Spotify is Being Sued For Copyright Infringement
Spotify’s year is not off to a great start. Two different songwriters have filed class action suits against the streaming music service, alleging copyright infringement.
January 20, 2016
Artist Jeff Koons Is Being Sued for Copying An Old Gin Ad
Famed pop artist Jeff Koons was hit with a lawsuit recently by a photographer named Mitchell Gray for copyright infringement over a photo Gray allowed Gordon’s Gin to use in a 1986 ad.
January 12, 2016
Grumpy Cat is Really Not Happy About Grumpy Cat Coffee
Grumpy Cat, the permanently disgruntled-looking feline that gained Internet fame three years ago, is sharpening its claws in court.
January 05, 2016
Fox News vs. TVEyes: When Is Sharing the News Not Fair Use?
Just two months ago, Google scored a major victory for fair use after a decade-long fight over the legality of its digital library of copyrighted books. We talked about it before, so we won’t go into too much detail now.
December 22, 2015
PETA to Court: We Aren’t Monkeying Around With This Case
What do you get when you put a monkey and a camera together? One of the strangest lawsuits to land on a docket in a long time. A lawsuit that PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, recently argued deserves its day in court.
December 15, 2015
Google Promises to Start Legally Backing Users Against DMCA Notices
Fresh off the heels of a victory in its own ten-year court fight, Google made a game-changing announcement recently: The company says it will now legally defend some of the YouTube video creators who are facing copyright claims, because it believes their works are fair use.
December 01, 2015
Advocates for the Creative Mind
