Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

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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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Ninth Circuit was recently asked to determine whether to continue to apply the Circuit’s two-part extrinsic/intrinsic test for “substantial similarity” with regard to a copyright infringement claim or to depart from this approach and apply the Second Circuit’s “ordinary observer” test instead. In Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd.

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Larson & Larson

JUNE 21, 2021

Copyright law provides a safeguard against copyright infringement. That being said, here is a brief elucidation of all you need to know about copyright and copyright infringement. That being said, here is a brief elucidation of all you need to know about copyright and copyright infringement.

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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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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Ninth Circuit was recently asked to determine whether to continue to apply the Circuit’s two-part extrinsic/intrinsic test for “substantial similarity” with regard to a copyright infringement claim or to depart from this approach and apply the Second Circuit’s “ordinary observer” test instead.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

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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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2024

This rule covers lending digital copies of copyrighted works, while works in the public domain can be freely digitized. Under Section 52 (1) (a) (i) of the Act, mentions that in case the work is used for ‘ private or personal use, including research’ then it would not constitute copyright infringement.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

You can't claim copyright in photos published before 1925 or in unpublished photos taken by photographers who died before 1950. These photos are in the public domain and free for anyone to copy. You can't claim copyright solely based on your ownership of a photo. Let's start with the things you can't do.

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IPilogue

MAY 6, 2022

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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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

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.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 30, 2021

Nineties grunge-rock band Nirvana, already embroiled in a long-running legal battle against fashion company Marc Jacobs over its “happy face” t-shirt designs , now finds itself on the less happy end of a new copyright infringement lawsuit worthy of Dante’s trip through the underworld. It argues that when the U.S. version did.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

According to the tech company, there are no viable claims for vicarious copyright infringement, DMCA violation, unfair competition, and unjust enrichment. The only claim that wasn’t contested by OpenAI is direct copyright infringement, which the company plans to address at a later stage. copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

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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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Six causes of action including copyright infringement, trafficking in circumvention devices contrary to the DMCA, trademark violations, and unfair competition, encouraged three defendants to settle with Bungie. However, with Ring-1 still in business, more work lay ahead. However, with Ring-1 still in business, more work lay ahead.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 31, 2023

This week’s big IP news is the New York Times suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, trademark dilution and other violations of existing laws. As with most current cases related to AI’s copyright infringement, this one will most likely result in the issuance of a landmark ruling. Microsoft Corp.,

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 16, 2022

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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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 10, 2023

Copyright infringement lawsuits against pirate IPTV providers and those accused of assisting them, usually have a few common elements. DataCamp Paused…Then Came Out Swinging Late July, DataCamp filed its answer and delivered a bombshell allegation: DISH has no standing to sue for copyright infringement.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2023

For the last few months, I have been wondering if our belief in “fair dealing” (or broadly, “limitations and exceptions”) has silently slipped into our “faith” in it – a faith that demands complete surrender to it while blinding us to the harm it covertly causes to the public domain.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 26, 2022

Code § 1202 prohibits the intentional removal of CMI without obtaining permission from the copyright owner, when it is known that will “induce, enable, facilitate, or conceal an infringement.” ” CMI Claims Against YouTube. While YouTube denies them all, at some point the CMI matter will need to be addressed.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The simple answer: public domain came to the rescue. Under copyright law in the 1940s, copyrights registered for an initial 28-year period, and that period could then be renewed for an additional 28 years with proper filings. This resulted in the production company producing the film at a pretty significant loss.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

When issuing a CC0 NFT, the artist declares the entirety of a project’s content to be in the public domain, allowing the public at large to use, modify or recreate the NFT artwork in compliance with the CC0 license for commercial purposes, without attributing it to the original artist.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

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. Merely showing certain elements were copied does not pass the threshold for copyright infringement.

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Intepat

APRIL 18, 2022

Copyright not only acts as prima facie evidence in case of copyright infringement , but It also enables one to claim statutory damages. The copyright owner is eligible for a certain amount for every infringement. Hence, creators should be well aware of documenting their work before entering the public domain.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In March this year and well in advance of the recent discovery request, Shueisha sent Cloudflare a copyright infringement complaint containing a laundry list of infringing content , all of which was reportedly stored on the domains listed above. Earlier DMCA Subpoena Forced Cloudflare to Hand Over Information.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

After he was released from jail, he got copyright registrations for the photos and sued (pro se) the media entities for copyright infringement, 1202 violations, and more. Nonetheless, Shah has not alleged authorship under current Seventh Circuit law and the Court dismisses his copyright infringement claim. (To

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

The copyright comes into existence automatically as soon as the original work is created. But, by registering copyright, additional benefits and stronger legal protection can be achieved in case of any copyright infringement. books, articles, poems), artistic works (e.g.,

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The site is certainly not a newcomer when it comes to copyright infringement complaints but the scope of the most recent takedown wave is something different. “[T]he demands by Elsevier and ACS resulted in the removal of around 200,000 public files.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

In 1982, Universal filed suit in the Southern District of New York for trademark and copyright infringement , and also threatened, and extracted license fees from, Nintendo’s various US Donkey Kong licensees.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In an interesting turn of events, the Delhi High Court in Sujatha Chaudhri Vs Swarupa Ghosh ruled in favour of Sujata Chaudhri of Sujata Chaudhri IP Attorneys in a trademark infringement, copyright infringement, and passing off suit restricting another intellectual property lawyer Swarupa Ghosh from using a deceptively similar logo.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2022

COPYRIGHT Katfriend Moritz Sutterer posted on a new competition tool that the German Competition Authority recently tried out against Google in relation to press publishers' neighbouring right. Reminder: last call to vote for your best IP book of 2021 by participating in the poll here !

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 14, 2023

National policymakers should review existing sui generis database rights or similar rights, when they exist, in order to avoid limiting access and use of public domain works. Minimize database rights to favour access to and use of digital works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

First , the amendment seeks to create an artificial distinction between Piracy and Copyright Act. Lokesh, points out here, that the Act avoids defining ‘Piracy’, which normally means copyright infringement. 243 of ‘ Create Copy or Disrupt ( here). 239 of this ).

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 20, 2023

AI can explore data or information that is accessible in public domain or copyright of other person and can investigate or work upon that information but only to that extent which the software program permits. [3] Therefore, AI may not equipped for generating an original work. Hence, ownership is not granted to the AI.

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SpicyIP

JULY 17, 2023

The court, however, dismissed the application holding that the impugned film was based on information in the public domain and clarified that the publicity and privacy rights are not heritable and died with the late actor. The plaintiff further argued that he was the lawful successor to the personality rights of the late actor.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

Scenario (1): Public Domain. The public domain is arguably the “cheapest” source of data. The main problem with this category is that to enter the public domain underlying works are on average at least 70 years old, and often much older. Wikipedia), GNU General Public License (e.g.,

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2022

“Primarily, I feel this is a lack of executive understanding of this problem, mixed with a combination of lack of training and proper playbooks for the editorial specialists looking at copyright strikes to understand that open source licenses are valid licenses to copyright content. User: chANIMEnnel. Give feedback.

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