Welcome to our monthly recap of stories relating to intellectual property (including copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, etc.) and entertainment law – art, animation, television, film, digital games, etc. This month’s stories cover many issues including: Kanye West’s new music video legal woes; Led Zeppelin wins copyright case; micro-licensing & fair use in music; can Netflix
Guest Blog by Alexander Speer, Summer Intern In the wake of the new media era and mass online distribution, companies specializing in so-called micro-licensing have quickly sprung up. These companies patrol the Internet for use of their members’ copyright protected material, and provide their members the ability to receive monetary compensation for use of their
Welcome to our monthly recap of stories relating to intellectual property (including copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, etc.) and entertainment law – art, animation, television, film, digital games, etc. This month’s stories cover many issues including: Beiber sued in Nashville for copyright infringement; Gawker lawsuit drama continues; former reality star sues Discovery channel; boycott over LGBT
Welcome to our monthly recap of stories relating to intellectual property (including copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, etc.) and entertainment law – art, animation, television, film, digital games, etc. This month’s stories cover many issues including: Comcast deal to acquire DreamWorks; celebrating World IP Day 2016; Hollywood’s top 100 attorneys; book review of The Song Machine;
There are two main schools of thought of how a song is written – music and lyrics first (think country, folk and Americana) or beat and hook (think hip hop, pop, and rap). John Seabrook gives us a behind the scenes look at the latter through fascinating stories of bigger than life characters and a