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HIT NETFLIX CONTENT AND THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT THAT FOLLOWS

JIPL Online

Then, the post will predict how Netflix may shift its content practices, defense strategies, and settlement tactics as a result of their past litigation successes in copyright actions. SETTLEMENT CASES. 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10] 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10] TRIAL CASES.

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Star Trek Fan Film May Not Live Long and Prosper

Greenspoon Marder LLP

It should be noted that there has been a long-standing history of tolerance of fan-produced Star Trek projects by CBS and Paramount (the “Studios”); however, on December 29, 2015, the Studios filed a copyright lawsuit against Axanar Productions, Inc. Axanar”), maker of the fan-produced Axanar projects.

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

Keller, Recognizing the Derivative Works Right as a Moral Right: A Case Comparison and Proposal , 63 Case W. 8, 2015), [link]. xxii] Keyboard Cat Wins a Settlement with Maker of the Game “Scribblenauts” , THE SPOKESMAN-REV. Stearns, Todd J. Zywicki & Thomas J. vii] Deidrè A. 511, 523 (2012). viii] See, e.g., Lee J.

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

The Compendium specifically excludes works alleged to be created by a divine being.” ” Jarrod Welsh, Copyrighting God: New Copyright Guidelines Do Not Protect Divine Beings, 17 Rutgers Journal Of Law & Religion 121 (2015). ” Welsh (2015) at 134. Compendium, at Section 313.2 ]. ” Id. ” Id.