INTRODUCTION The gaming industry has evolved into one of the most competitive and profitable entertainment markets in the world. As games become more advanced, developers invest heavily in anti-cheat technology to protect their platforms from unauthorized code and unfair gameplay...
Attorney Steve® Copyright Law Essentials - Background Music Introduction With the massive growth of online video (Instragram, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and others), many people are posting videos for both personal and commercial (business) reasons. Many videos will have music playing i...
Attorney Steve® Copyright Fair Use Lawyer - Transformative explained Here are some legal cases for you to review A “transformative” use is “a copying use that adds something new and important.” See Google, 141 S. Ct. at 1203 (quoting Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., 510 U.S. 569, 579 (1994...
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 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...
MEME FAIR USE REVIEW - Check yourself before you wreck yourself! Introduction If you are an epic YouTube, Tik-Tocker (*or "Toker" as some say), Tweeter, or poster of funny parody materials intended to go viral, you might want to use our Copyright Fair Use checker service. Get a legal opinio...
Attorney Steve® Copyright Essentials – Using NASA images, videos and audio in your YouTube channel and blogs. Attribution: Photo of the Apollo 14 moon landing courtesy of NASA. ASA ID: 7120040. Date Created: 1971-02-05. Introduction This blog discusses, generally, how NASA images, videos,...
DMCA “Bad Faith” Takedowns and Counternotifications may require a Plaintiff to prove subjective bad faith. Introduction Many people are submitting knowingly false DMCA takedown claims on YouTube. The DMCA law prohibits this type of bad faith conduct. However, proving it may b...
Copyright Infringement Updates 2016 – Online Photo & Digital Image Infringement Law Introduction This blog discusses lawsuits filed by National Photo Group, LLC, BWP Media USA Inc., dba Pacific Coast News and FameFlynet a Plaintiff that provides “entertainment related photojournalism goods a...
Overview of the parody defense in Intellectual Property litigation Introduction Parody is basically making a new work of art by commenting and criticizing another work of art. For example, you may hear a song that really bugs you. And you might decide “I want to make a parody song of that s...
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