Four major music companies bought into a disputed copyright, hired a Supreme Court heavyweight, and filed a cert petition arguing that the Fifth Circuit sent U.S. termination rights on an unauthorized world tour. Now comes the hard part: getting four
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Kat Von D Tattoo Case Headed for En Banc Review
The Ninth Circuit granted en banc rehearing in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg, vacating the panel opinion and putting “total concept and feel” on the chopping block.
Back in January, I wrote that the concurrences in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg, the
Judge’s First Take Favors Denims—But Will It Survive the Recut?
Tentative reactions to a tentative ruling: court’s draft order would hand Twitch streamer Denims a fair use win in Ethan Klein’s reaction-video lawsuit, but the analysis it skipped could matter later.
There’s a tentative ruling out in Ted Entertainment v.
Cox and Effect: Why Volitional Conduct Is AI Copyright’s Next Battleground
Dismissals, dueling summary-judgment briefs, and the first post-Cox AI rulings show how fast Cox v. Sony Music is reshaping copyright litigation—and where the next fight is heading.
Copyright doctrine usually doesn’t move this quickly. On March 25, the Supreme Court
Hatewatch This Space: Catching Up With Ethan Klein’s Reaction Video Lawsuits
A year after Klein sued three Twitch streamers over their Content Nuke reactions, only Denims is still fighting—and her motion for judgment on the pleadings raises a fair use question no reaction video case has squarely addressed.
One minute after
Tenth Circuit Redeems Itself in ‘Tiger King’ Fair Use Case
A replacement opinion affirms Netflix’s fair use of a one-minute funeral clip—and gives documentary filmmakers the post-Warhol roadmap they’ve been waiting for.
The Tiger King hype lasted about six weeks. The lawsuits have been copyright’s version of long COVID. But
Cox v. Sony Music Comes to Hollywood
The Supreme Court’s newest copyright decision is already being used to argue that an AI video generator trained on major studio content should be treated the same as an internet service provider.
Three weeks ago, the Supreme Court decided a
Supreme Court Draws a Hard Line on Contributory Infringement in Cox v. Sony Music
The Supreme Court just killed “knowledge plus material contribution” as a basis for contributory liability, rewriting the rules for secondary copyright infringement. AI defendants are already taking notes.
The facts in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment (read opinion
This Little Piggy Went to Trial (And Got Just $200 and No Fees)
A stock photo company sued for copyright infringement over a single image of raw pork chops, took the case all the way to trial, won $200, then asked for $69,000 in attorney’s fees. It went poorly.
Prepared Food Photos, Inc.
Thaler Is Dead. Now for the AI Copyright Questions That Actually Matter.
The Supreme Court just buried the easy AI copyright case. What’s left is the gray zone: what counts as authorship, how you prove it, what you can own, and what can still get you sued.
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