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Music Companies Sue Twitter Over Mass Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

‘Breeding Mass Copyright Infringement’ Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others filed a complaint at a federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, accusing Twitter’s parent company X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. copyright law.

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3 Count: Music Licensing is Strange…

Plagiarism Today

The two sides reached a settlement in October 2020 but now Ace claims that he defied that agreement and launched another service, Altered Carbon, resulting him in now being sued for copyright infringement. 2: Life is Strange: True Colors Legally Isn’t Able to Show Subtitles During Copyrighted Songs.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms That Parties Can Contractually Shorten Statute of Limitations Period for Copyright Infringement Claims

The IP Law Blog

The Ninth Circuit recently addressed the issue of whether parties can contractually agree to shorten the statute of limitations period for bringing a copyright infringement claim. Evox Productions creates and licenses images of cars. In 2003, it licensed its images to Chrome Data Solutions, LP, for a five-year period.

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Bungie’s Copyright Infringement Claim Against AimJunkies Fails to Convince Court

TorrentFreak

Over the past several years, a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits has targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. Two years ago, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. Zilly last week fills in some of the blanks.

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Utilizing the Annual Copyright License Across Your Organization

Velocity of Content

Without knowing what permissions are needed to reuse content — and how to obtain them if needed — these teams can put their entire organization at risk of copyright infringement. How Do Different Departments Use the Annual Copyright License?

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Student Film Prompts Copyright Infringement Suit

BYU Copyright Blog

Although the Video was originally posted in 2010, Charming Beats claims to have been unable to locate the Video until this year notwithstanding a practice of making dozens of YouTube searches each year to identify instances of potential copyright infringement of works Charming Beats owns.

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YouTube Holds Licenses For Copyright Lawsuit Plaintiff’s “Entire Back Catalog”

TorrentFreak

Mass copyright infringement, failure to suspend repeat infringers, and breaches of the DMCA are all featured in a case that seems to have one key goal – Content ID access for all artists no matter how popular, so they can defend their work from pirates on YouTube. The license is valid and dispositive.

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