8 x 8: It’s More Complicated Than You Think

8 x 8: It’s More Complicated Than You Think

This post was written by Braydon Massoud. He currently is knee-deep in tax law and couldn’t get access to post, so I’m posting for him.   Hi everyone, in choosing which topic to write about I decided to pick chess, because it feels like a fun case study in which to apply the copyright laws […]

Do It Yourself: Did you really?

Do It Yourself: Did you really?

I recently watched Meghan Maulucci’s video linked in her IP Law post “Meg’s IP Law Knitting Circle: Protecting Crochet Creators”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQbF4o5uGII&ab_channel=MeghanMaulucci Meghan’s video examines whether we should revise the current legal understanding of what is copyrightable. She notes (starting at 2:30) that in the U.S. context, copyright doesn’t protect certain classes of works, like fashion […]