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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

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

Holy smokes Batman! Court finds Batmobile replicas infringe DC Comics’ copyrights

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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February 13 2013

On February 7, 2013, the US District Court for the Central District of California granted plaintiff DC Comics' motion for summary judgment in part

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

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

Google’s YouTube defeats Viacom’s $1 billon copyright infringement suit

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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July 15 2010

Google won a significant victory in the United States with the highly anticipated June 23 lower court summary judgment ruling that its subsidiary, YouTube, Inc., is not liable for direct or secondary copyright infringement due to its hosting of infringing content posted by users of the wildly popular website

Copyright infringement in the world of celebrity blogging: X17, inc. v. Hollywood.com, LLC

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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December 14 2010

On November 5, 2010, X17, Inc., a paparazzi photo agency, filed suit against Hollywood.com, LLC, owner, operator, and publisher of a series of popular celebrity fan sites and blogs, including www.hollywood.com and www.worldofjustin.com (dedicated to all things Justin Timberlake

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

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