Author: Evan Berquist Appellant Jacobsen holds a copyright for computer software designed to control model trains that he made available free of charge to the…
Author: Stuart Loh The plaintiff, Stephanie Lenz, posted a 29-second video clip on YouTube of her children dancing to the Prince song “Let’s Go Crazy.” Univer…
Author: Matt Kellogg The Lexicon originated from author Steven Vander Ark's website, The Harry Potter Lexicon, an online reference for the fictional world…
Author: Robert Orlando Lopez This was a case of first impression for fair use as a defense against common law copyright infringement of a sound recording. Fo…
Author: José Mauro Decoussau Machado Io produces, markets, and distributes adult entertainment products. In its lawsuit against Veoh, it maintained that a var…
The German blogsphere is buzzing about the new opinion handed down by a court in Hamburg, finding Google’s image search infringing. The court agreed with the co…
Michael Savage has one of the most popular shows on the radio. He doesn't hesitate to speak his mind, no matter how controversial his views. He should be…
Not all campaign controversies fill the national stage. But this one should get national attention for being so abusive. Mark Blanchfield is challenging Georg…
Prof. Lessig’s essay in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal is available here. One thing that caught my eye was an anonymous reader’s comment, containing the follow…
The Fair Use Project, along with co-counsel Bingham McCutchen, sued OTRN and Savage to recover damages for the misrepresentations made in connection with the wr…
After both the state and federal courts rejected the attempts of Yoko Ono Lennon and EMI Records to enjoin the showing of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed on t…
Reference guides and companion books about literary works have been a critically important part of literature since its inception, and the right to publish them…