©… 17 U.S.C. §107 – Fair Use 29 Mar 202129 Mar 2021 17 U.S. Code § 107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction…
©… Copyright vs. First Amendment 25 Mar 202129 Mar 2021 Garcia v. Google, Inc., 786 F.3d 733 (9th Cir. 2015) When Garcia provided the 5-second performance in the film Innocence of Muslims, she was told she was performing for a film…
©… Celebrity vs Paparazzi (Who Owns the Photo?) 8 Mar 202117 Mar 2021 Recently celebrities have been sued by the paparazzi for reposting photographs of themselves taken by paparazzi on their social media: Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry, Gigi Hadid, Khloé Kardashian, LeBron James,…
© The Intricacy of Photographs 7 Mar 202129 Mar 2021 A photograph is copyrightable by the photographer only, unless otherwise arranged by a contract. Unless otherwise arranged by a contract, a person hiring a photographer, the subject of a photograph,…
© Drafting Royalty Payment Provision in a License Agreement 27 Jan 20217 Mar 2021 If a Royalty Payment Provision is read as a condition to the grant of copyright license and there is nonpayment, the contract will be void and the licensor will be…
© Yoga sequence Cannot be Copyrighted. 30 Sep 20208 Mar 2021 According to cases and U.S Copyright Office, YOGA SEQUENCE CANNOT BE COPYRIGHTED. Yoga poses or sequences cannot be copyrighted because compilation of exercises itself is not construed as literary, musical, dramatic, pantomimes…
© What is Copyrightable? 26 Sep 202025 Mar 2021 Ideas cannot be copyrighted:NEVER. Facts cannot be copyrighted. (Even if you discovered it!) Common characters cannot be copyrighted. (Ex. Pirate with an eye-patch)Fashion design cannot be copyrighted. A sketch of…
© Simple General Story Lines are Not Copyrightable 13 Sep 20208 Mar 2021 “A comedy based upon conflicts between Irish and Jews, into which the marriage of their children enters, is no more susceptible of copyright than the outline of Romeo and Juliet.”…
©… “A particular expression of the idea of using a lace design is copyrightable” 9 Sep 202029 Mar 2021 Scheindlin, District Judge. "Although the idea of using a lace design is not entitled to copyright protection, a particular expression of the idea of using a lace design is copyrightable."…
© “A picture is none the less a picture, and none the less a subject of copyright” 9 Sep 202029 Mar 2021 Mr. Justice Holmes "Certainly works are not the less connected with the fine arts because their pictorial quality attracts the crowd, and therefore gives them a real use,- if use…
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