Category: Intellectual Property Law

As Justice Breyer retires from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), copyright enthusiasts reflect on his opinions over the years (and his teaching lessons at Harvard!). One of this author’s favorite sayings appears in his opinion in MGM v Grokster (2005), which established liability for infringement where an

In January, we learned that the Copyright Office intended to solicit comments from the public about a rule it is proposing as part of its rulemaking under the Case Act (Copyright Alternative for Small Claims Enforcement) signed into law last December 2020. Over 5,000 comments were submitted and about 17

Last fall, we documented how certain world-class art museums asserted their rights over images in their artworks collections by pornography companies in an effort to generate new audiences in classical artworks using online platforms. Never the less, images removed, the question surfaces, how much control exactly do museums have over

In what may be the most anticipated report of the year so far for copyright enthusiasts, YouTube released its Copyright Transparency Report documenting the number of claims filed and where such claims originated (e.g. Content ID, Copyright Match, Webform) for the first half of 2021. A staggering 722+ million claims

In 2015, Lee Morin became a featured blogger for The Needy Animator. Here is part 1 in 4 installments concerning copyright law basics for freelance artists. Copyright for the Freelance Artist Pt 1, by Lee Morin, Esq. OF COPYRIGHT, CONTRACTS, AND FAN ART If you are reading this blog, words