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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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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...
Read MoreAfter fans ripped ‘Michael’ for ‘fake’ songs, Sony and King of Pop’s estate won free-speech protection for product answers, judges find
The King of Pop may have died a decade ago but his legacy of litigation lives on, as a California...
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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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...
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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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...
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For Video Game Manufacturers, Hollywood, and Other Makers of E- Entertainments Targeting Kids, Uncle Sam Offers 650,000 Reasons to Protect Privacy of Vulnerable Young
Uncle Sam took out his regulatory stick recently and rapped the knuckles of a Hong Kong toy...
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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...
Read MoreAlex Hunter isn’t the real thing. He’s virtual. And Coke has made this star an endorsement pioneer. (Take note Entertainment Law practitioners)
He’s a popular soccer player, a star in the English Premier League with millions of...
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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...
Read MoreNew Hollywood theater brings out the dead. Now what legal specters might haunt post-mortem, holographic performances?
Sadly, they’re long gone — but, no wait, they’re back! Some pop musical legends have...
Read MoreAfter denying blind-deaf patron’s $200 aid request, movie theater chain hit with expansive, potentially costly appellate ruling on accommodating disabled
This guest post was contributed by Natalie M. Reynoso, a second-year Southwestern Law School...
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Q-&-A: As e-sports rise, Prof. Zachary Levine considers if laws pertaining to games will whir, glow, and ping, or will they go on tilt?
E-sports — aka electronic sports, aka competitive/professional video gaming — offers a novel and...
Read MoreKudos to U.S. Ninth Circuit for posting video of key argument over what jurors could consider in controversial ‘Blurred Lines’ case
The music industry has been abuzz and ablaze for months now after Robin Thicke and Farrell...
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Couple who clip a he-man get a last, fair-use laugh in YouTube ‘reaction’ video tiff
On the internet, even the most casual conversation can erupt into a flame war — in which, of...
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VidAngel can’t content filter, re-offer studio movies, appellate court affirms
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s standing order barring...
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Court sorts out rights tiff in a mod, mod world
U.S. judge denies summary judgment in video gaming dispute, in which he dissects unitary vs....
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EU court details tech, profit infringement perils
Copyright violations can occur too readily and for makers’ improper advantage when razzle-dazzle...
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With tech-streamers’ rise, will law jobs change?
The industry headlines tell a persuasive tale. Netflix: The most feared force in Hollywood?...
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ISP denied preemptory shield on rights claims
An internet service provider, weary of hearing complaints from a music rights-management...
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Oh, no, you don’t: Infringement claims revived
Appellate judges say trial, facts needed to determine if web service’s claim for ‘safe harbor’...
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Web services catch a break on older music
Justices decline case contesting net providers’ ‘safe harbor’ protections for pre-’72 music...
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