Malibu Must Pay Defendants’ Legal Fees; Total Still TBD
In a decision that offers instruction on how judges evaluate the award of attorneys’ fees in civil litigation, U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin of the Northern District of Illinois ...
Tag: copyright
Careful with Those Claims: Facts Aren’t Subject to Copyright
Hey kids: Let’s play a game called “Copyright Litigation Hypothetical that’s Not Entirely Hypothetical” – a fun little exercise that might someday prevent you from filing a doomed lawsuit and ...
Copyright Rules For Inline Linking, Embedding Not So “Settled,” After All?
For years, internet users have assumed that inline linking, also known as "embedding" content, is a safe practice from the standpoint of potential liability for copyright violation. As noted by ...
Pinterest Lawsuit: Potential Game-Changer, or Much Ado About Nothing?
Does the social media platform Pinterest serve as "a mechanism for people to violate the copyright rights of others"? Photographer Harold Davis asserts that it does in a lawsuit filed ...
Next “Legal Zone” Webinar Covers GirlsDoPorn, Copyright, Trade Shows
In the upcoming seventh edition of the Clips4Sale Legal Zone webinar, attorney Corey D. Silverstein and Clips4Sale founder and leader Neil will cover a range of timely topics, including the ...
Miami Velvet Case a Reminder: Don’t Use Images to Which You Don’t Have Rights
In a case involving the unauthorized use of models' images and names in connection with promoting a Miami swinger's club, a federal jury has just awarded 32 women nearly $900,000 ...
CASE Act Would Create ‘Small Claims Court’ for Copyright
The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act, or CASE Act, has been reintroduced in both houses of Congress. Originally offered in 2017, the Act would effectively create a "small claims ...
Rogue Designers, Copyright Infringement and “Willfulness”
In a copyright case that features a phenomenon familiar to adult website operators -- the 'rogue designer' -- the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit vacated a jury's ...
SCOTUS: Copyright Owners Must Wait for Application to Process Before Suing
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday unanimously upheld a lower court's ruling that owners of copyrights must wait until their copyright application has been processed and approved by the U.S. Copyright ...
Porn Companies Defending Their Copyrights Does Not Equal Extortion
As some adult companies continue to file copyright lawsuits against BitTorrent users who illegally download copies of their movies, critics allege the companies are using the legal system to engage ...
