Facebook’s new ‘Rights’ Tool Aims to Curb Copyright Infringement
Internet access lowered the barriers to entry for video content creators who otherwise would have a hard time getting their work out to audiences. With sites like YouTube, Vine and Facebook, a few clicks means a video upload that can go viral in a matter of hours. The ease of sharing, however, comes with an equal amount of ease for taking the work of others.
May 10, 2016
Copyright Case Over Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” Headed to Trial
Led Zeppelin’s legendary song “Stairway to Heaven” is just a few years shy of its golden jubilee anniversary, but it has another event coming up that is far less pleasant.
May 03, 2016
PBS Being Sued For Copyright Infringement Over Surrogacy Story
Producers Tommy Phipps and Wendy Wheaton are suing PBS and Crystal Travis, the owner of a surrogacy firm, for a story that was featured on To the Contrary, alleging copyright infringement.
April 26, 2016
Photographers Sue Donald Trump Over Use of Photo
Presidential candidate Donald Trump is certainly no stranger to lawsuits, but the newest one on the pile is related to his White House run and not his various businesses. Photographers Wendy Shattil and Bob Rozinski are suing Trump for copyright infringement in a New York federal court for the allegedly unauthorized use of a bald eagle photo.
April 12, 2016
Three Music Streaming Services Are Being Sued Over Unpaid Royalties
Google Play, Tidal, and Slacker Radio all have something in common with Spotify, and it isn’t that they’re music streaming services. It’s that musicians, who claim their music is being offered for streaming without licenses or royalty payments, have sued them this year for copyright infringement.
March 22, 2016
Two Successful Paranormal Authors Are Headed to Court Over IP Rights
The stories of Cassandra Clare and Sherrilyn Kenyon, two New York Times-bestselling authors of fantasy novels, may contain very imaginative mythology, but it’s the legal developments between them that are drawing a lot of attention these days.
March 15, 2016
Advocates for the Creative Mind
