Chicago area retailers sued over iconic David Bowie photo

Brian Duffy was an English photographer. He died in 2010 but the Brian Duffy Archive owns and enforces the copyright in his works. Defendants are . . .

Is it defamation to accuse someone of sending a bogus DMCA takedown notice?

Esports aren't only about 21st century video games. Apparently there is a relatively robust community of Tecmo Bowl enthusiasts who - though the game is . . .

Why get a copyright registration?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSMfYzQXvN4 A work of authorship is protected by copyright at the moment it is created. If you take a photo or write some software or . . .

What are the legal issues around web scraping?

https://youtu.be/YA4eDamJz24 Web scraping is that activity where a party uses automated software to crawl the internet and copy data and other content, usually so that . . .

YouTube creator’s misrepresentation case over DMCA takedown notices lacked certain key evidence

Plaintiff ran a YouTube channel. Defendant sent takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to YouTube alleging that plaintiff infringed defendant's copyright. Plaintiff . . .

Work Made For Hire – Part 3

https://youtu.be/cEDVPXcoCDQ In a couple of recent blog posts we have covered work made for hire generally and have looked at how it is defined. Let's . . .

Work Made For Hire – Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyjnH58VBs4 [Looking for Part 1 of this three-part series? Go here.] In this second part of a three-part series on work made for hire, we . . .

Work Made For Hire – Part 1

https://youtu.be/QNA-vijJGpU Work made for hire is an important concept for almost all employers employees, but people often misuse the term, or use it in a . . .

Is merely making files available on the internet a “distribution” under the Copyright Act?

Three ways trade secrets can be more powerful than copyright