Updated 12/1/16

Law 874

Seminar in Advanced Copyright Law Topics

Links to current news stories and blog posts:

 

 

November

• Ashley Cullins, Jury Finds "Jersey Boys" Creators Liable for Copyright Infringment, The Hollywood Reporter 11/29/16
• Marie Andre-Weiss, Corporations Have No Moral Rights over Works in France, Even if They Commissioned It, 1709 Blog 11/29/16
• Timothy Geigner, Jayme Gordon Guilty On All 4 Counts Of Wire Fraud In Scheme To Sue Dreamworks For Copyright Infringement, Techdirt 11/28/16
• Ashley Cullins, SiriusXM Could Pay Up to $99M as Part of Flo & Eddie Settlement, The Hollywood Reporter 11/28/16
• Timothy Geigner, Prince Estate Sues Tidal, The Streaming Service That's Kind To Artists, For Copyright Infringement, Techdirt 11/28/16
• Eriq Gardner, MGM Sues "Buckaroo Banzai" Writer and Director Over Right to Make New TV Series, The Hollywood Reporter 11/28/16
• Lauren Attard, DOJ Appeals Decision Affecting Music Licensing, Mondaq 11/24/16
• Ashley Cullins, Hollywood Docket: Real "Glee" Show Choir Director Wants Out of Legal Battle, The Hollywood Reporter, 11/23/16
• Eriq Gardner, Judge Allows Bid to Free "We Shall Overcome" From Copyright, The Hollywood Reporter 11/21/16
• Ed Christman, Radio Group Argues That Price Tag for a Catalog of Classics Is Monopolistic, Billboard 11/21/16
• Kickass Torrents Defense Again Tries to Poke Holes in U.S. Indictment, Billboard 11/21/16
• Eriq Gardner "Star Trek" Fan Film Lawsuit Boldly Goes Where No 'Star Trek' Lawsuit Has Gone Before, The Hollywood Reporter 11/17/16
• Eriq Gardner, Internet Giants Warn of Mass User Terminations If Recent Appellate Ruling Left Untouched, The Hollywood Reporter 11/15/16
• Eriq Gardner, Judge Recommends $10 Million Copyright Suit Against Justin Bieber, Usher Be Dismissed, The Hollywood Report 11/15/16
• Ashley Cullins, Flo & Eddie Settle with SiriusXM on Eve of California Trial, The Hollywood Reporter, 11/14/16
• Eriq Gardner, Dr. Seuss Enterprises Suing Over "Star Trek" Mashup, The Hollywood reporter 11/14/16 (find out a little more about the project HERE)
• Ed Christman, Dept. of Justice Appeals BMI Consent Decree Decision, Billboard 11/11/16
• Neil Denny, European Publishers "Shocked" at EU E-book Lending Ruling, Publishers Weekly 11/11/16
• Robert Levine, U.S. Copyright Act’s Public Performance Exception Costs Composers More Than $150 Million: Study, Billboard, 11/8/16
• Peggy McGlone, Google "taking over the world": Free content fight brews with change at Copyright Office, Chicago Tribune 11/7/16
• Richard Raysman & Peter Brown, Recent Disputes Over Copyright Licenses Come in Many Forms, NYLJ 11/7/16
• Joe Mullin, Copyright and the White House —Clinton v. Trump on copyrights and patents: Reading the platform and the tea leaves, Ars Technica 11/6/16
• Chris Cooke, US music industry urges EU ambassador to back safe harbour reform, Complete Music Update 11/4/16
• Mike Masnick, Wall Street Journal Error Filled Editorial Buys Into Ridiculous Copyright Office Conspiracy Theory, Techdirt 11/4/16
• Eriq Gardner, Ennio Morricone Sues to Reclaim Rights to Film Scores, The Hollywood Reporter 11/1/16
• Eriq Gardner, Appeals Court Upholds Warner Bros.' Legal Victory Over 'Gone With the Wind' Merchandise,The Hollywood Reporter 11/1/16



October

• Robert Levine, Maria Pallante’s Departure From the Copyright Office: What It Means, And Why It Matters, Billboard 10/25/16
• Eriq Gardner, Content Industry Gets Favored Interpretation of "Repeat Infringers" in MP3Tunes Appeal, The Hollywood Reporter 10/25/16
• Ronald Mann, Argument preview: Court to consider copyright protection for cheerleading uniforms SCOTUSblog 10/24/ 16
• Paul Resnikoff, Unauthorized Facebook Videos Help to Sell More Music, Study Shows, Digital Music News 10/24/16
• Ashley Cullins, Warner Bros. Sues Innovative Artists Over Screener Piracy, The Hollywood Reporter, 10/24/16
• Daniel Adrian Sanchez, SoundExchange Submits Rates Proposal for 2018 Until 2022, Digital Music News 10/24/16
• Robert Levine, Maria Pallante Removed as U.S. Register of Copyrights, Billboard 10/21/16
• Eriq Gardner, The Beatles Move to Dismiss Copyright Suit Over Footage of Famous Concert, The Hollywood Reporter 10/20/16
• Daniel Adrian Sanchez, Is YouTube Really Shortchanging Artists? A Look at Some Actual Data, Digital Music News 10/19/16
• Eriq Gardner, "Friday the 13th" Author Disputes Producer’s Ownership Theories, The Hollywood Reporter 10/18/16
• Eriq Gardner, Abbott and Costello Heirs Lose Appeal Over Broadway Play’s Use of "Who’s on First" Routine, The Hollywood Reporter 10/11/16
• Ari Herstand, Facebook Is Aggressively Ripping Down Cover Videos (Thanks to the Idiots At Universal Music Publishing Group), Digital Music News 10/11/16
• Eriq Gardner, Ed Sheeran’s Lawyers Object to Sprawling Nature of "Photograph" Copyright Suit, The Hollywood Reporter 10/10/16
• Aaron Fellmeth, You Bought It, but You Don’t Own It, Slate 10/7/16
• Ashley Cullins, Quincy Jones’ Royalty Trial Delayed Because of Sony Music Conflict, the Hollywood Reporter 10/7/16
• Brandon Stosuy, Philip Glass on controlling your output and getting paid for what you make, The Creative Independent 10/3/16

 

September

• Henry Jenkins, What Fans Need to Know about Transformative Use: A Conversation with Rebecca Tushnet (Part One), 9/27/16, and (Part Two), 9/29/16, Confessions of an Aca-fan: The Unofficial Blog of Henry Jenkins, 9/27/16
• Mike Masnick, Immigration Board Says You Can Be Deported For Copyright Infringement, TechDirt 9/27/16
• Ashley Cullins, NBC’s "Timeless" Hit With Copyright Lawsuit, The Hollywood Reporter 9/27/16
• Timothy Geigner, Capcom Releases DRM For Street Fighter 5, Promptly Rolls It Back When It Screws Legitimate Customers, TechDirt 9/27/16
• Eriq Gardner, Hollywood Docket: Jay Z Beats Logo Suit; Comcast Escapes Daily Fantasy Sports Litigation, The Hollywood Reporter 9/27/16
• Ashley Cullins, Record Labels Move to Dismiss Lawsuit Over 50 Cent’s "P.I.M.P.," The Hollywood Reporter 9/27/16
• Eriq Gardner, Major Record Labels Sue Over Ripping Audio Tracks from YouTube Videos, Billboard 9/26/16 (the complaint is here)
• Cecilia Kang, A Choice Beyond Cable Box Rentals? It May Hinge on a Swing Voter, NY Times 9/25/16
• Eriq Gardner, TMZ Beats Jared Leto’s Lawsuit Over Taylor Swift Curse Video, The Hollywood Reporter 9/23/16
• Ed Christman, BMI Rate-Court Judge Rules Against Dept. of Justice's "100 Percent" Licensing Decision, Billboard 9/16/16
• Ashley Cullins, Bob Marley's "War" Sparks Copyright Fight, The Hollywood Reporter 9/16/16
• Lucas Shaw, Spotify Is Said to Seek Reset in Negotiations With Record Labels, Bloomberg News 9/15/16
• Paul Young, Upstream Without a Payment, The Hill 9/14/16
• Sam Schechner & Stu Woo, EU Executive Proposes New Copyright, Communications Laws, Wall Street Journal 9/14/16
• Daniel Adrian Sanchez, Are Advertisers Liable for Supporting Piracy? That’s Now Up to a Judge, Digital Music News 9/14/16
• Mark Scott, The Winners and Losers as Europe Tries to Erase Borders for TV and Films, NY Times 9/14/16
• Andrew Flanagan, Pandora Rebrands Its $4.99 Digital Radio Subscription as Pandora Plus, Adds Offline Listening, Billboard 9/15/16
• Ben Sisario, Songwriters Sue Justice Department Over Licensing Rules, NY Times 9/13/16
• Eriq Gardner, Hollywood Piracy Lawsuit Now Features Disney Porn, WikiLeaks and Jar Jar Binks, The Hollywood Reporter 9/13/16
• Mike Masnick, Another Day, Another Anomaly: Paramount Issues DMCA Takedown On Ubuntu Linux Torrent, TechDirt 9/13/16
• Mark Scott, E.U. Rules Look to Unify Digital Market, but U.S. Sees Protectionism, NY Times 9/13/16
• Ashley Cullins, From "Stairway to Heaven" to "Damn Girl": "Raging Bull" Remains Center Stage in Copyright Fights, The Hollywood Reporter 9/9/16
• Mike Masnick, The Copyright Office Acts As Hollywood’s Lobbying Arm... Because That’s Basically How It’s Been Designed, Techdirt 9/9/16
• Emmanuel Legrand, BMI Posts Record Revenues of $ 1.060 billion, Music Week 9/9/16
• Eriq Gardner, Music Publishers, Photo Agencies Battle Claims of Licensing Public Domain Works, The Hollywood Reporter 9/8/16
• Aoife White, Playboy Can Block Links to Celebrity Pictures, EU Court Says, Bloomberg News 9/8/16
• David Meyer, Linking Can Infringe Copyright In Europe, Top Court Rules, Fortune 9/8/16
• Court of Justice of the European Union, Press Release 92-16: The Posting of a Hyperlink on a Website to works protected by copyright and published without the author’s consent on another’s website does not constitute a "communication to the public" when the person who posts that link does not seek financial gain and acts without knowledge that those works have been published illegally 9/8/16 (you can read the full decision here)
• Jason Silverstein, Warner Brothers accuses its own websites of copyright violation in Google takedown request, N.Y. Daily News 9/5/16
• Matt Porter, No Mario’s Sky has Relaunched Due to Copyright Claim, IGN 9/5/16
• Ashley Cullins, Jessie J Knocks Down "Domino" Lawsuit on Appeal, The Hollywood Reporter 9/2/16
• Mike Masnick, Creative Commons Wants To Step Into Lawsuit Over Definition Of "Noncommercial" In A CC License, TechDirt 9/2/16
• Kyle Orland, Nintendo’s DMCA-backed quest against online fan games, Ars Technica 9/2/16
• Paul Resnikoff, Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal Paying $1.6 Million a DAY In Major Label Guarantees, Digital Music News 9/1/16
• Ashley Cullins, Beyonce Slays "Lemonade" Lawsuit, The Hollywood Reporter 9/1/16

 

August

• Daniel Adrian Sanchez, Public Knowledge to 9th Circuit Court In Defense of Blurred Lines Appeal: Borrowing is a Part of Music, Digital Music News 8/31/16
• Eriq Gardner, Blind Melon Sues "Insane" Songwriters for Covering Up ’No Rain’ Infringement, The Hollywood Reporter 8/30/16
• Jane Onyanga-Omara, Kim Dotcom allowed to livestream appeal against extradition to U.S., USA Today 8/20/16
• Eriq Gardner, "Blurred Lines" Appeal Gets Support From More Than 200 Musicians, The Hollywood Reporter 8/30/16
• Andrew Albanese, Publishers Appeal GSU Copyight Case, Publishers Weekly 8/29/16
• Michael Poster, How a Court Decision on Remastering Could Completely Change Copyright Law, Digital Music News 8/29/16
• Ronald Rotunda, The ABA Wants Copyright Royalties From Authors Who Publish the Law, Justia Verdict 8/29/16
• Andy, Kim Dotcom’s Extradition Appeal Gets Under Way, TorrentFreak 8/29/16
• Ernesto Van der Sar, Library of Congress Might Become a Piracy Hub, RIAA Warns, TorrentFreak 8/27/16
• Julia Halperin, Instagram model and makeup artist sues Richard Prince over copyright infringement, The Art Newspaper 8/26/16
• Ashley Cullins, Photographer Blasts PETA's Appeal in "Monkey Selfie" Lawsuit, The Hollywood Reporter 8/26/16
• Joe Mullin, FBI-owned Megaupload.org serves up porn and sex ads, Ars Technica 8/26/16
• Eriq Gardner, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood Beat Lawsuit Claiming They Stole Song, The Hollywood Reporter 8/26/16
• Julia Floretti, EU may require YouTube, DailyMotion to seek deals with music industry, Reuters 8/26/16
• Juliette Garside, EU proposals could see news publishers paid by Google and Facebook, The Guardian 8/25/16
• Ben Sisario, Frank Ocean’s "Blonde" Amplifies Discord in the Music Business , NY Times 8/25/16
• Paul Resnikoff, Frank Ocean’s Entire "Blonde" Album Is Now Available on YouTube…, Digital Music News 8/25/16
• Dan Rhys & Richard Eldredge, Jason Aldean Withholding New Album From All Streaming Services For One Month, Billboard 8/25/16
• Daniel Adrian Sanchez, Lawsuit Apocalypse: Ariana Grande, David Guetta Hit With Latest Songwriter Suit…, Digital Music News 8/25/16
• Eriq Gardner, ’Friday the 13th’ Rights at Stake in Lawsuit Over Horror Classic, The Hollywood Reporter 8/25/16
• Ashley Cullins, Hans Zimmer Scores Win in '12 Years a Slave' Copyright Lawsuit, The Hollywood Reporter 8/25/16
• Joe Mullin, US unveils charges against KickassTorrents, names two more defendants, Ars Technica, 8/25/16
• Althea Legaspi, Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, T.I. File Appeal Brief on 'Blurred Lines' Verdict, Rolling Stone, 8/24/16
• Associated Press, Fan-Made ’Star Trek’ Sets Become Tourist Attraction in NY, NY Times 8/25/16
• McKenna Aiello, Ariana Grande Sued for Copyright Infringement Over "One Last Time", E Online 8/24/16
• Mike Masnick, Copyright Group, In Arguing Against FCC's Set Top Box Proposal, Appears To Argue That VCRs & DVRs Are Also Illegal, Techdirt 8/24/16
• Associated Press, Photographer Seeking $1 Billion From Getty Images Agency, NY Times 8/24/16
• Eriq Gardner, "Blurred Lines" Creators Urge Appeals Court to Reverse Marvin Gaye Family's Trial Victory, The Hollywood Reporter 8/23/16
• Hannah Karp, Spotify Seeks to Fine-Tune Music Rights as It Gears Up for IPO, Wall Street Journal 8/23/16
• Eriq Gardner, Demi Lovato Faces Copyright Lawsuit From Indie Stars Sleigh Bells, The Hollywood Reporter 8/22/16
• Elena Toledo, Olympic Committee Bans Mexican Officials over Copyright Infringement: Cell Phone Video on Social Media Violated Copyright Policy, Pam Am Post 8/18/16
• Eriq Gardner, Judge Rejects Fox's Bid to Toss Ex-Felon's 'Empire' Copyright Lawsuit, The Hollywod Reporter 8/18/16
• Joe Mullin, Judge grants Happy Birthday lawyers $4.6M, citing "unusually positive results," Ars Technica 8/18/16
• Ashley Cullins, Appeals Court Reverses Live Nation Win in Run-D.M.C. Merchandise Suit, The Hollywood Reporter 8/18/16
• Sarah Jeong, Oracle Says Google Didn’t Play Fair, Wants Third Trial (Oh God), Motherboard 8/17/16
• Eriq Gardner, NBA 2K Videogame Publisher Wants Judgment Allowing Use of Player Tattoos,The Hollywood Reporter 8/17/16
• Timothy Geigner, Nintendo Shuts Down Fan Remake Of 25 Year Old Metroid 2 Game Because It Can't Help Itself, TechDirt 8/17/16
• Jason Schreier, Pokémon Uranium Creators Pull Game After A Reported 1.5 Million Downloads, Kotaku 8/13/16
• Chris Moran, Dancing Baby Lawsuit May Go Before Supreme Court, Consumerist 8/12/16
• Eriq Gardner, Appeals Court Upholds U.S. Government’s Seizure of Megaupload's Mega-Millions, The Hollywood reporter 8/12/16
• Cyrus Farivar, Court: US seizure of Kim Dotcom’s millions and 4 jet skis will stand, Ars Technica 8/12/16
• Eriq Gardner, Ed Sheeran: A Tale of Two Song Theft Lawsuits (and a Thousand Journalists), The Hollywood Reporter 8/11/16
• Eriq Gardner, Judge Upholds $25 Million Judgment Against ISP Over User Piracy, The Hollywood Reporter 8/9/16
• Finn Cohen, De La Soul’s Legacy Is Trapped in Digital Limbo, N.Y. Times 8/9/16
• Ashley Cullins, Music Publisher Denied Legal Fees Award for "Stairway to Heaven" Trial, The Hollywood Reporter 8/8/16
• Ashley Cullins, Failure to Register LeBron James' Tattoo as Copyright Proves Costly, The Hollywood Reporter 8/2/16