Mike Tyson Is A Tangible Medium Of Expression
As you may have heard, tattoo artist Victor Whitmill is suing Warner Brothers in an attempt to gain money damages and enjoin the release of their film, The Hangover Part 2. Why? Because he put a...
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Instagram’s Invasive New Terms Of Service
Almost nobody reads the fine print on any website or online service, you hit the “Agree” button and move on your way, comfortable in the knowledge that you’ll soon be listening to the hippity hop, or...
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Kanye Propelled By Smart Copyright Enforcement
As someone who was drawn to the law and particularly the law of copyright through the file-sharing lawsuits of my formative years, I’ve heard some version of this argument a million times: “Artists...
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GoldieBlox v. Beastie Boys Settling?
Way back in November, GoldieBlox, Inc. sued the Beastie Boys and a host of others, asking a court to declare that their use of a “parodied” version of the Beastie Boys song “Girls” in their commercial...
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Making Fair Use of APIs
In light of yesterday’s jury verdict in Oracle v. Google, I thought it worth revisiting the concept of fair use in copyright, including the factors that go into determining whether or not a use is...
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