This Copyright is STILL Bananas (Morford v. Cattelan)

The case of the dueling banana-duct-taped-to-wall artists will go forward, says a Florida District Court Judge, after ruling that a duct-taped-banana meets the low bar for the minimum degree of creativity required for copyright protection. The Court's Opinion (never paywalled): https://www.patreon.com/posts/68943802 #DuctTapeBanana #copyright #lawsuit Continue the discussion with the Lawful Masses Discord Community: https://discord.gg/SpC2utzr56 Support Lawful Masses! patreon.com/ljfrench sponsus.com/law THANK YOU SUPPORTERS! July 2022 $50+ Supporters: John Steel, Eevi, Spirit Bear, Benjamin Hitov, Ugly Grill, torpedan, ShadowTycho, Gutbrodj, PureMagma, Eric Tams, TechTechPotato, The Blood Soaked Survivors, Wyatt Calandro, King Aires July 2022 $5+ Supporters: Christoph Bolliger, Arron Washington, Keith Marrocco, Dustin Rodriguez, Josué Vicioso, Cindy Campbell, Brian Flowers, Mark Curtis, Lazy Wolf, tdis8629, admalledd, Meaningless, amelius, Aethero Toland, Nick Bush, John Swanson, matthew beller, Priscilla Astling, Schi-Schi, EvoGamer, Kreachers, khagerou, As the World Burns, wrozmo, Dawn Massaro Guy, Bee Geiger, Medeka, Rita Loy, robfrawley, Ryan Paul, David Zaslavsky, Christian Ullrich, Roger Chen, Brian Roush, Rudolph Bescherer Jr, Firstname Mclastname, Lydia Collinson, HotGrillsInYourArea, JH, Stephen Bank, Tron Bårdgård, Mark Randall, Richard Shotwell, Sarah Gerweck, Matthew East, Pat Delaney, Mario Bonales, Euchale, Ian McDonald, Marcus Agehall, Omega, Sokar117, Jonathan Robillard, Amanda Gillies, Justin Waddell, Andrew Sellers, Nathaniel, Tony Cruickshank, Druid, Jason Lingle, Zzyzx Wolfe, Kasaryth, Oisin Creaner, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Stephen Christopher, Keuric, CombatZAK, Jaimeson LaLone, Alexander Sihn, Naomi Pool, Andrew Reid, Gregory Ford, EnvyingWrath, Brody Eastwood, sehro, Brian Rossman, FunnyHats, Dzyan, Chris Lindsay, Rico Robbins, Darkwolf, John Peter, Kai Raphahn, Andrew "FastLizard4" Adams, Si Wellings, Jessica Pearson, LbxAni, Daniel Ducharme, Ph.D., majikthise, foonix, TheEuphoGuy, Brian, Matthew Bertrand, Jack Draak, DyneOnline, Eye_Make_Stuff, Nick Rowland, Timothy James Dodd, Scott F. Comstock, James Melanson, Lewis, Kat Willhite, Komrade Kettenkrad, Matt Arnold, DreamerDon, Alan Nise, anton.molyboha, AnnoyedRook, itheoryon, Kyle Siefring, The Disturbed Angel, Elliott Ingram, Eric Woodley, Raindrop Works, Liryca, Logan Stromberg, scj643, eyebrows360, Chris Connett, Haplo, Michael Ciesielski, Chris Hilliard, Tesserakt, Travus, Greg, Eric Barker, Q Squared, Jeffrey Cash, Gef the Mongoose, toadbear, Jason Glaesemann, Gergely Varju, DrJKL, Lawrence Groupe, Michael, pizzafourlife, ChaoQueen, DrakeDT, Andrew Venier, Bill Tonnies, Rabid Ronin, Thomas Dinsdale-Young, Katrina Middleton, Zendane, varia, jag1110, STEVE YOCUM 😎, Alisdair Meredith, jak_ub, WarrantyVoid, Mike Dunford, Kasper Brandt, RunsWhenChased, ricin, cwestpha, Fubar, rcmaehl, James Oxford, Warren Rumak, JohnSwanson, Michael Stokes-Byrne, c, Jorge Vittes, Nate Gray, Tony Webster, Evan Davis, Ross, Dustin Bosveld, Tymorus, Bryan Lubeck, PinkFluffyTeddyBear, Paul, Tom Paris did nothing wrong, Chip Phelps, Rovert09, Rodney Nelson, Ivan Chepurnyi, Thedougler303, Rob Voisey, Kris Hetzel, Negligibly Negative, Maarten Wisman, Robert Z, sean murphy, jsteelkw, Matthew E, OsculatingPlane, Landon Noll, Zoonist, Thomas Richard Tetreault, Justin Bassett-Green, Ryan Schott, Richard Margolin, casimireffect, XPEric, CostlyFiddle, balayanr, zensalad, Robert Maehl, Laura Hertzman, Wolfendragoon, Jennifer and David Brock, Andrew LePlatt, David LeBlanc, void, Tyy_, Foxtrek_64, Kantorock, AvaGlass, Blueberry Hill, massimo, Andrew, A Baked Potato, Aaron Harvey, Learethak, Brittany S, jSON, Emily, Chess Gale, tdre, Dave Meyers, Jabberwoky69, Andrew Miller, TheAmazingDave, Dood Monkey, Jerry Bradick 00:00 - Introduction 00:20 - Case Introduction 02:08 - The Bananas at issue 03:01 - Legal Standard 05:40 - Analysis 06:37 - Ways to Prove Copyright Infringement 08:56 - The Court Chooses a New Test for Infringement 13:57 - Analysis: Ownership of a Copyright 17:13 - Analysis: Access to the Original 19:12 - Analysis: Substantial Similarity 23:30 - Court's Conclusion 24:24 - Leonard Thoughts 25:12 - Credits & Thanks!