TorrentFreak

AUGUST 24, 2021

The lawsuit alleged that Nitro TV offered subscription packages consisting of thousands of “live and title-curated television channels” available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, throughout the United States and abroad. channels, which are only possible to offer after content is copied and stored, contrary to copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2024

Each year around the end of January, the Office of the United States Trade Representative ( USTR ) publishes its annual review of so-called ‘notorious markets’ known for their connections to intellectual property crime. “Cuevana’s use of multiple domains has allowed variants of the site to remain operational. .

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

“The Infringing Service delivered Video Content, including television shows and movies, to subscribers to the Infringing Service, in exchange for payment,” it reads. This was achieved by subscribing to their residential cable television services in a variety of locations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, California and New York.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

This ultimately means that when a copy of an image is not stored on a computer’s servers but merely “embedded” onto a website, search engine, etc., As articulated in Perfect 10 , embedding websites that do not “store,” the content do not entirely “communicate a copy” of the content.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 8, 2021

The video depicted its award as the well-known Emmy statuette with a coronavirus replacing the atom in the holder’s hands: The Television Academies, who own the IP rights to the statuette, targeted the video with a DMCA notice to YouTube, which YouTube honored. ” Market Effect. Goodman counternoticed. ” Amount Taken.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Sinclair owns a bunch of television stations. means to show a copy of it, either directly or by means of a film, slide, television image, or any other device or process or, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to show individual images nonsequentially.”. Is Embedding a Display?

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 23, 2023

At the same time, there’s a flourishing dark market of pirate streaming tools. “Specifically, at the URL, the Repository hosts and offers for download the APK CloudStream, which in turn is used to engage in massive infringement of copyrighted motion pictures and television shows,” the notice adds. .

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Better known online as YouTuber ‘Omi in a Hellcat,’ Carrasquillo ran an illegal internet-based television and movie streaming service using video content fraudulently obtained from cable providers. These companies supplied hundreds of set-top boxes and similar equipment to multiple properties owned by Carrasquillo.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

Dawgs alleged that Crocs falsely marketed its “Croslite” shoe material as “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” when in fact the material ethyl vinyl acetate, a well known compound used by many footwear companies. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2024

They called for platforms like TikTok to actively detect and remove unauthorized film and television content,” the researchers recall. While full copies are never a good thing, small clips may be beneficial in some cases. In response, the Chinese TikTok removed countless problematic clips.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This is primarily due to the fact that a large number of new millionaire buyers have joined the market, thus leading to a surge in the trade of contemporary art. As of 2018, the global art market was valued at over 67 billion US dollars. Moreover, the contemporary art domain now accounts for 15% of the global art market.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We can't help you with the second factor because we don't know whether you are copying a factual or fictional work (and in any case, the second factor usually has little effect on the outcome). In the case mentioned above, the YouTube celebrities copied three minutes of content from a five-and-a-half-minute video.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Cyberlocker and stream-ripping sites make available vast amounts of copyright protected film and television content for streaming and/or downloading, making millions in the process,” an MPA spokesperson comments. ‘Notorious Market’ What we do know is that the MPA has had Mixdrop on its radar for a while now.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

“That would catastrophically harm the digital markets on which the music industry, the movie and television industry, the news industry, and similar industries depend to profitably create and distribute their works—and would thereby undermine the incentive for the creation of new works that copyright law exists to protect.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

copyright system has developed this exceptional “permitted-but-paid” (see Ginsburg ) regime which curtails the exclusive rights of copyright owners for specific aims, namely preventing monopoly in the music sector and reducing transaction costs for the licensing of sound recordings and television programs. In the EU, Art. Thouvenin, A.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2023

This ultimately means that when a copy of an image is not stored on a computer’s servers but merely “embedded” onto a website, search engine, etc., As articulated in Perfect 10 , embedding websites that do not “store,” the content do not entirely “communicate a copy” of the content.

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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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Copyright Lately

MAY 17, 2021

But later cases, including Campbell , reformulated the standard by holding that a parody is entitled to copy at least as much as is necessary to “conjure up” the original. And while the Ninth Circuit recently rejected a parody defense for the Dr. Seuss-Star Trek mashup “Oh, the Places You’ll Boldly Go!

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Dragons' Den

APRIL 4, 2024

Once your copyright has expired, anyone can use or copy your work. As a result, marketing has been done but on a limited budget. Copyright protects your work and stops others from using it without your permission. Copyright protection starts as soon as the work is created. The length of copyright depends on the type of work.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 14, 2023

Using the Access to Information Act, I have now obtained a copy of the government’s internal estimates for the economic and production impact of Bill C-11 ( methodology , memorandum , PPT ), which confirm many of my suspicions. Bill C-11 and employment Let me unpack each of the issues.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Netflix also holds the position that Barlow and Bear “ copied liberally and nearly identically ” the elements of expression, dialogue, characters, and key plot points from Bridgerton. Netflix alleges Barlow and Bear have benefited from their album’s false association with the Bridgerton brand.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 8, 2023

modification, and other forms of copying of the work fall under this category. A product or piece of information may be easily copied thanks to modern technology, and some businesses get a significant portion of their income from copying what other businesses have produced. The Tips v.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 15, 2023

. “Illegal streaming services are able to offer consumers thousands of television channels at a fraction of the cost of legal providers such as DISH, because they do not pay fees to license the content they deliver,” the complaint notes. a company doing business at an address in Jackson Heights, New York. .

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 8, 2022

After gaining serious momentum over the past seven years, the pirate IPTV phenomenon is now a major challenge for the entire audiovisual entertainment market. While at times unpredictable, pirate subscriptions are now viewed as a credible market alternative. “It is illegal television. The prosecutor agreed.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 16, 2021

This week, beIN Media Group and subsidiary Miramax submitted their recommendations to the Office of the United States Trade Representative for the purposes of the USTR’s 2021 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets. Forever IPTV provides access to thousands of on-demand movies and television shows, including content owned by Miramax.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

As my prior work on the tattoo industry highlights, there is a universal understanding among tattooers that clients have the right to display their tattoos in public, take and post photos that feature their tattoos, and appear in media like film or television without any fear of copyright infringement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws. Copyright law forbids duplication, public performance, and so on, unless the person wishing to copy or perform the work gets permission; silence means a ban on copying. Pilgrim Films & Television, Inc. ,

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In 2020, digital advertising spending worldwide amounted to US$378 billion — with online platforms Google and Facebook together owning half the market or about $190 billion. Wout van Wijk , the Executive Director of News Media Europe , which represents over 2,500 media companies including newspapers, radio, television and on the Web.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 9, 2021

With the onset of the trend wherein users are gradually switching to online streaming to meet their music needs and discarding traditional methods such as radio, television, and music CDs, compulsory licensing for the internet was recognized as a key policy issue by the music industry last year.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 7, 2022

It is the right to copy, as the name implies. Media platforms that disseminate audio, video, movies, television shows, and other types of material are referred to as “OTTs.” While traditional media formats like film and television have defined rules, OTT material is still not subject to specific legislation and oversight.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The four factors are: the purpose and character of use, nature of the work, amount and substantiality of copying, and effect of use on the market for the original work. Finally, the effect of market needs to be considered. Hamar Television Network Pvt.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Plaintiffs’ Copyrighted Works must be illegally copied and stored in order to be streamed on a 24/7 channel,” the lawsuit reads. “The result is unauthorized television and movie content streamed over the Internet in a manner that directly competes with, and undermines, authorized cable and Internet streaming services.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

For the past several years, Chinese-manufactured Ubox IPTV boxes have flooded the market in Taiwan. Copied content was reportedly relayed by servers located in New Taipei City and Changhua, apparently with support from unnamed internet service providers. Taiwan made amendments to copyright law that outlawed piracy-configured devices.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Introduction The media and entertainment industry is a broad and ever-evolving domain that includes several industries, including music, cinema, television, fashion, and more. Copy Right Law in the Entertainment Industry The cornerstone of intellectual property protection in the entertainment sector is copyright law.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Chesney also performed on the Lounge’s beachfront stage at a 2014 concert broadcast as “Kenny Chesney: Live at the Flora-Bama” on Country Music Television (CMT), a Viacom channel. The agreement granting CMT a license to broadcast that program does not mention Plaintiffs. New Life Art, Inc., 3d 1266 (11th Cir.

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43(B)log

JUNE 26, 2023

A&E Television Networks, LLC v. 16, 2023) The court refused to dismiss copyright and trademark claims based on copying of a TV show format, including the hosts. Although the court is quite careful, this does seem to be TM/market analysis creeping into copyright.] So they’re in the same online video market.

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