Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

First off today, Dominc Patten at Dedline reports that Paramount has failed in an early bid to get the lawsuit over Top Gun: Maverick dismissed as the judge ruled that such a dismissal at this point would be premature. As part of his reelection campaign, he used the meme on various social media platforms, prompting Laney to file the lawsuit.

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MAY 2, 2022

Facebook has not responded to the lawsuit, nor has it responded to media requests about it. Only a few sites have reported on it, and I would have missed it myself if not for outreach from Cook herself. Much of the language was written well before widespread adoption of social media, and much of that language was vague even then.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2022

First off today, Luke Plunkett at Kotaku reports that the iconic “oof” sound effect in Roblox has been removed yet again due to licensing issues with the sound’s creator. 2: Rapper Nonini Goes After Social Media Influencer in Legal Battle. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

First off today, Diane Haithman at TheWrap reports that filmmakers Spike Lee and Nate Parker have been sued for copyright infringement over allegations that their 2019 Film American Skin is an infringement of an earlier screenplay. The post 3 Count: Less Than Routine appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

Next up today, Vanguard reports that the Nigerian Senate has passed a bill that would reform the nation’s copyright law and add new penalties for those that broadcast any digital or online works. This includes works originally uploaded to social media. 3: Motion Picture Association Fights Piracy with Cloud Security.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 20, 2022

First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that Miley Cyrus has settled a lawsuit filed by photographer Robert Barbera over a photograph that Barbera took of Cyrus. Barbera filed the lawsuit, alleging that Cyrus posted a photo he took on her various social media presences.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 25, 2022

Next up today, Naledi de Wee at The South African reports that local actress Ntando Duma is being sued by the celebrity photography agency Pixel Kollective after she allegedly failed to credit the agency when using their work as part of a social media campaign. The lawsuit is seeking R200,000 ($13,027) in damages from Duma.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 14, 2021

According to YouTube’s Copyright Transparency Report , the site receives more than 4 million copyright claims every day. Back when I first launched Plagiarism Today in 2005, the internet was a very different place. Social media silos like Twitter, Facebook and TikTok dominate the landscape. The Internet of Old.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

January: The year kicked off in Tanzania with the news that the Parliamentary Standing Committee in Tanzania received a report from the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports addressing its efforts to review and improve the loopholes found in the Copyright Licensing and Rights to Benefit from Re-Sale Regulations, 2022.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This prompted Dorland to first report the alleged plagiarism to a wide variety of groups and worked on getting the story pulled while working through lawyers to demand financial compensation. However, today, I want to focus on just one aspect of this story: The plagiarism. What Larson did there was clearly plagiarism.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The dispute between writers and former friends Sonya Larson and Dawn Dorland over a short story involving a kidney donation has captured the attention of social media during the past week. The New York Times reported on the filing of House’s lawsuit against Mark Twain on January 27, 1890. Daly on March 8, 1890.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

They go as far as to call for people to change their mindset about social media before making the jump. The basic idea behind Mastodon is to create a decentralized social networking platform that no one entity control. Obviously, the bigger the instance is and the more media that is shared on it, the greater the risk.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 14, 2021

First off today, Reuters reports that a lawsuit accusing Taylor Swift of copyright infringement in her 2014 hit single Shake it Off has been allowed to move ahead, setting the stage for a possible trial. The post 3 Count: Keep Shaking appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

According to a report titled ‘The Contemporary Art Rush’ by Artprice.com, it is argued that since the start of the 21 st century, the global art space has significantly changed. This has also led to other issues such as the creation of unauthorised merchandise, discrediting of original artists as well as plagiarism.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 4, 2022

First off today, Preezy Brown at Vibe reports that Damon Dash has been ordered to pay over $800,000 in damages over the movie Dear Frank and allegations that Dash was attempting to shop the film around without the permission of the rightsholders. The post 3 Count: Dear Frank appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In addition, our constituents routinely report that they have trouble making transformative fair uses elsewhere on sites like YouTube, notwithstanding that they are fair uses, which filtering software cannot detect. Not only are some services different from social media, one social media platform may differ very much from each other.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Online chats, social media, forums and other means of communication rose in popularity and all dealt with impersonation in various ways. To be clear, this isn’t a new problem, news reports about it go back to at least 2011. The post Why Impersonation is Difficult to Stop appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

But there weren’t reported lawsuits against Bollywood films. There’s no record of the judgment but there is contemporaneous reporting. Cross-cultural plagiarism: adaptation of a film to a different cultural context. Might be different than when a company uses TM on a social media post. It’s like using quotes.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 24, 2022

First off today, Josh Dickey at The Wrap reports that comedian George Lopez has added his name to the list of comics targeting Pandora over allegations that the streaming service did not pay royalties for the written material their recorded routines are based from. The post 3 Count: And One More… appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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