Second Circuit Confirms Fair Use on Motion to Dismiss–Yang v. Mic

This is a case initially filed by Richard Liebowitz that’s still clogging the courts, which explains why it is so transparently unmeritorious. I previously described the case: The photo at…

Blogger Loses Copyright Ruling Over Photo…But No Mention of the CC-BY-SA License!–Von Der Au v. Imber

…Note: this is a Liebowitz case with Sanders’ intervention. Some Blog Posts on Creative Commons Issues Photographer Sues for Failure to Provide Creative Commons-Required Attribution–Philpot v. WOS Fair Use for…

Blogger’s Photo Republication Isn’t Fair Use–Golden v. Grecco

…v. Michael Grecco Productions, Inc., 19-CV-3156 (NGG) (RER) (E.D.N.Y. March 9, 2021). Note: although this looks a lot like a Liebowitz case, Liebowitz wasn’t involved (as the plaintiff’s success suggests)….

Internet Law Year-in-Review for 2020

…the abuses in the 2020 elections. Richard Liebowitz. Richard Liebowitz is operating the latest copyright litigation mill, but he keeps producing defense-favorable rulings. So…thank you? Major Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google…

Fair Use Permits Newspaper to Republish Photo Taken By Drone–Castle v. Kingsport Publishing

Yes, this is another defense-favorable fair use ruling produced by a Richard Liebowitz lawsuit. 🙏🙏🙏 The case relates to a construction site for a proposed new school, which may have…

Another Court Says Embedding Instagram Photos May Be Fair Use–Boesen v. United Sports

…of a clear license from Instagram leading to helpful law on fair use? This case was brought by Liebowitz, which presents separate drama. The negative orders for Liebowitz (and judicial…

This Copyright Fair Use Opinion Discusses Jon Hamm’s Crotch 25 Times–Schwartzwald v. Oath

…on a motion to dismiss. But even without being told, you already know who did this. Richard Liebowitz has been a one-man architect of an ever-growing wall of defense-favorable copyright…

Is It OK to Embed Instagram Photos? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

…with Walsh v. Townsquare Media, where the media defendant who embedded an Instagram post in an article successfully raised a fair use defense. (This is a Liebowitz case, for those…

Fair Use Protects a Highly Cropped Photo–Harbus v. Manhattan Institute

…hands), and is overlaid with the article headline and metadata. Yet, this lawsuit actually does make sense once you know that the photographer’s lawyer is Richard Liebowitz. Liebowitz’s lawsuits have…

Top Internet Law Developments of 2019

…the Liebowitz Copyright Litigation Machine. Richard Liebowitz of New York has filed about 2,000 lawsuits against online publishers. Many of these cases have gone incredibly poorly, and one probable scenario…