A bit overshadowed by all the hubbub over the oral argument in McDonald v. City of Chicago, the Supreme Court yesterday handed down an important copyright opinion in Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick. (But see Howard Wasserman, Marcia Coyle.) The court held that Section 411(a) of the Copyright Act, which requires registration of a copyright as [...]

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Like Mike, I noticed Jonathan Galassi’s op-ed in the New York Times on Sunday. Galassi—the president of Farrar, Straus & Giroux—argues that ebook publishers who republish print books are committing at least a moral wrong by appropriating the work of the print publisher, even if they have the permission of the copyright owner. Mike views [...]

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(This is the 8th in a series of posts on Fairey v. Associated Press. See below for other posts in the series.)
I’ve been too busy to blog recently about the Hope poster case, but aside from the AP’s answer to Garcia’s claims of ownership, not much has happened. And frankly, given my schedule, I was [...]

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So, first of all, thanks to Mike et al. for inviting me to join the blog. Alas, my time for blogging right now is limited, but I did want to point out that the district court in UMG v. Veoh granted summary judgement to Veoh on Friday. Decision here, courtesy of Copyrights & Campaigns. [...]

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