Tag Archives: moral rights

IPSC Panel 14 – Copyright Authorship & Ownership

Posted on August 11, 2021 by rtushnet

Timothy J. McFarlin, A Copyright Ignored? Mark Twain, Mary Ann Cord, and the Meaning of Authorship Twain used the story of formerly enslaved cook Mary Ann Cord, changing her name to Aunt Rachel. Told story “repeated word for word as … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

WIPIP, PLENARY SESSION 1 — Race, Gender, and IP

Posted on February 12, 2021 by rtushnet

Dan Burk, University of California, Irvine School of Law Racial Bias in Algorithmic IP Unpacking bias: divergent meanings: statistical bias (sampling), design (wrong type of model, model created for one purpose used for another), the fact that “raw data” is … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

CopyrightX: UGC panel

Posted on May 14, 2019 by rtushnet

Panel One: User-generated Content, Digital Labor, and Collaborative Authorship Moderator: Bethany Rabe Rebecca Tushnet: Fanworks, Fair Use, and Self-Actualization Through Transformative Expression Title assigned a few months ago is a little misleading because I actually wanted to take the opportunity … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Reading List: The Copyright Wars

Posted on June 23, 2016 by rtushnet

Peter Baldwin, The Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of Trans-Atlantic Battle (2014) Baldwin’s basic proposition is that there has been a long history of struggles between creators, distributors and the public, and a related struggle between the idea of Continental authors’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Dastar-barred claims can’t be repled as false advertising claims

Posted on July 14, 2015 by rtushnet

Friedman v. Zimmer, No. 15-502 (C.D. Cal. Jul. 10, 2015)   Richard Friedman sued Hans Zimmer and others, alleging that the score to 12 Years a Slave infringed his copyright to a composition, To Our Fallen.  Friedman also alleged violation … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment