Category: Copyright

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 […]

A U.S. District Judge denied ABC television (“ABC”) the ability to prevent satellite-TV provider, Dish Network Corp. (“Dish”), from continuing to provide its commercial-skipping recording feature as a service through a request for a copyright infringement preliminary injunction. The controversial feature, dubbed AutoHop, allows consumers to skip ads during broadcast shows. Additionally, Dish consumers can […]

A Chicago copyright infringement case was recently dismissed in the Northern District of Illinois where the Plaintiff failed to establish that its poems were original for the purposes of copyright protection.   Background:   The court granted Defendant Techny Advisors, LLC (“Defendant”) motion to dismiss Plaintiff Personal Keepsakes, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) claims of copyright infringement and […]

On September 18, record label companies including Capitol Records, Virgin Records America, and others prevailed in a lawsuit against the video-sharing website, Vimeo in a copyright infringement action. Specifically, the record companies alleged that the user-generated content (“UGC”) uploaded to Vimeo was of copyrighted and protected content belonging to music moguls such as The Beatles, […]

Malibu Media has again, on September 16 and 17, filed 8 new copyright infringement lawsuits within the Eastern District of Michigan through local counsel Paul J. Nicoletti. The case numbers are: 2:13-cv-13958 – IP address 68.40.198.191 2:13-cv-13955 – IP address 66.227.253.129 5:13-cv-13974 – IP address 68.41.69.110 2:13-cv-13979 – IP address 68.43.144.78 4:13-cv-13983 – IP address 68.43.61.118 2:13-cv-13987 – IP address 71.238.130.1 […]

In the interconnected series of tubes that is the internet, it’s common for blog posts and other commentary to embed or link to Youtube videos. And many times, live presenters will choose to include a relevant clip to supplement their speech. But what are the limits of using content someone else created for your own […]

Copyright rights attached the moment “original works of authorship” are fixed in any tangible medium of expression. At that moment, the copyright owner has the exclusive right to distribute, reproduce, publicly display or perform, and to prepare derivative works of the copyrighted work.   Registration is not required to receive these rights. However, formal registration […]

Hello. My name is John De Giacomo. I’m a copyright attorney and internet lawyer with Revision Legal which is an internet law firm. Today I’d like to talk to you about what you should do when you receive a copyright cease and desist letter. You’ve received a copyright cease and desist letter; it’s a pretty […]