I have refrained from writing about this issue, since I am representing NORML in connection with this matter. However, Sam Bayard over at the Citizen Media Law Project Blog has
Over-reaching DMCA claims are a rampant epidemic and are often used to suppress free speech. Now, the DMCA appears to be hitting us right in the First Amendment’s heart –
Back in November, I wrote about the Harry Potter Compendium lawsuit in J.K. Rowling – Worst British Export Since Rick Astley. At the time, it seemed like I was the
In Lenz v. Universal, the N.D. Calif. allowed a little push-back against overreaching copyright owners who wield Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) takedown notices like a blunt club. In February
Because there just ‘aint enough soul-music-hitler-humor these days… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCJTR3XeiAc] HT: Andrew Sullivan
I’ve always been a bit uncomfortable with how the 9th Circuit dealt with the Cat in the Hat case. Dr. Seuss Enters., L.P., v. Penguin Books USA, Inc., 109 F.3d
Safe for work… I promise. If you have no idea who Bauhaus was, or if you never saw the movie “The Hunger,” don’t bother clicking. Everyone else… click.
I was a little flabbergasted by how the law firm that claimed that copyright law prohibits the republication of a cease and desist letter. That issue discussed here: Copyright vs.
Earlier Post is updated with links to other sources on the subject and additional analysis.
I have seen a lot of laughable cease and desist letters in my career. Usually they come to my attention when the victim of an overreaching cease and desist posts
The first rule of Harry Potter, you do not write about Harry Potter! J.K. Rowling filed a copyright infringement suit against the publisher of a Harry Potter Compendium. I used
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
