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Class is out for YouTube: S.D. of NY rules in favor of YouTube in its class action defense

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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May 21 2013

On May 15, 2013, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied plaintiffs' request for class certification in a

Capitol Records v. Redigi: District Court finds first sale defense does not apply to re-sale of digital music downloads

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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April 19 2013

In Capitol Records, LLC v.ReDigi Inc., a case that has been closely watched in digital music and cloud computing circles, a district court in the

The new copyright alert system: another weapon in the arsenal of copyright owners

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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March 21 2013

Following the lead of several other countries, including New Zealand, France, South Korea, and Ireland, the United States has now implemented a

Photographer claims made-for-TV movie infringes his copyrighted photo

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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October 13 2010

In the summer of 2008, a man using the name Clark Rockefeller abducted his daughter Reigh and fled Massachusetts

Owners of alleged copyright pirate Megaupload dealt a blow by New Zealand appeals court in ongoing extradition battle

Arent Fox LLP
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New Zealand, USA
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March 4 2013

A New Zealand court of appeals has handed the US Government a major victory in its ongoing battle to extradite the owners of the foreign corporation

Bill promising sweeping change to online intellectual property enforcement passes Senate Judiciary Committee

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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December 8 2010

A bill currently making its way through Congress could reshape the way that the United States polices the Internet - a move that opponents call censorship and supporters claim is a reasonable means of enforcing copyright and trademark laws

Decision against NBC Universal for use of pitched television show concept without compensationcredit being appealed to Supreme Court

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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October 10 2011

Major players in the entertainment industry should be aware of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Montz v. Pilgrim Films & Television, Inc., 649 F.3d 975 (9th Cir. 2011), a case regarding a pitch for a television show concept

Seventh Circuit case regarding copyright liability for embedding infringing videos brings major industry players to the table as amici

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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May 1 2012

What started as a copyright litigation between two relatively minor parties has morphed into an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit that has seen amici briefs from the likes of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Google, and Facebook

There’s no place like court: Eighth Circuit rules that studios’ classic film copyrights extend to famous characters in the Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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November 11 2011

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently ruled in favor of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. in its copyright infringement suit against several movie image licensors who had been selling altered public domain images of famous characters from The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, and a number of Tom & Jerry short films

Keeping tabs: model releases can be a source of trouble for companies

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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March 28 2013

On March 5, 2013, Bassil A. Hamideh (Hamideh), a model-turned-attorney, filed a lawsuit against Dolce & Gabbana S.r.L. (D&G) for the unauthorized

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