by Caroline Saunders | Oct 24, 2016 | Copyright
Disney, LucasFilm, and Twentieth Century Fox are taking on VidAngel, a video service that encourages users to “watch movies however the BLEEP you want” for essentially a dollar. In June, the parties filed a lawsuit against VidAngel, Inc. asserting that VidAngel is...
by Johannes Doerge | Oct 21, 2016 | Copyright
In an effort to combat a popular form of music piracy, a collection of music labels and organizations representing American and British record companies filed a complaint on Monday, September 26, against YouTube-mp3.org, the largest website dedicated to converting...
by Tasha Pulvermacher | Oct 16, 2016 | Art Law, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Fashion Law, Labor and Employment, Policy, Sports Law, Trade Secrets, Trademark Law, Unfair Competition
“Google” is now a verb. Everyday people say, “I’ll just Google that” or “don’t ask me … look it up on Google!” Over 3.5 billion searches are conducted a day on Google, and each search connects users to hundreds if not millions of hyperlinks that act as gateways to...
by Palak Sharma | Oct 16, 2016 | Copyright, Entertainment Law, Unfair Competition
While copyright infringement in the music industry is not novel news, it is unusual when an artist is sued for crafting his new music based on inspiration from his former hits. Such is the case with hip-hop artist, Chris Brown, in a copyright lawsuit filed by music...
by Hani Gazal | Oct 15, 2016 | Copyright
This September, the Delhi High Court in India ruled in favor of Delhi University (DU) photocopying college textbooks from many major publishers on the ground that “copyright . . . is . . . not an inevitable, divine or natural right” in comparison to the value of...
by Adam Longman | May 16, 2016 | Copyright, Entertainment Law
When I discussed sampling on this site in March, I hinted at the frequency with which it pops up in the legal stages that accompany modern music.[1] Sampling, copying a portion of one musical piece into another[2], is a widespread infraction, but when handled the...
