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  Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the second trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! Apologies to readers that this one comes a bit late. In this series, we update readers every…

Second Circuit reverses district court’s fair use declaration granted to Andy Warhol Foundation; artist’s works were not "transformative" and could harm the photographer’s market for licensing her…

 The so-called “conditional irresponsibility” of online content-sharing service providers (OCSSPs) with regards to copyright infringements is a never-ending, vexing, and daunting topic not only for…

Voluntary dismissal of infringement claim did not negate an attorney fee award of over $40,000 for non-infringement counterclaim. An award of attorney fees based on a John Doe defendant’s…

"Copyright troll" Design Basics failed to show that copyrighted home designs and allegedly infringing floor plans were "virtually identical." An infringement suit by Design Basics, LLC, which holds…

  Photo by Mizter_X94 via Pixabay In Part 1 of this blog post, we explained the importance of the CJEU judgment in joined cases C-682/18 (YouTube) and C-683/18 (Cyando) for the application of…

  Photo by Mizter_X94 via Pixabay The European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruling in joined cases C-682/18 (YouTube) and C-683/18 (Cyando), concerning platform liability for copyright-infringing user…

  Photo by Geoff Gill via Pixabay In February 2019, Tamita Brown, Glen S. Chapman, and Jason T. Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and…

An eight-second piece of the song "Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots" was transformative and reasonably related to the documentary’s purpose of commenting on the resurgence of burlesque dancing. A…