Communications Law
News of the Week; September 23, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Mandatory copyright tariffs – Uncharted territories Nicki Minaj’s “Artistic Experimentation” with a Tracy Chapman Song “to Seek License Approval” Qualifies as a Fair Use Under Copyright LEGO Blocks Out ZURU in Copyright Dispute Over Minifigures Schwartzwald v. Oath Inc.: Court dismisses photographer’s copyright claim against HuffPost, finding media site’s altered reproduction of photographer’s […]
News of the Week; September 16, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY In Another Instagram Embedding Decision, SDNY Finds Use of Image of Cardi B Fair Performing a DNA Test on Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts”: Joint Works and Derivative Works Under Copyright A Closer Look at a Troubling Anti-Scraping Ruling from Spring – Compulife Software v. Newman This Copyright Fair Use Opinion Discusses Jon Hamm’s Crotch […]
News of the Week; September 9, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Access Copyright and York U File Responses in SCC (Howard Knopf) The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency(“Access Copyright”) And -York University: Response Of York University To Application For Leave To Appeal Of The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency The Copyright Board’s New $757,548.50 (+?) Website – Finally an Apparently Functional Search Engine – but Otherwise Disappointing […]
News of the Week; September 2, 2020
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Arts On (the) Line: Copyright Protection of Digital Performances for Presenters, Agents & Managers Word To Politicians: “Please [Do] Stop The Music” Fleshing out the copyright in a tattoo Bad Faith Scraping of Photos carries a Big Cost Liability for Copyright Infringement Attaches if Conduct Exceeds Scope of License Regulations and the surge […]