A Sad Story You may remember 2019, before the Covid pandemic turned us all into grocery-scrubbing lunatics for a while. That was to come in 2020, but in 2019 we were still blissfully ignorant about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Tag: copyright for creatives
We live in challenging times, surrounded by truly terrible world events. It would seem, in this context, that who’s heading up the U.S. Copyright Office is not really a very compelling question. However, for authors looking to protect their works from theft
Recently, a company called Lost International filed a lawsuit against Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga*, alleging that she had, with “blatant disregard,” copied their intellectual property. Here, we’ll examine the lawsuit, the underlying IP law, and venture some
You probably know Jason Vorhees, the hockeymask-wearing, machete-wielding villain of the Friday the 13th franchise. He’s been terrifying audiences for over forty years now. But perhaps the most scary thing Jason has done recently is win $886,564.88 in attorney’s fees for his
How did we ever lose communication? How did we ever lose each other’s sound? Baby, if you wanna, we can fix the situation Maybe we can stop the rain from coming down [1] It’s rare that song lyrics effectively summarize the
I love it when I’m right, and I especially love it when what proves I’m write is something the kids find all cool and hip like Fortnite. In Chapter 2 of Copyright for Creatives I wrote: “Choreographic works are only protected if
By now you’ve probably heard the story about how leaders of The Door Christian Fellowship McAllen Church in McAllen, Texas thought that Hamilton [1] , a much-admired and long-running Broadway musical that has won, among other awards, 11 Tonys, a Grammy, and
Hello. This blog is about copyright law, and it’s for creative people who make stuff that they’re interested in protecting against bad guys who think it’s perfectly OK to steal other peoples’ stuff. If you’ve already read Copyright for Creatives, then you