Poulsen Files Motion For Attorney's Fees After Successful Action
By Jeff Laretto • December 5, 2006 at 10:21 am
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) includes a fee-shifting provision to incentivize private individuals to bring FOIA compliance actions. An award of fees is not automatic, rather, a FOIA plaintiff must have been successful in the action and must also be entitled to fees. Read more » about Poulsen Files Motion For Attorney's Fees After Successful Action
Update on primary and secondary authority searches for "fair use" defense of unlicensed video clips
By Jeff Laretto • November 28, 2006 at 4:02 pm
Yesterday I finished my draft of my preliminary search results for primary and secondary authority covering the application of the fair use defense to 'borrowed' video clips in documentaries.
As I understand it, the Documentary Film Project (an undertaking of the Fair Use Project) is a project chartered with the goal of compiling authority and arguments to defend filmmakers who produce documentaries using segments of copyrighted works. Read more » about Update on primary and secondary authority searches for "fair use" defense of unlicensed video clips