Admissions of “appropriation artist” not fatal to copyright fair *

USA - April 30 2013
The first prong of the fair use defense in copyright infringement cases, the "purpose and character of the use," is often described as an inquiry…

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A far cry from the same injury: Judge rebuffs class action against copyright “settlement fraud” *

USA - March 29 2013
Ever since the entertainment industry figured out how to use IP addresses to bring copyright infringement lawsuits against illegal downloaders…

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Dissecting Mr. Rockefeller: First Circuit rejects copyright infringement claim based on unoriginal elements of news photograph *

USA - January 17 2013
Clark Rockefeller, aka Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, lived a double life until his conviction for child abduction in 2009. He was subsequently…

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Republican Standing Committee's disappearing copyright brief too "awesome" for publication *

USA - November 20 2012
Last Friday, the Republican Standing Committee (“RSC”) published a report by twenty-four year old staffer Derek Khanna, a former Mitt Romney aide and graduate of Georgetown Law School, entitled: “Three Myths about Copyright Law and Where to Start to Fix it.” In less than twenty four hours, the report disappeared from the internet.

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SORT OF THE RINGS: Will trademark fair use protect Age of the Hobbits? *

USA - November 14 2012
In August of this year, Warner Brothers finally announced the release of Age of the Hobbits, Peter Jackson’s long-awaited follow-up to his Lord of the Rings trilogy, based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s famous fantasy novels.

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