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ACE Shuts Down Pirate IPTV Providers as Unusual Potential Threat Looms

TorrentFreak

IPTV Targets Shutdown, Domains Stripped As reported last November , DMCA subpoena applications filed in the United States revealed that ACE had developed an interest in pirate IPTV service MagisTV. Domain Shows No Sign of MPA/ACE Ownership Domains under full MPA/ACE control usually have a particular signature. With key domains opt.tv

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Judge Recommends Approving “New” Phanatic Mascot Despite Termination

Copyright Lately

In a 91-page report and recommendation, a magistrate judge finds that the new version of the Philadelphia Phillies’ mascot falls within the “derivative works exception” to copyright termination. Overall, the report is a bit of a mixed bag for the team. That said, there are reasons for the parties to discuss settlement.

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Piracy Giant Zoro.to Now Points to MPA/ACE ‘Seized Domain’ Nameservers

TorrentFreak

“To close the website completely, avoiding the situation of it closing and then opening,” a local news outlet reported. These nameservers are operated by the MPA and when site operators hand over their domains as part of a settlement, most of the time they are updated with these details.

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A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. This is the initial copying design (without of the background graphics in the precedent work): The copyright registrant alleged this copying design constituted copyright infringement. The registrant counternoticed each time. per sticker set.

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Can AI-generated works be protected by copyright? No, according to US Copyright Office.

CopyrightsWorld

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.”

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Is it possible to protect AI-generated works with copyright? According to the US Copyright Office, no.

CopyrightsWorld

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.”

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DMCA Scammers Exploit Sites Linked to Mental Health Issues to Boost SEO

TorrentFreak

In a new article this week, Richard Byrne reports on an email sent to him by another fake law firm, this time calling itself ‘Nationwide Legal’ [nationwidelaw[D0T]org]. Of course recipients could choose to settle their cases by taking positive action, in that case paying a settlement.