge Court to Uphold $47 Million Piracy Liability Verdict

Music Industry Flags Discord and Reddit as Primary Piracy Threats

13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

TikTok Blocks Z-Library Hashtag Pending Piracy Investigation

War of the Wordles: Did the New York Times Go Too Far?

Russian Cinemas Are Showing Pirated Movies Downloaded From Torrents

Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Studio Puts Loan-Outs On Blast in Copyright Termination Fight

Is Rachel Dolezal Using Copyright to Erase History?

What Are The Various Copyright Law Issues With Apps Like Spotify In The Modern Tussle Between Artists And Corporate Giants?

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