Category: Copyright
Copyright
MMA and USMCA? They’re not piles of letters. They’re the future of copyright, protections key to Hollywood, music and entertainment industries.
*Editors note: This post was updated (see below) on Nov. 12, 2018: In recent years, courts,...
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Yes, It Takes 400 Bureaucrats, 20 Or So Judges, and Now 9 Supreme Court Justices to Decide a Copyright Basic: When Can Creatives Sue to Protect IP?
This guest post was written by Crystal R. Nobregas, a Southwestern Law School fourth-year evening...
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Filmmakers working with tight budgets face daunting legal expenses. Southwestern’s Entertainment & The Arts Legal Clinic offers no-cost help, in exchange for students getting invaluable hands-on experience.
Legal fees for entertainment projects in Los Angeles are costly and daunting. But they’re...
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The ‘Cobbler’ was a dud. But it has stitched up an appellate ruling on IP addresses, preventing copyright owners from acting like heels.
This guest post was written by Crystal R. Nobregas, a Southwestern Law School fourth-year evening...
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Ask not what a bot does to thee: Sony and Facebook back down after taking down part of British pianist’s posted J.S. Bach performance video
Johann Sebastian Bach may have died 268 years ago, but does legal discord still prevail over the...
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Not your average ROM com: No love lost as video game ’emulators’ get legal blast from Nintendo
This guest article is a courtesy cross-post from the social media of the Wolk & Levine law...
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Au revoir, appellate court says to Calif. attempt to give artists a percentage of rising value of their works under ‘droit de suite’ concept
With blood, sweat, and tears, a quartet of California artists pursued their vision, winning over...
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In shoot-out with shooters, CoreLogic prevails: Software doesn’t create infringement woes by erasing metadata, ending a tiff over house photos
Location, location, location— that’s the mantra to describe what matters in real estate,...
Read MoreSho’ Nuff: fiscal risk persists for music publishers after appellate court revives copyright suit, royalties claims over tune sampled for Justin Timberlake Hit ‘Suit & Tie’
Sho’ Nuff, some music publishers still may have a financial reckoning ahead with a trio who...
Read More‘Moral rights’ may hold some sway in Egyptian music, but Jay-Z rules like a pharoah in an appellate win in a long-running infringement case involving rap hit ‘Big Pimpin’
The Egyptians’ and their empire, culture, and world views so enthralled the ancient world...
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ComicMix’s mashup with ‘Star Trek’ elements goes boldly against a Dr. Seuss mark. But title the satire’s latest judicial win a study in the importance of *footnotes
Literary history’s littered with simply awful book titles: Jane Austen, for example,...
Read MoreDoes Disney’s mood swing from elation to anger? Persistent plaintiff sees ‘Inside Out’ infringement claim tossed for a second time (No surprise, Sherlock?) But she appeals.
It wasn’t exactly a super hero aggregation like The Avengers, but a federal judge in Los...
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Seeing mostly negatives, appellate judges nix ‘next friend’ advocacy to advance infringement claim aimed at protecting a great ape’s selfies
Although three federal judges have sought to quash some copyright monkeyshines, a fourth and...
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Cyber world’s atwitter over fast appellate review set for ‘Server Test’ ruling in suit over embedded photo tied to sports stars Tom Brady, Danny Ainge, and Kevin Durant
Along with major media and online information enterprises, millions who merrily apply a feature of...
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Seeking the skinny on copyrights for NBA stars’ phat tattoos, federal judge keeps alive suit that pits ink artist against video game maker
While legions of fans will focus with zeal and dread to see if LeBron James can lead the Cleveland...
Read MoreGive it up, divided appellate judges tell Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams about hopes to overturn controversial ‘Blurred Lines’ infringement case
There are far fewer blurred lines now for Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams after the U.S....
Read MoreStudios locked in ferocious fight over on-screen wizardry, with copyright, patent, and mark protections claimed for special-effects tech
Rearden, a high-powered computing company that has sought to establish its creative reputation in...
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Landlord white-washes walls of ‘graffiti,’ but U.S. judge invokes ‘VARA,’ imposing $6.7 million penalty for damage to big Queens display of ‘aerosol art’
Gerald Wolkoff, a building owner in the New York borough of Queens, in search of what he might...
Read MoreTaylor Swift shakes off ‘Playas’ infringement claim. But how about that federal judge’s harsh finding of ‘unoriginal,’ ‘uncreative’ and ‘banal’ lyrics?
It may be true, as some songs have averred, that playas gon play, and haters, they gonna hate. But...
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Even as songwriters win a key fight on royalties, new fronts open in big-money war between companies, creatives over pay for streamed music
Bit coins and other crypto currencies? For already financially struggling creatives seeking ways...
Read More‘Nae, slappin?’ Au contraire: Court roughs up, tosses guitarist’s infringement suit against U2 and ‘The Fly’
Nae, slappin? Dinnae talk mince. I’ll gie ye a skelpit lug! the fandan in Manhattan (a U.S....
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A sourpuss the internet adores scratched up java vendors who messed with her mug. But her $710,000 court win isn’t a path-breaker for animals’ rights
If Uncle Sam’s halls of civil justice weren’t crowded enough with growling two-legged...
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No ‘fake news’ here: 15th annual ‘Entertainment and Media Law Conference’ will tackle Trump Administration’s legal ‘disarray’ for media, entertainment industries
The Media Law Resource Center and Southwestern Law School have hosted for 15 years the...
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Federal judge answers Cartoon Network’s legal prayer for relief, strikes down $75-million ‘Black Jesus’ infringement claim by ‘Saint Solomon’
Praise be, the folks at the Cartoon Network may be saying under their breath. That’s because...
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Lookin’ for some lovin’ for infringement claim? Internet articles won’t do, as rock legend Steve Winwood’s case proves
This guest post was contributed by Natalie M. Reynoso, a second-year Southwestern Law School...
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