Three dissenters would have dismissed the case as improvidently granted because the petitioner appeared to address different issues in its brief from its petition for review.
An inaccuracy in a…
A defamation claim, too, was precluded by the Communications Decency Act.
A federal district court in Boston correctly found that the manager of a neighborhood forum could not expose himself to…
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Introduction
The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), part of the English High Court, has ruled that copyright subsists in the character of Derek ‘Del…
Use of the author's quote on a high school Twitter account was educational rather than commercial because it clearly was intended to inspire high school athletes, and the school obtained no profit…
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Users are increasingly prolonging the lifespan and value of a video game past its initial release date through user-generated content (UGC). The little-understood…
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The Austrian Supreme Court held that YouTube – as a host service provider - was not responsible for copyright infringements by its users as long as it was not put on…
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The UK High Court has declared that Ed Sheeran’s mega-hit “Shape of You” does not infringe copyright in Sami Switch’s lesser-known song “Oh Why” ([2022] EWHC…
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Part I of this post discussed Grand Chamber judgment on the validity of Article 17 CDSMD and explained the need for a more concrete strategy to meet the…
"Warhol Print" (Vanity Fair), Page 8, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, 11 F.4th 26 (2d Cir. 2021) (available here); "Warhol Print" also available here
"Goldsmith…
