Last month DHS and ICE accidentally seized 84,000 innocent sites. Over the last several months, DHS has seized at least two dozen domain names on copyright infringement grounds. Earlier this month, DHS and ICE arrested Brian McCarthy … [Read more...]
MA GOP’s lame ad and James Taylor’s copyright: upon further analysis, it’s still not “fair use”
"Parody" that uses copyrighted material can, under some circumstances, constitute "fair use." Here's the Supreme Court outlining this general principle in the famous 2 Live Crew case, known formally as Campbell v. Acuff Rose Music, … [Read more...]
Fair use?
An interesting little tiff has erupted over one of the most ubiquitous images of the 2008 campaign. The image on the left was taken by AP photographer Mannie Garcia at the National Press Club in 2006. You no doubt recognize the image … [Read more...]