A five-year copyright battle over ‘Moana’ is heading to trial—despite the works sharing only very broad thematic similarities. Here’s why, and what you need to know.
For the second time in two months, a substantial similarity lawsuit is heading to trial—this time over Moana, one of Disney’s most successful and enduring animated films.
This latest…
Judge Bibas’s second take in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence will get plenty of second looks from courts deciding fair use in generative AI copyright cases.
“Highly fact-specific.” “Narrowly decided.” A case with “potentially limited impact.”
Those were some of the phrases legal commentators used to describe Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v.
A federal district court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, just turned an “admittedly novel” termination theory into a final judgment, risking global copyright chaos. The Fifth Circuit awaits.
Last July, I wrote about Vetter v. Resnik, a case out of the Middle District of Louisiana that threatened to upend decades of settled copyright law. The…
Public domain works are free—unless misinformation and aggressive claims deter the public from freely using them. From Hergé to Chaplin, some estates won’t let go.
Over the past weekend, hundreds of thousands of comic fans from around the world flocked to southwestern France for the Angoulême International Comics Festival, one of Europe’s largest comics…
After a two-week trial, a California jury found that Apple TV+’s Servant didn’t infringe the copyright in Francesca Gregorini’s The Truth About Emanuel because the defendants lacked sufficient access to her film.
It’s no “I see dead people,” but as far as copyright infringement jury trials go, it’s a pretty good twist ending for M.…
While one new ruling from the Southern District of New York protects YouTube embeds, another finds Twitter/X’s terms of use ambiguous, allowing infringement claims to proceed and underscoring the need for clearer platform policies.
Two rulings, two sharply different results. On the same day last week, federal judges in the Southern District of New York…
A jury will decide if Apple TV+’s Servant infringed Francesca Gregorini’s 2013 indie film The Truth About Emanuel as a rare substantial similarity trial begins this week.
While much of Los Angeles grapples with the devastating destruction and displacement caused by recent wildfires (here’s how to help), a dozen or so lawyers have…
Many rulings missed the mark, but these five went the extra mile to secure their spots as the year’s worst copyright disasters.
Hello and welcome to Copyright Lately’s fifth annual countdown of the year’s biggest copyright misfires from coast to coast. When I first launched this tradition in 2020, during the height of the pandemic,…
As two social media influencers fight it out in court, a lawsuit over “sad beige” aesthetics sparks debate about creativity, commerce and copyright law.
By now, you’ve no doubt heard about the copyright lawsuit shaping up to be 2024’s version of “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?”: influencers Sydney Nicole Gifford and Alyssa Sheil…
On January 1, 2025, the U.S. public domain officially welcomes the comic debuts of Popeye and Buck Rogers, alongside classic works by Faulkner, Hemingway, and landmark sound films from the year talkies took over. Here’s what it all means.
December is here, ushering in festive gatherings and holiday cheer—and for copyright enthusiasts, the countdown to…
