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The Streamlabs (SLOBS) Plagiarism Scandal

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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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Why You Should Never Use the Stock Content in a Website Theme

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Potential Copyright Issues. The biggest and most obvious issue is potential copyright issues. Rightsholders of all stripes can file Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices targeting infringing images and text. The reason simple: You don’t know where that content came from. The Business Issue. Bottom Line.

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using testimonials post-relationship failure can be a ROP problem

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COY hired MG to develop COY’s subscription platform. Things eventually went bad, resulting in contract/trade secret claims and copyright/ROP counterclaims. After they executed a Web Development Agreement, a number of her copyrighted photos were added to the site created by McCandless (it’s disputed who did that).