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MANGA Plus Invites Users to Confess Piracy & Name Most-Used Pirate Sites

TorrentFreak

For many years Japanese manga companies had a tendency to ignore the majority of overseas markets, despite the potential for lucrative trade. Manga pirates often take credit for what amounted to a highly successful unpaid marketing project but having seen the potential, manga publishers understandably want this market for themselves.

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My Testimony to the Colombian Constitutional Court Regarding Online Account Terminations and Content Removals

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Second, I will explain why imposing legal restrictions on the ability of Internet services that gather, organize, and disseminate user-generated content (which I’ll call “UGC publishers”) to terminate accounts or remove content leads to unwanted outcomes. Online Account Terminations and Content Removals in the US.

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Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Six: CBC Eligibility Harms News Competition and Its Public Interest Mandate

Michael Geist

Indeed, critics will rightly note the market distortion it creates for private entities who stand to lose further advertising-related revenues to the CBC, while supporters should be concerned that the bill undermines the CBC’s claim to a public interest role and makes an ad-free version of the service even less likely.

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Spicy IP Weekly Review (November 16- November 21)

SpicyIP

Pikashow is an app which claims to provide free content of known OTT platforms. US Appeal’s court rejects Natco Pharma’s marketing partner Alvogen’s appeal in patent litigation related to cancer drug Imbruvica. Pidilite Industries Limited vs Riya Chemy on 11 November, 2022 (Bombay High Court). International Developments.

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27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: From the DMCA to the DSA: Keynote and copyright interactions

43(B)log

Three characteristics of DSA that are building blocks: (1) single market nature, (2) proportionality, (3) process effect. Single market effect: harmonization of national rules, like US federal preemption. Under direct licensing w/platforms, large publishers skim off the top first.