On March 1, 2026, a #Russian #law prohibiting the #distribution and #screening of #movies that may be viewed as discrediting “traditional Russian spiritual and moral values” came into effect.
Foreign #streaming #services have not worked since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Domestic streaming services are popular, and Putin signed a law in June 2024 that eased punishment for #copyright #infringement.

https://globalvoices.org/2026/03/13/forbidden-movies-russia-bans-films-that-reject-so-called-traditional-values/

Forbidden movies: Russia bans films that reject so-called ‘traditional values’

'Traditional values' in the law include patriotism, service to the fatherland, high morals, a strong family, productive labor, and the priority of the spiritual over the material.

Global Voices

Deadline Approaching to File a Claim in the Anthropic Settlement

Just a reminder: if your book or books are included in the $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement, the deadline to file a claim is fast approaching: March 30, 2026. Relevant resources: A note for Amazon Publishing authors like myself: Amazon will not be a claimant, and is assigning all rights of recovery to authors–i.e., if Read More
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#Copyright #ArtificialIntelligence #Infringement #Lawsuits

Deadline Approaching to File a Claim in the Anthropic Settlement - Writer Beware

Just a reminder: if your book or books are included in the $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement, the deadline to file a claim is fast approaching: March 30, 2026. Relevant resources: A note for Amazon Publishing authors like myself: Amazon will not be a claimant, and is assigning all rights of recovery to authors–i.e., ifRead More

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Hey @[email protected] you ever send them a cease-and-desist or no. #NASCAR #LasVegas #Infringement
Copyright litigation over Anne Frank’s writings likely to impact the fate of VPNs in the EU

“The Diary of a Young Girl” is a Dutch language diary written by the young Jewish writer Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Although the diary and Anne Frank’s death in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp are well known, few are aware that the text has a complicated copyright history – one that could have […]

#advocateGeneral #anneFrank #circumvention #cjeu #eu #europeanCommission #foundations #geoblocks #infringement #intellectualMonopoly #litigation #netherlands #publicDomain #switzerland #vpns https://walledculture.org/copyright-litigation-over-anne-franks-writings-likely-to-impact-the-fate-of-vpns-in-the-eu/
Apple Sued by App Developer Over its Continuity Camera

'We’d come between Apple and their walled garden.'

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Vegadelphia Foods sued Beyond Meat (BYND.O) for trademark infringement, and a jury awarded $38.9 million for infringing Vegadelphia's trademark on the phrase "Where Great Taste Is Plant-Based" through Beyond Meat's use of the slogans "Great Taste, Plant-Based" and "Plant-Based, Great Taste" to advertise a meatless sausage breakfast sandwich.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/beyond-meat-owes-39-mln-violating-plant-based-trademark-jury-says-2025-11-25/

#slogan #trademark #infringement #jury

Photographer Refuses Magazine's Request to Publish Images, So It Draws Them

A blatant copyright violation.

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Yesterday, I downloaded the free PDFs for #FabulaUltima #TTJRPG #JRPG from DriveThruRPG.

I only did so because YouTube stuck a video about it in front of me and I really liked the artwork.

"Fabula Ultima" has, of course, the same semantic meaning as "Final Fantasy", and even bills itself as "what if D&D, but Square Enix?" (while completely ignoring the existence of the actual #SquareEnix #FFXIV #TTRPG #copyright #trademark #infringement).

Anyway, here's hoping it's anything interesting.

European Commission launches infringement procedures against several member states

TALLINN – The European Commission has launched infringement procedures against member states that have failed to timely transpose directiv…

https://quokk.au/c/world/p/464539/european-commission-launches-infringement-procedures-against-several-member-states

European Commission launches infringement procedures against several member states

TALLINN – The European Commission has launched infringement procedures against member states that have failed to timely transpose directiv...

Commission opens infringement procedure over Italy’s use of Golden Power on banks

The government had used it this summer to prevent Unicredit from taking control of Banco BPM. However, the rule dates back to 2012

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