Norman Blagman Versus the Whole Digital Music Industry: Round 1 to Blagman.
I can’t write a better introductory sentence than Judge Andrew Carter of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York did... Read more
Tag: Copyright
Best of 2012: Moldy oldies
Originally posted March 29, 2012. Cohen the “Trademark Attorney” (his SEO people told him to sign blog posts as “Trademark Attorney” I guess; I think... Read more
“I don’t even own a TV”—Aereo (Part Two)
Familiarity of the reader with Part One is presumed. As I read the Second Circuit decision, I was pleased—for reasons I can’t quite, and won’t bother... Read more
About Face
Originally posted 2009-02-18 10:41:19. Republished by Blog Post Promoter The New York Times reports the latest on the Facebook “license” story: After a wave of... Read more
Fight for your right to parody. Or don’t.
Sometimes, just when a copyright dispute is getting very interesting, the parties go and do the unthinkable: They resolve their differences like reasonable people, and... Read more
Best of 2012: Not my money
Originally posted February 21, 2012. Last June, blogging about my presentation to the Copyright Society on the Righthaven litigation, I wrote the following: This brings... Read more
Persia purge
Remember how assiduously copyright owners went after services that made Hollywood entertainment "family friendly" against creators' wishes? Now do Iran. Read more
Not my money
Last June, blogging about my presentation to the Copyright Society on the Righthaven litigation, I wrote the following: This brings us to the issue of... Read more
Going bananas after Star Athletica
Sometimes a banana costume isn't just a banana costume. At least not in the Third Circuit. #copyright Read more
Guest post: Not So Cheerful About Varsity Brands (Best of 2017)
Originally published on Match 28, 2017. So last Wednesday (March 22, 2017, if you’re joining us late) the Supreme Court of the United States issued its... Read more
Guest post: Not So Cheerful About Varsity Brands
So last Wednesday (March 22, 2017, if you’re joining us late) the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Star Athletica, LLC v.... Read more
The PROTECT IP Act: We’re all infringers now
Glenn Reynolds links to this story: Dozens of law professors: PROTECT IP Act is unconstitutional: An ideologically diverse group of 90 law professors has signed... Read more
You are not the boss of me!
Evan Brown reports, as he does so often, about an important ruling that deals another blow to attempts at using intellectual property, and particularly its... Read more
Indirect Liability and Grokster
This post on the Marginal Revolution blog (where this blog once advertised) links to (or tries to link to) an amicus brief filed by… a... Read more