2004 Copyright Law Fair Use Licensing 
43(B)log
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Fair use can rarely be decided on a motion to dismiss, the court said, and this wasn’t one of those cases. Cariou , by contrast, involved fair uses where works were “obscured and altered to the point that [they were] barely recognizable.” 00-cv-6068, 2004 WL 434404 (S.D.N.Y. So too here. Nader 2000 Primary Comm.,
IPilogue
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Photocopying classroom materials in a K-12 public school system may have seemed harmless and benign before the 2012 Supreme Court of Canada case, Alberta v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). The decision reframes traditional teaching pedagogies by considering the artist and owner rights under copyright law.
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Michael Geist
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Canadian copyright lobby groups have relentlessly lobbied the government to overturn decades of Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence, seeking unprecedented restrictions on fair dealing that include eliminating it for educational institutions if a licence is available. The caselaw on Canadian copyright is unequivocal.
Velocity of Content
JUNE 8, 2022
All copyrights, except one, expire.*. Preface: I wanted to learn more about the concept (and applications) of “derivative works” and adaptations under copyright law, and I was searching for a useful example that might also be interesting for readers of Velocity of Content to read about. Peter Pan” (1953 animated film).
Copyright Lately
OCTOBER 25, 2021
The judge rejected BMG’s fair use defense, holding that the defendants took more elements from the “Nightmare on Elm” street films than they needed to accomplish any parodic purpose. In 1999, Cinema Secrets licensed the right to sell a Michael Myers Halloween mask from the film’s copyright owner.
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