Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

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. That question is whether the descriptions were “published” or “unpublished” according to the law when they were put on FDN’s website. The Registration Wrinkle.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 18, 2023

In common with content created in other fields, photographs generally enjoy protection under copyright law, allowing photographers to determine who can duplicate and/or distribute their work. Photographers Alexis Hunley and Matthew Brauer posted several of their copyrighted works on Instagram.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2023

By: Weintraub Tobin Summer Associate Josh Concepcion The Ninth Circuit recently revisited the issue of “embedding” content by a website and its implication for copyright infringement claims. the website displaying that copyrighted image cannot be held liable for infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 4, 2024

The site’s origins reportedly trace back to the Soviet Union’s underground publishing culture ‘ samizdat ,’ which was used to bypass state censorship in the last century. In 2017, Elsevier won a court case against LibGen and Sci-Hub in a New York federal court, which awarded the publisher $15 million in damages.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 5, 2021

1: York Can’t Be Sued for Copyright Fees Not Agreed To: Top Court. In Canada, a group named Access Copyright handles collective licensing for authors when it comes to the use of their work at colleges and universities. However, York University opted not to pay for a license, prompting Access Copyright to file a lawsuit.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2022

Just days after Dua Lipa was sued by a Florida reggae band, “Levitating” is the target of a second copyright infringement lawsuit, this time over the songs “Wiggle and Giggle All Night” and “Don Diablo.” ” Any moderately successful songwriter can be sued for copyright infringement.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Supreme Court denies a hearing to music publishers who accused a website of infringing on the copyright of live music performances; the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 28, 2021

which held that embedding images could not violate a copyright holder’s exclusive display right. A recent California District Court ruling affirmed that Perfect 10’s ruling applied to the embedding of images from social media onto third party websites. Amazon.com, Inc.,

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 30, 2021

It is also an increasingly popular medium for infringers to illegally source and share copyrighted materials. Fortunately, copyright law prohibits the unauthorized reproduction of a work. Copyright disputes do not need to escalate into costly and time-consuming litigation. What is Copyright?

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

July 11, 2022) involves a copyright infringement action brought by a group of music publishers and record companies against an energy drink and sports nutrition supplement company doing business as Bang Energy and its CEO. UMG Recordings, Inc. Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2022 WL 2670339 (S.D. By: Hinch Newman LLP

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

Music publishers sued Twitter for users’ alleged copyright infringement. The court says that three aspects of the contributory copyright infringement claim survive Twitter’s motion to dismiss. Direct Copyright Infringement. or the ultimate consumer of the infringing material.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 11, 2021

IPKat readers interested in copyright are well aware of how, over the past several years, the right of communication to the public has gained a top spot in litigation and case law. 3(1) of the Copyright Directive ). Pinterest allows users to upload images (“pins”) and share them with other users.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 16, 2022

The currently-unidentified students are accused of uploading copyrighted exam questions to Course Hero in order to cheat during tests. How about being liable to your professor for willful copyright infringement damages of up to $300,000? Copyright Office. Exam Questions and Copyright. Failing the class?

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

1: Spike Lee, Nate Parker Sued by Indie Filmmakers Over Copyright Infringement. First off today, Diane Haithman at TheWrap reports that filmmakers Spike Lee and Nate Parker have been sued for copyright infringement over allegations that their 2019 Film American Skin is an infringement of an earlier screenplay.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The letter claimed that the director, an ad agency, and a popular theme park had all committed copyright infringement because a panda appeared in the background of their TV commercial. ” incident that results in a published court decision, there are dozens of others that are resolved quickly and quietly out of court.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

In China’s first copyright infringement case including NFT digital work, a court recently decided. On Bigverse, the plaintiff learned that a user had created and sold a nearly similar NFT digital work to the copyrighted item in dispute, complete with the artist’s Weibo watermark. Background. The ruling of the court.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

In China’s first copyright infringement case including NFT digital work, a court recently decided. Background (NFT Copyright). On Bigverse, the plaintiff learned that a user had created and sold a nearly similar NFT digital work to the copyrighted item in dispute, complete with the artist’s Weibo watermark.

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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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Copyright Lately

MARCH 31, 2024

Video game publisher Atari Interactive has launched a copyright infringement lawsuit against State Farm, claiming that the insurer improperly appropriated artwork from Atari’s 1983 arcade game “Crystal Castles” for an advertising campaign as part of a “cynical plot” to resonate with fickle millennial and Gen Z consumers.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2024

The debate over whether copyright infringement cannibalizes legitimate media consumption has been dragging on for several decades now. However, there are many more nuanced types of copyright infringement, where ‘unauthorized’ use is more likely to have a positive effect.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

” However, Wallshoppe does not allege Defendant knew of the specific acts of infringement at issue here—Sienna Lewis selling products featuring the Palm Design on Defendant’s website. Jury awards nearly $50M in damages against Internet access provider for user-caused copyright infringement. Verizon Media, Inc.,

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Earlier this year, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others filed a complaint at a Nashville federal court, accusing Elon Musk’s X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. The company behind X allegedly fails to properly respond to takedown notices and lacks a proper termination policy for repeat infringers.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

Can tattoos infringe copyrights, and if yes, what remedies are appropriate? Even so, the court’s almost-banal treatment of this super-interesting topic suggests that there may not be much tattoo exceptionalism in copyright law. She tattooed the Sedlik photo onto Farmer and promoted the tattoo on social media.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Businesses looking to capitalize on amusing or interesting videos in social media channels should beware of potential copyright infringement liability and bear in mind that a fair use defense may not be available. Frank Kent moved to dismiss the action, but the U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This post looks back at the key developments in AI and copyright in 2022, covering generative AI, text and data mining exceptions, the pastiche exception, deep fakes, voice cloning and infringement and enforcement of copyright using AI. Very few jurisdictions expressly provide for copyright in computer-generated works.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 6, 2024

law, online service providers must respond to takedown notices and implement a meaningful policy to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules but, according to a lawsuit filed by several prominent music companies last year, X is not among them.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Memes utilize pop culture content, such as movies, television shows, and other various forms of media, often in a parodic way. Such uses are often methods of social commentary regarding the user’s own life, or more broadly, current events; they also often utilize copyrightable material. [i]

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 7, 2022

TikTok, a video-sharing platform, has quickly become one of the most popular social media platforms to date. However, as the platform becomes more popular, it opens its doors to a multitude of legal challenges with copyright infringement near the top of the list. were copyright related. .”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Chloe asserted copyright claims against the management group for posting her recipes to its website. Normally I’m Team Vegan all the way, but I exit Team Chloe when I see a low-merit copyright claim like this. Whereas the latter may be entitled to copyright protection, the former plainly is not. ” Really?

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 12, 2021

We recently discussed a new trend in celebrity copyright litigation on our YouTube channel and podcast ( The Briefing on YouTube ). Specifically, we discussed celebrities taking a stand and defending copyright claims brought by photographers against celebrities who reposted photos on their social media accounts.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 19, 2024

As reported yesterday , the decision was cited in the ongoing legal battle between book publishers and the Internet Archive. NYT vs. OpenAI/Microsoft Late last year The Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft , alleging that its generative AI models were trained on copyrighted news articles. Instead, it mostly sticks to its original claims.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Given the fact that the copyright law was originally framed to protect literary and artistic works, it needs to be seen how much the law has evolved to grant protection to digitalized works. Kind of Copyright Infringement. Copyright infringement can take place in various forms in this digital era.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

The media entities republished 20 photos he uploaded to Facebook and IMDB and misattributed the photo credits. 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. The 1202 claim falls alongside it.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

“Girl you are not going to enjoy your time here,” read a particularly prophetic comment on Danielle Bernstein’s very first Tik Tok video, published in late February. In this case, via alleged copyright infringement. How does an influencer and fashion designer become so despised? The account and its 2.6

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2022

It’s been referred to as one of the top copyright cases to watch this year. Instagram, LLC, could mean the end to the server test, a once widely-followed copyright doctrine established by the 9th Circuit in Perfect 10, Inc. The practice by digital media publishers to embed or link to third party images is not some new aberration.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This month, Newton is at it again and recently published an updated article that looks at the latest quarterly Widely Viewed Content Report. This was in part because the company feared running afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The findings, to put it mildly are not shocking. A Long-Running Problem.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Perhaps it comes as no surprise that a copyright dispute regarding a fire- breathing – sneezing dragon would get so heated. The judgment also offers an insight into how the courts will view a party’s efforts to attract media attention by publicising their proceedings, as John Lewis said was the case here.

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