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Too Rusty For Krusty–Nickelodeon v. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post)

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MAY 30, 2022

Fanworks seek to create something pleasurable—and sometimes profitable—that exploits’ fans love for the universe and its characters but risk trademark and copyright liability in the process.

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Copyright Office Technical Measures Consultations

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Organization for Transformative Works, Rebecca Tushnet: The Organization for Transformative Works (“OTW”) is a nonprofit established to protect and defend fans and fanworks from commercial exploitation and legal challenge. Encourage CO to think carefully about smaller nonprofit and educational uses.

27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: From the DMCA to the DSA: Panel 3: Intended and Unintended Consequences of the DSA

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APRIL 7, 2023

Most discussion has been about upload filters, but YT’s © transparency reports show that actually most of the action is not blocking via filtering—it’s mostly monetization through Content ID. Audit reports should focus on these questions. There are restrictions in DSA on demonetization. Recommendations: bring these problems to light.

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Too Rusty For Krusty–Nickelodeon v. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post)

Copyright Office Technical Measures Consultations

27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: From the DMCA to the DSA: Panel 3: Intended and Unintended Consequences of the DSA

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