Seth MacFarlane just can’t seem to keep out of trouble – especially when hypersensitive overreacting IP owners want to stifle creativity in its crib by suing him (bias alert! bias
Last month, Verizon Wireless purchased the right to be the exclusive provider of ring tones from the Bob Marley music catalog from Universal – who owns the rights to Marley’s
CNET reports on the latest attack on Fair Use. Some German TV station decided to poke fun at hitler (I don’t capitalize his name, sorry) and/or The Village People. (Hat
WASHINGTON D.C. – Fair Use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws are responsible for more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States, according to the findings of an
Intellectual property scholars have begun to explore the curious dynamics of IP’s negative spaces, areas in which IP law offers scant protection for innovators, but where innovation nevertheless seems to
New! Trent Reznor advises China to download his music – gripes about the record industry. link Classic! Napster-Case-Era article by Courtney Love: Courtney Love Does the Math
In a challenge to the Copyright Term Extension Act (“CTEA”) and § 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (“URAA”), Lawrence Lessig attempted to atone for his “sins” by losing
In my Copyright Law class, a student held the opinion that an ice sculpture might qualify as “fixed” (as defined by the Copyright Act), depending on the climate. Of course,
On Thursday, in my Copyright Law class, we pondered whether anything is truly “original” in art, be it music, film, literature, etc. We also batted around some alternative theories thrown
In Violent Femmes Turn on Each Other, I lament the processing of the songs from my youth into ad jingles. The author of the Truth Be Told blog posted a
The 1980s are officially over. Well, I guess they were over 17 years ago, but don’t tell my CD collection that. Brian Ritchie, bassist for the Violent Femmes, filed suit
Lawrence Walters reports on this at Adult Industry Update: A little-known dispute between the island nation of Antigua and the United States may turn into a major headache for media
