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What Are We To Do With Deposit Copies?, Sadie Zurfluh Jan 2019

What Are We To Do With Deposit Copies?, Sadie Zurfluh

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review

One of the problems courts are faced with today is determining what happens with unpublished works registered under the 1909 Act: can only the sheet music filed with the deposit copy come into evidence when comparing two works as substantially similar? In 2015, the district court in Williams v. Gaye addressed the issue; however, the Ninth Circuit declined to decide the issue on appeal.8 Later in 2018, in Skidmore v. Zeppelin (“Skidmore”), the Ninth Circuit concluded that when dealing with unpublished works under the 1909 Act, the deposit copy defines the scope of the copyright. Part I of this comment …


Online Piracy Of Live Sports Telecasts In India, Seemantani Sharma Jan 2018

Online Piracy Of Live Sports Telecasts In India, Seemantani Sharma

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Keinitz V. Sconnie Nation, Llc: The Seventh Circuit's Necessary Resistance To Defining The Fair Use Doctrine Solely In Terms Of Transformativeness, Alexander Perwich Jan 2017

Keinitz V. Sconnie Nation, Llc: The Seventh Circuit's Necessary Resistance To Defining The Fair Use Doctrine Solely In Terms Of Transformativeness, Alexander Perwich

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review

Under the fair use doctrine, use of a copyrighted work is not an infringement on a copyright if, after consideration of four factors, a court considers the use to be fair. The four factors courts are required to consider are: (1) “the purpose and character of the use;” (2) “the nature of the copyrighted work;” (3) “the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole;” and (4) the effect the use has on “the potential market for or value of the original copyrighted work.” A circuit split exists between the Second and …


A Cure For Twitch: Compulsory License Promoting Video Game Live-Streaming, Yang Qiu Jan 2017

A Cure For Twitch: Compulsory License Promoting Video Game Live-Streaming, Yang Qiu

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review

New technology always bring challenges to Chinese legislation. In recent years, based on technological development of network transmission, video game streaming platforms like “Twitch.tv” have made “big” money. The problem, however, is that the streaming content on those platforms involve copyrightable video games, which infringe game publishers’ copyright, if the streaming platform lacks authorization. And only a few of the streaming platforms and streamers have licenses from game publishers. Nowadays, most game publishers allow streaming to exist because they view the streaming as free advertisement for their games. By making these allowances, the game publishers stay in their fans’ good …


From Parts Unknown: Wwe V. Jim Hellwig In The Ultimate Battle For Character Copyright, Daniel Bilsky Jan 2009

From Parts Unknown: Wwe V. Jim Hellwig In The Ultimate Battle For Character Copyright, Daniel Bilsky

Marquette Sports Law Review

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The Copyrightability Of Sports Celebration Moves: Dance Fever Or Just Plain Sick? , Hennry M. Abromson Jan 2004

The Copyrightability Of Sports Celebration Moves: Dance Fever Or Just Plain Sick? , Hennry M. Abromson

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Football Play Scripts: A Potential Pitfall For Federal Copyright Law? , Brent C. Moberg Jan 2004

Football Play Scripts: A Potential Pitfall For Federal Copyright Law? , Brent C. Moberg

Marquette Sports Law Review

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