Update on Recent Film Copyright Infringement Cases
Two recent film cases related to copyright law have relevant lessons for film producers and distributors. Both decisions were reached on motions to dismiss, with…
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Celebrity Attracts Wrong Kind of Attention with Copyright Infringement
Khloe Kardashian has been hit with a copyright infringement suit for posting a photo of herself taken by an international celebrity photo agency named Xposure…
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New Copyright Regulation May Impact Small Business Owners
Small business owners who allow postings of user-generated content to their websites need to take immediate steps to preserve their safe harbor protection under the…
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#ThinkBeforeYouTweet: Skittles Photo Lands Trump Campaign in Hot Water
Many internet and social media users seem to have a preconceived notion that content appearing on websites, in blogs, or in posts is free and…
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Copyright Coda: Zeppelin Beats Infringement Suit
A California jury decided quickly and unanimously that Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” was not substantially similar to Spirit’s “Taurus” as the estate of the…
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Court: Mastering Meets Originality Standard Under Copyright Law
The question of whether the sound recording mastering process, and thus the fruits of mastering engineers’ labors, can meet the originality standard under copyright law…
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Copyright Infringement Defendant: Remasters Entitled to New Copyright
A record company suing CBS for infringing its pre-1972 sound recordings was hit with a novel and thought-provoking defense theory that could substantially limit the…
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No Quarter: Judge Sends Zeppelin Copyright Infringement Suit to Trial
Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Robert Plant, the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, lost the main arguments of their summary judgment motion in the…
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Court Ices Writer’s Copyright Infringement Case vs. Disney’s “Frozen”
An author of children’s books was dealt a fatal blow in her copyright infringement suit over the movie “Frozen” when a district court in California granted…
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Screenplay Copyright Infringement Defendants Win Attorney’s Fees Award
The screenplay copyright infringement defendants in Counts v. Meriweather, a case reported on here in February, completed their success when the court ordered an award of…
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Skills to Pay MORE Bills: Beasties Win Attorneys’ Fees in TufAmerica Case
It has clearly been a couple of great years on the legal front for the surviving members of the Beastie Boys and the estate of Adam…
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Web Developers & Coders Rejoice! HTML is Copyrightable, Says Court
A recent court decision should come as welcome news to web developers and coders of all stripes because it clarifies the copyrightability of web-related assets. The district…
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BitTorrent Defendant Fails to Byte Off Attorney’s Fees
Mass BitTorrent lawsuits have been in the news for several years now but appear to have reached a crescendo with and . A recent case…
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“Teeth” of Copyright Law Getting Lots of Attention in 2016
Awards of statutory damages and attorney’s fees give copyright law its “teeth” to discourage infringers. Sometimes, the mere credible possibility of these two remedies can…
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