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Atticus Limited Liability Company v. The Dramatic Publishing Company

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In action over competing live stage rights to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Second Circuit affirms district court’s ruling that “derivative works exception” to Copyright Act’s termination provision does not perpetuate...more

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Easy Tiger: Docuseries Summary Judgment Remanded for Further Fair Use Consideration

Addressing copyright fair use in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent guidance in Warhol, the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit partially reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the...more

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A Joint Author Does Not Own Derived Material - Greene, et al. v. Ablon, et al.

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Addressing joint and derivative works under the Copyright Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit found the district court erred in ruling that a single work cannot be both joint and derivative. Greene, et al. v....more

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