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Strange Bedfellows on the Campaign Trail: The Tension between Music, Copyright and Political Licensing Agreements

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Moments before former President Donald Trump took to the stage at a Montana rally this August, Celine Dion’s 1997 hit, “My Heart Will Go On,” blasted over the speakers while a clip appeared onscreen. It took less than 24...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

UPDATE: Success for “Success Kid” before the Eighth Circuit in Copyright Dispute

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A few months’ back, the TMCA wrote about a copyright dispute between the campaign committee of former Iowa Congressman Steve King and Laney Griner, the owner of the photograph used in the popular “Success Kid” meme. The...more

McDermott Will & Emery

What Do You Meme? TFW Commercial Use Outweighs Fair Use

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The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court’s copyright infringement decision, finding that a congressional reelection campaign’s use of a popular meme to solicit donations was commercial in...more

International Lawyers Network

IP ├ IP???: The Logic Of Election Year Legal Disputes Over Proprietary Intangibles

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Title? Typo? Cryptic code? Equation? Really it is a combination of three of the four. In other words, it is not a typo (You can look elsewhere in this piece for those)....more

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Political Fair Use Argument Fails to Rescue Republicans from Copyright Claim

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It’s been a while since we felt compelled to revisit the topic of political fair use, that is, the extent to which the use of copyrighted works in political campaigns qualifies as a fair use pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 107. Back...more

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Campaign IP Violations Part 3 – Huckabee’s Campaign Pays Up

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In December, we told you about Mike Huckabee’s campaign getting sued for copyright infringement for using “Eye of the Tiger” without permission at a rally supporting Kim Davis, the Tennessee clerk that refused to issue...more

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Three Point Shot - February 2016

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Copyright Suit Alleges Huckabee Campaign Lacks "Eye of the Tiger" - Mike Huckabee's poor performance in the Iowa caucuses – leading to his subsequent withdrawal from the race – isn't his only concern lately....more

Gray Reed

Copyrights, Fair Use And Elections

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The mid-terms are coming up, so you know there will be stories of politicians getting into clashes with artists over the use of songs and other content in ads and at rallies. In Texas, for better or worse, the real...more

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