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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 …
Custom, Comedy, And The Value Of Dissent, Jennifer E. Rothman
Custom, Comedy, And The Value Of Dissent, Jennifer E. Rothman
All Faculty Scholarship
In this essay, I comment on Dotan Oliar and Christopher Sprigman's article, There's No Free Laugh (Anymore): The Emergence of Intellectual Property Norms and the Transformation of Stand-Up Comedy, 94 Va. L. Rev. 1787 (2008). Their study of the quasi-intellectual property norms in the stand-up comedy world provides yet another compelling example of the phenomenon that I have explored in which the governing intellectual property regime takes a backseat to social norms and other industry customs that dominate the lived experiences of many in creative fields. The microcosm of stand-up comedy reinforces my concern that customs are being used to …
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 J. Gervais
The Tangled Web Of Ugc: Making Copyright Sense Of User-Generated Content, Daniel J. Gervais
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
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 …