The Volokh Conspiracy: “In my classes in IP law and copyright, I sometimes have difficulty conveying to students the ‘cost’ side of the copyright regime.”
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Consumers International produced a video called “When Copyright Goes Bad,” which discusses current issues arising from technology that allows for easy copying of copyrighted works and copyright laws.
JustMed, Inc. v. Byce is a copyright case decided by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. It involved the question of who owned the copyright to software code created by Michael Byce – Micheal or JustMed, Inc.? The general rule of copyright law is that the creator of a work owns the copyrights [...] Los Angeles Times on the battle between the Walt Disney Company, which purchased Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion and the heirs of Jack Kirby, the man whose art work was responsible for many of Marvel’s comic characters. “Pow! Wham! Another high-profile copyright fight broke out in Hollywood, and this one could be the [...] From Law Professor Eric Goldman of Technology & Marketing Law Blog: “In the lawsuit over the allegedly bogus takedown of a YouTube video of a baby dancing to Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” (previous blog coverage), Judge Fogel has defined some standards for computing damages in a 17 USC 512(f) case, which creates a cause of [...] Digital Media Lawyer Blog: “There has been a lot of recent press touting manufacturers of MAC clones. Clone manufacturers attempt to unlock the tie between Apple software and hardware by selling non-Apple hardware that include copies of Apple’s much-loved software. However, because Apple does not sell copies of its software separately from MAC [...] LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®: Attorney Ron Coleman’s article entitled “Copyright Rules of the Road for Bloggers” is a must read for all bloggers. The article starts on page 3. Law.com: “Over the past six years, the record industry has successfully sued thousands of people in the United States for illegally downloading copyrighted songs. . . Soon, though, the major labels are going to have a different copyright battle on their hands — one that will pit them not against those who want [...] Wall St. Journal: “The heirs of late comic-book creator Jack Kirby served 45 copyright-termination notices to Marvel Entertainment Inc., Walt Disney Co. and other Hollywood studios relating to comic-book characters and stories created by Mr. Kirby, including ‘X-Men’ and ‘The Fantastic Four.’” See also the New York Times story “After Disney-Marvel [...] |
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