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1: Support Specialist Rimini Street Found in Contempt of Court for Continued Oracle Copyright Infringements
First off today, Lindsay Clark at The Register reports that Oracle support specialist firm Rimini Street has been ordered to pay some $630,000 in sanctions after ruling that the company had repeatedly violated a permanent injunction that ordered the company to not infringe Oracle software.
The dispute goes back more than a decade as Oracle sued Rimini Street in 2010 alleging that the third-party support firm was violating the copyright of Oracle software as part of its service. In 2015, the case went to trial with Oracle scoring a major win, securing $50 million in damages and another $125 million in attorneys fees, costs and interest. Oracle also won a permanent injunction, an injunction that Rimini Street has been accused of violating.
To that end, the judge found the company in contempt of 5 out of 10 issues brought before it. They say that Rimini Street has not done adequate training to ensure its employees do not infringe. The court also awarded reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs against Rimini, but those are to be decided at a later date.
2: Chris Brown and Drake Argue Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over “No Guidance” Is ‘Baseless’
Next up today, Tara C. Mahadevan at Complex reports that musicians Drake and Chris Brown have hit back at a copyright infringement lawsuit over their 2019 song No Guidance, saying that the lawsuit is “baseless.”
The lawsuit was filed in October Brandon Cooper and Timothy Valentine, who alleged that the duo took their 2016 song I Love Your Dress and used it to create No Guidance. Specifically, they allege that they took beats, lyrics, the hook and other elements when making their song.
However, Drake and Brown have responded, saying that the two songs are vastly different and that any similarities cannot be protected by copyright. Further, they claim that there is no proof that either Brown or Drake even heard the original song before writing their track.
3: Cox Challenges $1 Billion Piracy Verdict Over ‘Lies’ and ‘Serious Misconduct’
Finally today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that U.S. internet service provider Cox is asking a federal district court to reconsider a $1 billion piracy judgment against them alleging that the decision was the result of tainted evidence and serious misconduct by the plaintiffs.
The lawsuit was filed against Cox by a group of major record labels and alleged that Cox was not taking adequate steps to combat piracy on its service. In 2018, a jury found in favor of the labels and ordered Cox to pay $1 billion in damages.
That verdict is under appeal now, but Cox is asking the lower court to reconsider the case, citing doubts over the evidence presented, including new revelations that indicate MarkMonitor, as service employed by the labels to track and stop piracy, created the hard drive of allegedly infringing files in 2016, after the claim period. The record labels have not responded to the allegations.
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