Copyrights
May 11, 2012
Access Rights and the First Sale Doctrine, Part III
The Ninth Circuit’s recent Vernor holding is emblematic of the continued enervation of the first sale doctrine, a trend with potentially dramatic consequences for the access rights that ordinary individual may enjoy to copyrighted content. Even in an era of relative wealth, there are many communities and even countries that simply cannot afford the high costs of acquiring initial copies of copyrighted content to sustain a library. In fact, early American copyright law even acknowledged this problem directly.
May 3, 2012
Where Copyright Registration Mistakes Don’t Matter
The Ninth Circuit recently published an opinion involving errors on the copyright registration application materials.
May 1, 2012
Cracks in the DMCA Safe Harbor Emerge….
The Second Circuit recently decided the long-awaited Viacom v. Youtube case addressing the scope of the DMCA safe harbor for copyright infringement claims. This was the massive case filed by Viacom, the English Premiere Football League and others against YouTube and its new owner Google related to the building of YouTube’s business in 2005 and its method of securing user uploaded content.
March 27, 2012
Chinese Authors Strike against Apple Inc.
Last Sunday Chinese state media reported that a group comprising of 22 Chinese authors have filed suit against Apple alleging that Apple’s App Store has been selling unlicensed copies of their books.
March 13, 2012
Copyright Termination Disputes Continue, This Time it’s a Roger Miller Case
Picture of Tootsies Orchid Lounge, a famous Honky Tonk, Courtesy of WikiCommons and Author Kathleen Conklin. This firm has published extensively on the complex area of copyright renewals and termination or assignments. A recent Sixth Circuit case illustrates one strand of that nuanced area of copyright law.
February 23, 2012
Ninth Circuit Affirms Large Statutory Damages Award and Even Larger Attorneys’ Fee Award
In Range Road Music v. East Coast Foods, the Ninth Circuit last week affirmed a statutory damages award of $36,000 for eight songs infringed by a restaurant-bar and then an additional $162,000 in attorneys’ fees to the plaintiffs.
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