Copyright & Social Media
Communications Law
News of the Week; February 12, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Downtown Music Publishing LLC v. Peloton Interactive, Inc. “Pound Cake” Sampling Is Fair Use According to the Second Circuit 2nd Circuit Appeals Court Upholds Drake Sampling Fair Use Victory, But Doesn’t Think It’s Useful For Anyone Else Estate of James Oscar Smith v. Drake (USCA 2nd Circuit, 2.3.20) Transformative Editing as Fair Use […]
News of the Week; February 5, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Conservative MP Dan Albas on Copyright Term Extension in USMCA: Government Needs to Mitigate Damage to Copyright Law (Michael Geist) Woman Threatens Rep. Steve King With A Lawsuit For Using A 12-Year-Old Meme On His Facebook Page Success kid’s mom won’t stand for Steve King’s “meme” ad: Laney Griner, mother behind the meme, […]
News of the Week; January 29, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY How the Supreme Court’s New Standard of Review Will Impact IP USMCA amendments: implications for Canadian IP law Article 13: UK will not implement EU copyright law Tom Kabinet: CJEU rules resale of e-books requires permission of copyright holder CJEU judgement in Sky v Skykick (case C-371/18) UK Government “has no plans” to […]