This week’s copyright, media, and entertainment law updates are as below-
Meta Not to Get Safe Harbour Protection for Copyright Infringement
In a class action infringement suit brought by JL Cook, a sculptor, against Meta Platforms Incorporation, in Northern California federal court, the judge said that Meta may not be entitled to Safe Harbour Protection. Cook, alleged copyright infringement over his artwork depicting snakes and other reptiles, by enabling promotion and repost of Facebook Ads of counterfeit copies, in spite of…
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“Unfortunately, viewing pirated films online has always been a norm rather than an exception.” Dr. Kalyan C Kankanala
Copyright Statistics
There is an increase of 206% in the total number of copyright applications filed last week as compared to the previous week. A total of 447 applications were filed for copyright registration during the last week. The majority of applications were filed for literary works and artistic works.
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Number of Applications filed in the Previous Week
(5th November 2018 to 11th November,…