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
Category: Copyright Law
Can you ring the unrung bell? (Updated)
LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® has recently run up against the following issue in litigation and welcomes views from the house. We think we’re on the right... Read more
RIAA lawsuit decision matrix
BBspot finds the Rosetta Stone of the RIAA’s litigation strategy. This “explains” a lot. Hat tip to Boing Boing. Originally posted 2012-07-23 14:01:33. Republished by... Read more
All true
Ruling Imagination: (): I may be a minority, but I find it odd to think a literary character, rather than the work he appears in, can... Read more
Modern problems
Jonathan Gewirtz: If you submit electronic files e.g., digital photographs on a CD to the US Copyright Office as part of a copyright application, the... Read more
License revoked
Ever wonder about this new thing — where someone sells you some stuff, typically something that has some sort of copyright on it, only when... Read more
Reforming Little Copyright
It’s pretty clear that Big Copyright — famous authors, Hollywood and, well, Hollywood Hollywood and Hollywood — gets what it wants from both Congress and... Read more
Copywrite
This Copywrite blog is really good. Originally posted 2009-12-22 17:19:47. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Over the rainbow and beyond the pale?
Somehow—despite that I always have one eye open for decisions involving copyright in fictional characters, because almost always I disagree with the ruling and I... Read more
No free lunch. But those prices?
“Information wants to be free.” I must have mocked those words dozens of times here. Or a few. I might be counting the times I... Read more
Monkeys and copyright: On the issue of standing
Dennis Crouch: Patent Litigator Andy Dhuey is also representing Photographer David John Slater who has been sued by the monkey Naruto for copyright infringement. In the 9th Circuit... Read more
Life Imitates the National Debate
Outgoing New York Times ombudsman Daniel Okrent reveals 13 Things I Meant to Write About but Never Did. A favorite, via Best of the Web Today:... Read more
They always get their man
Yes, people do have some funny ideas of what kinds of things to protect with copyright, don’t they? A few years ago, criminal enterprise... Read more
For copyright, a crown
Last post: Copyright ridiculous. This post: Copyright sublime. From Wired (via Jane Coleman, who found it on Instapundit): U.S. lawmakers approved the creation of a... Read more