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The Second Circuit weighs in on transformativeness in the visual arts

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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April 30 2013

A year after hearing oral argument, the Second Circuit has issued its much anticipated decision in Cariou v. Prince on copyright fair use in the

Commercial distribution of news content on the Internet by media monitoring service not a fair use

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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April 15 2013

On March 20, 2013, the Honorable Denise L. Cote of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a sweeping decision in favor

The Aereo and ReDigi decisions: courts continue to wrestle with the application of copyright law to the redistribution of digital content

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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April 9 2013

A series of recent decisions in the Second and Ninth Circuitsincluding Viacom v. YouTube and UMG v. Veoh (both dealing with the distribution

Holy copyrightability Batman! The Batmobile is a superhero

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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April 9 2013

Judge Ronald Lew's recent decision in DC Comics v. Towle, No. CV11-03934 RSWL (OPx) (C.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2013) ("Towle"), demonstrates that the line

The 9th Circuit shows Luvdarts no love

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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April 1 2013

Last week, the 9th Circuit affirmed the district court's decision in Luvdarts, LLC, et al. v. AT&T Mobility, LLC, et al., dismissing with prejudice

AP wins key copyright action: reselling news excerpts from internet not a fair use

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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March 21 2013

On March 21, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a sweeping decision in favor of DWT's client, The Associated

Can we publish this photo?

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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November 20 2012

Content providers constantly wrestle with the vagaries of the fair use doctrine when they evaluate whether to run photographs or video clips without authorization (or when they decideafter publicationhow to respond to copyright claims

7th Circuit affirms early dismissal based on fair use in South Park parody case

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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June 14 2012

A “South Park” parody of a popular viral video was such an obvious fair use that a judge was correct to promptly dismiss a copyright infringement claim against the show without putting its creators through burdensome discovery, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled

Full text available of settlement on mechanical royalties, as Copyright Royalty Board seeks comments

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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May 21 2012

Last month, we wrote about the proposed settlement on "mechanical royalties" under Section 115 of the Copyright Act

Radio Music Licensing Committee announces settlement with BMI following settlement with ASCAP - why SESAC is not included

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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May 15 2012

The Radio Music Licensing Committee has announced a settlement with BMI over music royalties for the public performance of musical compositions for the period from 2010-2016

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