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3 Count: Navy Piracy

Plagiarism Today

1: US Navy Fined for Acts of Software Piracy. First off today, Nicholas Slayton at Task & Purpose reports that the United States Navy has been ordered to pay $154,400 in damages to a software firm after a court found the Navy had violated the copyright in one of their applications. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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3 Count: Legalized Piracy

Plagiarism Today

1: Russia Mulls Making Software Piracy Legal and Patent Licensing Compulsory. According to the Business Software Alliance, the rate of pirated software in the country is 62 percent. However, one of the common uses of it is for researchers to publish copies of papers that they have completed.

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Copy and Paste – Supreme Court Holds Copying Software Function Calls Was Fair Use

TraskBritt Intellectual Property

When developing Android, Google had copied the text and format of function calls from Oracle’s Java SE Application Programming Interface (API). However, Google recreated the underlying software processes that would be executed in response to those function calls from scratch. Software and IP. In Google LLC v.

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No, the Federal Circuit Did Not Just Kill Off Software Copyrights – Knock It Off

IP Intelligence

Many people were disappointed when the most-watched copyright case of the past 10 years, Oracle’s lawsuit against Google over Google’s copying Java application programming interface (API) code, failed to yield better guidance on the scope of copyright protection for computer programs. The software company SAS Institute Inc.

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Sony Patents Anti-Piracy Blacklist for Smart TVs and Media Players

TorrentFreak

In the years that followed, Sony rolled out some rather aggressive technology, most notably the software exposed in the DRM rootkit scandal. Anti-Piracy Blacklist Patent. Interestingly, a new patent application suggests that Sony’s blocking vision is not limited to Internet providers. Banning Pirate Apps.

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Federal Circuit Holds that Software Plaintiff Bears Evidentiary Burden of Copyrightability Where Defendant’s Evidence Shows Some Elements Not Copyrightable

IP Tech Blog

In a case that could have some lasting impact, the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a 2020 ruling by Judge Rodney Gilstrap in the Eastern District of Texas dismissing claims that a competitor infringed non-literal elements of the plaintiff’s software. Because SAS failed to do so, Judge Gilstrap dismissed SAS’s claim.

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Software Piracy Triggers Innovation, Research Finds

TorrentFreak

Piracy presents a major challenge for companies across different sectors, including the software industry. This idea is supported by a new working paper published by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The then-new file-sharing technology made it much easier to pirate software and was swiftly embraced by millions of people.