Communications Law
News of the Week; December 23, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Fair Use Permits Newspaper to Republish Photo Taken By Drone–Castle v. Kingsport Publishing (Eric Goldman) Dr. Seuss/Star Trek Mash-Up Not Fair Use, Ninth Circuit Rules The Mystery Of The Copyright On Sherlock Holmes’ Emotions Goes Unsolved Due To Settlement The Copyright Office Will Not Weigh in on Philadelphia Phillies’ Copyright Dispute US COVID-19 […]
News of the Week; December 16, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Eve of destruction: Moral rights infringement and destroying works of art Two Turntables, No Microphone: Using Technical Diagram Is Not Copyright Infringement Brophy v. Belcalis Almanzar (California, Southern District 12.4.20): In lawsuit against Cardi B for using plaintiff’s back tattoo on cover of her album, court holds that transformative fair use is question for […]
News of the Week; December 9, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Linking and Copyright Law in the European Union – Where do we go from here? Another Court Says Embedding Instagram Photos May Be Fair Use–Boesen v. United Sports (Eric Goldman) 576 German Artists Want EU Copyright Directive Made Worse, With No Exceptions For Memes Or Mashups Nancy Pelosi Sells Out The Public: Agrees […]
News of the Week; December 2, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Nicki Minaj Safeguards the Right for Artists to Experiment with Unlicensed Work Skateboard Graphic Artist Sues Jack Black, Tony Hawk, and The Berrics for Copyright Infringement of Skateboard Graphic Design PewDiePie’s “My Heart Will Go On”: A Case Study in the DMCA and YouTube’s Copyright Dispute Process (Part I) Peace does not get […]
News of the Week; November 25, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Using music in your business? Copyright fees proposed to increase Disney (Disney!) Accused Of Trying To Lawyer Its Way Out Of Paying Royalties To Alan Dean Foster Who Owns Vacation Photos of You? Probably Not You–Hubay v. Mendez (Eric Goldman) Hyperlinking: more control for copyright owners “Cultural misinterpretation” or designer’s freedom? Due diligence […]
News of the Week; November 18, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Boesen v. United Sports Publications, Ltd.: Court dismisses copyright claim, holding that publisher’s article that “embedded” Caroline Wozniacki’s Instagram post featuring plaintiff’s photograph constituted fair use. Flo & Eddie, Inc. v. Pandora Media, Inc.: Court denies anti-SLAPP motion by owners of pre-1972 sound recordings created by The Turtles, holding Pandora’s failure to pay […]
News of the Week; November 11, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Game, set, match: Sometimes the photo is the story Federal Judge Rules Embedding of Instagram Post Containing Copyrighted Photo is Fair Use Embedding in a State of Flux: New York Courts Challenge Decade Old Reasoning from the Ninth Circuit Vallejo v. Narcos Productions LLC (USCA, Oct.27, 2020): Held that portions Netflix’s Narcos series are […]
News of the Week; November 4, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Use Your Illusion: Rights in posthumous holographic performance Intellectual Property & Architecture – Copyright Protection in Focus Tenth Circuit Breathes New Life into a Spooky Skeleton Copyright Dispute Protect Your Posts: New Group Copyright Registration Option for Online Blogs and Articles The US election: a vote on IP? New Working Paper – Memes […]
News of the Week; October 28, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Enforcing Copyright Outside the Courtroom – The New Notice Regimes FLVTO.biz Petitions SCOTUS To Hear Jurisdiction Argument In Stream-Ripping Lawsuit Battle Lines Drawn Over Font Copyright Protection Tom Lehrer, Still Awesome, Releases Lyrics Into The Public Domain Armes v. Post: In action asserting co-authorship of Post Malone’s hit song “Circles,” court dismisses alleged […]
News of the Week; October 21, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Supreme Court of Canada to Hear York University/Access Copyright Appeals Justice Luc Martineau is new chair of Copyright Board of Canada Google gets mixed reception in Supreme Court clash with Oracle: Justices held a low-tech telephone session in one of the biggest software fights in American history on Wednesday Google’s Supreme Court faceoff […]