Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

1: Marjorie Taylor Greene Promo Video Removed From Twitter After Dr. Dre’s Copyright Complaint. First off today, Ted Johnson at Deadilne reports that U.S. House Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was locked out of her Twitter account following a copyright complaint filed by Dr. Dre over a video Greene posted.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 30, 2022

1: Fortnite ‘It’s Complicated’ Copyright Lawsuit Dismissed. First off today, Ian Boudreau at PCGamesN reports that Fortnite developer Epic Games has emerged victorious in a lawsuit over a dance emote featured in the game itself. 2: YouTube Holds Licenses For Copyright Lawsuit Plaintiff’s “Entire Back Catalog”.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

First off today, Craig Hale at TechRadar reports that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI over GitHub’s new artificial intelligence programming too named GitHub Copilot. However, he alleges that it doesn’t follow the terms of the licenses, including attribution and a copyright notice.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

First off today, Kim Lyons at The Verge reports that American Airlines has filed a lawsuit against the travel tips website The Points Guy alleging that the site has violated their copyrights, trademarks and the terms of service of their frequent flyer program. 2: Nintendo Copyright Strikes That Pokemon First Person Shooter.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

1: YouTuber Hit With Ungodly Number Of Anime Copyright Strikes Gets A Win For Everyone. First off today, Isaiah Colbert at Kotaku reports that YouTuber Mark Fitzpatrick has won a partial victory in his battle with Toei Animation, one that will see many of his videos restored, at least in the United States.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 29, 2021

1: Cox Settles Dispute with BMG, Rightscorp Over Copyright Notices. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that Cox Communications has settled its dispute with BMG and Rightscorp over allegedly false Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) filed by Rightscorp on BMG’s behalf.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 7, 2021

1: YouTube Says it Receives Millions of Incorrect Video Copyright Takedown Requests. First off today, Aimee Chanthadavong at ZDNet reports that YouTube has released its first every copyright report and, in doing so, has shined a light on the number and kinds of copyright requests it receives.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 4, 2022

First off today, Michael Kan at PC Magazine reports that India is enacting a new policy that, if enforced, would require virtual private network (VPN) providers to collect, store and turn over user data. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 13, 2023

had a dream—and a copyright. Dr. The answer, my friends, is copyright. Yes, in addition to being a noted clergyman and civil rights leader, Dr. King was a copyright litigant. The New York Times reported on Dr. Martin Luther King’s copyright lawsuit over “I Have a Dream” in 1963. Mister Maestro.

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SpicyIP

JULY 1, 2021

Of late, there have been multiple reported cases of suicides by students (see here and here ) on account of lack of access to the means of education. In this post, I look at the question of the government’s copyright ownership in State Board textbooks, and its implications on access to knowledge and education. Image from here.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Zolgensma and the Inadequacies of the Compulsory Licensing Regime. Akhil discusses the compulsory licensing provisions in the TRIPS Agreement, as well as the objectives and principles relating to safeguarding public interest in Articles 7 and 8 and how they find reflection in India’s Patent Act. Poster for Zolgensma.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Unique expertise on code too; code is different from photos, music, videos; some of the most valuable code on GitHub is licensed openly. Remediation not removal is often the goal—changes to the code rather than removing often resolves the problem, e.g. addressing violation of open source license by adding attribution etc.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This post originally appeared in the Scholarly Kitchen on 11/28/23 Monday, October 30 was the final date for interested parties to submit comments to a comprehensive “ Notice of inquiry and request for comments ” issued by the United States Copyright Office entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Copyright.”

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2021

1: Sinclair, Photographer Resolve Copyright Dispute Over Polar Bear Video. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that Sinclair Broadcast Group has settled its dispute with Canadian photographer Paul Nicklen over Sinclair’s embedding of a video of polar bears that Nicklen took. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so we have a fair sprinkling of cases dealing with copyright, patents, trademarks, competition law etc. This judgment concerned the classification of payments under end-user license agreements (EULA). The Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS) v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The lawsuit seeks a declaratory judgment that Trump owns the copyright in the sound recordings (or in the alternative, in his interview responses on the recordings), and that Trump is entitled to all or the lion’s share of the profits made from the sale of those recordings and transcripts, which the lawsuit (absurdly) values at almost $50 million.

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