On September 15, 2017, the US Copyright Office released a “discussion document” detailing its suggestions for how Congress should update 17 USC 108, the section that grants a number of exceptions to copyright for libraries. And interestingly, there’s a lot of great news, here. While this document is just the first step toward copyright reform… Read more »
A couple months ago, I wrote a post about a lawsuit involving PETA, a macaque, and a selfie. If you don’t recall, PETA argued on behalf of a primate named Naruto that a selfie the monkey took deserved copyright protection. At that time, PETA was appealing a ruling from the Northern District in California that… Read more »
A recent post over at the Trademark and Copyright Law Blog (a great blog which I highly suggest you read) discussed a case from the Southern District of New York that addressed de minimis copying in copyright. And after reading it, I decided that we should touch on this defense here, because I think too… Read more »
