TorrentFreak

MARCH 15, 2024

One of the most frustrating aspects of DMCA notices outside the usual complaints aired by rightsholders, is their ability to trigger policies that assume notices are accurate and in some cases, should be blindly obeyed. YouTube removed the videos, some of which belonged to high-profile Destiny content creators.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” This legal requirement remained largely unenforced for nearly two decades but a series of copyright infringement liability lawsuits, including a billion-dollar damages award against Cox, have shaken up the industry.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Earlier this year, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others filed a complaint at a Nashville federal court, accusing Elon Musk’s X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. The company behind X allegedly fails to properly respond to takedown notices and lacks a proper termination policy for repeat infringers.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Without sending DMCA takedown notices, BMG sued it for direct and contributory copyright infringement. Plaintiff does not make any connection between “better music” and copyrighted music, let alone Plaintiff’s copyrighted works. The court dismisses those claims. Direct Infringement. Contributory Infringement.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Importantly, it also avoided the legal issues that killed off its predecessor but in the space of just 48 hours this week, ReVanced was hit with not one, but two DMCA notices. First DMCA Notice Sent to Github. However, GitHub did find grounds for other copyright claims so processed the notice anyway.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 16, 2024

They noticed several overblocking examples and not just small ones either. AGCOM Domain ‘Troubles’ In a similar vein, the public may start to notice other purported errors. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. The domain only works through the www version, but not without it.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

ID Tech believed that Bayam copies too much of its copyrighted website content and pursued a whirlwind of enforcement activity, including filing two lawsuits against Bayam and sending numerous DMCA takedown demands to Shopify. In this ruling, the judge: required ID Tech to promise not to send more bogus DMCA takedown notices to Shopify.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2024

Plex Takes Down “Plex-reshare” Repo This week, Plex took another step to deter potential copyright infringement. “Plex Reshare” doesn’t host any copyright-infringing material and, as far as we’ve seen, it doesn’t reference any either. . The Swiss company, which is headquartered in the U.S.,

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The Board struck RLP's notice of reliance but nonetheless allowed it to file an amended notice, and the Board re-opened RLP's testimony period so it could file a supplemental testimony declaration authenticating certain exhibits. Text Copyright John L. RLP Ventures, LLC v. Panini America, Inc. Opposition No. Welch 2023.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 15, 2023

law, online service providers must respond to takedown notices and implement a meaningful policy to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. The company allegedly fails to respond adequately to takedown notices and lacks a proper termination policy. However, X’s attorneys, contest all three claims.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 20, 2023

The DMCA takedown process allows copyright holders to report infringing content and have it removed or taken down. Dubious or erroneous takedown notices are not harmless. nu is of the sites that sees itself as a victim of bogus takedown notices. Instead, the notice asks Google to delist the site’s homepage.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 2, 2022

Normally, a company like Facebook would be protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) from such arguments. As such, it’s DMCA and copyright policies have a tremendous bearing on how other sites handle theirs. The SMART Copyright Act aims to address this by having the U.S. The Complicated Backdrop.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

TL;DR: a copyright takedown notice that doesn’t meet the elements of 512(c)(3) cannot give rise to a 512(f) clam. Specifically, the putative copyright owners didn’t send a proper 512(c)(3) takedown notice because: it lacked specific identification of the copyrighted works. ” Cite to ISE v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Allegedly on behalf of Barrett, an SEO vendor sent DMCA takedown notices to Google, alleging that Source Capital had copied some of Barrett’s copyrighted material. Source Capital alleges that no copyright violation took place at all. Case Citation : Source Capital Funding Inc. Adolly.com, 2023 WL 5672170 (D. Utah Sept.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 10, 2024

In a complaint filed at a Nashville federal court last spring , Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others, accused X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. The social media company allegedly failed to respond adequately to takedown notices and lacks a proper termination policy.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Chestek argued that the domicile address requirement was improperly promulgated for two independent reasons: (1) that the USPTO failed to comply with the requirements of notice-and-comment rulemaking under 5 U.S.C. § Alternatively, Chestek argued that notice-and-comment is required even for interpretative rules. Text Copyright John L.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

He claims that third party “contributors” uploaded his copyrighted photos to ShutterStock as part of ShutterStock’s licensing program. Takedown Notices. McGucken surely knows how to send a proper 512(c)(3) notice, but he sent a non-qualifying demand to ShutterStock (it didn’t contain the “perjury” statement).

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 18, 2021

For roughly two decades, copyright holders have been sending notices to ISPs, alerting them that subscribers are sharing copyrighted material. Many copyright holders would like to see ISPs handle things differently, something which has led to a list of lawsuits that continues to expand every year. Thousands of Notices.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 6, 2024

law, online service providers must respond to takedown notices and implement a meaningful policy to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. In a lawsuit filed at a federal court in Nashville last summer, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI, and others accused X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 25, 2022

This includes the Copyright Directive which passed in 2019 as well as the Digital Services Act (DSA), which was officially unveiled at the end of 2020. At the same time, copyright holders believed that it didn’t go far enough, as there’s no ‘staydown’ requirement. Takedown Transparency.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2022

Last month persons unknown began sending DMCA takedown notices to YouTube, claiming that videos uploaded by Destiny content creators infringed Bungie’s copyrights. Bungie wants Google to hand over the notice senders’ personal details but a new filing in the case reveals that Google is currently refusing to comply.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Over the past few years, copyright holders have reported more than seven billion copyright-infringing URLs to Google. After years of complaints, these efforts were well received by copyright holders. Since its records began, Google has now received takedown notices for five million unique domain names.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 12, 2023

The new technology also brings up novel copyright questions. That’s what a recent DMCA takedown notice sent to Google tends to suggest. That’s what a recent DMCA takedown notice sent to Google tends to suggest. The notice isn’t just restricted to apps. Legitimate?

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 13, 2022

1: Krafton Sues Garena, Apple, and Google over Free Fire Copyright Infringement. First off today, Aaron Orr at Pocket Gamer reports that the developer of the battle royale game PUBG has filed a lawsuit against competitor Garena after alleging that Garena’s mobile game Free Fire is a copyright infringement of PUBG.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 17, 2022

Many of the enforcement efforts are targeted at services or tools that offer pirated content, but there are less visible copyright infringement challenges too. In recent years music publishers have repeatedly spoken out against online platforms that use their music without a proper license. Unlicensed Platforms and Apps.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Roshan Santhalia ruminating on the question of whether a cease-and-desist notice before instituting a trademark or copyright infringement suit should be issued or not. Pix4free Would Sending a Cease-and-Desist Notice Harm Your Chances of Securing an Ex Parte Ad Interim Injunction?

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

It deals with whether Amazon and/or CCA infringed FDN’s copyrights by scraping descriptions from their website for use as part of Amazon’s product listings. It’s a confusing question with no easy answer, but it’s an issue that puts the copyright registration of every website at risk. The Registration Wrinkle. The Registration Wrinkle.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2022

.” TorrentFreak contacted Bruno after noticing a post he made on a music production forum. It was filed as a formal DMCA notice, meaning that someone probably reviewed the details before sending the complaint. “The content in my video is owned by Blender Studio who has the full copyright. It didn’t go well.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 17, 2024

In proceedings before the Board, Wayback Machine printouts, like other Internet webpages that display a URL and date, generally can be admissible under a notice of reliance as self-authenticating Internet evidence. TTABlogger comment: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Text Copyright John L. See Trademark Rule 2.122(e)(2), 37 C.F.R. 2.122(e)(2).

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 10, 2022

Unlike other copyright enforcement groups, BREIN is not interested in casual pirates. This sounds like a balanced approach which would be relatively easy to pull off in many other countries where forwarding piracy notices is standard procedure. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2022

Babybus runs a competitive channel that Moonbug believes infringes its copyrights. An example: Moonbug submitted takedown notices to YouTube covering at least 70 videos and sued Babybus for copyright infringement. Babybus counterclaimed for 512(f). The court dismisses Bbybus’ counterclaims. Material Misrepresentations.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The Copyright Claims Board (CCB) is the new copyright small claims court in the United States. Passed into law in 2020 and opening its doors in June 2022, it promises a simple and affordable way to address copyright claims. . The Copyright Claims Board Fees. To that end, the CCB upholds many of its promises.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As I’ve previously written, for many years after the DMCA passed, everyone assumed that 17 USC 512(a) completely shielded Internet access providers from liability for subscribers’ copyright infringements. If 512(a) provided full immunity, the Copyright Alert System was unnecessary and pernicious to both IAPs and their subscribers.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Under US copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.”. “False and Fraudulent Notices” To avoid trouble, several ISPs have launched counterattacks in court. These notices shouldn’t serve as evidence for disconnections. Amended Countersuit.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2024

These rightsholders all object to the presumed use of their work without proper compensation. AI Boom Triggers Copyright Troubles Presser wasn’t wrong, but the dataset didn’t just help garage AI startups. For example, the authors alleged that Meta trained its AI on copyrighted works without permission.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Google will take down obviously infringing apps in response to a DMCA takedown notice and since major rightsholders can file those in an instant, it’s difficult to know why popular apps don’t get taken down. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Over the past few years, copyright holders have asked Google to remove billions of links to allegedly pirated content. Most of these DMCA notices point to infringing material but occasionally mistakes are made, which can do serious harm. At the time, the Copyright Office confirmed that these were sent by an imposter.

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