Mile High Objects to Plaintiff’s “Salem Witch Trial Tactics”
In a response to a motion to compel filed by the attorney for Mile High Distribution and other defendants in a lawsuit filed last year by Massachusetts-based artist Leah Bassett, ...
Tag: copyright infringement
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 ...
Wait, What? Strike 3 Filed One-Third of All U.S. Copyright Claims in 2018?
According to one report, Strike 3 Holdings filed just over one-third of all copyright complaints brought in U.S. courts in 2018. The sheer volume of the complaints may be part ...
Take it From Gigi: Being in a Pic Doesn’t Mean You Can Use It
Model Gigi Hadid has been sued for posting a picture of herself to Instagram without permission of the photo's copyright-holder. The situation presents a valuable lesson for social media users ...
Pornhub VP Warns Blocking Porn Sites Could Lead to “Illegal” Content Viewing, Adult Industry Facepalms
Pornhub Vice President Corey Price has rightfully called out the government of India over its censorious ways - but in doing so, he warned that blocking adult sites may simply ...
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Ventura v. Motherless DMCA Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Ventura Content Ltd. v. Motherless, a copyright dispute which the plaintiffs had hoped the nation's highest court would examine because "the lower ...
Yo Zuma: You Mess with Getty Images, You Pay the Price – Literally
The story of Zuma v. Getty should serve as a cautionary tale for all rightsholders, including those in the adult industry. The moral of the story is, if you're going ...
Controversial EU Copyright Directive ‘Could Threaten Internet Freedom’
On Wednesday, the EU Parliament voted to move ahead with its controversial Copyright Directive, clearing the way for Parliament to negotiate the final version(s) of the new rules with its ...
Appeals Court: IP Address Owner Not Liable for Third-Party Infringement
In a ruling issued late last month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's finding that a registered subscriber of an IP address associated with infringing activity ...
Marilyn Monroe, Copyright and Works for Hire
In a ruling which underlines the importance of properly structuring contracts and agreements when employing independent contractors to create "works for hire," a federal judge has ruled the heirs to ...
