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Gotham Skylines: The Intersection Of Scènes À Faire And Fictional Facts In Comic Books, Graphic Novels, And Their Derivative Works, Gavin M. Strube
Gotham Skylines: The Intersection Of Scènes À Faire And Fictional Facts In Comic Books, Graphic Novels, And Their Derivative Works, Gavin M. Strube
Pace Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment Law Forum
In just a decade and a half since the modern superhero film exploded onto the scene, the comic books and graphic novels that have long been the very definition of a fringe or niche interest, have morphed into a multi-billion dollar film, television and video game empire. The two main players in this industry, Marvel and DC, are owned by juggernauts in the entertainment industry. More importantly, some of these characters have been around for over three-quarters of a century. Readers keyed into intellectual property law, particularly copyright, should begin to see the issue. The copyright protection on these characters …
Transforming “Transformative Use”: The Growing Misinterpretation Of The Fair Use Doctrine, Caile Morris
Transforming “Transformative Use”: The Growing Misinterpretation Of The Fair Use Doctrine, Caile Morris
Pace Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment Law Forum
Starting in late 2012, and continuing into late 2013, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York wreaked havoc on the traditional interpretation of the copyright infringement defense known as “fair use.” Two cases stemming from the advent of the Google Books Project are Author’s Guild, Inc. v. HathiTrust and Author’s Guild, Inc. v. Google, Inc. These cases adopted a controversial interpretation of the fair use defense, codified in 17 U.S.C. § 107, when each case determined that the mass digitization of thousands of books constituted fair use merely because the digitization was what is known …
Pace Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment Law Forum, Volume 5, Issue 1, Spring 2015
Pace Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment Law Forum, Volume 5, Issue 1, Spring 2015
Pace Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment Law Forum
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