(Podcast) The Briefing: What Is Fair Use and Why Does It Matter?
The Briefing: What Is Fair Use and Why Does It Matter?
(Podcast) The Briefing: The Wrong Argument â Why Authors Lost Against Meta and What Comes Next
The Briefing: The Wrong Argument â Why Authors Lost Against Meta and What Comes Next
(Podcast) The Briefing: Anthropic, Copyright, and the Fair Use Divide
The Briefing: Anthropic, Copyright, and the Fair Use Divide
Will I Get Sued if I Create Another Hospital Drama? â No Infringement Intended Podcast
Can Tattoos Be Copyrighted? The Legal Battle Over Mike Tyson's Iconic Ink â No Infringement Intended Podcast
JONES DAY TALKSÂŽ: Women in IP â AI and Copyright Law Need-to-Knows
(Podcast) The Briefing: Copyright Troll or Rightful Enforcer? The Fifth Circuitâs Curious Ruling In Sports Doc Copyright Litigation
The Briefing: Copyright Troll or Rightful Enforcer? The Fifth Circuitâs Curious Ruling In Sports Doc Copyright Litigation
The Briefing Filmmakers Express Concern Over Impending Death of âBiographical Anchorâ Fair Use Basis (Podcast)
The Briefing Filmmakers Express Concern Over Impending Death of âBiographical Anchorâ Fair Use Basis
The IP of Everything Podcast - Episode 22 - The IP of Dog Toys
The âWild Westâ of AI Use In Campaigns
Podcast - The Briefing: Judge Finds Lyrics and Themes âGuns, Money, and Jewelryâ Too Commonplace for Copyright Protection
Podcast: The Briefing - Court Rejects Post-Warhol Fair Use Defense in Photographerâs Copyright Lawsuit
The Briefing: Court Rejects Post-Warhol Fair Use Defense in Photographerâs Copyright Lawsuit
The Briefing: Is Warhol Bad for Documentarians?
Podcast: The Briefing - Is Warhol Bad for Documentarians?
On June 11, 2025, Disney (including Lucasfilm, Marvel, and 20th Century Studios) and Universal Pictures (including DreamWorks) filed a Complaint for direct and secondary copyright infringement in the Central District of...more
Apparently, George Lucas is not the only party in California who can edit his own work after release in order to change aspects he does not like. While perhaps not as culturally significant as changing âStar Wars: A New Hopeâ...more
In âThe Case of Prince, a Dancing Baby and the DMCA Takedown Notice,â we discussed the potential impact of the Ninth Circuit decision in Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., 801 F.3d 1126 (2015), a.k.a. the âdancing baby case,â in...more
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that Google's digitization of books for use in its Google Books and Google Books Library Project is not copyright infringement. The Court also ruled that providing a public...more
In July, this author wrote about Lenz v. Universal which, at the time, was pending before the 9th Circuit. On September 14, 2015 the 9th Circuit came down with a ruling which answered whether a copyright owner must consider...more
In 2007, Stephanie Lenz posted a 29-second video to YouTube of her baby dancing in the kitchen with Princeâs âLetâs Go Crazyâ playing in the background. Claiming use of their song amounted to copyright infringement, Universal...more
The Ninth Circuit held last week in Lenz v. Universal Music Corp. (the âdancing babyâ case) that a copyright holder must consider fair use before sending a takedown notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)....more
On September 14, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling in Lenz v. Universal Music Group, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 16308 (âLenz 2015â), affirmed the denial of the respective partiesâ motions for summary judgment... In...more
In view of the Ninth Circuit Court of  Appeals decision in Lenz   v. Universal Music Corp., Case Nos. 13-16106 and 13-16107 (Sept. 14, 2015), copyright owners need to be careful before sending Internet takedown notices for...more
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) requires copyright holders to consider fair use before sending a takedown notification, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Lenz v. Universal Music...more
Earlier this week, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the Northern District of Californiaâs denial of cross motions for summary judgment in Lenz v. Universal Music. In an opinion by Judge Richard Tallman, the Court held that the...more
In the online content takedown and put-back volley provided under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to limit service provider copyright infringement liability, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held earlier this...more
In a highly anticipated opinion in the so-called "Dancing Babies" case, the Ninth Circuit clarified this week the steps under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") that copyright holders must take before issuing a...more
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held on Sept. 14, 2015, that a copyright owner must consider whether a third party's online use of copyrighted content constitutes fair use before...more
Behind the scenes of the Internetâs current swirl of memes, mash-ups, and other viral content is a massive system of takedown notices and counter-notices passing back and forth between content owners, web hosts, and users,...more
Monday, the Ninth Circuit ruled copyright owners must consider the fair use doctrine before sending a takedown notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in Lenz v. Universal Music Group. Read the case here: Lenz v....more
n Lenz v. Universal Music Corp. et al, the Ninth Circuit held that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the âDMCAâ) requires copyright holders to consider fair use before sending a takedown notice and that the failure to do...more