JoeGratz.net
Wide-ranging blawg with a copyright and tech law focus.
Author: Joe Gratz is an attorney in San Francisco.
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • Internet Law • Legal Information
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Opinion Issued in Harry Potter Lexicon Case
Judge Patterson of the Southern District of New York today issued this opinion in Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. v. RDR Books, the “Harry Potter Lexicon” case. The court issued a permanent injunction against the publication…
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N.D. Cal.: Senders of DMCA Takedowns Must Consider Fair Use
Judge Fogel of the Northern District of California today denied UMG’s motion to dismiss in the Lenz v. Universal litigation (otherwise known as the “dancing baby” case). The order is here. It holds that copyright…
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D. Mass.: MIT Students No Longer Gagged
The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has dissolved the temporary restraining order which prevented three MIT students from giving their (really outstanding) presentation about transportation fare system security at this year’s…
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Circuit City Loses Sense of Humor, Finds It
This post from Boy Genius Report describes a case of the adults intervening when someone in Legal loses their sense of humor over a parody. Good work, Circuit City PR.
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2d Cir.: Cablevision’s Remote DVR Does Not Infringe
Reversing the district court, the Second Circuit today held that Cablevision’s proposed “Remote Storage Digital Video Recorder” does not give rise to direct copyright infringement liability for Cablevision. The opinion: Construes MAI v. Peak to…
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N.D. Cal. Savages Savage
Judge Ilston of the Northern District of California held on Friday that the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ use of a four-minute clip of Michael Savage’s radio show in order to criticize the views espoused in…
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10th Cir.: Slavish Digital Modeling Not Copyrightable
In probably the best-written copyright opinion so far this year, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, in Meshwerks v. Toyota, that slavish digital modeling is not copyrightable. It’s a really smart opinion, drawing…
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Recipe for Infringement?
Happily for Cindy McCain (for the second time), recipes qua recipes aren’t copyrightable.
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First Sale Prevails in UMG v. Augusto
Yesterday, Judge S. James Otero of the United States District Court for the Central District of California issued an opinion granting summary judgment for the defendant in UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Augusto. Judge Otero ruled…
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D. Az.: “Making Available” Isn’t Infringement
Judge Neil V. Wake of the District of Arizona today issued this opinion in one of the RIAA file-sharing cases, Atlantic v. Howell. The RIAA had argued that even though there was no evidence that…