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Why Astley’s New Soundalike Lawsuit Should Be Rickrolled Out Of Court

Copyright Lately

British singer Rick Astley is best known for “ Never Gonna Give You Up ,” a song people voluntarily listened to in 1987 and were tricked into listening to in 2007. Is Rick Astley’s right of publicity claim against Yung Gravy for vocal impersonation on a collision course with the federal Copyright Act? ” 17 U.S.C. §

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

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Further, that same commentator has noted that: In 2007, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted ownership of the word “Jesus” to Jesus Jeans, owned by a publicly traded Italian company, BasicNet, giving the company exclusive rights in America to sell clothing bearing the name “Jesus.” World Intellect.