Copyright Infringement
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Viacom18 pursues criminal action against cartels of pirates
Fp Staff •Maharashtra Cyber Crime Cell arrested Subhanjan Kayet for his involvement in the pirated websites/platform named Thop TV
The Peppa Pig revenge: Explained how Russia is retaliating to sanctions by encouraging copyright infringement
Fp Explainers •A judge in Russia has passed a ruling that allows copyright infringement of the popular British cartoon Peppa Pig and other international brands from “unfriendly nations” like the US and the UK
Childish Gambino sued for alleged copyright infringement for 2018 breakthrough song This Is America
•As per court documents, Emelike Nwosuocha says Donald Glover's 'This Is America' is "glaringly similar" to a song he released two years prior to its release
Katy Perry sued for $150000 by photo agency due to copyright infringement over old Halloween picture
•Just last month, Katy Perry and her collaborators were ordered to fork over $2.78 million after a federal jury found that she'd copied one of her hit songs
Draft E-Commerce Policy: A problematic revision of intermediary rules for trademark and copyright liability
Asheetar •The current set of rules, as seen, are problematic on many accounts — that they fail to take the actual nature of an e-commerce site into account
India should take lessons from US' MMA; concepts like central database could bring transparency in exchange of music copyrights
Meghnabal •The existing music copyright system in India is plagued by a sordid lack of transparency in licensing negotiations, enabling copyright societies to extract maximum revenue from buyers whilst withholding fair remuneration from creators
YouTube fights video thieves by notifying owners when their content is stolen
Tech2 News Staff •The new tool will roll out to creators who have over 1,00,000 subscribers, by next week.
Cloud firm Teradata files IP theft suit against SAP, alleges former CTO Vishal Sikka was in the know
•Sikka is considered to be the force behind SAP's analytics platform, HANA that had helped the company strengthen its position in the global market
No monkey business in US: San Francisco appeals court favours human over animals in fight over ape selfie
•A US appeals court on Monday favoured humans over animals in a novel copyright lawsuit filed over a series of entertaining selfies taken by a monkey with a toothy grin.
EU allegedly suppressed a report which found that piracy doesn't affect legal sales of music, movies and games
Tech2 News Staff •The European Commission seems to have suppressed a report which concluded that copyright infringement had no negative impact on legal sales.