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Dreamstime Launches LicenseGuard to Track Copyright Infringements

Plagiarism Today

When it comes to copyright, the photography space has been especially fraught with litigation and legal threats over the past decade plus. Getty Images, along with several other stock photography companies, engaged in a massive copyright campaign that began in the 2000s.

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Professor Sues Cheating Student for Copyright Infringement

Plagiarism Today

Chapman University, for their part, is not involved in the lawsuit, but a spokesperson for the school made it clear that instructors hold the copyright in their work and are free to take whatever action they see necessary to protect their creations. Using Copyright to Prevent Cheating.

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Internet Archive is Liable for Copyright Infringement, Court Rules

TorrentFreak

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. Fair Use or Mass Copyright Infringement?

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Copyright infringement

Olartemoure Blog

For both plaintiffs, the infringement lies in the use without permission given by the platform to create works and commercialize them. La entrada Copyright infringement se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property. Copyright Law NewsletterThe U.S.

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Cloudflare Tests Limits of Contributory Copyright Infringement

IP Watchdog

One recurring thorn in the side of copyright owners is Cloudflare, the San Francisco-based web performance, optimization, and security company.

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AI Under Attack Again for Copyright Infringement

JD Supra Law

On the heels of a class action lawsuit filed by visual artists against Stability AI and others, alleging copyright infringement by image-generating web sites, Getty Images (US) Inc.

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Is Plagiarism a Feature of AI?

Plagiarism Today

Articles Featured ai artificial intelligence content theft Content-Theft copyright infringement copyright law Copyright-Infringement Copyright-Law PlagiarismThe Writers Guild of America has released a statement saying that plagiarism is a feature of AI.

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The Etsy Copyright Infringement Problem

Art Law Journal

Etsy copyright infringement by its members is a well-known problem and while it has taken some steps to tackle the issue, what, if any, recourse do content creators have in stopping these infringements? Steve Schlackman.

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Is Copyright Infringement Illegal?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Copyright is a type of intellectual property rights. One infringes on copyrighted works when they violate the exclusive rights of the owner. An infringer will not take permission from the owner when it is necessary. All these actions amount to infringing.

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Copyright Infringement in edited photographs

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Photographs are under the subject matter of copyright which means that photographs are artistic works that attract copyright protection. This act is often done without the prior consent or permission of the copyright holder or the photographer of the picture.

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Smells Like Copyright Infringement

IPilogue

copyright law, a particularly confusing subject for foreign works published before 1978. copyright law. publications of the translated work, which lacked both registration and copyright notice in Scott-Giles’ name. Copyright Act of 1909. Sarah Raja is a 3L J.D.

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The Difference Between Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement

Copyright Alliance

There are many differences between plagiarism and copyright infringement, yet it can be easy to confuse these concepts. While both plagiarism and copyright infringement can be characterized as the improper […].

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Tips for Avoiding Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

Copyright protection automatically attaches to a work when it is created. Specifically, copyright protection attaches to the original, creative work when it is fixed in a tangible medium, such as when it is written, drawn, recorded digitally, or typed electronically.

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Copyright Infringement and Music

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. However, if such streaming of copyrighted music is done without obtaining license from the copyright holder, then it amounts to copyright infringement.

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Understanding the Pearson v. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

Yesterday, news broke that Pearson Education, the largest publisher of textbooks in the world, has filed a lawsuit against the website Chegg alleging widespread copyright infringement of its content on the site. As a result, Pearson is suing Chegg alleging copyright infringement.

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Remedies for Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Infringement

CoCal IP Law Institute

Copyright Patent Trademark Counterfeit Damages damages counterfeiting patent trademark

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Cognizability Of Copyright Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

A person who is fully aware of an existing copyright, and chooses to infringe or abets to do the same, could be held liable for copyright infringement, which can incur criminal charges, and in order to find the cognizability of the same, Schedule I of the CrPC needs to be looked into.

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Twitter Hit With $228.9m Copyright Infringement / Repeat Infringer Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

Under copyright law, platforms can limit liability for the actions of their users provided they respond to DMCA takedown notices in a timely fashion and suspend or terminate users who repeatedly infringe copyright. Repeat Infringer Allegations.

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Copyright Infringement

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Copyright infringement in India. The Copyright Act, 1957 gives protection to a piece of work by giving exclusive rights to the author. When is a Copyright Infringed? Secondary act of infringement: · A person sells infringing copies of the work. ·

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Criminal Copyright Infringement

JD Supra Law

When does a copyright violation rise to the level of criminal copyright infringement? We address this issue below. Federal prosecutors have a number of statutory tools available to combat this common white-collar crime.

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3 Count: Nonexclusive License

Plagiarism Today

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O Hypocrisy! U of T Sues Tutorial Service for Copyright Infringement After Ripping Off Authors for the Past Decade?

Hugh Stephens Blog

That was the thought that flashed into my head when the University of Toronto (U of T) announced that it was suing Easy Group, a Toronto based tutorial service catering mainly to international students, for copyright infringement. O Hypocrisy, know ye no bounds?

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De Minimis & Copyright Infringement : Where To Draw The Line?

IP and Legal Filings

Copyright infringement and De Minimis are often replaced to complement each other. However, de minimis is sometimes used as a defence in a copyright lawsuit. DE MINIMIS IN COPYRIGHT LAW. The post De Minimis & Copyright Infringement : Where To Draw The Line?

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Bombay HC Clarifies the Contours of Copyright Infringement and Confidentiality Law

SpicyIP

Saregama India Ltd & Anr deliberated upon the intersection of copyright infringement and confidentiality law and held that ideas cannot be copyrighted but can be protected through the application of confidentiality law. Copyright and confidentiality.

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Tips for Avoiding Copyright Infringement

JD Supra Law

Copyright protection automatically attaches to a work when it is created. Specifically, copyright protection attaches to the original, creative work when it is fixed in a tangible medium, such as when it is written, drawn, recorded digitally, or typed electronically.

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“Inducing” Copyright Infringement in Canada: Is it a Thing?

IPilogue

Is there such a thing as “inducing” copyright infringement? Indeed, the court thought that inducing infringement, which to date had been considered wrong only in respect of patents, applied to all forms of intellectual property (“IP”).

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Sony Flags Its Own Website for Repeat Copyright Infringements

TorrentFreak

Copyright holders send out millions of takedown notices a day, hoping to remove pirated content or making it harder to find. The efficacy of the DMCA takedown process is open for debate but it certainly doesn’t help when companies flag their own websites as copyright infringing.

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Could this music law help Spotify dodge future copyright infringement battles?

IPilogue

However, with the convenience of streaming music through these digital platforms, the music industry has also had to deal with a wide range of copyright issues, including online copyright infringement. New Copyright Law: A Solution for Spotify.

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Getty Images Sues Stability AI for Copyright Infringement

JD Supra Law

Getty Images, a global visual content creator and leading source for visual content, has filed a lawsuit against startup technology company Stability AI for allegedly scraping more than 12 million photographs from Getty Images’ portfolio without consent or compensation. By: Weintraub Tobin

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3 Count: Termination Settlement

Plagiarism Today

Jesus and Mary Chain settle copyright termination lawsuit, Vietnam-based pirate site closes, and Tom Grennan faces a lyric lawsuit. Copyright News Content-Theft Copyright copyright infringement copyright termination Copyright-Infringement Copyright-Law piracy termination vietnam

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Criminal Liabilities And Remedies For Copyright Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

A careful step towards ensuring the acquisition of prosperity gained through your work is to copyright it. If infringement is faced, a copyright proprietor can avail many remedies. Some of them include the infringers facing criminal charges.

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Using AI Artwork to Avoid Copyright Infringement

Copyright Lately

The letter claimed that the director, an ad agency, and a popular theme park had all committed copyright infringement because a panda appeared in the background of their TV commercial. But nobody involved in the production had asked for permission from the copyright owner to use her image in the scene, as the demand letter made sure to mention several times. But if they appear on film without permission, even fleetingly, they could prompt a copyright infringement lawsuit.

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TAMU Copyright Infringement — No Liability

Patently-O

The email and PDF included several statements indicating it was copyrighted and not for redistribution. Bynum sued for copyright infringement. That case held that sovereign immunity protected states from copyright infringement liability despite direct Congressional statements otherwise. Although a state might not be liable under a copyright infringement theory, it may still be liable for a Fourteenth Amendment taking. by Dennis Crouch.

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The Etsy Copyright Infringement Problem

Art Law Journal

Etsy copyright infringement by its members is a well-known problem and while it has taken some steps to tackle the issue, what, if any, recourse do content creators have in stopping these infringements?

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Author Bynum Petitions SCOTUS for Remedy to State Copyright Infringement

The Illusion of More

11th Amendment immunity) as it relates to copyright owners’ inability to hold states and state actors liable for recklessly and knowingly infringing protected works. The post Author Bynum Petitions SCOTUS for Remedy to State Copyright Infringement appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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All I Want for Christmas is.Everyone to understand what copyright infringement is (not)

The IPKat

Readers may have seen that the media have picked up on a claim made against Mariah Carey for copyright infringement by her infamous song " All I Want for Christmas is You ". The statute of limitations under the US law is three years from the act of infringement.

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Adblocking Does Not Constitute Copyright Infringement, Court Rules

TorrentFreak

Axel Springer Claims Adblocking is Copyright Infringement. ” In other words, AdBlock Plus breaches copyright law. In this case, there were no claims that AdBlock Plus changed or manipulated any copyrighted works.

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Photographer’s SCOTUS Petition Argues State School Liable Under Takings Clause for Copyright Infringement

IP Watchdog

Supreme Court to take up an appeal from the Texas Supreme Court, which had denied Olive’s copyright claims against the University of Houston System on sovereign immunity grounds. Copyright Copyright Litigation Courts Government IP News IPWatchdog Articles Litigation US Supreme Court Allen v.

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Copyright Infringement: Friend or Foe in the Music Industry?

IPilogue

It used to be that occasionally we would hear in the news that some artist is suing some other artist for infringing their song. However, nowadays, it seems that many major artists are frequently being sued for copyright infringement.

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Copyright Infringement before the Copyright Claims Board?

JD Supra Law

Suppose you have not registered your copyright in a book with the U.S. Copyright Office until someone has infringed your copyright by copying substantial portions of your book. Can you sue the alleged infringer for actual damages for the copyright.

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Strike 3 Holdings Copyright Infringement Defense Tips

JD Supra Law

Strike 3 Holdings (S3”) has filed THOUSANDS of copyright infringement lawsuits, and usually manages to settle quite a few of them. However, they do not always prevail in their bringing of these actions (usually in a federal court lawsuit). There are times they have had to dismiss cases.

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Getty Images Sues Stability AI for Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

Getty Images alleges that Stability’s actions constitute copyright infringement, false copyright management information, removal or alteration of copyright management information, trademark infringement, unfair competition, trademark dilution, and deceptive trade practices under Delaware law.

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State Copyright Infringement Should Be About Justice

The Illusion of More

Copyright Office published its report on copyright infringement by states and state actors in response to the present circumstance whereby states are immunized against litigation for unlicensed use of protected works. Copyright Law & Policy Allen v.