Plagiarism Today

JUNE 22, 2022

In December 2020, the United States government passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act). The act, to put it simply, created the Copyright Small Claims Board (CCB), a “small claims court” to hear copyright infringement disputes. In the one and a half years since, the U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 14, 2023

Introduction Private International Law governs the disputes between two individual parties rather than States. Choice of Law is determining which country’s laws will govern the dispute. Copyright is a more complicated problem. SHOULD LEX LOCI PROTECTIONIS BE APPLIED BLANKETLY TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT?

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IPilogue

AUGUST 4, 2021

Is GitHub Copilot a Copyright Infringer? These range from allegedly violating copyright (the subject of much debate on forums) to leaking functional API keys (i.e., While Ziegler’s use of the word “mostly” may not reassure those fearing copyright infringement, his paper highlights two details that might.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

273 (the "District"), claiming that the District violated the longstanding copyright permissions agreement that governed the District's use of a hornet logo designed by Otto (the "Logo"). Otto claims that these uses infringe his registered copyright in the Logo and constitute a breach of contract and unjust enrichment.

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IP Law 360

MAY 21, 2024

A Court of Federal Claims judge has ruled that a geospatial technology firm's copyright infringement claims against defense agencies must go to trial, citing disputed facts about whether related software was effectively created on the government's time and dime.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books. The IPO has said that it will continue evaluating potential changes to copyright law but did not set a timetable.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

Publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley, and Penguin Random House filed a lawsuit, equating IA’s controlled digital lending (CDL) operation to copyright infringement. Earlier this year a New York federal court concluded that the library is indeed liable for copyright infringement. RIAA, MPA, et al.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2022

Whether that is the main motivation behind putting these streams up remains a question but it’s pretty clear that if streamers are looking for negative attention from copyright holders, this is a good way forward. In the case of repeat infringers it needs to terminate them “in appropriate circumstances.”

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field. The Regulations were made pursuant to section 45 of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act and came into force on 18th March 2022. The photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

These services are vital for whistleblowers, activists, and citizens rebelling against Government oppression. Government completes an annual review of various trade barriers around the globe and ACT believes that overly restrictive policies deserve to be called out. Government previously called out China’s restrictive policies.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 25, 2024

“Is offshoring the training of AI a credible and efficient response to minimize copyright compliance risks or is offshoring merely a theoretical argument designed to both influence lawmakers and for government relations purposes?” Artificial Intelligence (AI) is global, and copyright laws are national.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 16, 2022

Supreme Court in their appeal of a copyright case against both Texas A&M University and a pair of school officials. The petition claims the Fifth Circuit’s decision leaves copyright holders “at the mercy of state infringers.” The Texas ruling followed the U.S. Supreme Court’s March 2020 decision in Allen v.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 30, 2022

This second consultation looked at whether changes needed to be made to the laws on copyright and patents to accommodate the use of AI. The Government has now published its response. A broader exception to copyright infringement is proposed for text and data mining, but no further changes are proposed. The UK Government.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 16, 2024

didn't engage in copyright infringement of UIRC-GSA Holding's bond offering documents, stating that UIRC's paperwork was not eligible for protection because the government contractor copied it from a housing association.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The fallout seems to have even impacted Twitter’s copyright filtering tools. But, while Mastodon does have a slew of important and well-understood differences between it and a centralized platform, like Twitter, there’s a very important one that’s easy to overlook: Copyright. Copyright Office. Your Obligations Under the Law.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In July 2021, the Government of Canada launched a consultation on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and the Internet of Things (“IoT”). The scholars acknowledged the government’s commitment to “keep pace” with technological developments in AI while protecting the public interest through Federal statute (the Copyright Act ).

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IPilogue

MAY 3, 2022

In July 2021, the Government of Canada launched a consultation requesting stakeholder submissions on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and the Internet of Things (“IoT”). Additionally, the submission noted the importance of modernizing the current Copyright Act with an eye to larger trends and anti-competitive practices within the marketplace.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 6, 2021

People who post copyrighted videos to sites like YouTube need to ensure they have the necessary rights to do so. According to the latter, IWUF is the “ultimate copyright holder” of all material related to IWUF competitions and demonstrations, which includes footage of competitions.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 15, 2021

Arrayed on the other side are governments and rightsholders and anyone else troubled by the notion of a digital world largely free of the laws that govern civil society. This case, however, was complicated by the new guidelines put in place by the European Union under Article 17, a measure passed to reform copyright law in the bloc.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 9, 2024

One area that often gets overlooked in the outsourcing and collaboration process is how to manage copyright compliance and the associated risks of non-compliance. While smaller companies without a librarian or information specialist onboard may be unaware of their obligations under copyright law, their lack of knowledge won’t help them. 

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Supreme Court to take up an appeal from the Texas Supreme Court, which had denied Olive’s copyright claims against the University of Houston System on sovereign immunity grounds. On November 15, Houston-area aerial photographer Jim Olive Photography filed a petition for writ of certiorari asking the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2022

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has rejected a legal challenge to Article 17 of Directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. The challenge was brought by the government of Poland. Case C-401/19 Republic of Poland v. European Parliament and Council, ECLI:EU:C:2022:297.)

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Image by Andreas Grönberg from Pixabay In Canada, the Federal Government has just announced a $2.4 Over the same period, however, the government’s messaging around Canada’s AI- copyright policy has been anything but consistent. billion package of measures “to secure Canada’s world-leading AI advantage.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 13, 2023

Such approach outlines 5 principles that UK regulators should consider to best facilitate the safe and innovative use of AI in the industries they monitor: (1) safety, security and robustness; (2) transparency and explainability; (3) fairness; (4) accountability and governance; and (5) contestability and redress. and others v. and others v.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

Is copyright, patent, or trademark infringement applicable to AI creations or not, and who owns the material that AI platforms generate for you or your clients is still an unanswered question. AI additionally possesses no copyright on the material that it generates.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Over the past five years the Australian Government has committed significant resources to several copyright-related initiatives , not least the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2018. Copyright Enforcement Review & Consultation. Industry and Statute-Based Mechanisms.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Fast-paced organizations that rely on and invest heavily in R&D should not only regard published content as the heart of innovation, but also possess a deep appreciation of the system of copyright protecting this intellectual property. How Do Different Departments Use the Annual Copyright License?

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

1: Armstrong Introduces Bill Tightening Digital Copyright Protection. The law aims to modify and clarify the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the law that governs the notice and takedown system in the United States. The SMART Copyright Act would empower the U.S. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Photo by Joey Csunyo on Unsplash In recent years, copyright departments in governments around the world have been preoccupied with AI’s effects on copyright industries and, more recently, copyright law challenges created for AI industries. Which copyright issues has the Australian government been grappling with?

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 11, 2022

1: Microsoft Sues “Black Market” Software Distributor for TM and Copyright Infringement. First off today, Christina Tabacco at Law Street reports that Microsoft has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against The Search People Enterprises over allegations that the company distributed pirated copies of Microsoft products.

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Intepat

APRIL 23, 2021

Oracle first filed a copyright infringement case in the year 2010 saying that Google violated the copyright of the API and the 11,500 lines of code. But this case establishes that API instructions are copyrightable. While the Supreme Court of the United States sets a broad interpretation of fair use for API copyrights.

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Michael Geist

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Generative AI raises a host of interesting legal issues, but perhaps none will be more contentious than the intersection between copyright and services such as ChatGPT. The copyright questions apply both the creation of large language models used to train these systems as well as the copyright associated with outputs.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

If any person imitates the ideas of any other creator, he would said to be infringing the original artist’s design and the copyright thereof. A copyright protection is the ability of a designer to protect his original designs through the copyright laws. What Is Copyright? The Berne Convention solidified it.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Yesterday, we looked at the myriad of ways that copyright and trademark impact Halloween costumes. Along the way, we discussed why a knockoff Beetlejuice costume is titled “Juice Demon”, the ways that intellectual property laws govern Halloween costumes and the ways one could find themselves in trouble.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

that lack of either factual or legal knowledge on the part of a copyright holder can excuse an inaccuracy in the holder’s registration under the Copyright Act’s safe-harbor provision, 17 U.S.C. 411(b)(1), which governs the effect of inaccurate information in a copyright application. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P.,

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 1, 2022

Twice a year Mega publishes a transparency report that reveals the volume of copyright complaints. The latest release shows that in the first quarter of 2022, copyright holders sent 1,187,646 takedown requests. Repeat Infringers. Mega has a repeat infringer policy when it comes to copyright infringement claims.

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