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No Summary Judgment for Fair Use Issue in Takedown Notice
Episode Viewability on Website Doesn't Establish Personal Jurisdiction
Taking Issue with Second Circuit Substantial Similarity Test

Gang life marked by death and prison is a common theme not subject to copyright, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held in affirming dismissal of a suit by an author who claimed recording artist 50 Cent stole from his autobiography.

Aereo Inc.'s pitch is this: With one of its tiny antennas, no bigger than a dime, viewers can watch television through the Internet. But this is erupting into a litigation nightmare for broadcasters. Appeals are pending in two federal courts over this type of technology, and at least one of the cases could well reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California decided that artworks based on a photograph of the late, infamous Sex Pistols band member Sid Vicious weren't copyright fair uses.

What studio executive has not also wanted to be a producer? Many start down the producer road even while continuing to serve as executives. In its own way, the IRS has just made this path a little easier.

After six years of litigation, the online retailer Newegg Inc. has delivered a major blow to Soverain Software LLC, which has raked in tens of millions of dollars asserting patents related to e-commerce. Siding with Newegg in a 25-page decision issued on January 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit invalidated three of Soverain's patents on obviousness grounds.

Technological developments such as videoconferencing, the Internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media and terrestrial and wireless communications have caused rapid changes in how electronic transmission of patient information ' i.e., telemedicine ' is conducted. So, too, have legal developments in America and Europe.