Copyright infringement

CORWIN LAW ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT OF EXOTIC CAR HACKS' COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST RATIQ S. DEWITT AND INDEFINITE WEALTH D/B/A DREAM CAR SECRETS

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

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BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Corwin Law, a litigation law firm specializing in consumer rights and intellectual property, announces the $250,000 settlement of Exotic Car Hacks' copyright infringement lawsuit against Ratiq S. DeWitt ("DeWitt") and Indefinite Wealth d/b/a Dream Car Secrets ("Indefinite Wealth").

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BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Corwin Law, a litigation law firm specializing in consumer rights and intellectual property, announces the $250,000 settlement of Exotic Car Hacks' copyright infringement lawsuit against Ratiq S. DeWitt ("DeWitt") and Indefinite Wealth d/b/a Dream Car Secrets ("Indefinite Wealth").
DeWitt, a former student of Exotic Car Hacks, misappropriated Exotic Car Hacks' intellectual property for his Dream Cars Secrets website.
When DeWitt refused to cease and desist from offering education classes utilizing the stolen intellectual property, Exotic Car Hacks was forced to file its lawsuit against DeWitt and Indefinite Wealth.
"That said, let this action be a message to all potential infringers that Exotic Car Hacks will aggressively prosecute any infringer who misappropriates Exotic Car Hacks' intellectual property."

Digitalage: The Dark Horse to Watch

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

A one stop shop for creators to create, amplify and monetize their content, even when you are not in the top 2%.

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A one stop shop for creators to create, amplify and monetize their content, even when you are not in the top 2%.
Unique features at launch will include the following:
Text to Speech An emphasis on innovations in worlds first ADA compliant social media platform.
SocialSoundtrax - Adding music to your posts from a licensed library of over 30M songs with sync music rights.
Accessing huge libraries of music for creators for ease of use when producing their work.

Sony Music Publishing Promotes Alison Hook to SVP, Sampling & Copyright Infringement

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

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NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Sony Music Publishing today announced the promotion of Alison Hook to Senior Vice President, Sampling and Copyright Infringement, U.K. & International.

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NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Sony Music Publishing today announced the promotion of Alison Hook to Senior Vice President, Sampling and Copyright Infringement, U.K. & International.
In her new role, Alison will oversee the company's sampling and copyright infringement matters and further strengthen relationships with societies in the U.K. and internationally.
In addition, Hook will work to continue modernizing the sampling process to ensure efficient royalty and credit processing.
Guy Henderson, President, International, Sony Music Publishing said, "Alison has been the best at what she does for many years.

iQIYI's Proprietary DRM Technology Achieves China Patent Excellence Award, Delivering Strong Copyright Protection for Content Creators

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Articles, Intellectual property law, Intangible assets, Intellectual property, Social information processing, World Intellectual Property Organization, Copyright infringement, Social groups, Digital rights management

Awarded annually by CNIPA in association with WIPO, the award recognizes outstanding achievements in the protection of intellectual property (IP) rights.

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Awarded annually by CNIPA in association with WIPO, the award recognizes outstanding achievements in the protection of intellectual property (IP) rights.
iQIYI'sself-developedtechnology is the first DRM system developed by a Chinese internet video platform to obtain certification from ChinaDRM Lab, China's most prestigious DRM organization.The WIPO-CNIPA awards are the only official recognition ofpatented inventions in China.
Based onencryption technologies, DRMis a key technology in digital copyrights protection that can,to a certain extent,prevent digitalcontent from being pirated during its online transmission.
iQIYI's proprietary DRM system has two components: the implementation of ChinaDRM standards and security protection.

USPTO Issues Patent to Cinedapt to Adapt and Evolve the Film Industry From Extinction

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

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HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cinedapt, Inc. ( Cinedapt.com ) announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued Michael Kureth the patent (U.S. Patent 11/051,064) to help prevent the film industry from extinction through its anti-piracy and Cinedaptive services.

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HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cinedapt, Inc. ( Cinedapt.com ) announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued Michael Kureth the patent (U.S. Patent 11/051,064) to help prevent the film industry from extinction through its anti-piracy and Cinedaptive services.
Film piracy not only affects independent filmmakers.
The United States film economy has reported losses of $71 billion each year from piracy.As the film industry continues to offer same day theatrical and streaming releases, losses are projected to increase resulting in further job eliminations and diminished budgets resembling the decline of the music industry.
Cinedapt patents are issued to Michael Kureth.Cinedapt and Cinedaptive are registered trademarks of Michael Kureth.Cinedapt, Inc. is a Verified Vendor with the US Federal Contractor Registration, the world's largest third-party federal government registration firm.

UK Court Awards Default Judgment In Bitcoin Copyright Infringement Claim

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Monday, June 28, 2021

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LONDON, June 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- London's High Court today granted ONTIER LLP client and Bitcoin creator, Dr Craig Wright, default judgment in his copyright infringement action against 'Cbra', the pseudonymous operator and publisher of the bitcoin.org website.

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LONDON, June 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- London's High Court today granted ONTIER LLP client and Bitcoin creator, Dr Craig Wright, default judgment in his copyright infringement action against 'Cbra', the pseudonymous operator and publisher of the bitcoin.org website.
Dr Wright owns the copyright to the White Paper, which he authored and first released in October 2008 under the now-famous moniker 'Satoshi Nakamoto'.
ONTIER, on Dr Wright's behalf, had previously written to 'Cbra', informing them that they were infringing Dr Wright's copyright and requesting that they remove the White Paper from the website.
The Court also ordered that there be an inquiry as to damages caused by the Defendant's infringement of Dr Wright's copyright in the UK and that 'Cbra' makes an interim payment on account of Dr Wright's cost of the proceedings.

UK Court Awards Default Judgment In Bitcoin Copyright Infringement Claim

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Monday, June 28, 2021

LONDON, June 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- London's High Court today granted ONTIER LLP client and Bitcoin creator, Dr Craig Wright, default judgment in his copyright infringement action against 'Cbra', the pseudonymous operator and publisher of the bitcoin.org website.

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LONDON, June 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- London's High Court today granted ONTIER LLP client and Bitcoin creator, Dr Craig Wright, default judgment in his copyright infringement action against 'Cbra', the pseudonymous operator and publisher of the bitcoin.org website.
Dr Wright owns the copyright to the White Paper, which he authored and first released in October 2008 under the now-famous moniker 'Satoshi Nakamoto'.
ONTIER, on Dr Wright's behalf, had previously written to 'Cbra', informing them that they were infringing Dr Wright's copyright and requesting that they remove the White Paper from the website.
The Court also ordered that there be an inquiry as to damages caused by the Defendant's infringement of Dr Wright's copyright in the UK and that 'Cbra' makes an interim payment on account of Dr Wright's cost of the proceedings.

Steve Wozniak Prevails in Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

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Friday, June 11, 2021

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz, June 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The lawsuit brought against Steve Wozniak and Woz U regarding alleged copyright infringement related to a website for a Woz-branded tech school which was never approved by Wozniak and never in operation was resolved in favor of Wozniak and Woz U.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz, June 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The lawsuit brought against Steve Wozniak and Woz U regarding alleged copyright infringement related to a website for a Woz-branded tech school which was never approved by Wozniak and never in operation was resolved in favor of Wozniak and Woz U.
"I am really pleased with the outcome of this lawsuit.
All other claims brought by the Plaintiff against Wozniak, including a claim for breach of contract, had already been resolved in favor of Wozniak prior to the commencement of the trial.
Wozniak further stated, "Given the fact that the lawsuit centered around the use of my own name and pictures on the non-existent website in question, it makes perfect sense that the jury would see that there was no copyright infringement on my part."

New survey shows Vietnam among highest in online piracy in Southeast Asia

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Monday, May 17, 2021

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In Indonesia, a similar YouGov survey found a massive 55% reduction in Indonesian consumers accessing piracy services with 28% of consumers admitting to accessing piracy websites in 2020, compared to 63% in 2019.

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In Indonesia, a similar YouGov survey found a massive 55% reduction in Indonesian consumers accessing piracy services with 28% of consumers admitting to accessing piracy websites in 2020, compared to 63% in 2019.
In Malaysia, a YouGov survey found a 64% decline in users accessing piracy sites in 2020 when compared to a similar YouGov survey in 2019.
In both countries a key variable for the decline in online piracy levels was the government\'s proactive piracy site blocking initiative.\nThe recent YouGov survey suggests that a regulatory site blocking mechanism would be supported by the majority of Vietnamese consumers.
Sample size: Vietnam n=1,057\nThe Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) is the trade association for the video industry and ecosystem in Asia Pacific.

Ava Bamby Partners With HYGO to Build Copyright Protection Technology

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Saturday, April 24, 2021

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Bamby, along with tens of thousands of other creators, faces a series of critical problems: copyright infringement, personal information leaks, and other illegal exploitation of her content.\n"Content creators have their privacy violated and their intellectual property rights abused every single day," says Ava Bamby.

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Bamby, along with tens of thousands of other creators, faces a series of critical problems: copyright infringement, personal information leaks, and other illegal exploitation of her content.\n"Content creators have their privacy violated and their intellectual property rights abused every single day," says Ava Bamby.
"What we\'re building will give creators peace of mind about criminals illegally distributing their content, image, and likeness across the internet.
"\nThe pairing between Bamby and HYGO was a natural one.\n"We work with hundreds of digital influencers to grow and monetize their audience," says Stephen Zhang, CEO of HYGO.
HYGO builds unique digital brands around popular categories that people are passionate about.\n'