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Above the Fold
U.S. Copyright Office Weighs in on the Right to Repair Digital Devices
The U.S. Copyright Office (“USCO”) is expanding the right to repair digital devices via exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”)’s rules governing access to devices and software, which…
The Traklight Blog
Rockstar Games Loses DMCA Bid To Take Down Recreated GTA Source Code
By Mike Willee
If you’re unacquainted with modern video games, having dropped out of that world as soon as the real world offered something more substantive to cling to (if you ever picked…
Copyright Policy Institute
News from the Copyright Office – you can hack your own vehicle!!
Steve Vondran, Founder of Copyright Policy Group The library of congress provides exemptions for copyright law. For example, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). Many vehicles nowadays, including cars, trucks,…
Incontestable Blog
Corellium’s Bite of Apple’s iOS for Security Research Is Fair Use but DMCA Claims Loom
By Publisher
Corellium, LLC won a partial victory in its defense against Apple Inc.’s copyright infringement lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida. The court granted Corellium’s motion to dismiss Apple’s copyright…
Everything IP Under One Digital Roof
New Tools for Copyright Enforcement: Copyright Claims Board and The Protecting Lawful Streaming Act
By Devin Ricci
The Case Act of 2020 provides cost-effective means to protect copyrights. With the passage of the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (the “CASE Act”), Congress has blessed…
The Traklight Blog
RIAA Makes DMCA Claims Against Github Over Video Download Software
By Mike Willee
There is broad philosophical debate, dating back to the dawn of the advent of tools and other implements manipulated by humans, as to freedom and agency as it regards their…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Bill Murray Faces Copyright Lawsuit from Doobie Brothers
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Every time you hear a famous song playing in a commercial, it’s because the producers paid for the right to use that song in their commercial … or at least…
Incontestable Blog
Knowingly Removing Photographer’s Credit Costs Buzzfeed Under DMCA
Freelance photographer Gregory Mango regularly licenses his photographs to newspapers. One of those photographs concerned Raymond Parker, a main figure in a discrimination lawsuit filed against the City of New…
In Focus
Small photo credit removal may result in big damages
Omitting a small print photo credit can get you in big trouble under the copyright laws. That’s what happened recently when a court affirmed an award of almost $74,000 against…
Minding Your Business
“Hold Up, Wait A Minute”: D.C. Circuit Rejects Copyright Board’s Categorical Exclusion of Internet Transmissions from Grandfathered Royalty Rates
On August 18, the D.C. Circuit directed the Copyright Royalty Board (“CRB”) to reconsider what royalties are owed to artists by Music Choice for its streaming services, vacating the final…