GIVE PEOPLE A BREAK – GIVE COURTS A BREAK!
Click here to view our copyright petition on Change.org.
So many people are being sued – and threatened to be sued – by “copyright trolls” which are holders of intellectual property rights (such as video, film, photos, software, boxing broadcasting rights and other creative content) who seek top profit in the Courts by pursuing copyright infringement cases.
Our country is a country of immigrants and…
Using the “Heart of the Work” is something everyone should consider before relying on the fair use defense
Plaintiff Los Angeles News Service (LANS) licensed its news stories, photographs, audiovisual works, and other services to other news media outlets. While covering the 1992 Los Angeles riots, LANS filmed several segments of nighttime rioting, including the iconic segment titled Beating of Reginald Denny. Although LANS refused to grant defendant Channel 9 television station a license, the…
Here are some recent cases that have come down dealing with Copyright Law.
Virginia Fair Use Case: (reversing a decision finding fair use in a photo copyright case involving a picture of Washington D.C.). The Court noted:
“The fair use affirmative defense exists to advance copyright’s purpose of “promot[ing] the Progress of Science and useful Arts.” U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 8 ; see also Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. , 510 U.S.…
CASE ACT – Does it make sense?
Congress considers copyright small claims court.
A new bill considers creating a small claims court where filmmakers, photographers, jewelry companies, software designers and other copyright holders can bring their small claims cases. Will it pass? Right now (as of January 2020), it appears to be held up by one vote. CPi believes there is no need for a copyright court in Washington D.C. based out of the Copyright…