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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). The injunction, issued by the New Delhi High Court, requires local ISPs to block access to the domains.

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When Is a Song Published?

Dear Rich IP Blog

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

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The case focuses on whether Ed Sheeran consciously copied Sami Switch’s chorus. Accordingly, this case is a useful example of how a court will: (1) assess the derivation requirement (of actual copying) of UK copyright; and, (2) as part of that, consider similarity between musical works for the purpose of copyright infringement.

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

The IPKat

PQ became aware of InSPC v1 when it was promoted in demo form by CyberMetrics in the Summer 2017. Mr Aughton denied this and said that the copyright in ProSPC belonged to him because it was written as a hobby project outside his employment and, in any event, he did not copy ProSPC by any means (automatic translation or otherwise).

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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. Geohot Despite the reminder that there can be consequences for tinkering ‘too much’ with consoles, GaryOPA continued to lecture on the subject online.

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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. The software is still available for others to use but the official demo website will remain offline. Movie-web kept its word. companies to take action. fzkidd.net 2. ofilmyzilla.ms ofilmyzilla.com.ve toonstream.in