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Copyright and Fair Use

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Publicity rights up in the air

The current crop of cases are an important opportunity for an appellate standard, said Julie Ahrens, an attorney and associate director of the Fair Use Project…

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How Copyright Law Censors Campaigns

Once again, political campaign videos are being censored by copyright law. This time, Mitt Romney is the victim. After President Obama created an ad mocking Rom…

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The Humboldt Internet Law Clinic Launched

Anyone who has ever attended law school in the United States knows what legal clinics are about. In recent years, clinical work with students in law school sett…

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The Growing Power of the Meme

For the originator of a meme, legal protections are slim, and that’s the way it should be, says copyright attorney Anthony Falzone, executive director of the Fa…