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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

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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3 Count: Plagiarism Again

Plagiarism Today

This would put all of Disney’s work from roughly 1995 (or 1967) forward into the public domain. 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.

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5 Spooky Articles About Copyright and Halloween

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1: How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie. Night of the Living Dead is possibly one of the most famous public domain movies of all time. When the film was released, the print was missing a copyright notice. Under the laws at the time, this mean that it didn’t have copyright protection.

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3 Count: Grand Theft Copyright

Plagiarism Today

Second, since he was a federal employee at the time the image was taken, the work itself is in the public domain. 2: Bungie’s Copyright Infringement Claims Against AimJunkies ‘Insiders’ Can Continue. The post 3 Count: Grand Theft Copyright appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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How to Defeat an AI-Powered DMCA Scam

Plagiarism Today

On April 13, Ben Dickson at The Next Web received an email from a lawyer with the name Nicole Palmer with the subject “DMCA Copyright Infringement Notice”. First, the subject of DMCA Copyright Infringement Notice is strange. It refers to the Wayback Machine as a “permanent public archive” though it is far from that.

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3 Count: Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic

Plagiarism Today

2: Judge Says ‘Vape’ Musical Parody May Go On as ‘Grease’ Copyright Claim Flops. Next up today, Jonathan Stempel at Reuters reports that a judge has ruled that Vape: The Musical will be allowed to proceed despite a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the rightsholders of the musical Grease.

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No Longer “Levitating”: Dua Lipa’s Song Bogged Down by Two Lawsuits

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Dua Lipa’s 2020 pop hit “Levitating” is facing copyright infringement lawsuits as of March 2022. Copyright infringement proceedings are the best course of action for instances of song stealing, but are often expensive and difficult to win, as a complainant must demonstrate more than ‘alike sounds’ or ‘similar vibes’.

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