Category: Copyright

Automattic, Inc., a web development corporation that parents the free blogging tool, WordPress, has filed two separate lawsuits concerning egregious cases of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) takedown notices. In filing these two suits, Automattic has paired up with the individuals who run the site RetractionWatch.com (“Retraction”) for one of the lawsuits, and student journalist […]

Irving, Texas enterprise software firm Apptricity Corp. has settled its copyright infringement lawsuit against the US Army for $50 million and has kept its position as a vendor for the government. Apptricity provides the US Army with enterprise-level software to help the Army keep track of personnel and equipment. Initially, Apptricity licensed the software to […]

A photographer has won $1.2 million in damages in a copyright infringement lawsuit stemming from the theft of images from Twitter. Daniel Morel obtained the judgement after he sued Getty Images and Agence France-Presse for copyright infringement. AFP filed the lawsuit in 2010, which sought a declaratory judgment that the agency had not infringed upon […]

If seek an experienced copyright lawyer in Michigan, Revision Legal’s copyright lawyers have extensive experience in handling transactional copyright matters and copyright litigation in the Eastern District of Michigan and Western District of Michigan. Our attorneys have represented the following types of clients: Revision Legal’s attorneys have represented a musician in his copyright infringement lawsuit […]

Since its inception in 2005, Google Books (“Google”) has been an object of disdain in the eyes of the Author’s Guild, Inc. (“Author”), a not-for-profit organization for authors. In fact, less than a year after Google’s launch, the Author’s Guild, along with other writers, filed two copyright suits against Google for scanning books and displaying […]

St. Joseph intellectual property law attorneys Revision Legal are conveniently located in the Box Factory for the Arts in downtown St. Joseph, Michigan. Our attorneys handle a wide range of intellectual property law issues for St. Joseph residents and clients throughout the United States. Our intellectual property law services include: Copyright registration Copyright litigation Cybersquatting […]

Recently, Apple forced Digital Music News (“DMN”), a website that covers news and information for the music industry, to pull an iTunes Radio contract from their website, citing copyright infringement as the reason for removal. The contract, leaked by DMN in late June, was for independent, non-major record labels that didn’t have directly negotiated deals […]

Copyright protection is a fundamental concept every artist, author, musician, or creator must understand. Copyright is an aspect of intellectual property law that protects original works of authorship the moment they are fixed in a tangible medium. While that may sound sophisticated, for the most part, it is relatively simply. For example, the moment you […]

Receiving a letter of copyright infringement can be scary. If you have received a letter of copyright infringement, here are a few recommendations on how to handle the copyright infringement allegations. Identify the content. Is the allegedly infringing content located on your website? Was it posted by you? Are you making money from the content? […]

Clients often ask how they can get a website content copyright. Filing for copyright registration for website content can be tricky because website content changes on a regular basis. Though it can be tricky, it is important to file for a website content copyright because the value of website content can be difficult to prove […]