Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too? Those famous Disney characters and many more are set to enter the public domain next year, bringing to light the issues of intellectual property and copyright protection. Disney’s Iconic Characters in Public Domain The company will soon lose control of some of their most loved characters—Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, […]
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Taylor Swift is trying to get a judge to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against her for her single, “Shake It Off,” calling it “unprecedented.” The suit was brought by Nathan Butler and Sean Hall, who wrote the song “Playas Gon’ Play” in 2001, for the group 3LW. They used the pop diva in
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On Wednesday, five major textbook publishers sued Shopify, accusing the Canadian e-commerce company of letting its vendors repeatedly commit digital piracy. This trademark and copyright infringement case was filed jointly by McGraw Hill, Pearson, Macmillan, Elsevier and Cengage. Shopify, based in Ottawa, was first launched in 2006 as a platform to sell snowboarding equipment. It
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In July, Angel Pereda, a mayoral candidate in Mexico, was arrested in New York by the FBI for attempting to sell at least four forged pieces of art allegedly by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. This was not surprising. According to New York City art dealer Joseph K. Levene, Haring and Basquiat are “among the
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On Thursday, Facebook announced that it has signed an initial copyright agreement with lobbyists for several French news publishers. This paves the way for Facebook to pay for the news content it uses on its online platforms in France. This initial agreement includes a document that consists of a few pages, referred to as a
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FreedomNews.TV has accused Snoop Dogg of stealing and posting an “exact copy” of their video which shows a man falling to the ground while trying to scale the JPMorgan Chase Bank’s New York City headquarters. This incident in April was part of an organized demonstration by people who the New York Post described as being
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According to the complaints, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Disney seeks a ruling that their blockbuster Avengers characters are not eligible for copyright termination, since they were works made for hire. On the other side are the heirs of some of the most notable comic book creators, such as Gene Colan, Steve Ditko and Stan
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Nonprofit over-the-air streaming service Locast has lost its key defense in a copyright infringement suit. A Manhattan federal court has ruled that the company cannot use a Copyright Act defense against the infringement claims brought by U.S. television networks ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox. U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton ruled that despite its standing as
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(NTD News – August 24, 2021 – Leo Li reports) (9:40 in) As the COVID-19 Delta variant takes hold worldwide, illegal movie downloads are also on the rampage. Hesitant to return to theaters, people are copying movies at home as the film industry stands by with little that they can do. Millions of would-be movie
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The French Competition Authority, the country’s antitrust watchdog, has fined Alphabet’s Google $593 million after the company failed to comply with orders on how to approach talks with France-based news publishers during their copyright fight. This fine is in response to international pressure on Google, Facebook and other online platforms for a more equitable sharing
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