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Teaching Without Infringement: A New Model For Educational Fair Use , David A. Simon
Teaching Without Infringement: A New Model For Educational Fair Use , David A. Simon
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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The Public As Creator And Infringer: Copyright Law Applied To The Creators Of User-Generated Video Content , David E. Ashley
The Public As Creator And Infringer: Copyright Law Applied To The Creators Of User-Generated Video Content , David E. Ashley
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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Copyright Or Trademark? Can One Boy Wizard Prevent Film Title Duplication?, Anna Phillips
Copyright Or Trademark? Can One Boy Wizard Prevent Film Title Duplication?, Anna Phillips
San Diego International Law Journal
This Comment will examine the various approaches that India, the United Kingdom, and the United States take in dealing with film title disputes. Second, this Comment will discuss a case brought by Warner Brothers regrding a Harry Potter film title dispute in India and how the outcome of the case affects title infringement issues... Finally, this Comment will discuss a possible loophole in current trademark regulations regarding film titles that will support the argument that countries should use both copyright and trademark law to minimize the release of film titles that are similar or identical to those already on the …
Fair Game: The Application Of Fair Use Doctrine To Machinima. , Christopher Reid
Fair Game: The Application Of Fair Use Doctrine To Machinima. , Christopher Reid
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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The Tangled Web Of Ugc: Making Copyright Sense Of User-Generated Content, Daniel Gervais
The Tangled Web Of Ugc: Making Copyright Sense Of User-Generated Content, Daniel Gervais
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Even as a mere conceptual cloud, the term "user-generated content" is useful to discuss the societal shifts in content creation brought about by the participative web and perhaps best epitomized by the remix phenomenon. This Article considers the copyright aspects of UGC. On the one hand, the production of UGC may involve both the right of reproduction and the right of adaptation--the right to prepare derivative works. On the other hand, defenses against claims of infringement of these rights typically rely on (transformative) fair use or the fact that an insubstantial amount (such as a quote) of the preexisting work …
"Transformative" User-Generated Content In Copyright Law: Infringing Derivative Works Or Fair Use?, Mary W.S. Wong
"Transformative" User-Generated Content In Copyright Law: Infringing Derivative Works Or Fair Use?, Mary W.S. Wong
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
In the United States, the line between the type and level of transformation required for a copyrightable derivative work and that required to constitute fair use has not been drawn clearly. With the rise of user-generated content, this question (which arises in two distinct copyright contexts) has become even more important. At the same time, copyright law has generally shied away from defining authorship as a legal concept, preferring instead to develop and rely on the related (but not identical) concept of originality. This has resulted in a low copyrightability threshold that does not adequately account for the fact that …