Last week, eBay's social conscience companion, World of Good, announced an amazingly simple act of goodness: They would encourage products, producers and s…
We defended the publisher of the Harry Potter Lexicon against suit from J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers. The Harry Potter Lexicon began as a website on which…
Full and final decision of the Court in the Rowling v. RDR Books case. * Publication Type:Litigation Brief * Publication Date:09/08/2008 Download PDF…
Last year, I complained about the Cablevision case (see Href=http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-Opinions/IP-Law-Versus-Moores-Law/>”IP Law vs Moore’s Law”),…
Yoko Ono and EMI sued a documentary filmmaker for using a short clip from the John Lennon song “Imagine” as part of a critique of the lyrics of the song. We de…
The Second Circuit decided The Cartoon Network v. CSC Holdings & Cablevision already two and a half weeks ago. This means light years in terms of blogging,…
As reported by Lessig and others, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded yesterday a ruling by the Northern District of California which denied the copyright…
Many have worried about the role of intermediaries who provide platforms for sharing information and expression on the internet, and their sometimes profound po…
Free licenses play a vitally important role in fostering creative and collaborative use of copyrighted material. Creative Commons is perhaps the best example,…
Two months ago, a Manhattan federal court rejected Yoko Ono Lennon's attempt to enjoin the further showing and distribution of Expelled: No Intelligence all…
A Manhattan federal court rejected Yoko Ono Lennon's attempt to enjoin the further showing and distribution of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed on the grou…
In a decisive victory for defendants beleaguered by baseless copyright infringement claims, U.S. District Court Judge Pauley ruled last week that Plaintiffs Ral…