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Too Rusty For Krusty–Nickelodeon v. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post)

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And the three registrations that Viacom owns for KRUSTY KRAB are for aquarium ornaments, plastic cake decorations, and a website featuring entertainment information related to television programs and cartoons. It confirms both ownership of valid copyrights and copying by the defendants of original constituent elements of the works.

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Copyright Office Technical Measures Consultations

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Organization for Transformative Works, Rebecca Tushnet: The Organization for Transformative Works (“OTW”) is a nonprofit established to protect and defend fans and fanworks from commercial exploitation and legal challenge. Encourage CO to think carefully about smaller nonprofit and educational uses.

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WIPIP session 5: Anti-Circumvention

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Amazon went into users’ Kindles and removed copies of Orwell’s 1984. You’re forbidden to remove/alter information at pain of $2500/violation. One set of fixes: non© bodies of law shouldn’t concede the governance seam—creation and copying of works that are likely to give rise to other policies. Property v. property: TM v.

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