2004 Copyright Fair Use Licensing 
43(B)log
MARCH 1, 2022
He sued; the court of appeals affirms a finding of fair use on a motion to dismiss and an award of attorneys’ fees. The passage is “separately copyrighted,” by which I take it the court means “separately registered.” The passage is “separately copyrighted,” by which I take it the court means “separately registered.”
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.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
DECEMBER 15, 2021
A refresher: in 1998, Congress created a notice-and-takedown scheme for user-submitted items that allegedly infringe copyright. Copyright owners send takedown notices, and service providers either remove the items or lose the safe harbor. The DMCA’s main counterbalance to copyright owner overreach was supposed to be 512(f).
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. Confused yet? Just wait.].
Copyright Lately
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Here are some of the greatest copyright horror stories, featuring such classics as “Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Halloween,” “Dracula,” “Ghostbusters” and … a creepy McDonalds character? The only thing scarier than a slasher flick is a lawsuit. It’s Halloween time again!
43(B)log
AUGUST 4, 2021
Jacob Victor, Copyright’s Law of Dissemination: trying to disaggregate dissemination from use of a work in new creativity/e.g., transformative fair use. Judicial: Google Books/utility expanding fair use; Sony v. Trends and patterns: whether a use is compensated or uncompensated.
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