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Use of excerpts from and linking to article found to be fair use

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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October 26 2010

Righthaven, a company which has purchased and owns the copyrights to various news and media articles, has filed multiple lawsuits against various individuals who have reposted, excerpted or quoted one of Righthaven's copyrighted articles

"South Park" sued for copyright infringement over re-creation of YouTube video

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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November 22 2010

Brownmark Films, the creators of a YouTube music video that has received more than 34 million views, recently sued Viacom, MTV, and others for copyright infringement after a re-creation of the song and music video was included in a 2008 episode of "South Park" on Comedy Central

Liability found for unauthorized use of self-portrait photography

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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December 23 2010

The Middle District of Florida recently found Televised Visual X-ography, an adult film production company, liable for the unauthorized use of an individual's self-portrait photograph on the cover of one of its DVDs

Actress sues Mattel over use of likeness in Barbie doll

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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May 16 2011

Donna Douglas, the actress who played Elly May Clampett in "The Beverly Hillbillies," recently sued Mattel, Inc. for violating her right of publicity and false endorsement

NY court holds photo storage site doesn't need to police for infringements

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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June 29 2011

Photobucket is an online photo storage site that gets referral fees from third-parties if it encourages artists to have the third-party print photos on the third-party's website

Offering incentives to upload infringing content may create liability

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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September 28 2011

Adult entertainment company Perfect 10, Inc. sued an online file storage company for copyright and trademark infringement after users uploaded certain Perfect 10 content to the defendant’s service without authorization

Photographer sues UNICEF for copyright infringement

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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July 19 2011

Photographer William Anthony sued UNICEF in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington alleging that UNICEF infringed the copyright of a number of photos of celebrities that Anthony took for a UNICEF advertising campaign

Green Day's unlicensed use of image in concert video held a fair use

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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October 20 2011

An artist sued the band Green Day for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and unfair competition, alleging that the band used the artist's copyrighted image as part of a video backdrop displayed during certain live Green Day performances without permission

Company sues Justin Bieber over company's "joustin' beaver" app

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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February 29 2012

RC3, Inc., a mobile application development company, created "Joustin' Beaver," a mobile application available for download on smartphones and tablets

Elkin argues before Ninth Circuit on behalf of online technology companies

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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December 20 2011

On December 20, 2011, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed an important victory to Web site owners and operators that offer user-generated content and depend on the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA

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