Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 3, 2022

Katz took to Twitter to call out the Chilluminati Podcast for allegedly plagiarizing from his book, Gangsters of Capitalism. He provided a both an AI and a human created transcript of the podcast and highlighted how several plagiarism detection tools flagged passages as being similar to his work. Was it plagiarism?

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APRIL 11, 2024

X denies claims in copyright infringement lawsuit, controversial NFT site shutters and AEW files takedown against journalist. The post 3 Count: Not Functioning Today appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Back in September , I reported on Facebook’s Widely Viewed Content Report and how Casey Newton, a reporter at The Verge, noticed that nearly all the top posts on Facebook for the quarter were plagiarized. . However, Newton’s report comes as the Wall Street Journal is also examining Facebook’s efforts to block plagiarized and pirated content.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 15, 2024

OpenTofu responds to allegations of copyright infringement, Apple removes Game Boy emulator, and Bulgarian authorities target piracy. The post 3 Count: Open Source Woes appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The post The Day Before Accused of Trailer Plagiarism appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Developers for the upcoming video game The Day Before have worsened their problems by releasing a trailer that resembles earlier works.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 16, 2022

Course Hero states that it has a policy to not tolerate copyright infringement. It is unclear if Berkovitz filed a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice against the works or not. Tests, study guides, answer keys and other materials produced by instructors can be protected by copyright.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

However, the bill itself has very limited chance to succeed, as the bill has been widely panned as unconstitutional and a violation of various copyright treaties the United States is a signatory to. 2: Riot Games sues Mobile Legends: Bang Bang for Plagiarism—Again.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. HLG ultimately filed suit for copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 23, 2022

Over the weekend, the German carmaker Audi became the center of a massive plagiarism controversy as a new video campaign was accused of ripping off content from a prominent Chinese video blogger. Audi, for its part, blamed the plagiarism on a “lack of supervision and lax review.” The Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2021

On Friday, Buzzfeed published an article that highlights the widespread and long-running plagiarism of Snopes CEO and co-founder David Mikkelson. Mikkelson, for his part, has admitted to the plagiarism and has been suspended from his editorial duties at the site. More Than Just Plagiarism.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

However, Casey Newton at The Verge noticed something else askew with the top posts: Nearly all of them were plagiarized. Then are those 15 posts actually plagiarism or just people using Facebook how they’re expected to use it? When it comes to plagiarism, we often tend to think of it in terms of a plagiarist and a victim.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

However, that is just the latest in a decade-long history of discussing copyright, plagiarism and other authorship issues as they pertain to Halloween and horror. So, this year we’re going to take a look back at the various tales of copyright infringement and/or plagiarism that we’ve looked at over the years.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 4, 2024

A law firm has filed a lawsuit against a competitor alleging copyright infringement over a copied brief, testing both ethical and legal norms. The post Law Firm Sues Competitor Over Copied Brief appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 30, 2022

However, as per The Hollywood Reporter, he now finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes plagiarism battle. But this isn’t solely a case about copyright infringement, it’s also a case about ethics and honesty. ??Masihzadeh In the end, I don’t fully understand the copyright element of this case. Bottom Line.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

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. The post Understanding the Pearson v.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 4, 2024

The contentious plagiarism dispute over the Oscar-nominated screenplay for "The Holdovers" may portend the challenges screenwriters will face when attempting to prove copyright infringement against scripts generated by artificial intelligence technology, says Craig Smith at Lando & Anastasi.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Facebook and Instagram have become rife with copyright infringement notice scams. The post How to Avoid Facebook/Instagram Copyright Scams appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Here's how they work and how to avoid them.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 18, 2021

Most notably, that included the PUBG Corporation, which filed a lawsuit against Epic Games in May 2018 for alleged copyright infringement. To be clear, this doesn’t mean that a copyright infringement or other lawsuit is coming. The post Did Fortnite Plagiarize Among Us? appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Looking back, his career trajectory has been laced with a healthy amount of plagiarism allegations by other artists. Three of the most prominent accusations of plagiarism are with regard to his songs “Photograph”, “Thinking Out Loud”, and “Shape of You”. When it was released in the year 2017, it became an instant global sensation.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Guns n' Roses photographer claims copyright infringement, UK photographer wins against radio site and lawsuit against Grande dropped. The post 3 Count: Guns N’ Lawsuits appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 16, 2024

A Tuesday filing indicated that Winston & Strawn LLP has managed to settle copyright infringement allegations coming from a boutique intellectual property firm that went to a federal court in Manhattan to accuse the BigLaw firm of copying a motion-to-dismiss filing "nearly verbatim."

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IPilogue

MAY 4, 2022

It used to be that occasionally we would hear in the news that some artist is suing some other artist for infringing their song. You may remember the big music copyright infringement case of 2012 , where Robin Thicke was sued by Marvin Gaye over claims that Thicke’s hit song “Blurred Lines” infringed on Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up”.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 19, 2024

The post The Fight to Save the Photo Stealers Website appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Photo Stealers, a 12-year project to out photo thieves, is being sued for $100 million and was briefly closed by an angry photographer.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 4, 2024

but it also raises some serious copyright and trademark issues. The post Copyright, Trademark and Willy’s Chocolate Experience appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The recent "Glasgow Willy Wonka Event" may have launched a thousand memes.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 25, 2024

Tennessee passes ELVIS Act, Spanish judge blocks 8 million Telegram users and Universal settles copyright termination dispute. The post 3 Count: ELVIS Impersonation appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The post Understanding The JerryRigEverything/Casetify Copyright Battle appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Zack Nelson, the man behind JerryRigEverything, claims that Casetify copied his and dbrand's work. And he has significant proof.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The post Why Cox’s $1 Billion Victory May Not Matter appeared first on Plagiarism Today. A $1 billion judgment against Cox was recently vacated. However, it's not a full victory for the ISP nor a full defeat for the music industry.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

million jury award, CBC News finds Canadian authors in AI dataset and Copyright Office refuses AI registration. The post 3 Count: Maximum Damages appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Photographer wins $6.3

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 23, 2024

Music lawyer Tamera Bennett and TV lawyer Gordon Firemark discuss: Was “Over The Rainbow” copied; Was the script of “The Holdovers” copied; This month a “loyalty certificate” is original enough for copyright protection compared to the case we discussed in Episode 165; Legal strategies are shifting in AI cases toward removal of copyright management (..)

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A famous AI-generated piece of art has been rejected by the US Copyright Office. The post Another AI Copyright Registration Rejected appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Here's why the decision matters and what it means.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The post Copyright and The Bizarre World of Obituary Piracy appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Obituary piracy sites have long been a thing, but now YouTube channels are getting on the act. What is obituary piracy, and how can stop it?

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Here's what copyright and trademark law say about what is next. The post Copyright, Trademark and the Future of Zero Punctuation appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The long-running YouTube series Zero Punctuation has come to an abrupt end.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

If Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious can face a copyright infringement lawsuit, almost any song can. As we’ve seen before, it’s easy, when looking only at the similarities, to see plagiarism and/or copyright infringement where there is none. This isn’t to imply that the plaintiffs were acting in bad faith.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The post 3 Count: Choreography Appeal appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Choreography lawsuit revived on appeal, two major Georgian streaming sites go offline and Mariah Carey sued again over Christmas hit.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 16, 2022

How about being liable to your professor for willful copyright infringement damages of up to $300,000? Several students from Chapman University in Orange County California (currently identified only as John Does 1-5) are finding themselves on the receiving end of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Assistant Professor David A.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 12, 2023

The post The Case Against Roy Lichtenstein appeared first on Plagiarism Today. A recent documentary about Roy Lichtenstein looks at his appropriations. Was he an artistic genius, a plagiarist, or both?

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 27, 2023

The post Why the Internet Archive Lost appeared first on Plagiarism Today. On Friday, a judge ruled in favor of the publishers against the Internet Archive. Here's why the Internet Archive lost that case.

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