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Denying Copyright Protection to Pornography to help Gender Inequality
By Tracy Thomas
Kayla Louis, Pornography and Gender Inequality: Using Copyright Law as a Step Forward, 24 William & Mary J. L. 267 (2018)Introduction:The pornography industry generates billions of dollars of revenue annually. The…
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You Don’t Own Me
Main Thursday, November 02, 2017You Don't Own MeI am delighted to announce that my new book You Don’t Own Me (Norton) is coming out in two weeks. It tells the…
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Antonia Eliason on the Blues Contracts of Trumpet Records
Antonia Eliason (University of Mississippi School of Law) recently posted a draft article titled "Lillian McMurry and the Blues Contracts of Trumpet Records" to SSRN. Here is the abstract: Trumpet…
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Copying for Me, But Not for Thee…
In a recent post, I discussed photographer Donald Graham's copyright infringement action against "appropriation artist" Richard Prince. Over at The Art Law Blog, Donn Zaretsky discusses the same case, in…
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Graham v. Prince & the Purpose of Copyright
In 1996, photographer Donald Graham created a photograph titled Rastafarian Smoking a Joint (left image). Graham published the photo in 1998 to critical acclaim and offers copies for sale in…
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Theseus’s Paradox & the Ontology of the Work of Authorship
Cady Noland, Log Cabin (1990) On July 18, 2017, the artist Cady Noland filed a copyright infringement action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New…
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Art & the Hereafter
In light of Alfred Brophy's recent post on issues arising in relation to Edward Albee's estate, I thought I'd mention two recent articles addressing the relationship between intellectual property and…
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Hello & Forgotten Intellectual Property
Thanks to Al Brophy and the other bloggers on the Faculty Lounge for the opportunity to guest blog for a spell. I'm heading to the International Society for the History…
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Supreme Court Resolves Split on Design Copyright Eligibility
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Star Athletica LLC v. Varsity Brands Inc., which, in the Court’s words “resolve[s] widespread disagreement over the proper test” for…
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Star Trek Copyright Infringement Claim Settles
I usually try to keep my geekery off the blog, but I've been watching the recent litigation involving the AXANAR (Star Trek fanfiction) film with interest in recent weeks. After…