Statutory damages in copyright, and the Tenenbaum case
Statutory Damages and the Tenenbaum Litigation: Doug Lichtman out at UCLA sends this along: Joel Tenenbaum looks a lot like every other defendant who has... Read more
Tag: Copyright Law
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
Best of 2009: They always get their man
Posted November 24, 2009. Yes, people do have some funny ideas of what kinds of things to protect with copyright, don’t they? A few... 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
More fair use follies: copyright infringement by court filing?
Evan Brown reports (links added): The parties in the matter of Shell v. Devries, a case from the U.S. District Court for the District of... Read more
Best of 2011: Madden ’nuff
First posted October 4, 2011. Here’s a guy who just may be in for some serious money! So, what magic words can resurrect a potentially... Read more
Oy vey
Consider the other side of the aggrieved vandalism promoter Shepard Fairey, of HOPE poster fame: Gawker: “Obey” Trademark Law: Some guy in Pittsburgh sells little... Read more
Best of 2009: “Adverference?”
This was originally published on January 22, 2009: Working from home today after a bruising few weeks at work (see yesterday’s post!), I finally figured... Read more
No “30% solution”
Here I am, sitting 44 stories above the Garment District itself (when I’m not standing under its immortal needle, shown below), and I needed Staci... Read more
No jokey!
Did you ever contemplate the grand institution of karaoke and ask, hey, how do they do that? Copyright-wise, that is? Don’t wonder any more. Originally... Read more
When an Issue of First Impression Makes a Bad One
Have you ever read a decision and just marveled at the apparent restraint of the judges? “Why don’t they tell this party to shut up?”... Read more
Hitler on copyright
The “Downfall parodies” aren’t really parodies, in the legal sense. But as this one demonstrates, “Hitler” does seem to understand something about copyright, law, IP... Read more
Ads for pirates
Imagine a world where producers and owners of TV shows, movies and the not only upload full-length copyrighted video content onto the Web in the... Read more
The “Fair Use Massacre” (updated)
First, this vintage LOC item: Fred von Lohmann of the EFF calls out YouTube: Fair use has always been at risk on YouTube, thanks to... Read more