Can embedding a Tweet be copyright infringement?

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Today, in this brief post, I want to point you to a story from the Electronic Frontier Foundation about a recent case from New York that could have serious implications for how we use images we find on services like Twitter.    In this case, Goldman v. Breitbart, Justin Goldman claimed that news organizations like Breitbart,… Read more »

Sometimes, you’re just not creative enough

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Today’s blog post comes from a USA Today article about a copyright issue over American Airlines’s new logo. The airline recently ran into a bit of a snag when it tried to register its logo with the Copyright Office. So let’s take a quick look. American Airlines adopted a new logo in 2013. As described… Read more »

Could we see real copyright reform this year?

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I’ve said for a while that I doubt Congress will undergo major Copyright legislation anytime in the near future. Tho our aging law certainly needs some serious updates, our Federal government has more pressing things to do than deal with Copyright right now. That said, there recently has been some movement in both the House… Read more »
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