Earlier this week, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas joined a number of other federal district courts that have challenged, narrowed, or simply rejected the applicability of the “server test,”...more
8/4/2025
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Websites
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a resounding victory to the publishing industry on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, in Hachette Books v. Internet Archive, holding that the Internet Archive's "controlled digital...more
9/12/2024
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Corporate Counsel ,
Derivative Works ,
Digital Media ,
e-Books ,
Fair Use ,
Internet Archive (IA) ,
Libraries ,
Publishers ,
The Copyright Act ,
Transformative Use
With decades of experience assisting nonprofit clients with copyright issues, we periodically like to offer refreshers on key copyright issues and highlight current trends we see nonprofit organizations encounter with...more
4/2/2024
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Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Office ,
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Copyright Registration ,
DMCA ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Music ,
Nonprofits ,
Open Source Software ,
Photographs ,
Safe Harbors ,
The Copyright Act
Last week, the Supreme Court issued a long-awaited copyright fair use decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith et al. In short, the Supreme Court looked at whether it was fair use under the...more
5/25/2023
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Nonprofits should be aware of a troubling trend: phishing emails disguised as legitimate Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Takedown Notices. Hackers use this ruse to grab your attention by accusing you of violating the...more