TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Every year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative ( USTR ) publishes a list of ‘notorious markets’ that facilitate online piracy and related intellectual property crimes. For more than a decade we have covered the online part of the report. In recent years, the scope of the report has broadened.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 8, 2024

Late last month we reported on the latest copyright claim data made available by YouTube. Given the upward trajectory, soon there will be a billion Content ID copyright claims every six months, which rounds to over two billion claims every year. A massive surge in reports filed by Google could be at least partly responsible.

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The IPKat

APRIL 30, 2024

Should the EU unify copyright laws? The session started with the highly disputed topic of copyright unification with Prof. see Katpost here ) When finally addressing the question, "Should the EU unify copyright laws?" the PermaKat stated loud and clear, and I quote: “The short answer is: yes!

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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. Without this rule, many authors fear the UK market would be flooded with cheaper international copies. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Earlier this month, several prominent copyright holder groups sent their annual “notorious markets” recommendations to the U.S. Government uses these documents as input for its yearly review of notorious piracy markets, which aims to provide an overview of threats to various copyright industries.

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Corsearch

JANUARY 23, 2024

However, whilst international trade fosters economic growth and exchange, it also creates opportunities for grey market goods to emerge. Table of contents : • What is the grey market? • Supply chain inefficiencies: Misallocation of products or product returns can lead to grey market sales.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 21, 2023

Popular Internet infrastructure service Cloudflare has come under a lot of pressure from copyright holders in recent years. There’s no question that death threats are in a league of their own, but copyright holders would also like to see more cooperation from Cloudflare. Corsearch is no stranger to copyright issues.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In its yearly “Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets”, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) lists a few dozen websites said to be involved in piracy or counterfeiting. The overview is largely based on input from copyright industry groups, including the RIAA and MPA, that submitted their recommendations late last year.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. In addition, ChatGPT can recall large parts of their copyright-protected articles, which effectively bypasses their paywalls. The plaintiffs show that ChatGPT can reproduce content from copyrighted news articles when prompted.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 9, 2024

In a report released today they reveal that there were 141 billion video piracy visits globally in 2023, a 12% increase since 2019. It’s not clear why the report uses a comparison base this far out. The reported visits for 2023 are up roughly 10% when compared to previously released data for 2022.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2023

As previously reported for the IPKat here , the UK Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee recently conducted an inquiry into the impact of AI on several sectors. This Kat gave evidence at the Inquiry in the session focusing on the impact of AI on copyright and the creative industries (you can watch the session here ).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union ( DG TAXUD ) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office ( EUIPO ) recently released the first joint annual report on EU enforcement of intellectual property rights: results at the EU border and in the EU internal market 2020.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. In addition, ChatGPT can recall large parts of their copyright-protected articles, which effectively bypasses their paywalls. The plaintiffs show that ChatGPT can reproduce content from copyrighted news articles when prompted.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Just a few days ago we reported how ACE was instrumental in shutting down pirate streaming services in Latin America. Notorious Markets. This is apparent from the latest overview of ‘notorious markets’ that was just submitted to the US Trade Representative ( USTR ). and Amaratu are two such examples, the MPA reports.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 24, 2023

Security Department’s Email Gets Leaked When Globo broadcast BBB22 last year, the company decided to loosen its copyright policy. “Digital piracy causes several damages to the market and the entertainment industry is especially affected by it,” the translation reads. So what can Globo staff do to help?

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

These are some highlights from the recently released report from E&Y titled ‘ The Rise of Music Publishing in India ’ based on figures by the Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) (the copyright society concerned with music publishing). speech in the Parliament while introducing the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The 2023 edition of the Global 50 Publishing Ranking is a story of marketplaces that comes with a few twists, says Rüdiger Wischenbart , author of the annual report on publishing markets and business performance. Data is extensive on the world’s largest publishers, yet insufficient for the nontraditional self-publishing market.

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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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IP Watchdog

MARCH 23, 2022

The European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) recently published a deep dive report, titled Study on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Infringement and Enforcement of Copyright and Designs. The report is a product of the Impact of Technology Expert Group, which was established in early 2019.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

StreamSafely: How it All Began The people who came up with the StreamSafely campaign and still run it today are collectively known as Ctam Cable Marketing Association Inc. , As the current member list shows, cable marketing has considerable scope. and Microsoft Corporation,” Blacklight’s report reads.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Running parallel to these huge successes, reported consumption of pirate IPTV services in Italy apparently increased year -on- year according to studies commissioned by rightsholders. Before Piracy Shield even existed as a market-ready product, big claims about what this type of system could achieve were regular parts of the discussion.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Welcome to the fourth (and last) round up of EU copyright law for 2023! In this edition, we update you on what has happened in the last three months of 2024 in EU copyright law. One highlight from the report is that global collections for creators reached a new historical record of €12.1 billion in 2022, growing 26.7%

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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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Velocity of Content

MARCH 14, 2023

Your employees and copyright awareness – sharing your policy may not be enough. Trends reported in the latest Information Seeking and Consumption Study, published by analyst firm Outsell, Inc. Do Your Employees Understand Your Company’s Copyright Policies?

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TorrentFreak

MAY 19, 2024

Last December, Swedish anti-piracy group Rattighetsalliansen (Rights Alliance) reported that a local prosecutor had filed an indictment against a man suspected of being behind Viking IPTV. In the Scandinavian pirate market, Viking IPTV is a well-known brand and according to Rights Alliance, business appears to have been brisk.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). NFTs may offer opportunities for U.S. resale royalties).

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 19, 2023

According to the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport report on influencer culture , the global sector is expected to grow from $6.0 Influencer marketing offers brands a unique opportunity to target and connect with online communities, using a personalized approach. billion in 2020 to $24.1

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 27, 2022

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its annual Special 301 Report today, which identified 27 trading partners of the United States as being either on the “Priority Watch List” or “Watch List.” persons relying on IP,” according to the Report.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

1: RIAA Flags ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Music Mixer as Emerging Copyright Threat. First off today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that the RIAA has submitted its recommendations to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) regarding international notorious markets for piracy. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Scott Hargis is an architectural photographer who sued Pacifica Senior Living Management LLC in September 2022 for damages and injunctive relief related to infringement of 43 of Hargis’ photos that Pacifica used to advertise and market its senior living facilities.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 1, 2023

From research to medical communications to legal to marketing, sharing content with colleagues across job roles and departments is critical. s Information Seeking and Consumption Study, commissioned by CCC, is that executives share the most content and have the highest likelihood of copyright infringement. Is awareness enough?

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Majors Publishers File Copyright Complaint Against Libgen According to a copyright lawsuit filed in the U.S. . The publishers dismiss this as “just a ruse” to account for a “massive piracy effort” that runs counter to the stated aim of copyright law. “[T]he Sites undermine the very purpose of U.S.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

According to the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport report on influencer culture , the global sector is expected to grow from $6.0 Influencer marketing offers brands a unique opportunity to target and connect with online communities, using a personalized approach. billion in 2020 to $24.1

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Last week, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) released an intriguing report measuring and analyzing (apparently for the first time) the influence that social media influencers exert on consumers also when it comes to purchasing counterfeits. The same appears to be true, at least in certain cases, for the purchase of counterfeits.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Among these rules, which were one of the main areas of contention between Council and Parliament until the very end, the final compromise includes two provisions relevant to copyright. A newly introduced article on “Obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models” includes two distinct requirements related to copyright.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

South Korea’s efforts to seriously reduce piracy were evident in 2009 when a revision of the Korean Copyright Act introduced a “three strikes” administrative program to disconnect repeat infringers from the internet. Not that the government or rightsholders have simply allowed that to happen, of course.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Earlier this month, the RIAA shared its recommendations for the USTR’s annual review of overseas notorious markets. The music group reported well-known targets such as The Pirate Bay, Newalbumreleases, MP3Juices, RARBG, and RapidGator, plus other piracy-related sites and services. Operator Responds.

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