Tag Archives: copyright

ISHTIP at Penn, part 4

Posted on July 23, 2015 by rtushnet

Session 2 | Dina Leytes (Griesing Law, LLC), Moderator   Lord Eldon, Lord Byron, and the Public Domain Gary Dyer (Cleveland State University) Commentator | Simon Stern (University of Toronto)   Byron’s strategies to deal with Eldon’s doctrine that created … Continue reading →

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ISHTIP at Penn, part 3

Posted on July 22, 2015 by rtushnet

Session 1 | Ellen Goodman (Rutgers), Moderator   Access and Development: The History of ‘Development’ and WIPO Sara Bannerman (McMaster University) Commentator | Christopher S. Yoo (University of Pennsylvania) (Yoo presenting Bannerman’s paper, followed by responses from Bannerman)   First, … Continue reading →

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ISHTIP at Penn, part 2

Posted on July 22, 2015 by rtushnet

Early Career, Panel 2 | Fiona Macmillan (Birkbeck, University of London), Moderator   Monica Huerta (Duke University) | Some Singularities, Like the Human Face   Famous Sarony photo of Oscar Wilde: signature at bottom is photographer’s.  Problem of photographic copyright, … Continue reading →

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ISHTIP at Penn, part 1

Posted on July 22, 2015 by rtushnet

International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP) Program 2015   Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition (Penn Law) and the Cinema Studies Program (Penn Arts and Sciences)   Early Career, Panel 1 | Peter Jaszi (American … Continue reading →

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A rant on the Copyright Office’s Orphan Works proposal

Posted on July 9, 2015 by rtushnet

And it’s not even from me!  As a dedicated ranter, however, I must recognize greatness in ranting when it appears.  Kyle Courtney, my hat’s off to you. from Blogger http://ift.tt/1D3axfd

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Copyrighting appropriation art?

Posted on June 12, 2015 by rtushnet

The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia has an interesting discussion on the copyrightability of segregation signs.    Q: Does anyone own copyrights to Jim Crow Era segregation signage, such as the famous “Whites Only” or “Colored Entrance” signs?   … Continue reading →

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DC Comics thinks derivative works are creator-less

Posted on April 29, 2015 by rtushnet

According to this post by a DC Comics artist (who created Felicity Smoak!).  This raises fascinating contract issues, as well as depressingly highlighting artists’ lack of bargaining power. from Blogger http://ift.tt/1zqOnYb

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Reading list: class ascertainability & preemption of state sound recording public perf. rights

Posted on April 21, 2015 by rtushnet

Geoffrey C. Shaw, Class Ascertainability, forthcoming, Yale Law J. (2015) Abstract:   In recent years, federal courts have been enforcing an “implicit” requirement for class certification, in addition to the explicit requirements established in Rule 23 of the Federal Rules … Continue reading →

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Campbell conference: future of digital tech

Posted on April 17, 2015 by rtushnet

Panel IV. Campbell and the Future of Digital Technologies (Moderator, Dean O’Connor)   O’Connor: output of one creative person becomes input for the next. Consider how copyright and fair use work in that system.   Robert Brauneis, George Washington University: … Continue reading →

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Campbell conference: ethical and strategic issues in fair use litigation

Posted on April 17, 2015 by rtushnet

Panel III. Ethical and Strategic Issues in Fair Use Litigation (Moderator, Professor Naeve)   Naeve: discuss ethics of parody, disparagement, use in pornographic work. Should you ask permission?   Lydia Loren, Lewis & Clark: for all its positive effects, she … Continue reading →

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