Reading Time: 5 minutes Mastering Rubik’s Cube may be easier. Predicting the amount of statutory damages that will be awarded in copyright infringement litigation continues to confound attorneys on both sides of the…Continue reading Why It’s Difficult to Predict the Amount of Statutory Damages Plaintiff Will Be Awarded in Copyright Litigation-Revised Version
Guidelines for Authors When Drafting Publishing Agreements and Protecting Their Intellectual Property From Infringement
Reading Time: 12 minutesAuthors: want some help in protecting your works? Here is the text of a talk I will give to the Cornell Entrepreneur Network on November 17 on how authors can…Continue reading Guidelines for Authors When Drafting Publishing Agreements and Protecting Their Intellectual Property From Infringement
The First Circuit’s Decision in Sony v. Tenenbaum is a Welcome Victory for Copyright Holders In Copyright Infringement Cases
Reading Time: 4 minutes Copyright creators should applaud the First Circuit’s decision in Sony v. Tenenbaum. Although the holding is narrow, the balance of the opinion is a resounding victory for copyright enforcement….Continue reading The First Circuit’s Decision in Sony v. Tenenbaum is a Welcome Victory for Copyright Holders In Copyright Infringement Cases
Arista Records v. Lime Wire: Did the Record Companies Forfeit the Right to Collect from Lime Wire As Much as $15.6 Million By Recovering Less than $48,000 from Other Infringers in Earlier Actions?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Lime Wire continues to educate regarding statutory damages. The latest novel issue it decided is whether a judgment for statutory damages against an individual infringer for copyright infringement of…Continue reading Arista Records v. Lime Wire: Did the Record Companies Forfeit the Right to Collect from Lime Wire As Much as $15.6 Million By Recovering Less than $48,000 from Other Infringers in Earlier Actions?
Arista Records v. Lime Wire Answers Some Novel Questions re Statutory Damages In Copyright Litigation
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 minuteAndrew 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 minutesFirst 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?
My Podcast on Sony BMG v. Tenenbaum Sponsored by Suffolk Law School
Reading Time: 6 minuteshttp://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 minutesOn 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?