Creative Law For Curious People
Six decades after the JFK assassination, a conspiracy book dragged the Zapruder film into a new copyright dispute. A Dallas judge just decided which claims survive. The post Inside the Strange Copyright Fight Over America s Most Famous Home Movie appeared first on Copyright Lately .
The Crave copyright case was open and shut once a judge compared the books. Getting to the "shut" part took four years and $3.4 million in legal fees. The post After 6,000 Romantasy Pages, Judge Hands Crave Plaintiff the Bill appeared first on Copyright Lately .
Five new amicus briefs urge the Supreme Court to undo the Fifth Circuit's worldwide-reversion rule, warning it would sow international chaos while quietly stripping foreign creators of the very rights it claims to expand. The post Studios, Labels and Scholars Say the Fifth Circuit Botched Vetter appeared first on Copyright Lately .
Reaction videos, reggaetón riddims, nine-year-old tweets, and a poet's second loss to Taylor Swift. The courts spent the run-up to summer clearing their dockets. Here's what piled up. The post What s Up With Copyright Lately?: Summer Breeze Edition appeared first on Copyright Lately .
Four major music companies bought into a disputed copyright, hired a Supreme Court heavyweight, and filed a cert petition arguing that the Fifth Circuit sent U.S. termination rights on an unauthorized world tour. Now comes the hard part: getting four Justices to order another round. The post Double Shot s Last Call: Will SCOTUS Review Worldwide Copyright Termination? appeared first on Copyright…
The Ninth Circuit granted en banc rehearing in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg, vacating the panel opinion and putting "total concept and feel" on the chopping block. The post Kat Von D Tattoo Case Headed for En Banc Review appeared first on Copyright Lately .
Tentative reactions to a tentative ruling: court’s draft order would hand Twitch streamer Denims a fair use win in Ethan Klein's reaction-video lawsuit, but the analysis it skipped could matter later. The post Judge’s First Take Favors Denims—But Will It Survive the Recut? appeared first on Copyright Lately .
Dismissals, dueling summary-judgment briefs, and the first post-Cox AI rulings show how fast Cox v. Sony Music is reshaping copyright litigation—and where the next fight is heading. The post Cox and Effect: Why Volitional Conduct Is AI Copyright s Next Battleground appeared first on Copyright Lately .
A year after Klein sued three Twitch streamers over their Content Nuke reactions, only Denims is still fighting—and her motion for judgment on the pleadings raises a fair use question no reaction video case has squarely addressed. The post Hatewatch This Space: Catching Up With Ethan Klein’s Reaction Video Lawsuits appeared first on Copyright Lately .
A replacement opinion affirms Netflix’s fair use of a one-minute funeral clip—and gives documentary filmmakers the post-Warhol roadmap they’ve been waiting for. The post Tenth Circuit Redeems Itself in Tiger King Fair Use Case appeared first on Copyright Lately .