Communications Law
News of the Week; August 26, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY On the Barefoot Contessa, Peppermint Bark, and the Volitional Conduct Requirement for Copyright Infringement Virtual Reconstruction Of Ancient Temple Destroyed By ISIS Is Another Reason To Put Your Holiday Photos Into The Public Domain Mango v. Buzzfeed: On claim that media site violated DMCA by publishing photographer’s work without permission 2nd Cir. holds […]
News of the Week; August 19, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Judge Denies Copyright Troll Malibu Media’s Request For A Default Judgment Media Co. Ordered To Stop ‘Cartoon Classics’ DMCA Notices Don’t use my music! Neil Young sues Donald Trump for copyright infringement More Rockin’ In The Free World S.D. Florida Refuses To Toss Artist’s Claims Over Alleged Knock-off Art Installation Copyright in photographs […]
News of the Week; August 12, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Genius Media Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Song Lyrics Is Tossed Judge Tosses Out Genius’ Laughable Lawsuit Against Google Over Licensed Lyric Copying Neil Young’s Suit Illustrates Music Licensing Issues Helpless No More? Neil Young Sues Trump Campaign for Use of His Songs Fair Use, “The Frankenstein,” and the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. […]
News of the Week; August 5, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY A Quarter-Billion Dollar Bag of Beans: Responding to Ken Whyte’s Attack on Library Book Loans (Michael Geist) Internet Archive Responds To Publishers Lawsuit: Libraries Lend Books, That’s What We Do “Salacious” Content Doesn’t Bar Discovery in Copyright Infringement Suit IAP Defeats Vicarious Copyright Infringement Claim–UMG v. Bright House (Eric Goldman) Taylor Swift Changes […]
News of the Week; July 29, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Print-on-Demand Vendor Doesn’t Qualify for DMCA Safe Harbor–Feingold v. RageOn (Eric Goldman) CBS’ overzealous copyright bots hit Star Trek virtual Comic-Con panel Viacom’s Copyright Bots Take Down ‘Star Trek’ Comic-con Panel Because These Bots Suck Out Loud Reagan Foundation Tells President Trump and the RNC to Stop Using Reagan for Fundraising Purposes Fight or Flight […]