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Creating a logo that becomes a meme, while others reap the financial benefit

Pakistani designer, minimalist and self-confessed type-o-holic Owais Riaz created the logo meme of 2020 back in June, which reached the front page of

"A Swedish raccoon" Covid-19 information mascot denied due to copyright infringement

The region of Skåne in Sweden wanted a cheeky mascot to remind people to wash their hands and created a Swedish racoon as a mascot.
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Adland resurrected - heck we do it to dead movie stars and ad slogans, so why not Adland itself.

I suppose I should apologize for the long absence. It was a forced vacation if you will.
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Banksy who once claimed "copyright is for losers" sued an Italian museum for copyright infringement

Banksy fans are a lot like fans of Donald Trump.

Coffee By Design says coffee shops advertising CBD are violating their trademark.

Is CBD coffee from Coffee By Design or is it coffee with CBD?
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Content Creators Coalition copies "Mac vs PC", stealing ideas but not music is apparently OK

The Content Creators Coalition have come out with two ads to try and rustle up some sympathy for creators in the day and age of free digital stuff™
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Spotify really hates musicians.

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Youtube to small creators: No money for you

Imagine if your Executive Creative Director pulled you into his office and said "Hey dude, we're only interested in making creative that get
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Grave robbing David Bowie and other copyright issues

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Twitter sued for copyright infringement & for ignoring DMCA takedown requests

The recent rumblings about the Twitter copyright Infringement Report feature, and possibly overzealous removals of tweets such as Jim Edwards screendu
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Twitter deletes Business Insider's Jim Edwards posts due to "copyright infringement"

Business Insider's Jim Edwards writes i "A bank persuaded Twitter to delete my tweets", that Twitter deleted two of his tweets that dis

"Russians don't need visas" - nor do they need copyright

A funny thing happened on twitter today, David Patrikarakos found this snarktastic t-shirt that reads “Russians don’t need visas”. T-shirt at GUM s
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Photographer bugged out of business by copyright infringement

I couldn't make a better headline than Arstechnicas Bugging out: How rampant online piracy squashed one insect photographer.
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Miami street artist sues American Eagle for infringement.

If you're a fan of street art and/or a Miami resident, you are no doubt familiar with AholSNiffsGlue's work. And if you're a greedy ap
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Rap Genius cofounder apologizes for sick annotations of a killer's manifesto.

UPDATE: According to a post from Tom Lehman, Co-founder and CEO, Rap Genius co-founder Moghadam has resigned.
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Bclassic " Classical Comeback" booty shaking ladies still dancing to Dvorak, RIAA update

This is just a heads up that the RIAA takedown notice kerfluffle has been sorted out, and honestly it was just as simple as changing the music bed to

Irony: The RIAA issues Adland a takedown notice. Update: But the rights were cleared!

Update part 2! Please see Bclassic " Classical Comeback" booty shaking ladies still dancing to Dvorak, RIAA update.
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Slate's Anti Copyright rant sounds like a letter from your psycho ex.

Slate has a new blog post out under their Future Tense section entitled "Hollywood's Copyright Lobbyists Are Like Exes Who Won't Give U
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HistoryPics and Gawker media: building audiences on copyrighted works, without permission.

"Look at Buzzfeed. Their business model is more or less using copyright images."

Kanye West sued for infringement

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Goldieblox: erasing the line between "disruptive" and "douchebaggery"

The dust hadn't settled yet from when Goldieblox declared "you gotta fight for your right to infringe" last week - and now Goldieblox h
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GoldieBlox learns a lesson in engineering bad PR

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Beastie Boys open letter to Goldieblox: YOU sued US (Why?)

Beastie Boys have penned an open letter to Goldieblox hoping to set the matter straight and get some answers.
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Goldieblox : ' Gotta fight, for your right, to infringe'

Really important update: "A representative for the Beastie Boys explained to Huffpo: "There was no complaint filed, no demand letter (no de
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The Recording Industry: fiddling while Rome burns.

In a few short days, we’ll see the first annual Youtube Music Awards with Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Eminem, and more.
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Bittorrent Billboard ads spoofed by pro-copyright group #rightthemusic

Remember when Bittorrent ran these outdoor ads?
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BitTorrent now running outdoor ads

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Thanks to MixBit, copyright infringement is even funner!

The New York Times reported on Thursday that the creators of Youtube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, have rolled out an alternative to Instagram and Vine
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U.S. Government thinks it might be time to change copyright law.

Over at The Hill comes an excellent and informative opinion piece written by Sandra Aistars, Executive Director at The Copyright Alliance
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Silk's bukakke ad generated via ZOOPPA's crowdsource competition was stolen off Vimeo

So, Adverve was on the case with the mysterious Silk "bukakke" ad, wherein a woman gets a lot more than a perl necklace as her face is splas
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Collateral Damage Part 2: Adam Weber.

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Collateral Damage: How Free Culture destroys advertising.

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ICE.gov Anti Piracy PSA: "Free movies"

Inevitable Creative Outcomes, vs Lazy, vs creative theft - where is the line?

I Badlanded the reverse reading trick last year, hoping we'd end the old Usenet joke trend then and there, but last weeks release of DK groups in
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Irony today: French Hadopi new Anti-Piracy logo infringes on copyright.

Remember the name Jean-Francois Porchez people, he is our hero in this hilarious story.
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The Times of India steal images off Flickr for publication, copyright be damned.

The Times of India, which by some is considered a reputable newspaper, have happily made a practice of printing copyrighted images without the rights
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Jill Greenberg photograph not cleared for banner ad usage. Ever.

Update time kids - I was right (ain't I always?)
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AP sends cease and desist letters to Drudge Retort - "don't quote and link us"

The Guardian is on top of this story, leading with: AP faces copyright row with bloggers.
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Copyright for dummies. Real dummies.

Thanks a lot adgrunt Goodbye for putting me in that uncomfortable state of not knowing whether to laugh or slam my head repeatedly at the keyboard wit
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Virgin uses CC licenced Flickr photo in ad campaign, forgets model release, gets sued.

Dallas family sues Virgin Mobile over ad: The lawsuit names Virgin Mobile USA, its Australian counterpart, and Creative Commons Corp., a Massachuse
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Should Paramount get pissed? Top Gun vs Top Gun.

Here's a case of "Logo inspiration" where it's obvious that they meant to do that, the company is after all named "Top Gun En
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MySpace copyright infringement becomes art show

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More youtube copyright troubles

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Copyright has gone down the tubes

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Youtube and Myspace crack down on copyright infringement

Infringing and Abuse - a link lust breakfast.

Burns Auto Parts has found a case of copyright infringement that gained the infringer an 87-month (!) jail sentence.
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Robbie Williams and EMI sue Finnish TV channel and ad agency

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Tsunami-filmer in Khao Lak bankrupts without payment for his film

I'm sure you remember the many eyewitness films that spread across the worlds newsoutlets after the Tsunami in 2004, many showing how people were
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A short chat with Leslie A. Kelly about copyrights

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The latest copyright fight - Perfect 10 vs Amazon

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Tom Waits sues Opel over "voice theft" in advert

Tom Waits really hates it when his work is used in a commercial, he has made this very clear and he will always say no.
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Spec Sucks For Everyone

Drew Davies at BeADesignGroup.com has a great rant on why you should say no to spec work.
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Photos, blogging and fair use

PDN online has a story on photos blogs and fair use, as Naomi Harris recently found her picture on the popular soft-porn blog fleshbot, part of the ev
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When is permission to repost images needed?

All you illustrators and photographers and reps who know a thing or two about copyrights might be interested to read Calacanis : Dealing with the phot

Nike in court battle for plagiarizing cartoon stickman.

Zhu Zhiqiang has taken Nike to court for infringing the copyright of his animation flash character the stickman.
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Copyright isn’t a Threat, it’s a Protection

There is a big push via email and the web to rally support for a court case called Kahle v.

No Trademark for Jesus Jeans

Luxembourg-based clothing brand Jesus Jeans has had its application for a trademark in the UK turned down by the Patent Office because the name is de
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Sassoon files suit against P&G

Legal Action Alleges Systematic Neglect, Mismanagement, Sabotage and Destruction of Brand and Legendary Name P&G's Abandonment of Product, Re
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Bridgestone - A Dog's Life - (2002) 0:30 (Thailand)

A tale of love and betrayal. A suicidal protagonist on the loose. Its drama and suspense all rolled into one.

Top Ten New Copyright Crimes

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This spot won't be back. Gaijin a Go Go got served

It's hasta la vista baby for future web viewings of a Japanese DirectTV commercial starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

SIIA - Don't copy that floppy - (1992)

Did I hear you right? Did I hear you saying that you're going to make a copy of a game without paying?
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