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Why Do I Need To Register My Copyrights?

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With the rise of content creation in the digital age, it is easy to think that the market has surpassed a saturation point for creative works. After all, each of these creative works does hold its own copyright automatically...more

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If Provider Knew Product Would Be Used to Infringe, It Is a Contributor

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In a case brought by a group of record labels against an internet service provider (ISP) for contributory copyright infringement of more than 1,400 songs, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the provider,...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - June 2022: An Open-and-Shut Case for the CCB? It Depends.

Copyright owners now have another venue for enforcing copyrights: the Copyright Claims Board (CCB). Established by the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (CASE Act), the CCB aims to provide...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - June 2022

[co-author: Ivy Attenborough, Summer Associate] Thank you for reading the June 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss the differences between Copyright Claims Board and federal...more

International Lawyers Network

Damages for Copyright Infringement before You Register Your Copyright

Let’s suppose that you have not registered your copyright in a book with the U.S. Copyright Office and you find someone has infringed your copyright by copying substantial portions of your book. Let’s also suppose you are...more

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The Big Three Sue an ISP for Enabling Copyright Infringement

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The so-called Big Three record companies—Universal, Sony, and Warner—have sued to hold an internet service provider liable for facilitating its customers’ copyright infringement....more

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Obituary Piracy Assessed

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Thomson v. Afterlife Network Inc., 2019 FC 545, is a Federal Court decision in which the Court considers the existence of copyright in obituaries used in an e-commerce context....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Hell 2 Da Naw Pay Up Statutory Damages Award

Addressing the proper procedure for electing statutory damages under the Copyright Act, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the district court, agreeing that the plaintiff had properly informed the court of...more

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Courts Split on How to Determine Statutory Damages for Copyright Infringement

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The recent decision in Energy Intelligence Group, Inc. v. CHS McPherson Refinery, Inc. highlights a circuit split regarding how courts determine the statutory damages available for copyright infringement where multiple...more

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Tyler the Creator Sued for Copyright Infringement

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Rapper Tyler, the Creator (“Tyler”), is facing a lawsuit for copyright infringement, which alleges he illegally sampled a 1971 soul song, “Why Can’t There Be Love,” in his 2015 hit, “Deathcamp.” ...more

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