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According to Artnews’ Carolina Miranda, it’s because of our good friend, copyright. I like articles like these because in-between thirteen paragraphs of lament and a quote from the free-culture hippies’ guru, Lawrence…
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Well, we know the artist’s intent no longer matters, so how the hell are we supposed to analyze this new copyright infringement situation? Under the Cariou test it seems to us that you’d have to put the original Calvin &…
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The Cariou v. Prince decision was handed down last Thursday. I have struggled with what to write primarily because I have been shocked into a catatonic state. How two intelligent minds could draft such an epic disaster is…
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Forbes contributor Eric Goldman teases out some (very) possible repercussions to the recent Wiley v. Kirtsaeng Supreme Court decision. Read more
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Sandra Aistars takes a seldom-heard position that should there be a new US Copyright Act, it must be more protective of artists’ intellectual property. Read more
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It’s not often that one reads an eloquent copyright opinion (from a court or otherwise), but this nice little gem just came to us via a friend. Judge John Kronstadt, of the Central District of California, has held that…
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According to Cory Doctorow, plagiarism mores may be more protective of content than copyright laws. Even without a law, doing something that is so universally reviled Read more
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