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The case In re Apple iPod iTunes Antitrust Litigation was filed as a class action in 2005 [9] claiming Apple violated the U.S. antitrust statutes in operating a music-downloading monopoly that it created by changing its software design to the proprietary FairPlay encoding in 2004, resulting in other vendors' music files being incompatible with and thus inoperable on the iPod. [10]
On March 10, 2015, the jury unanimously found Thicke and Williams liable for copyright infringement. It awarded a sum of $7.3 million as damages for the infringement to Gaye's family. The amount was reduced by the District Court to $5.3 million, along with 50 percent royalties on future songwriter and publishing revenue of "Blurred Lines".
Art in advertisements is protected by copyright White-Smith Music Publishing Company v. Apollo Company: 209 U.S. 1: 1908 Reproduction of the sounds of musical instruments playing music for which copyright granted not a violation of the copyright. Bobbs-Merrill Co v. Straus: 210 U.S. 339: 1908 No license to use copyrighted material.
The singer Eddy Grant sued Trump, claiming copyright infringement, in 2020 after his 1982 hit "Electric Avenue" was used in a Trump-campaign tweet without the reggae-disco star's permission.
A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday dismissed Apple Inc's copyright infringement claims against a Florida startup whose software helps security researchers find vulnerabilities in Apple products ...
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf; and; An electronic or physical signature (which may be a scanned copy) of the copyright owner. A complaint can be submitted by: Sending a letter to our registered copyright agent.
Because "inducement" is defined so broadly, say critics, it seems plausible that many current products could violate the same three principles as Grokster - one could argue that the marketing of the popular mp3 player known as the iPod meets all three criteria that the court proposed: 1) Apple's advertising campaign "Rip, Mix and Burn" can be ...
The professor believes Adele’s and Geraes’ case exemplifies how ambiguous copyright infringement laws “reduce the question of infringement to the ear of the beholder.” Image credits: Adele