Reading Time: 7 minutes The Arista Records v. Lime Wire litigation in the Southern District of N.Y., headed for a jury trial in early May, is a statutory damages tutorial. Judge Kimba Wood …Continue reading Arista Records v. Lime Wire Answers Some Novel Questions re Statutory Damages In Copyright Litigation
John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property Law on February 25
Reading Time: < 1 minute Andrew will be speaking in Chicago at John Marshall Law School’s 55th Annual Intellectual Law Conference on Friday February 25. His topic will be constitutional challenges to statutory damages for…Continue reading John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property Law on February 25
Sony v. Tenenbaum: What Are the Due Process Limitations on Awards of Statutory Damages in Copyright Litigation?
Reading Time: 4 minutes First Circuit review of Judge Gertner’s decision in Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum is in sight with argument set for April 4. In that copyright infringement case, the district court did…Continue reading Sony v. Tenenbaum: What Are the Due Process Limitations on Awards of Statutory Damages in Copyright Litigation?
More on Agence France v. Morel: A Publisher May Now Face a DMCA Claim For Removing Almost Any Copyright Management Information Even If It Was Not on the Work Itself
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Agence France decision may be even more important because of its expansive interpretation of what constitutes copyright management information under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). Copyright management…Continue reading More on Agence France v. Morel: A Publisher May Now Face a DMCA Claim For Removing Almost Any Copyright Management Information Even If It Was Not on the Work Itself
My Podcast on Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum Sponsored by Suffolk Law School
Reading Time: 6 minutes http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F6395554&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=0084ff Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum Here is the audio of the nine minute podcast I recently did for Suffolk University Law School discussing the district court’s decision in Sony BMG…Continue reading My Podcast on Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum Sponsored by Suffolk Law School
Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum: Are File-Sharing Willful Infringers in Copyright Litigation Now a Judicially Protected Class?
Reading Time: < 1 minute I know the title sounds a bit provocative. But the opinion in Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum protects a willful music downloader in copyright infringement litigation based on a bizarre…Continue reading Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum: Are File-Sharing Willful Infringers in Copyright Litigation Now a Judicially Protected Class?
Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum: Are Willful Infringers In Copyright Litigation Now Judicially Protected?
Reading Time: 5 minutes On July 9, Judge Nancy Gertner in Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum did what no court has ever done before. The court held unconstitutional an award of statutory damages in copyright…Continue reading Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum: Are Willful Infringers In Copyright Litigation Now Judicially Protected?
Sorry: Trying to Settle or Keep Costs Down in Copyright Litigation Have Become Much Harder Thanks to Sony v. Tenenbaum
Reading Time: 2 minutes The problems that Sony v. Tenenbaum will cause copyright owners, if affirmed on appeal, are many. I touched on a few in an related post. Professor Eric Goldman in an…Continue reading Sorry: Trying to Settle or Keep Costs Down in Copyright Litigation Have Become Much Harder Thanks to Sony v. Tenenbaum
What? A Third Trial in Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset on Statutory Damages in Copyright Litigation? Stay Tuned.
Reading Time: 4 minutes As Ben Sheffner reports in his blog, Copyright and Campaigns, the parties in Capitol Records v. Thomas–Rasset have been unable to reach a settlement in this much litigated copyright…Continue reading What? A Third Trial in Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset on Statutory Damages in Copyright Litigation? Stay Tuned.
A Primer for Non Lawyers Explaining Statutory Damages in Copyright Litigation
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Association of Media Photographers recently asked me to write an article for its members explaining statutory damages in copyright litigation. I wrote the article, published in the spring 2010…Continue reading A Primer for Non Lawyers Explaining Statutory Damages in Copyright Litigation