ReDigi Redux: A Decision in Two Dialogues
There is a case so plainly inappropriate for a fair use defense, and this is that case. Read more
Category: Copyright Law
Someone dropped in an extra zero, right? RIGHT?
It’s a month-old story, and how it got past us here notwithstanding, it’s not getting past us now. Per the ABA Journal, remember the Bratz... Read more
“We cannot allow our brand to be abused”
Originally posted on November 13, 2008: “We cannot allow our brand to be abused.” What “brand” is that? The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.... Read more
A quick scan of the law regarding copyright and the public domain images
The story’s all over the Net, but here’s as good a take on it as any, from Mike Masnick at Techdirt: Derrick Coetzee, a software... Read more
Copyright law is hard
But it’s hard to have sympathy for the MPAA about its being accused of infringement, since its insane shotgun appraoch to enforcement is so just... Read more
Ben Stein trips over IP
Walter Olson: With all his lawyer chums from Milberg-witness days, you’d think Ben Stein could have saved the makers of his creationist movie from stumbling... Read more
Oh, bother!
The Supreme Court declined yesterday to get involved in the Winnie the Pooh litigation, despite the opportunity it presented for another swat at the Ninth... Read more
No tolls for trolls
The thing about copyright law we all understand is that no one understands it. We have all written about the old Righthaven copyright trolling scam, as everyone... Read more
M-I-C . . . see you in court!
Could there be a mouse hole in Mickey’s larder? The Los Angeles Times reports: All signs pointed to a Hollywood ending with Disney and Mickey... Read more
Detective work: Hunting down the copyright victory (of a “cop”).
If you want to read an article about an important development in copyright news, but you don’t want to be distracted by a lot of... Read more
In the maw of the beasts – Copyright in Cambridge, this Wednesday
On Wednesday, June 25, 2014, I will be participating in the statutory damages segment of the “Second Green Paper Roundtable” in Cambridge, Massachusetts. What is... Read more
Best of 2010: Moral rights in Massachusetts
First published April 12, 2010. Lee Gesmer reported last month on a pretty important decision in copyright law: A First Circuit ruling applying the Visual... Read more
Zombie on zombie action
The Escapist (via Punning Pundit): In a battle that refuses to die, publisher Capcom filed a pre-emptive lawsuit against the Dawn of the Dead film... Read more
Holding Caulfield
I could have linked to a million stories on this, but Publishers Weekly seems appropriate*: Finding that author J.D. Salinger is “likely to succeed on the... Read more