Contracts Derivative Work Licensing Litigation 
Traverse Legal Blog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
As more and more projects in these fields adopt open-source licensing, the legal complexities tied to these licenses are becoming increasingly relevant, with dual licensing being a case in point. Second, altering the license could alienate a project’s community, leading to forks or abandonment.
Velocity of Content
MARCH 16, 2023
Each of these cases is unique, fact dependent, and likely, if fully litigated on the merits, to shed light on different aspects of copyright law. The Defendant argues (1) that breach of contract (essentially downloading in violation of the terms and conditions) is preempted by copyright law, and (2) that the copying was fair use.
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LexBlog IP
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
As more and more projects in these fields adopt open-source licensing, the legal complexities tied to these licenses are becoming increasingly relevant, with dual licensing being a case in point. Second, altering the license could alienate a project’s community, leading to forks or abandonment.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
OCTOBER 19, 2021
As a result, the legal issues rarely are litigated any more. * * *. Underlying this litigation is an epistemological question: what does a “canonical” version of a web page look like? We need to know more about this license. WhenU concluded that trademarks was a dead-end. ” Wait, what? Trespass to Chattels.
JIPEL Copyright Blog
MARCH 9, 2022
addition of written or pictorial elements) of a work not in the public domain and/or where the creator is still alive. infringement of the creator’s exclusive right to reproduce and/or prepare a derivative work) or VARA/moral rights (i.e., For the most part, liability may be avoidable: museums could defend any copyright (e.g.,
43(B)log
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Much of the litigation thus turns on what it means for a similarity to be probative of copying. Hughes: it was the Fairness in Music Licensing Act, not the DMCA, which was intertwined. Lemley: Patent law uses the actual license amount; there’s no reason to use a multiplier when we actually know. Mostly music infringement.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JUNE 20, 2023
Legal Background: Copyright and Derivative Works Copyright law protects original works of authorship, including “pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works,” 17 U.S.C. For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work.
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