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Deconstructing The Blueprint For Infringement: Remedying Flawed Interpretations Of The § 120(A) Exception To Architecture Copyrights, Margalit Zimand
Deconstructing The Blueprint For Infringement: Remedying Flawed Interpretations Of The § 120(A) Exception To Architecture Copyrights, Margalit Zimand
Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
Drafting the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act of 1990 (“AWCPA”) consisted of a bizarre hodgepodge of considerations. Ostensibly, the goal of the Act was to bring the United States unquestionably into compliance with the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, which the United States had just recently joined, with as minimal an impact on U.S. law as possible. In reality, this goal — itself not without built-in tensions — was but one of several competing forces at play in the drafting process. The other forces generally fell into three camps. There were the proponents of preserving …
United States Response To Questionnaire, Philippa Loengard, Anne Diamond, Lily Henderson, Jenica Wang
United States Response To Questionnaire, Philippa Loengard, Anne Diamond, Lily Henderson, Jenica Wang
Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
ALAI-USA is the U.S. branch of ALAI (Association Littèraire et Artistique Internationale). ALAI-USA was started in the 1980's by the late Professor Melville B. Nimmer, and was later expanded by Professor John M. Kernochan.
United States Response To Questionnaire Concerning Copyright In Action: International Perspectives On Remedies, Philippa Loengard, Julia Ambros, Andrew Elliott, Daniel Lee
United States Response To Questionnaire Concerning Copyright In Action: International Perspectives On Remedies, Philippa Loengard, Julia Ambros, Andrew Elliott, Daniel Lee
Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
ALAI-USA is the U.S. branch of ALAI (Association Littèraire et Artistique Internationale). ALAI-USA was started in the 1980's by the late Professor Melville B. Nimmer, and was later expanded by Professor John M. Kernochan.
United States Response To Questionnaire Concerning Remuneration For The Use Of Works: Exclusivity V. Other Approaches, Bart M.J. Szewczyk, June M. Besek
United States Response To Questionnaire Concerning Remuneration For The Use Of Works: Exclusivity V. Other Approaches, Bart M.J. Szewczyk, June M. Besek
Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
ALAI-USA is the U.S. branch of ALAI (Association Littèraire et Artistique Internationale). ALAI-USA was started in the 1980's by the late Professor Melville B. Nimmer, and was later expanded by Professor John M. Kernochan.
Taming The "Frankenstein Monster": Copyright Claim Compatibility With The Class Action Mechanism, Renee G. Stern
Taming The "Frankenstein Monster": Copyright Claim Compatibility With The Class Action Mechanism, Renee G. Stern
Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
In a 2013 opinion denying class certification to a putative class of copyright holders in Football Association Premier League Ltd. v. YouTube, Inc., Judge Stanton of the Southern District of New York wrote:
Generally speaking, copyright claims are poor candidates for class-action treatment. They have superficial similarities .... Thus, accumulation of all the copyright claims, and claimants, into one action will not simplify or unify the process of their resolution, but multiply its difficulties over the normal one-by-one adjudications of copyright cases.
Judge Stanton went on to characterize the case as a “Frankenstein monster posing as a class action” …
You Can’T Go Home Again: The Righthaven Cases And Copyright Trolling On The Internet, Ian Polonsky
You Can’T Go Home Again: The Righthaven Cases And Copyright Trolling On The Internet, Ian Polonsky
Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts
In the Norwegian folktale Three Billy Goats Gruff, three goats seeking to get fat on the greener pastures of a distant hillside were stopped at the foot of a bridge by a “great ugly troll, with eyes as big as saucers, and a nose as long as a poker.” The troll allowed the first two goats to pass when they assured him of a larger goat to come. Unfortunately, the troll bit off more than he could chew: the third goat was larger than the troll and not the least bit intimidated. The goat launched himself at the troll …