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JANUARY 10, 2024

Wizards of the Coast has found itself at the center of yet another plagiarism scandal, this one involving an AI image in marketing materials. The post Understanding Wizards of the Coast’s New AI Art Debacle appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Winston Strawn Plagiarism Complaint Winston Strawn Plagiarism Attachments I recall being asked to draft my first patent infringement complaint back in early 2003 – a few months after graduating from law school. Winston & Strawn sets up an interesting interplay between copyright and plagiarism. Cannon , 789 N.W.2d

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JUNE 1, 2022

Earlier this week, search engine optimization (SEO) expert Muhammad Awais took to Twitter to ask Google’s John Mueller a seemingly simple question: Is there any specific percentage of plagiarism that is acceptable in content? SEO experts are far from alone in looking for a magical percentage that makes plagiarism acceptable.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Over at CopyByte , one of my main jobs is removing plagiarized marketing copy such as what Streamlabs had on its site. The post The Streamlabs (SLOBS) Plagiarism Scandal appeared first on Plagiarism Today. While they moved quickly to rectify the problem, the fact that there was an issue at all needs a closer examination.

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MAY 2, 2022

First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that the United States Trade Representative has released its annual list of “notorious markets” that identifies countries that, according to it, are failing to take adequate action to prevent copyright and other kinds of intellectual property infringement.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A Successful Career Defined by Plagiarism. In 2010, artist Charles Thomspon compiled a list of 15 separate plagiarism allegations against Hirst and published them in the art magazine Jackdaw. In 2006, he was accused by a graphic artist, Robert Dixon, of plagiarizing elements of Valium from his Dixon’s work. million ($3.41

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

Apple backs a federal right-to-repair bill, ACE shuts down a wrestling streaming site and Meta fights back against notorious market claims. The post 3 Count: Right to Despair appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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MAY 2, 2023

Ed Sheeran criticizes music expert, EU moves to regulate AI and Bethesda takes down their own marketing banner. The post 3 Count: Criminal Testimony appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The post 3 Count: Hollywood Accounting appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Bohemian Rhapsody screenwriter settles with the studio, India moves to remove pirated movies, and PropllerAds hits back at the MPA.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

3: Streamlabs Accused of Plagiarism and ‘Unethical’ Business Practices. Finally today, Mollie Taylor at PCGamer reports that the streaming service Streamlabs is under fire for a variety of questionable business practices, including plagiarism of a competitor’s site.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

However, one of his most recent videos has been drawing some criticism over allegations that it is plagiarizing its source material. However, after some backlash from others on Twitter, attempted to clarify his position: To be overabundantly clear: I wasn't accusing MrBeast of plagiarism. That answer is much less clear.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Finally today, Max Slater-Robins at Techradar reports that the United States has added both AliExpress and WeChat to its list of notorious markets for copyright infringement. The list includes some 42 online markets and 35 physical markets. The post 3 Count: AI Copyright appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

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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OCTOBER 11, 2022

Next up today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that both the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) have submitted their recommendations to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for the organization’s upcoming Notorious Markets report.

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MAY 17, 2022

This came at a time that copyright infringing NFTs were so rampant that some marketplaces decided to halt sales and the largest NFT marketplace, OpenSea, admitted that “Over 80%” of the NFTs minted for free were either fake, plagiarized or otherwise legally dubious.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

While that may be scary for the marketplace, it may be precisely what is needed for the market to enjoy any mainstream success. You simply cannot have a legitimate market that trades almost entirely in illegitimate goods. The post The Coming Copyright/Trademark Storm for NFTs appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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MARCH 9, 2022

Even as the NFT market has grown to billions of dollars, public perception remains very low. Much of that perception comes from issues that NFTs have had, One of the more common ones is plagiarism and copyright infringement. The post LimeWire to Return to Sell NFTs appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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AUGUST 11, 2022

1: Microsoft Sues “Black Market” Software Distributor for TM and Copyright Infringement. The post 3 Count: The Search People appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

Those arguments were described as “lively” with justices examining both the transformative nature of the works involved but also looking into how both competed for the same market, namely illustrating articles about Prince in magazines. The post 3 Count: Warhol Battle appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

Next up today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that the European Commission has released its latest Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List , and it adds the names of Mega, FMovies and DDos-Guard to its list of “notorious markets.” The post 3 Count: Triller Fight appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

However, the NCAC was sparse on the details about this crackdown, saying that, for this market to grow legitimately, there needs to be action taken against those that create pirated NFTs based on works they don’t own. The post 3 Count: Paparazzi Lawsuit appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

First off today, David Saleh Rauf at Edweek Market Brief reports that ACT has emerged victorious in a legal fight against their competior WIN as an appeals court has upheld a legal victory for the prominent testing organization. The post 3 Count: ACTing Fast appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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JANUARY 11, 2023

The original lawsuit was filed against luis Fonsi, the original performer of Despacito , alleging that the hit song made an unlawful use of their 1989 riddim entitled Fish Market (better known as Poco Man Jam ). The post 3 Count: Reggaetón Wars appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

ThFord argued that Freeplay’s name and marketing were deliberately confusing, but ultimately opted to settle the case. The post 3 Count: Not-So Freeplay appeared first on Plagiarism Today. As such, they are seeking some $17 million in damages, saying that only a high damage award will send the needed message.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

The issue got so bad that Cent, one of the largest marketplaces for NFTs, shut down nearly all NFT sales over “rampant” issues with copyright infringement and plagiarism. The mainstream reputation of NFTs was hopelessly trashed and, as the regular crypto market began to falter, the NFT market was especially hard hit.

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JULY 25, 2022

app store and clearly targeted the United States with its marketing. The post 3 Count: That’s So Meta appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The lower court agreed, dismissing the case. However, the Ninth Circuit has now overturned that decision, noting that VNG uploaded their app to the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

She claims that her sales have “dropped to a trickle” and that the defendants were using her marketing material to promote costumes that were cheaper than she could ever sell. The post 3 Count: Verisigned appeared first on Plagiarism Today. english Wikipedia user Coolcaesar , CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Billion Illegal Piracy Market, Report by Digital Citizens Alliance and White Bullet Finds. The post 3 Count: Phanatic Decision appeared first on Plagiarism Today. They also say that users that are impacted by this that are not running proxies or VPNs should contact their ISP to determine why the block is in place.

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MARCH 16, 2022

Next up today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that, in Sweden, the Patent and Market Court of Appeals has overturned both the prison sentences and damages of two men tied to an IPTV operation. The post 3 Count: International Incidents appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

The best advice for students is the most obvious: Don’t cheat, don’t plagiarize, and do your own work. They use a variety of tactics to try and push students toward their services, including aggressive marketing, impersonating fellow students and more. Advice for Students.

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AUGUST 1, 2022

However, those big ideas ran into significant issues, most importantly copyright and the collapse of much of the cryptocurrency market. The post 3 Count: Bright House Begins appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

Without this rule, many authors fear the UK market would be flooded with cheaper international copies. The post 3 Count: Copyright Exhaustion appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

However, the judge in the case granted a motion to dismiss that affirmative defense, specifically because it uses funds from paying customers to pay for its expansion in to new markets, not merely to offset costs. The post 3 Count: Locast Outcast appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

Now they are stuck with a book that they paid far more than market value for and no clear path to recouping that cost. Instead, the market has become about buying the “unique” or “scarce” NFT, often made from a widely available work. I guess this is the natural result of NFT culture. That is difficult to say.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

VHT licenses real estate photos for marketing purposes and many of its photos appear on Zillow. The post 3 Count: 1300 Blocks appeared first on Plagiarism Today. First off today, Heidi Groover at The Seattle Times reports that the real estate listing site Zillow has been ordered to pay nearly $2 million to the photography company VHT.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

The concept of fast fashion is fairly straightforward: It’s a design, manufacturing and marketing method that focuses on rapidly producing (or reproducing) existing fashion trends and making them available to customers quickly and cheaply. The post The Plagiarism of Fast Fashion appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Locast was a service that allowed users to stream over-the-air broadcast television online in about 30 markets. The post 3 Count: Microstuttering appeared first on Plagiarism Today. It was attempting to use an exemption under the law that allowed non-profit services to retransmit such signals without a license.

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