“Let’s get crazy” with DMCA takedown notices
On February 7, 2007, a young Pennsylvania woman named Stephanie Lenz uploaded to YouTube a video of her two adorable children dancing to the Prince song “Let’s Go Crazy.” She titled the 29-second long video “Let’s Get Crazy #1,” and then (probably) went about the rest of her day.
September 22, 2015
Uber and The Many Legal Woes of Ride Sharing
Look, we’re a Brooklyn-located law firm. DUMBO, to be specific. And so like many Brooklynites and quite possibly the majority of DUMBO residents, we use and appreciate Uber. Why the apologetic tone? Well, if you’ve been following the local news, you know that Uber is not the most popular company among city politicians, or in Mayor DeBlasio’s office.
September 15, 2015
European Artists’ Rights Org Goes After SoundCloud for Copyright Abuse
Previously on this blog, we wrote about the current battles between the copyright holders of recorded works (you know these works as “music”) and certain scofflaw streaming services that seem to operate based on a policy of denying artists any share in the profit created from streaming their music.
September 08, 2015
My Business Was Sued in Juneau! Interstate Liability and Long-arm Jurisdiction in The Ecommerce Age
Get ready, because in this post, we’re going to tackle a topic that bedevils even eager law students, many of whom face it first on the bar exam and then not until a small business client served with a lawsuit walks into their office years later.
September 01, 2015
Pixels Movie DMCA Takedown Leaves Trail of Innocent Videos in Its Wake
Pixels is a new Adam Sandler “movie” that you almost certainly should not see. (Sample review snippet: “Pixels, it is clear even from afar, is the sort of vanity project that represents everything that is wrong with Hollywood.”)
August 25, 2015
Who Owns – and Who Can Profit From – The Copyrights to Your Instagrams?
It’s a complicated question.
August 18, 2015
Advocates for the Creative Mind
