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Green Day awarded attorneys’ fees against artist after defeating copyright infringement and unfair competition claims with fair use defense
- Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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- USA
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- November 30 2011
Green Day, a punk band most of us know for the song Good Riddance, and others remember for songs like Basket Case, was sued by artist Derek Seltzer for copyright infringement and unfair competition over Green Day’s use of his work Scream Icon in connection with Green Day’s song East Jesus Nowhere
First Amendment right to anonymous speech trumps right to discover identity of blogger alleged to have infringed copyrighted works of Art of Living Foundation
- Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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- USA
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- November 22 2011
“Skywalker’s First Amendment right to anonymous speech outweighs the need for discovery at this time.”
You say you want a revolution: RIAA does not agree that ReDigi’s “legally downloaded digital music” marketplace qualifies for first sale protection
- Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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- USA
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- November 16 2011
Two potentially revolutionary “disruptive technologies” were back in the news this week
Motley Crue successfully moves for dismissal of suit involving copyright in “Too Fast for Love” album artwork
- Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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- USA
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- October 15 2012
On October 9, 2012, Judge Grady, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, dismissed a copyright-infringement action against rock band Mötley Crüe for lack of personal jurisdiction
Hey ya! District court dismisses copyright lawsuit against André 3000's “class of 3000"
- Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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- USA
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- April 27 2012
In 1997, Timothy McGee pitched an animated TV series, “The Music Factory of the 90s,” to The Cartoon Network
