Posts tagged with "copyright"
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In copyright infringement case, artist’s social media popularity supported claim that retail chain copied artwork
January 31, 2022 - Plaintiff is an artist who designs macabre items, including a bat-themed mug. Defendant (Michaels, the well-known retail craft store) started selling a vase that plaintiff . . .
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Copyright ownership transfers must be in writing
November 8, 2021 - If you are hiring an independent contractor to create copyrightable subject matter, and you want to own the copyright in the resulting work product, be . . .
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DMCA anticircumvention case over copied YouTube videos moves forward
July 26, 2021 - Defendant fired plaintiff over two videos advocating for COVID-19 workplace protections that plaintiff posted on YouTube. Around the time of the termination, the employer allegedly . . .
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Intellectual property issues in a speaker’s agreement
October 26, 2020 - https://youtu.be/TJR6Qad12Mc Let's say you're going to host a conference -- these days that would be an online conference -- and you want to invite people . . .
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Why get a copyright registration?
October 7, 2020 - 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 . . .
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YouTube creator’s misrepresentation case over DMCA takedown notices lacked certain key evidence
September 6, 2020 - 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 . . .
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Work Made For Hire – Part 3
August 26, 2020 - 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 . . .
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Work Made For Hire – Part 2
August 10, 2020 - 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 . . .
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Work Made For Hire – Part 1
July 29, 2020 - 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 . . .
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