Jimmy Smith was a pioneer of jazz on the Hammond B3 electric organ. One of this albums included a spoken word track where he claimed “jazz is the only real music that’s gonna last”.
Drake used this sample to say that “only really music is gonna last” and the Court deemed this Fair Use under Copyright Law.
Let’s find out why.
Continue reading “Drake Wins Sampling Fair Use Case (Smith v. Cash Money Records) #wtfu” »
After appealing the loss of a lawsuit that attempted to grant animals copyright rights, PETA and Defendant David Slater suddenly motioned to vacate the lower court’s judgement.
The 9th Circuit doesn’t allow it. Let’s discuss why.
Continue reading “PETA Benchslapped After Weird Monkey Selfie Settlement” »
Stardock has sued Paul Reiche and Fred Ford over the intellectual property rabbit hole that is the Star Control franchise. Let’s go over 30 years of complexity and learn about copyrights and trademarks in the process. There’s also some really good stuff in here.
Thanks to tactical_bra for researching and writing this story.
Tune in tomorrow for the next episode!
Docs below.
Continue reading “Star Control: Ur-Quan Masters of Lawsuits (Part 1)” »
A lawyer responsible for over 500 “copyright troll” cases has been sanctioned for not notifying defendants of court dates and misrepresenting settlement and litigation efforts to the Court.
Continue reading ““Copyright Troll” Lawyer Fined $10,000 for Misrepresentations to Court” »
After many requests for a video on the Zootopia lawsuit, here you go.
Gary Goldman is suing Disney for allegedly using his Zootopia project as the basis for their 2016 blockbuster.
I go over the lawsuit and two precedential cases to help understand the definition of copyright ‘substantial similarity’.
