Copyright is a form of intellectual property, applicable to certain forms of creative work. Some, but not all jurisdictions require "fixing" copyrighted works in a tangible form. It is often shared among multiple authors, each of whom holds a set of rights to use or license the work, and who are commonly referred to as [...]
It is time to clear those blurred lines on the copyrighted images, which photos are fair use online?Save yourself from grief and angry copyrighted infringement letters, and potentially a lawsuit by learning these four methods of determining if an image is protected by copyright. Know general signs of copyright images Research to determine if an [...]
Fashion model GiGi Hadid is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit for allegedly posting a picture of herself on Instagram that belonged to a photographer. In July previous year, a post by a model wearing an Adidas jacket was received 1.2 million likes on Instagram. Willful Infringement Filed at US District Court for Eastern District Virginia recently, [...]
" Planning and implementing copyright compliance will easily save corporation from substantial costs and liabilities of third-party copyright infringement, apart from enhancing the reputation." - IPERA This article clearly demonstrates the copyright compliance or governance challenges that business corporation can anticipate while generating, storing, sharing, receiving, accessing, adapting copyright work. Such governance challenges relate to [...]
On September 11th, a joint motion to dismiss an appeal and vacate a previous judgment was entered into the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which ended a copyright case ongoing between a British photograph and a monkey. The settlement ends a two-year case filed on behalf of the primate over selfie photos taken [...]
Songwriter Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, said in a lawsuit filed in U.S. Federal court in Los Angeles that Taylor Swift songs used the phrase, " players' gonna play, plat, play and the haters gonna hate, hate , hate." It was told by Swift's representative that this is a ridiculous claim [...]
