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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

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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: Matrix Arbitration

Plagiarism Today

2: Amendment Passes to Grant Teachers Fair Use of Copyrighted Work Remotely. Next up today, Focus Taiwan reports that the Taiwan legislature has passed a new copyright law that would grant educators a fair use protection when using copyright-protected works via online classes.

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3 Count: Nirvana’s Inferno

Plagiarism Today

De La Santos mentions these allegations in his response to the lawsuit, which also makes arguments of fair use and that he is an “innocent infringer,” an argument that could potentially lessen any damages against him. 3: Music Publishers Propose Higher Streaming Payments.

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3 Count: Second Bite

Plagiarism Today

1: Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society is an organization that is operated by the Jehovah’s Witness religious group and serves as their publisher and as a supervising body. They are also publishers of the Watch Tower publication. Watch Tower: So What?

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3 Count: Quad 9

Plagiarism Today

According to H3’s response, their use of the video in the podcast was a fair use and if the version they had was pirated, that is not itself a copyright infringement. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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3 Count: Server Tested

Plagiarism Today

In the case, Nicklen argued that a photographer or videographer that uses Facebook or Instagram to promote their content should not automatically give up the right to license it to third parties, such as Sinclair. In addition to Owen, the plaintiffs also list all of his publishers and all the songwriters as defendants.

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3 Count: Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic

Plagiarism Today

The case looked at whether You Raise Me Up was similar to a 1977 Icelandic song Söknuður , which is owned by Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd. According to the judge, Vape is a fair use as its goal is to be a parody of the source material and not meant to replace it in the marketplace.