Category: Copyright Lawyer

A Southern District of New York court ruled that Google’s book-scanning project qualified as copyright fair use. Here’s what the decision means for digital libraries and text copying.

Receiving a letter of copyright infringement demands immediate attention. Here’s what these letters mean, how to evaluate the claim, and what your response options are.

Website content including text, images, and design elements is protected by copyright law. Here’s how to protect your site’s content and what to do when someone copies it.

Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted YouTube videos without permission. Here’s how the four-factor test applies to YouTube content and what uses qualify.

Registering a copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office unlocks statutory damages and attorney’s fees. Here’s why registration matters even if your work is automatically protected.

A DMCA notice of action under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act initiates a formal takedown process. Here’s what it means and how both rights holders and recipients should respond.

Receiving a copyright cease and desist letter can be stressful. Here’s how to evaluate the claim, understand your options, and craft an appropriate legal response.

Purzel Video filed a mass copyright infringement lawsuit against 84 anonymous defendants in Michigan. Here’s how the case proceeded and what it means for BitTorrent defendants.

Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois. Here’s what the case involved and its implications.

Rights holders issued DMCA takedown notices targeting Kim Dotcom’s Mega file-sharing service. Here’s what the notices mean and how Mega responded to them.