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3 Count: Plagiarism Again

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2: Riot Games sues Mobile Legends: Bang Bang for Plagiarism—Again. Next up today, Eva Martinello at Dot Esports reports that Riot Games has filed a lawsuit against Shanghai-based Moonton Games alleging that Moonton has copied assets from them when making the game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. million settlement in 2018.

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3 Count: Guitars, Cadillacs and Settlement

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First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that country music singer Dwight Yoakam has reached a settlement with Warner Music Group (WMG) that puts an end to their copyright termination battle. However, no details about the terms of the settlement have been released. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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3 Count: Bridgerton Settlement

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2: Collage Artist Deborah Roberts Sues Fellow Artist, Gallery Claiming ‘Willful Copyright Infringement’ Next up today, Maximiliano Duron at ARTnews reports that Texas artist Deborah Roberts has filed a lawsuit against Lynthia Edwards and the Richard Beavers Gallery claiming that Edwards deliberately copied Roberts’ artistic style.

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UNC-Chapel Hill Vice Chancellor Resigns After Admitting Plagiarism

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Last week, the United States Office of Research Integrity (ORI) made its first finding of 2022 , and it was a voluntary settlement agreement between themselves and Terry Magnuson, a researcher at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. . All in all, this seems like a fairly ordinary case of plagiarism well handled.

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The Bizarre Career of Damien Hirst

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Though he clarified that they were not “direct copies”, he claimed there were similarities in style, color choices and techniques used that were overwhelming to him. A Successful Career Defined by Plagiarism. According to Machine, Hirst’s painting were so similar to his that he thought he was looking at his own work.

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3 Count: Dark Horse Dismissal

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Genius filed the lawsuit in 2019 alleging that Google was unlawfully copying lyrics to songs that they had hosted. According to Genius, they had used watermarking techniques to prove that Google had copied from their database of lyrics. The post 3 Count: Dark Horse Dismissal appeared first on Plagiarism Today. copyright law.

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3 Count: Texas Chainsaw Lawsuit

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According to the lawsuit, Apple and other tech companies were selling and distributing unlicensed copies of their songs. Following that decision, the two sides have managed to reach a settlement, bringing an end to the case. Following that decision, the two sides have managed to reach a settlement, bringing an end to the case.