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€300m Per Year Rightsholder ‘Private Copying’ Payouts Face Scrutiny

TorrentFreak

When cassette recorders, VCRs and similar devices hit the mainstream, entertainment companies with business models reliant on customers buying copies faced uncertainty. Private Copying Levy Valenti’s statement in 1982 reached a broad audience but its essence wasn’t new.

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NBC Reporter Accused of Plagiarism in 11 Articles

Plagiarism Today

Yesterday, NBC News published a note to their readers that said they had detected 11 articles written by one of their reporters that “did not meet our standards for original material.” . The editor’s note is similar for each article, the only change being to highlight the specific elements that were copied.

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The Complicated Ethics of Reporting Plagiarism

Plagiarism Today

Over the course of their collaboration, u/jhhn had provided her friend with several example essays she had written, one of which Tia “barely even tweaked” and submitted as her own with significant copying and pasting. However, that same pressure also pushes many professors and instructors to not report plagiarism that they detect.

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How to Take Down Amazon Seller Listings of Copy Products

Patent Trademark Blog

How to take down Amazon seller listings that copy your products You have invested a great deal of time and money to develop your products. Now you’re being copied by others. What can you do to take down Amazon seller listings of copy products? The goal is to win and shut down listings of copy products on Amazon.

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‘Pirate’ App Developer Uses DMCA to Remove ‘Stolen’ Copy from GitHub

TorrentFreak

However, there are also instances where developers see copies of their own content elsewhere on Github, placed there by others without permission. The takedown notice also claims that the copied repository circumvents technical protection measures, which would be an additional violation of the DMCA. GitHub Complies.

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[Guest post] Jacquemus x Nike Swoosh Bag: ‘Just Copy It’ or re-appropriation of Nike’s own trade mark?

The IPKat

This time, Katfriend Spyridon Sipetas (Stockholm University) tells the story of a collaboration – the one between Jacquemus and Nike – that has been already plagued with accusations of copying. Here’s what Spyridon writes: Jacquemus x Nike Swoosh Bag: ‘Just Copy It’ or re-appropriation of Nike’s own trade mark?

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Mojang Targets Repositories of Browser-Based Minecraft Copy ‘Eaglercraft’

TorrentFreak

With more than 238 million copies sold, it’s also the best-selling video game in history, a reign that looks set to continue. Mojang is totally fine with this, as long as people don’t charge money or distribute modded copies of the game. All repositories are reportedly linked to copies of Eaglercraft.

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