Big YouTube Channel Gets TRO Against Being Targeted by DMCA Copyright Takedown Notices–Invisible Narratives v. Next Level Apps
…Universal * Copyright Owner Enjoined from Sending DMCA Takedown Notices–Biosafe-One v. Hawks * New(ish) Report on 512 Takedown Notices * Can 512(f) Support an Injunction? Novotny v. Chapman * Allegedly…
The Competition Between Temu and Shein Moves Into a Courtroom–Whaleco v. Shein
…Enjoined from Sending DMCA Takedown Notices–Biosafe-One v. Hawks * New(ish) Report on 512 Takedown Notices * Can 512(f) Support an Injunction? Novotny v. Chapman * Allegedly Wrong VeRO Notice of…
Copyright Owners Are Still Suing Over Embedding
…report on the video without showing it. In general, this genre of reporting + embedding is an essential part of our information ecosystem and should be legally protected. However, it…
Court Denies Preliminary Injunction Against Minnesota’s Anti-“Deepfakes” Law–Kohls v. Ellison
…FN 3), but never once engages with that opinion substantively). Prof. Hancock’s Expert Report Stanford Communications Prof. Jeff Hancock filed an expert report supporting Minnesota’s law, but that report did…
Copyright Battles Over City Council Videos
…the clips by Channel 781 required permission” and that Channel 781’s videos “would be more acceptable to WCAC if Channel 781 used them only to report facts, but not to…
California’s “Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act” Is Partially Unconstitutional…But Other Parts Are Green-Lighted–NetChoice v. Bonta
…give much insight into how covered entities run their social media platforms; rather, the disclosures report how users behave on those platforms. The disclosures also say nothing about the quality…
Omegle Defeats Lawsuit Over User’s “Capping”–MH v. Omegle
…I filed a rebuttal report in this case in the district court proceedings, but the court granted the motion to dismiss without considering any of the expert reports. More SESTA/FOSTA-Related…
Does IP Law Protect Influencers’ Aesthetics?–Gifford v. Sheil (Guest Blog Post)
…And on December 10, the supervising district judge adopted the magistrate’s report and recommendations. In ruling that Gifford’s vicarious copyright infringement claim was sufficiently pleaded, the magistrate judge explained that…
A 27-Month Check-In on the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) (Guest Blog Post)
By guest blogger Tyler Ochoa This month, the Copyright Claims Board released its quarterly report of “Key Statistics,” covering the period from June 2022 (when it began operation) through September…
Expert Witness Used Generative AI to Prepare His Report. It Didn’t Go Well–In re Weber
…this, Ranson’s report showed how much money the trust would have had if it had sold the property twenty years ago and invested the proceeds in a Vanguard mutual fund….