copyright
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On December 1, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the landmark copyright case, Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment. This case centers on whether Cox, an internet service provider, can be he
Over the years, the power of music has been an integral piece in energizing a crowd, whether through a specific song used at a political rally or in a campaign video on social media. However, there are legalities when it comes to the use of
Ten years ago, the Authors Guild filed a lawsuit against Google, Inc. in an alleged copyright infringement case involving Google’s book scanning project. This project involved creating a searchable database that allows a user to search the
The rise of interactive story world communities and transmedia marketing campaigns has brought about scores of intellectual property, copyright law and creation rights issues. Lawyer2Lawyer co-hosts and attorneys, Bob Ambrogi and Craig Will
A little noted change in copyright law 35 years ago is starting a multi-billion dollar battle today between musicians and record companies. This provision gives artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan and Barbra Streisand t
Recently in an Oakland, California courtroom, a jury awarded Oracle Corp., a whopping $1.3 billion verdict against competitor, SAP AG, a market and technology leader in business management software, for damages due to copyright infringement
Access to more digital information or copyright infringement and privacy issues? Recently, Federal Judge Denny Chin postponed the controversial Google books settlement due to the voluminous amount of feedback on both sides of the settlement
Last week, the FBI arrested blogger, Kevin Cogill of Culver City, California, on suspicion of violating a federal copyright law for posting nine tracks from the unreleased and much anticipated Guns n’ Roses album "Chinese Democracy" on his
Viacom accused Google's video sharing website, YouTube of violating its copyright in a $1 billion lawsuit. And as of last week, Google and Viacom reached an agreement to allow Google's YouTube to mask important user information from records
Contracts can come in all shapes and sizes, and in the words of my contracts professor, Eric Andersen , even on eggshells. That's right. He litigated a case involving a contract written on an eggshell. When I saw an article about a contract
It may be a difference in when you went to college or graduate school, but most likely you're familiar with " coursepacks ," those stacks of paper copied from portions of textbooks, articles and other publications that are part of almost ev
File swapping just became more dangerous . Upon conviction, offenders can now be sentenced based on the volume of files illegally swapped, and that volume can be based on an "estimate." Within the guidelines , it's possible for judges to im
Somewhere between the Green Goddess dressing and ants , Mr. Smith went to Washington. Well, not actually. Google went to Washington . The references to the recipe and the ants is on Google's blog, where the announcement was made. Google has
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water , it's not. As Denise Howell has warned , it was just a matter of time. A state court in New York ruled (subscription required) that prosecutors do not need to show intent to prove c
You may have run into the Creative Commons symbol (two c's in a circle - sorry my software doesn't offer that option) as you cruise around the internet. According to an article published on lexisONE , it's a framework where "copyright holde
That headline is exactly the holding of Bridgeport Music and Westbound Records v. Dimension Films and Miramax Film . Great. Unlike most of my entries, I've started with the end instead of the beginning. Upside down thinking. Well, at least
Justice Traynor once wrote, "The policy that precludes protection of an abstract idea by copyright does not prevent its protection by contract." Taking up where Justice Traynor left off, the Ninth Circuit recently decided Grosso v. Miramax
Recording live concerts has been the bane of rock groups ever since tape recorders were invented. Now they're doing it with minidisk cameras . Everyone's got a perspective on how it's supposed to work, and who's supposed to pay for it. Rock
Martha Graham's dance troupe wants the rights to her dances. One of Martha Graham's heirs, Ronald Protas does, too. He's not a relative, but a friend who upon her death in 1991, inherited her estate, including rights and interests in her wo
The Ninth Circuit has further clarified contributory and vicarious liability for copyright infringement. This time, they ruled that file-swapping software doesn't violate copyrights of music artists. Quite like the argument over banning gun