New Copyright Rule Is Good News for Filmmakers The US Copyright Office recently published a rule that allows broader use of video clips from previous works in fictional films. → Read More
Tinder and Bumble Spat about Who Owns the Swipe Match, which owns the dating app Tinder, has sued rival app Bumble, claiming theft of its intellectual property. → Read More
Friday the 13th Writer Gets Rights Back from Producer In a case that may have major repercussions in Hollywood, a federal judge has ruled that the screenwriter of the original 1980 horror movie  Friday the 13th movie own the copyright in his script. → Read More
Aretha Franklin Was Paid Nothing for “Respect” on the Radio Aretha Franklin, known as the “Queen of Soul” passed away in August at the age of 76.Her first number one hit, and perhaps the song she’s best known for, was “Respect”. → Read More
Court Says Artists Cannot Get Royalties on Resales A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that visual artists may not collect royalties when their works are resold. → Read More
Uber and Waymo Settle Trade Secret Dispute The allegedly stolen technology relates to lidar, light detection and ranging sensors for helping self-driving cars see their surroundings. → Read More
Is Your T-Shirt Protected by the First Amendment? Clothing can be protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. → Read More
Court Rules That Bawdy "Grinch" Play Is Fair Use A New York federal court has ruled that a play based on the Dr. Seuss book How the Grinch Stole Christmas constituted fair use and thus did not infringe the copyright of the original children’s book. → Read More
Could You Go to Jail for “Borrowing” an HBO Password? Afederal appeals court ruled that using someone else’s password to log into a computer network was a crime under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). → Read More
Court Says Open Source Licenses Can Be Enforced A federal court in Northern California has denied a request to dismiss a lawsuit involving the alleged infringement of an “open source” software license. → Read More
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