by Michael Lee | Jun 16, 2017 | Copyrights, Film / Television, Pirated Thoughts |
Time to shake things up with a different kind of column today. This was originally drafted for publication in another blog but why not put it here instead. So without further ado, a longer and more detailed article about piracy. “Piracy” is a dirty word in Hollywood,...
by Michael Lee | Apr 12, 2017 | Comics, Copyrights, Pirated Thoughts |
J. Jonah Jameson enforces his copyrights. A photographer filed a lawsuit against the IMDB for copyright infringement because it used a photograph of Tom Holland in Spidey-attire without permission. Zelig Shaul is a photographer based in Brooklyn, who had apparently...
by Michael Lee | Apr 11, 2017 | Comics, Copyrights, Film / Television, Pirated Thoughts |
Iron Man was first introduced in his metal suit back in 1963 but that didn’t stop a comic book company from claiming that Marvel ripped off their body armor for the Iron Man suit that appears in the Iron Man movies. Part of the case was dismissed but Marvel...
by Michael Lee | Apr 7, 2017 | Copyrights, Pirated Thoughts |
As fans of Banksy can attest, some graffiti is indeed art but if it is done on someone else’s property it is hard to control that art. After a federal judge refused to prevent the demolition of graffiti mecca, 5Pointz, despite a lawsuit from the graffiti artists, that...
by Michael Lee | Apr 3, 2017 | Copyrights, Pirated Thoughts |
The term “fair use” has been used as a defense to every claim of copyright infringement made on YouTube. Guess what? Its not. The defense of fair use to claims of copyright infringement can only be used in some very particular circumstances. Here is our...
by Michael Lee | Mar 29, 2017 | Copyrights, Film / Television, Pirated Thoughts |
Sadly for plaintiff is this case, there is no “Bazinga” at the end of the judge’s decision. CBS was sued by the creators of “Warm Kitty,” a lullaby frequently heard on The Big Bang Theory, for allegedly using the song and then producing...
