Yigal Mesika v. Craig Petty and Penguin Magic
First Amendment MARC J. RANDAZZA Attorney ALEX J. SHEPARD Attorney Yigal Mesika is a magician who has a long standing reputation for stealing other magicians’ tricks and using patent law
First Amendment MARC J. RANDAZZA Attorney ALEX J. SHEPARD Attorney Yigal Mesika is a magician who has a long standing reputation for stealing other magicians’ tricks and using patent law
The spirit of the First Amendment applies to the copyright laws at least to the extent that the courts should not tolerate any attempted interference with the public’s right to be informed regarding matters of general interest when anyone seeks to use the copyright statute which was designed to protect interests of quite a different nature. Rosemont Enters., Inc. v. Random House, Inc., 366 F.2d 303, 311 (2d Cir. 1966) (Lumbard, J., concurring).
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In this case, a citizen got in a debate with another citizen over their competing views on pride month. Ms. Hope Watt-Bucci, a real estate agent in Manchester, MA disagreed with Kim Kahan’s political views. Rather than let their ideas compete in the marketplace of ideas, as our Constitution mandates, Ms. Watt-Bucci preferred to act the part of the bully and censor.
The very popular X account, Murray Hill Guy, is often provocative. He has developed a massive following and the press seems to pick up on his antics.
Michael Wildey provides a public service. He listens to his police scanner, and when there is an incident in his hometown of Chester, New Jersey, he heads out to the scene to photograph the surroundings and record the police response. He knows to stay out of the way, and takes photos from a distance.
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Our client, William Deans, was gathering signatures for a state ballot initiative in Las Vegas, Nevada shortly before the 2016 election.
Jonathan Monsarrat sued Encyclopedia Dramatica (a website resembling Wikipedia), claiming that the platform committed copyright infringement
Alan R. Levy and Lisa S. Vandever—politically active residents of Rahway, New Jersey—are appealing a lower-court ruling allowing a retaliatory lawsuit to proceed against them despite New Jersey’s recently enacted Anti-SLAPP statute, the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (UPEPA).