[Link] Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. Watch Tower: So What?

Read: 13/3/2022 torrentfreak.com

In 2018, Watch Tower filed for a DMCA subpoena that would've required YouTube to hand over the identity of an animator who parodied the religious group in his videos. When that stalled, Watch Tower filed a copyright lawsuit.

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[Link] Trump Invokes Presidential ‘Absolute Immunity’ in Electric Avenue Copyright Suit

Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

Last month, lawyers acting for Donald Trump failed to have a court dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by musician Eddy Grant over the unlicensed use of his track Electric Avenue in a campaign video.

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[Link] World Kung Fu Governing Body Uses Copyright Law to Hunt Down YouTube Critics

Read: 7/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

The world governing body for kung fu is using copyright law to identify a user who allegedly made defamatory remarks about the organization on YouTube.

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