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Gif Gaffe: How Big Sports Ignored Lenz And Used The Dmca To Chill Free Speech On Twitter, Andrew T. Warren Nov 2016

Gif Gaffe: How Big Sports Ignored Lenz And Used The Dmca To Chill Free Speech On Twitter, Andrew T. Warren

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

Many major sports leagues including the National Football League, Major League Baseball, and Ultimate Fighting Championship have consistently used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) to remove user-created GIFs, Vines, and related content that make use of the leagues’ copyrighted broadcast material on Twitter. This Article analyzes Twitter users’ right of fair use in the leagues’ copyrighted material, while suggesting that sports leagues and their agents may not be following the Ninth Circuit’s Lenz v. Universal Music Corp.decision, which requires copyright owners to consider fair use before submitting DMCA takedown notices. Sports leagues’ protocol and actions towards GIFs and Vines …


Using Copyright To Remove Content: An Analysis Of Garcia V. Google, Elizabeth Martin Feb 2016

Using Copyright To Remove Content: An Analysis Of Garcia V. Google, Elizabeth Martin

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

This Note will investigate how individuals attempt to use copyright law, instead of seeking damages for emotional distress or privacy, by using Garcia I and Garcia II as examples. Part I will provide background on Garcia I and Garcia II, the facts leading up to the lawsuit, the first decision and the criticism surrounding it, and the second decision. Part II will discuss what other legal methods Garcia may have used to achieve the same result and potentially obtain the same relief if she decided not to sue for copyright infringement. Part III will look beyond Garcia I and Garcia …


The Future Of Cybertravel: Legal Implications Of The Evasion Of Geolocation, Marketa Trimble Apr 2012

The Future Of Cybertravel: Legal Implications Of The Evasion Of Geolocation, Marketa Trimble

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

Although the Internet is valued by many of its supporters particularly because it both defies and defeats physical borders, these important attributes are now being exposed to attempts by both governments and private entities to impose territorial limits through blocking or permitting access to content by Internet users based on their geographical location — a territorial partitioning of the Internet. One of these attempts, for example, is the recent Stop Online Piracy Act (“SOPA”) proposal in the United States. This article, as opposed to earlier literature on the topic discussing the possible virtues and methods of raising borders in cyberspace, …


Technical Knockout: How Mixed Martial Arts Will Change Copyright Enforcement On The Web, Keith Black Apr 2011

Technical Knockout: How Mixed Martial Arts Will Change Copyright Enforcement On The Web, Keith Black

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Internet Packet Sniffing And Its Impact On The Network Neutrality Debate And The Balance Of Power Between Intellectual Property Creators And Consumers, Rob Frieden Mar 2008

Internet Packet Sniffing And Its Impact On The Network Neutrality Debate And The Balance Of Power Between Intellectual Property Creators And Consumers, Rob Frieden

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Super-Grokster: Untangling Secondary Liability, Comic Book Heroes And The Dmca, And A Filtering Solution For Infringing Digital Creations, Britton Payne Mar 2006

Super-Grokster: Untangling Secondary Liability, Comic Book Heroes And The Dmca, And A Filtering Solution For Infringing Digital Creations, Britton Payne

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Problems Of Anti-Circumvention Rules In The Dmca & More Heterogeneous Solutions, Yijun Tian Mar 2005

Problems Of Anti-Circumvention Rules In The Dmca & More Heterogeneous Solutions, Yijun Tian

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Problems Of Anti-Circumvention Rules In The Dmca & More Heterogeneous Solutions, Yijun Tian Mar 2005

Problems Of Anti-Circumvention Rules In The Dmca & More Heterogeneous Solutions, Yijun Tian

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Are Decss T-Shirts Dirty Laundry? Wearable, Non-Executable Computer Code As Protected Speech, Sara Crasson Oct 2004

Are Decss T-Shirts Dirty Laundry? Wearable, Non-Executable Computer Code As Protected Speech, Sara Crasson

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Slowing Down The Speed Of Sound: A Transatlantic Race To Head Off Digital Copyright Infringement, Eleanor M. Lackman Jan 2003

Slowing Down The Speed Of Sound: A Transatlantic Race To Head Off Digital Copyright Infringement, Eleanor M. Lackman

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Preserving The Traditional Copyright Balance, Christine Jeanneret Dec 2002

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Preserving The Traditional Copyright Balance, Christine Jeanneret

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.