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My Concerns with the ‘Can’t Be Evil’ NFT Licenses

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Last month, a study published by The Galaxy examined the top 25 most valuable NFT projects and found that, despite many understanding that NFTs transferred either the copyright or the license in the original work, only 1 in 25 of those projects even attempted to do as such. Understanding the “Can’t Be Evil” Licenses.

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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

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If the costume isn’t licensed, why is it not infringing regardless of the name change? To answer that and other questions about Halloween costumes, we have to step back and look at how copyright and trademark law apply to costumes. Trademark and Halloween Costumes. The other major part of the question is trademark.

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3 Count: Grand Theft Mods

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According to the response of the modders, their use of any copyright-protected material was a fair use and that, due to Rockstar’s tolerance and even encouragement of modding in the past, that there was an implied license to continue the project. 3: Streamlabs Accused of Plagiarism and ‘Unethical’ Business Practices.

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3 Count: Can’t Help Appealing

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As such, he is suing for copyright infringement, noting that the sample was not licensed. 3: PresenceLearning Ordered to Pay Super Duper $3.25M in Copyright and Trademark Infringement Suit. million in damages plus unspecified legal fees due to copyright and trademark infringement. They were sued by Super Duper Inc.,

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3 Count: Textbook Piracy

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The lawsuit had asked for damages of up to $150,000 per work and $2 million for each counterfeited trademark. Shopify strongly denied this and claimed to have a robust system for dealing with copyright and trademark issues. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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3 Count: Bottom Start

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Bungie claimed that the site AimJunkies.com was infringing both their copyrights and their trademarks by selling cheats. Meanwhile, the trademark claims are moving forward to a potential trial. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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3 Count: Bridgerton’s Musical

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In addition to the copyright issues, which includes verbatim dialog included in the songs, Netflix alleges that the duo used Bridgerton trademarks improperly in advertising the show. They claimed that the workout company was using popular songs in their workout classes without obtaining sync licensed.

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