Category: Copyright

Let me begin with one simple fact: Most of us have probably downloaded music at least once in our life. Don’t try and hide it, I understand the circumstances. Music is too expensive, online music stores do not offer everything you want, actual record stores are about as rare as a wooly mammoth, and record […]

After a New York City-based Internet startup, Aereo, prevailed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit earlier this month, major broadcast corporations, Fox and Univision, have hinted at switching their channels over to pay TV.  While the days of rabbit ears and antennas have largely faded away since the analog to […]

Last week, the Kardashian sisters filed a copyright lawsuit in California federal court, claiming Ellen Pearson, the widow of their father, Richard Kardashian, unlawfully sold their family photographs and diaries to Bauer Publishing Company.  Bauer published some of the photographs and diary excerpts in recent issues of its Life & Style and In Touch magazines.  […]

In a strange copyright infringement case, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that MMS, the text messaging standard, is not an illegal file sharing service and, therefore, cell phone carriers cannot be held liable for vicarious copyright infringement for the forwarding of copyrighted MMS messages. Luvdart, a company that produces greetings and stylized […]

The US Supreme Court has ruled that the copyright first sale doctrine not only applies to goods lawfully purchased within the United States, but also to goods lawfully purchased in foreign countries. The copyright first sale doctrine states that the rights of the copyright holder are cut off upon the first lawful sale of a […]

Looking for an Ann Arbor copyright lawyer? Revision Legal is Michigan’s premiere copyright law firm. Revision Legal’s copyright attorneys are experts in: Copyright registration with the United States Copyright Office; Copyright infringement litigation in federal courts across the United States; Copyright infringement monitoring; Copyright fair use issues; Digital Millenium Copyright Act fair use issues; and Copyright […]

Looking for a Detroit copyright lawyer? Revision Legal’s copyright attorneys are experts in: Copyright registration; Copyright infringement litigation in federal courts across the United States; Copyright fair use issues; Copyright licensing, including in the video game, music, and movie industries; and Digital Millenium Copyright Act issues Revision Legal’s Detroit copyright lawyers provide copyright services on […]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in Kirtsaeng v. Wiley, a landmark copyright infringement case concerning the parallel importation of so-called grey-market goods. Grey-market goods are copyrighted goods purchased outside of the United States that are then imported back into the United States and sold a below-market prices. The case turns on […]

If you’re looking for a reliable and experienced Traverse City copyright lawyer, look no further than Revision Legal. We provide a full range of copyright services, from registering your work to protecting it from infringement. We have years of experience in the field, and we’re passionate about helping our clients protect their intellectual property. If […]

The US Copyright Office, in its triennial rulemaking, has renewed its position that cell phone jailbreaking is legal while continuing its prohibition against other forms of jailbreaking, such as the jailbreaking of tablets for the sake of interoperability. The Copyright Office’s new exemptions specifically exclude tablets:   This exemption is a modification of the proponents’ […]