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Can a loving homage to Disney be a crime? Copyright law says maybe
"That McFarland teen Heather Traska has loved Disney for years sparkles in every frame of her videos, popular mash-ups of "Tangled," "The Li…
Copyright and Fair Use
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Ninth Circuit Rules That Celebrity "Rights" Trump Free Speech
Cross-posted from EFF. Should a minor celebrity's right to wring every drop he can from his fame trump the right to create a realistic work? The Ninth Circ…
Fair Use for the Rich and Fabulous?
In two recent decisions concerning copyright’s fair use doctrine, the Second Circuit addressed the lawfulness of incorporating one creative work into a new one.…
Prof. Deven Desai - Hearsay Culture - Show #190 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
Ron Epstein - Hearsay Culture - Show #188 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
Understanding Trademark Strength
Trademark strength, properly understood, refers to the scope of protection afforded a trademark by courts based on that mark’s inherent and acquired: (1) tenden…
What’s a Name Worth?: Experimental Tests of the Value of Attribution in Intellectual Property
Full article available from Boston University Law Review. Despite considerable research suggesting that creators value attribution – that is, being named as th…
Make copyright law less of a lottery
Cross-posted from The Art Newspaper I was delighted when the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited decision in favour of Richard Prince in Ap…
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Could Overreaction to Cybersecurity Threats Hurt Transparency at Home?
Last week, President Obama met with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the ongoing problem of Chinese cyber espionage. The Obama administration has recentl…
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Publicity Rights vs. Public Interest: Fair Use Project Files Brief in Support of Petition for Rehearing En Banc in Hart v. EA
Should individuals hold veto power over depictions of reality? That's the question at the heart of Hart v. Electronic Arts, Inc., and we here at the Fair Us…
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Lang v. Morris
Sarah Morris is a well-known multimedia artist and filmmaker. In 2007, she debuted her "Origami" series, 24 paintings in which she reworked, redesigne…
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Beneath the Fold: The Twisted Tale of Origami v. Sarah Morris
"“In the spectrum of highly protected to lower-protected, they’re definitely on the lower end of the scale,” Ms. Ahrens said." * Date Published:05/2…