Another round of lawsuits for prolific copyright filer Strike 3 Holdings, LLC. Here are some of the new California cases. PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND KIDS NOT TO DOWNLOAD OR FILE-SHARE STRIKE 3 MOVIES. These can end up leading to settlements that could be money better spent elsewhere. For no...
AttorneySteve® Trademark College® - Popular classifications for YouTubers! Introduction PewdiePie IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Movies, namely, audio and video recordings featuring video game playing with player commentary and narration, computer game programs, computer game softwar...
Attorney Steve® Strike 3 Holdings, LLC Updates - Civil Action No. TDC-20-3671 - Case 8:20-cv-03671-TDC Document 15 Filed 08/13/21 Introduction In a Strike 3 file-sharing case in Maryland, Strike 3 apparently was having a hard time serving the John Doe defendant. There is only a limited time ...
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - Rule 8. General Rules of Pleading Entertainment & Copyright Infringement Defense Law Firm How to answer a federal court complaint (ex. Strike 3 Holdings, Photo infringement, design fabric infringement, computer fonts, jewelry, music, art, software and other...
Attorney Steve® - PPV piracy defense - ESPN Application to show UFC fight ZUFFA, LLC, d/b/a Ultimate Fighting Championship, Plaintiff,v.MARIO LAVECCHIA Individually, and as officer, shareholder, principal, manager and/or member of TEAM LAVECCHIA LLC, d/b/a PAR 440 RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, andTEAM ...
Attorney Steve® - Art & Copyright Litigation - CAPA and VARA Discussed Introduction California Art Preservation Act (“CAPA”) is one cause of a action you may see raised along with a VARA claim. Here is how the court above analyzed these claims on one case: "Defendants next contend that...
Attorney Steve® BitTorrent Defense Updates - August 2021 - More Strike 3 Filings in Northern District of California New cases filed - if your I.P. address is on this list, call us for a free consultation. Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 24.23.228.252, Stri...
Attorney Steve® New cases filed (call us if you received a notice of subpoena from your ISP). We offer a free consultation Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 67.166.146.2 Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 73.158.240.31 Strike...
Attorney Steve® file sharing litigation updates - Strike 3 is liking the Northern District of California Introduction Here are the recent case filings for August 2021 - if your IP address is on this list, call us for a free initial discussion Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscrib...
Attorney Steve® Copyright Essentials - Statute of Limitations Introduction Here is a case from the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA that discusses the statute of limitations in copyright infringement cases, and what happens if there are ongoing infringements (with...
Attorney Steve® - BitTorrent Defense Updates - July 2021 Introduction The pandemic has not slowed down Strike 3 Holdings from filing a large number of copyright infringement lawsuits alleging illegal file-sharing (copyright infringement). Here are the recent cases filed in July, 2021. Case...
Defendants also contend the Complaint fails to allege sufficient facts regarding access to state a copyright infringement claim. “To prove access, a plaintiff must show a reasonable possibility, not merely a bare possibility, that an alleged infringer had the chance to view the protected work.” A...
Attorney Steve® Copyright Essentials - Small Claims Court - New Claims Officers Named Introduction Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights, announced the recent appointments by the Librarian of Congress of the three initial "copyright claims officers" - (1) David Carson, (2) Monica P. Mc...
Attorney Steve® Copyright Essentials - Strict Liability Offense Copyright infringement is known as a "strict liability" offense. Strict liability means there is liability even without fault. Here is a case ruling that illustrates this point.
Attorney Steve® Copyright Law Essentials - What does it take to prove copyright infringement? To state a claim for copyright infringement, Plaintiffs must allege “(1) ownership of a valid copyright, and (2) copying constituent elements of the work that are original.” Feist Publ'ns, Inc. v. Rur...
Attorney Steve Music Law - Overview of the RIAA The Recording Industry Association of America® (the “RIAA”) protects intellectual property and First Amendment rights of artists and record labels. It is also the organization that certifies records as Gold, Platinum, Multi-Platinum, or Diamond. RI...
Vondran Litigation Essentials - Evidence - Judicial Notice “A court shall take judicial notice if requested by a party and supplied with the necessary information.” Fed. R. Evid. 201(d). An adjudicative fact may be judicially noticed if it is “not subject to reasonable dispute in that it is ei...
Can I Use a Person's Name in My Song? – Right of Publicity Law The California Statutory Right of Publicity The Right of Publicity protects an individual's right in their name or likeness. The California State Statute, Cal. Civ. Code § 3344, extends protection to a person's name, voice, photogra...
Attorney Steve® - Celebrity Endorsement Services On occasion, artists and musicians will be hired by companies as celebrity endorsers of the products or services the company sells. There are strict federal regulations that govern these endorsements, and failure to follow these regulations can po...
Summary Judgment Explained Summary judgment is appropriate when there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). The moving party has the initial burden of identifying the portions of the pleadings and recor...
Attorney Steve® Torrent Defense Law - You CLICK, we DEFEND® - Miami-Dade County Courts Introduction Disclaimer: We are not licensed to practice law in Florida. If you are looking for a local lawyer to file a motion to Quash in Florida, let us know, and we can refer you to a Florida...
Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 73.158.203.253, (Northern District of California): filed 2021-06-22 Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 73.162.94.90, (Northern District of California): filed 2021-06-22 Strike 3 Holdings, LLC...
Attorney Steve® - Copyright Law Essentials - Music Law - Sampling Case Law When attempting to create a song using a sample from another's work, it can be difficult to obtain permission from the original artist. Some artists, like Tracy Chapman, famously never give anyone permission to sample the...
See Plan Pros vs, Dultmeir Hones (a case involving architectural drawings and elevations) in cases like this where the “copyright protection is thin”: For this category of claims, only extremely close copying is actionable as unlawful infringement. Put more precisely, this type of claim may mo...
Attorney Steve® Copyright Law Essentials - Fee Shifting in Infringement Matters - Factors to Review Introduction In Plan Pros and Prime Designs, Inc. vs. Dultmeir Homes (architectural infringement case), the Court discussed the factors a Court will consider in a copyright infringement actio...
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