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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

Patently-O

I believe that Winston & Strawn will eventually prevail based upon a fair use defense, but it is still an embarrassing situation for the firm and attorneys involved. In this case, HLG alleges that Winston & Strawn plagiarized a motion to dismiss that HLG had filed on behalf of a client in an earlier consolidated patent case.

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3 Count: Grand Theft Mods

Plagiarism Today

1: β€˜GTA’ Reverse-Engineer Modders Defend Projects as Under β€œFair Use”. First off today, Will Nelson at NME reports that video game modders are fighting back against a lawsuit filed by Rockstar Games claiming that their fan-created mods are a fair use, not a copyright infringement.

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3 Count: Slumlord Millionaire

Plagiarism Today

1: Justices to Consider Whether Warhol Image is β€œFair Use” of Photograph of Prince. Goldsmith, a case that is expected to be a rare moment of the high court ruling on an issue of fair use. Goldsmith sued, saying that this use far exceeded the agreement that they made. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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3 Count: Warhol Battle

Plagiarism Today

In 1984, Lynn licensed one of her photographs of the musician Prince to be converted into a painting by Warhol for Vanity Fair magazine. However, after Prince died in 2016, it was revealed that Warhol actually made an additional 14 prints using the photograph. 2: Textile Designer Sues Zulily for Copyright Infringement.

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3 Count: Noisy Hill

Plagiarism Today

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. The Notorious Markets report is an annual report by the USTR that identifies international markets that enable piracy.

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The Ethical and Legal Challenges of GitHub Copilot

Plagiarism Today

github copilot, with "public code" blocked, emits large chunks of my copyrighted code, with no attribution, no LGPL license. According to Davis, he used the prompt β€œsparse matrix transpose, cs_” only to have Copilot produce code very similar to his earlier, open-source work. My code on left, github on right.

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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

Plagiarism Today

If the costume isn’t licensed, why is it not infringing regardless of the name change? In short, Juice Demon is Juice Demon because he can’t be Beetlejuice, not without a license. However, commercial use of costumes still raises legal questions. Why did the company do this? Even if it is, perhaps, the easiest.

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