Plagiarism Today

APRIL 19, 2022

First off today, Joe Tidy at the BBC reports that the City of London Police have arrested three people and shuttered the website of a group that was running an unauthorized clone of Club Penguin, the Disney social media site/game that shuttered in 2017. The court, in this case, rejected the test as well as Newsweek’s fair use arguments.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

1: Nirvana Beats T-Shirt Copyright Lawsuit Involving Dante’s ‘Inferno’ First off today, Bill Donahue at Billboard reports that members of the band Nirvana have emerged victorious in a battle over their iconic Dante’s Inferno shirt, even if it is likely not the final word on the case.

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MARCH 3, 2022

First off today, Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide reports that musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims her 2020 hit Levitating is an infringement of an earlier song. However, the lower court tossed the lawsuit, saying that the use was a fair use, and awarded the school some $10,266.37

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AUGUST 25, 2021

1: Google/Oracle Doesn’t Affect Warhol Fair-Use Ruling, 2nd Circ Says. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has amended a previous decision to make it clear that the recent Oracle v. The post 3 Count: No Impact appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

First off today, Joseph Menn at Reuters reports that, despite a recent settlement, Apple has appealed a lower court decision in its ongoing lawsuit against the security firm Corellium. However, a judge tossed the case, ruling that Corellium’s use was a fair use. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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