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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

However, Voltage has now moved to dismiss those lawsuits, citing a settlement that has been reached. The terms of that settlement are not known, but, in a similar lawsuit, ISP Cox Communications as ordered to pay major studios $1 billion in jury verdict over similar allegations.

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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.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

The video was uploaded by Twitter user @Dragon_GameDev2 who published it to both Twitter and Twitch as a way to announce the new project. However, the two sides have notified the court that they are ending the lawsuit pending a settlement between them. The post 3 Count: Frequent Flyer appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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MAY 25, 2022

The two sides had entered into settlement negotiations following the first filing, but those broke off after the judge ruled in favor of AimJunkies. 3: Marvel Confirms Conan the Barbarian is Leaving the Publisher. The post 3 Count: Patchwork Lawsuit appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

The post 3 Count: Non-Final Judgement appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Judgement entered in Internet Archive case, Netflix settles Stranger Things lawsuit and Sony settles its case with Triller.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Next up today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that one of the Triller lawsuits has taken a turn as the defendant accuses Triller of refusing to honor a settlement agreement and operating in bad faith during the early parts of the disagreement. 3: Music Publishers Propose Higher Streaming Payments.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

First off today, Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly reports that textbook publisher Pearson Education has filed a massive copyright infringement lawsuit against the study aid website Chegg alleging that Chegg illegally appropriates Pearson’s textbook questions. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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MARCH 31, 2022

Finally today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that the ex-wife of Beach Boys songwriter Brian Wilson has filed a lawsuit against Wilson and his publisher over a $50 million deal that saw Universal Music Publishing take over the full rights to his catalog.

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JUNE 22, 2022

A recent law passed in the European Union requires search engines, like Google, to work out arrangements with news publishers to display their content in search results. However, Google had been struggling to reach such an agreement in France, with many of the nation’s biggest publishers taking the matter to court.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The Berlingske newspaper published a cartoon in 2019 that featured the bronze statue as zombie as well as a photo of it with a facemask on. The terms of the settlement are unknown, though the parties are moving to dismiss the case. The post 3 Count: Extinguished Spark appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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MAY 2, 2022

1: US Government Publishes its Latest Copyright Watch Lists. Next up today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that Jason LaBossiere, the former operator of the pirate IPTV service SetTV has hit back at DISH Network, accusing the satellite giant of attempting to bully him into a settlement to help their bottom line.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Yesterday, news broke that Pearson Education, the largest publisher of textbooks in the world, has filed a lawsuit against the website Chegg alleging widespread copyright infringement of its content on the site. It’s likely this case will be decided not through a court decision, but through negotiation and settlement.

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MARCH 8, 2022

The Beach Boys, for example, were sued by Chuck Berry’s publisher in 1963 over Surfin’ USA. After all, most cases don’t make it to a trial or a judgment, and even a modestly favorable settlement could be very lucrative. The post Why Are There So Many Pop Music Lawsuits appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

There are two cases where the respondent has opted out, two more where the case was voluntarily dismissed (likely due to a settlement) and three where there was a procedural problem with the case that wasn’t remedied in a timely manner. The post 4 Copyright Claims Board Cases to Watch appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

First off today, Tim Ingham at Music Business Worldwide reports that the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has accepted a settlement between organizations representing songwriters and publishers and those representing digital streaming services on a new royalty rate for the next five years. The new rate will start at 15.1%

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MARCH 28, 2022

The lawsuit, which was filed by Greensleeves Publishing, claims that Privacy is an infringement of the 1997 song Tight Up Skirt by Red Rat. That said, they did state that the two sides had met for at least one settlement discussion though, clearly, no settlement came out of it at this time.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

Genius filed the lawsuit alleging that Google was scraping their crowdsourced lyrics and publishing them in search results. Finally today, Nicki Cox at Page Six reports that Taylor Swift has settled a long-running lawsuit over her 2014 song Shake it Off as she reaches a settlement in the case.

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