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RCFP asks US Supreme Court to stop Georgia from copyrighting state code
RCFP attorneys argue that annotations in Georgia’s official code are essential to helping journalists and the public understand the law.By Emily GaytonCategorized in First Amendment
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"Dancing Baby" decision on fair use considerations may help and hurt journalists
The recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Cir.) to require copyright owners to consider "fair uses" of…Categorized in Content Restrictions -
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Nine months and counting: the injunction in Garcia v. Google continues to violate the First Amendment
On December 15, the Ninth Circuit will rehear oral argument in a case that has odd facts and has made…Categorized in Prior Restraint -
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Judge rules news clipping service infringed Associated Press' copyright
Online news aggregation websites that compile and resell news stories without the publisher's permission are committing copyright infringement and are…Categorized in Content Restrictions -
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Federal appeals court rules against magazine that published copyrighted secret celebrity wedding photos
A federal appellate court ruled that a Spanish-language gossip magazine violated the copyrights of a celebrity couple by publishing private…Categorized in Content Restrictions -
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Website with links to infringing videos does not violate copyright laws, court rules
A social media website on which users have provided links to copyrighted videos from third-party servers has not itself violated…Categorized in Content Restrictions -
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Federal court finds Bloomberg's publication of copyrighted conference call recording to be fair use
A federal court last week rejected a copyright infringement lawsuit against Bloomberg L.P. for its unauthorized publication of a conference…Categorized in Content Restrictions -
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Attorneys sue legal databases for copyright infringement
Two lawyers have filed a federal lawsuit against Westlaw and LexisNexis, alleging that the popular online databases have violated federal…Categorized in Content Restrictions -
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Publicly accessible trade secrets not entitled to court sealing
The maker of the iPhone and iPad failed to convince a federal judge in California that court documents in its…Categorized in Court Access