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A Copyright is an exclusive legal right granted to the creator of an original work to license, copy, sell, distribute, or otherwise exploit the work for his or her own benefit.
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Fourth Circuit Rules Against News Org's Fair Use of Ted Nugent Photograph

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled on Feb. 6, 2024, that a news organization's use of a photograph of musician Ted Nugent did not constitute fair use, siding with the photographer who argued that the news...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

“Not My Work”: When Artists Dispute Authorship

The assumption that artists love credit is challenged when an artist appears to repudiate their authorship. Sometimes repudiation arises from personal animus while in other instances an artist might feel that their work is no...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Avoiding the Creative Commons Photography Trap

Between February and April 2022, a professional photographer from Cologne, Germany, filed nine copyright infringement lawsuits in U.S. federal courts. What makes the cases unique is that in each one, the defendant had a...more

Goodwin

Open Licenses: An Overview of Open Licenses for Images, Photos, Videos, and Software

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Non-profit organizations often use third-party images, photos, videos, or software in their everyday operations. It is often beneficial to leverage such materials that are licensed under “open licenses” because they are free...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Are You a Pirate or a Promoter?

Copyright and Trademark Protection for a Reason - Protecting Creative Speech in Practice - Let’s talk intellectual property. Not patents and trade secrets, not that “hard stuff.” I’m talking creative intellectual property....more

McAfee & Taft

Beware of ‘free’ copyright licenses

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Copyright law provides certain exclusive rights to persons who create original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical and other works. Copyright law specifically protects works of art, music, photographs,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Kardashians Can’t Keep up with Copyright Law

Khloe Kardashian is the latest Kardashian to find herself in court over her activities on social media. The youngest Kardashian sister was sued by a photographer for copyright infringement in Xposure Photos UK Ltd v Khloe...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Creative Commons Works: Free to License, But Not Necessarily Free to Use

Companies love to use third-party content for free. In this era of belt-tightening and slashed marketing budgets, why pay to create photos and videos for advertising and other commercial uses when compelling photos and videos...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &...

Authorship Credit for Scholarly and Creative Works: The Elusive American Attribution Right

What if were to tell you that I jointly authored this article with a colleague, but that I’m not going to give her any credit or attribution because I don’t feel like it? Can she sue me for copyright infringement? No, because...more

Gray Reed

Infographic: The Use Of Images From The Web On Your Site, Newspaper Or Broadcast

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We created this infographic for some of our media clients to give them a one-page cheat sheet on the analysis they need to do when trying to decide whether they can use an image from the internet in a pinch....more

K&L Gates LLP

Take it Personally - Courts Provide Insight into the Value and Implications of Moral Rights

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Since moral rights were introduced by amendments to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) in 2000, there have been only a handful of decisions which have considered their application. However, two recent decisions highlight that it is...more

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