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Girl Under Fire: Alicia Keys Sued for Copyright Infringement over Girl on Fire
Songwriter Earl Shuman sued Alicia Keys for allegedly “sampling” parts of the composition “Hey There Lonely Boy” (“Lonely”) that he co-wrote in 1962. According to the complaint, Keys’ recording of…
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Court Gives Cold Shoulder to Hot Yoga, Finding Yoga Sequences Not Copyrightable
On Friday, the Central District of California held that a series of yoga poses designed to improve health is not copyrightable, dismissing claims of copyright infringement bought by Bikram Choudhury…
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Court Gives Cold Shoulder to Hot Yoga, Finding Yoga Sequences Not Copyrightable
On Friday, the Central District of California held that a series of yoga poses designed to improve health is not copyrightable, dismissing claims of copyright infringement bought by Bikram Choudhury…
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Leveson on Data Protection in the UK: What Do Allegations of Phone Hacking Have to Do With Data Protection?
Editor’s Note: This post is a joint submission to BakerHostetler’s Data Privacy Monitor blog. The much-anticipated Leveson Inquiry on the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press (“Leveson Report” or…
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Controversial “Six-Strikes” Copyright Alert System Debut Delayed
By Alan M. Pate
The Center for Copyright Information, an organization founded and funded by media industry organizations, their members and Internet Service Providers (ISPs), yesterday announced that it would push back the start…
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Fifty Shades of Gray Market Artwork
By Dennis Cohen
Droit moral – the legal doctrine that grants artists a moral right to dictate certain treatment of their artwork even after sale – has a firm foundation in European law…
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The Need for Careful Diligence in Drafting License Agreements Reinforced By Eighth Circuit Affirmation That a Perpetual, Royalty-Free Trademark License is an “Executory Contract”
By Marc Skapof
One of the most powerful tools a chapter 11 debtor has is the ability to assume or reject executory contracts under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. In bankruptcy parlance,…
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Hulkamania is Running Wild: Let the Battle Begin (in Court)
Terry Bollea, better known as the professional wrestler with the stage name Hulk Hogan (“Hogan”), is involved in an unattractive legal battle that presents an unusual intersection of the First…
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Hulkamania is Running Wild: Let the Battle Begin (in Court)
Terry Bollea, better known as the professional wrestler with the stage name Hulk Hogan (“Hogan”), is involved in an unattractive legal battle that presents an unusual intersection of the First…
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Art Sale Transactions: Consign Your Design
By Dennis Cohen
Most working artists make a living by creating valuable one-of-a-kind or limited-edition pieces. They then hand those pieces to a stranger to sell or display. Entrusting artwork to a gallery,…