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Smells Like Copyright Infringement

IPilogue

Seventy-two years later, Scott-Giles’ granddaughter, Jocelyn Bundy, noticed that “ an image virtually identical ” to Scott-Giles’ illustration was being used in the popular grunge-rock band Nirvana’s merchandise and brought a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States for damages covering decades of sales. The Outcome.

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Copyright Notice was Sufficient Copyright Management Information to Survive Motion to Dismiss

Chicago IP

12(b)(6) motion to dismiss in this copyright infringement and Digital Millenium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) claims involving a picture of the inside of a restaurant bar. Having pled ownership of the copyright, Force Partners was not required to provide proof that the image was part of the copyright registration or deposit materials.

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Copyright Notice was Sufficient Copyright Management Information to Survive Motion to Dismiss

LexBlog IP

12(b)(6) motion to dismiss in this copyright infringement and Digital Millenium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) claims involving a picture of the inside of a restaurant bar. The Court denied Force Partners’ motion as it related to alleged removal of Southall’s copyright management information (“CMI”).

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5 Spooky Articles About Copyright and Halloween

Plagiarism Today

But, before I go, I wanted to leave you with five tales of how copyright has shaped Halloween that I’ve written over the years. 1: How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie. When the film was released, the print was missing a copyright notice. 2: Dracula vs. Nosferatu: A True Copyright Horror Story.

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Is Your Website Published or Unpublished?

Plagiarism Today

It deals with whether Amazon and/or CCA infringed FDN’s copyrights by scraping descriptions from their website for use as part of Amazon’s product listings. It’s a confusing question with no easy answer, but it’s an issue that puts the copyright registration of every website at risk. The Registration Wrinkle.

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Foreign Works, US Rights: The 7th Circle of Copyright Hell?

Copyright Lately

Here’s why determining the copyright status of old foreign works can be a hellish undertaking. ” The complaint, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, claims that Nirvana infringed an illustration first published in a 1949 English language translation of Dante’s “Inferno.” copyright law. without a copyright notice.

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3 Count: It’s Not Complicated

Plagiarism Today

1: Fortnite ‘It’s Complicated’ Copyright Lawsuit Dismissed. The lawsuit was filed by choreographer Kyle Hanagami, who claimed that the Fortnite emote entitled It’s Complicated was an infringement of a routine he created for the Charlie Puth song How Long. 3: Rockstar Copyright Strikes Could Point To Coming GTA 6 Reveal.

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