TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2022

Long before the advent of legitimate online video streaming services, torrent sites and similar platforms allowed users to download and keep copies of movies and TV shows. It is unlikely that these features will appear on a licensed mainstream service but that doesn’t stop subscribers from desiring them. Subscriber Agreements.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 17, 2022

In recent years music publishers have repeatedly spoken out against online platforms that use their music without a proper license. The music industry association has already sent cease-and-desist letters to nearly 100 apps that use copyrighted music without proper licenses. These include TikiTok and Roblox , among many others.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 30, 2023

District Court for the Southern District Court of New York granted summary judgment in favor of book publishers and against Internet Archive (“IA”) in a copyright infringement action involving ebooks brought by the four leading book publishers in the United States, Hachette Book Group, Inc.,

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

But IP nerds will specifically remember that eleven years ago, in March 2012, India’s first compulsory license was granted by the Indian Patent Office against Bayer’s Nexavar. One year later, in March 2013 the compulsory license order was upheld by the IPAB in a landmark ruling by the then Chairperson, Justice Prabha Sridevan.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 14, 2022

In the summer of 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Internet Archive (IA). Two Years of Litigation, Both Parties Request Summary Judgment. Two Years of Litigation, Both Parties Request Summary Judgment. In a June 10 letter to Judge John G.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 19, 2021

Last June, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive for copyright infringement , describing its ‘Open Library’ as operating like a pirate site. Publishers Respond to Internet Archive’s Request.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Sales Could’ve Been Better Despite becoming a number one best-seller in multiple countries, not every country has access to ‘Spare’ In common with many Western entertainment companies, publisher Penguin Random House pulled out of Russia following its invasion of Ukraine last year. ” the letter reads. Plagiarism?

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2022

Praised by all who find its services useful or even vital, Sci-Hub also has to deal with attacks from publishing giants who would prefer to see the platform taken offline, or blocked by ISPs wherever that is a viable option. Named ‘Sci-Hub Injector’ and released under GNU General Public License v3.0, ” Wierenga says.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 29, 2022

If you’re a researcher looking to publish your first article, one of the biggest choices that you will likely be confronted with is the choice of publishing in your work Open Access or going with a traditional, closed access publisher. How Traditional Publishing Works. Both have their advantages and disadvantages.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 2, 2022

According to the right of first sale, rightsholders have the right to sell a physical copy the first time. However, any owner of a legally obtained copy is free to sell, rent or distribute that copy as they see fit as long as no new copies are made. There is no indication as to which publishers were impacted by this.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The team at Blender Studio drive Blender development by providing help and training courses to Blender users in an open environment, sharing everything in public and making all content available under free licenses. In this case, at least, a Creative Commons license appears to have carried no weight. No Rights to Post Video on YouTube.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house, with technical restrictions that prevent copying.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 28, 2022

What is a Compulsory License? Compulsory licenses are permissions from the government that allows someone else to use the copyright of the owner without his consent. In this article, we will look at compulsory licensing in Copyright and under what conditions a compulsory license is granted in India.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 14, 2021

The service was not appreciated by book publishers. Publishers Sue IA For Copyright Infringement. HarperCollins Publishers LLC, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and Penguin Random House LLC – all members of the Association of American Publishers – accused the Internet Archive of running a pirate site.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 8, 2022

1: Russia Mulls Making Software Piracy Legal and Patent Licensing Compulsory. ResearchGate is a social network targeted at researchers and those in the scientific publishing field. However, one of the common uses of it is for researchers to publish copies of papers that they have completed.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Music publishing companies Universal Music, ABKCO and Concord filed suit on Wednesday, October 18, in a Tennessee district court against generative artificial intelligence (AI) company, Anthropic, alleging “widespread infringement of their copyrighted song lyrics.”

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Kirloskar Press, the Bombay High Court (BHC) began proceedings on what may become the first instance of a literary work being compulsory licensed in India. As per the order, the petitioner is ready and willing to pay royalties but despite their efforts, were not able to locate any of the publishers as on the present day.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

3: IPA and Kenyan Publishers Blast ‘Unacceptable’ Copyright Bill. Finally today, Porter Anderson from Publishing Perspectives reports that the International Publishers Association is joining a chorus of Kenyan-based publishers in decrying proposed changes to the nation’s copyright law.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

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? That's because copyright could be lost if a work was published without notice.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

From 1983 to 1989 a print magazine, Postcard Collector, published many articles which we would like to republish. Questions: (1) As I understand it, the publisher would have had to submit 2 copies of the magazine to the Library of Congress to complete the registration process. Our conclusion? So, who owns the magazine copyright?

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 9, 2024

In a 2023 report published by EndPoints News , it is suggested that for 2022, an estimated 70% of US FDA approvals for new treatments originated in small companies when compared to 66% in 2021. In It’s important to know, however, there are many types of open-access licenses.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This time, a group of music publishing companies, including Concord Music Group, Inc., They allege that Anthropic copies Plaintiffs’ copyrighted song lyrics and its AI chatbot, Claude, then generates those lyrics in response to user prompts—all without a license. ABCKO Music, Inc., See Concord Music Group, Inc.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

They allege that American Skin copies elements from their 2017 screenplay, A Routine Stop. 2: Kairosoft, the Beloved Mobile Tycoon Game Developer, Openly Accuses its Chinese Publisher of Copyright Infringement and Contract Violation. 3: Facebook Signs Copyright Agreement with Some French Publishers.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

by the musician and, according to a copyright notice and a published cease and desist letter, it was used without permission. Discovery has filed a DMCA notice with the development platform GitHub over a leaked copy of the Mortal Kombat II source code. The video featured the song Still D.R.E.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

According to his confession, Bridi, as well as other members of the group, would get pre-release copies of movies from wholesalers, defeat the copyright protection schemes on the discs and then leak them online before their scheduled release date. 2: Google Reaches Content Deals With German Publishers.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

According to authors, this enables authors and publishers to sell books at different prices for different countries. Without this rule, many authors fear the UK market would be flooded with cheaper international copies. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

First off today, Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly Reports that a collection of publishers and authors have secured a default judgement against a piracy service named KISS Library, this one awarding them $7.8 The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Boston Suburban allegedly continued to use the “Logan Car Service” mark in online keyword advertising and in metatags, and continued to copy customer reviews from Boston Carriage’s website and publish them on online review platforms. And RICO claims failed because they were RICO claims.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 6, 2022

According to the judge, Sheeran did not “deliberately nor subconsiously” copy Chokri’s work and there was no evidence Sheeran had even heard Oh Why before writing Shape of You. 2: Spotify Fails to Block Daniel Ek Deposition in Dispute with Eminem Publisher.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Publishers vs. Internet Archive The self-scanning service is different from the licensing deals other libraries enter into. Not all publishers are happy with IA’s approach which triggered a massive legal battle two years ago. The publishers didn’t listen to these concerns.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 1, 2022

2: Publishers Sue ex-Mangamura Operator for ¥1.9 Next up today, The Japan Times reports that, in Japan, three major manga publishers have filed a lawsuit against Mangamura, a now-closed manga piracy website that was previously found guilty of unlawfully distributing manga content. The publishers are seeking some ¥1.93

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2021

1: Major Publishers Sue Shopify, Alleging Copyright Violations. First off today, Suzanne Smalley at Inside Higher Ed reports that five major textbook publishers have teamed up to file a lawsuit against Shopify over allegations that the ecommerce platform is enabling rampant piracy. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

They are a way to sell “unique” copies of digital works but do not transfer any rights. 2: John Lewis Sued by Self-Published Children’s Author Over Christmas Ad. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. 3: $31m piracy penalty for ChitramTV.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

However, publishing companies had been continuing to collect royalties on behalf of songwriters even after the rights were reclaimed due to the law saying that publishers can continue licensing any existing derivative works. They further claim that Ye reached out to them for a licensing agreement, though no deal was ever struck.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

They further claim that the podcasters obtained a pirated copy of the fight to use in the show. The lawsuit was filed by a group of publisher that claim the Internet Archives “Controlled Lending” scheme amounted to widespread copyright infringement of their work.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

2: French Publishers Cheer a Court’s Order to Block a Book Piracy Site. Next up today, Porter Anderson at Publishing Perspectives reports that a French court has ordered that local ISPs to block access to the pirate website Z-Library, claiming that the site is providing illegal access to some 80 million pirated items.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 18, 2022

These articles come from a variety of sources including publishing blogs , sites that help those that run churches and even sites that help photographers enforce their images. In addition, there are concerns that many stock photography sites provide limited licenses to users and many unwittingly overstep them.

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