Copyright Law

Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Website Updated!!!
Hi Friends,The new Stanford Copyright & Fair Use site is up :) And I have not even gotten on the plane...Mary Minow, Jon Silver and Justia's Cicely, Courtney, Dan, Nick and Vasu made it happen...

RSS feeds at Stanford Copyright & Fair Use site
Stanford Copyright & Fair Use added RSS feeds for cases, legislation, regulations, Copyright Office news, law review articles, google news stories on copyright and copyright blogs. Also check out its new Fairly Used Blog to alert users about site updates...

Copyright Renewal Dataset Available
From the Stanford Copyright & Fair Use site: The Stanford University Libraries are pleased to announce that the full dataset for its Copyright Renewal Database is now available for download...

Stanford Center Advocates for Fair Use on Web
npr has an interesting podcast on the Stanford Center's Fair Use Project. You can listen to it here: Posted by Jon Lutz

Eyes on the Fair Use Prize
J.K. Rowling has won her copyright infringement lawsuit against Steven Vander Ark; a trial judge in New York concluded that the defendant’s Harry Potter Lexicon is not protected under the fair use doctrine...

Fair Use Defense Ruled "Likely to Prevail" in "Imagine" Copyright Infringement Suit
This week, the Stanford Center for Internet and Society's Fair Use Project struck a telling blow in the battle to protect fair use. A US District Judge issued an opinion holding that the producers and distributors of the documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed are likely to prevail on their fair use defense in a copyright infringement suit brought by Yoko Ono...

Copyright Lawsuits: Critical Issues Before Filing Copyright
Federa Rule 11(b) Considerations

Fair Housing Act
Prevent discrimination by landlords

UPS Faces Fair Labor Wages Class Action
UPS Faces Fair Labor Wages Class Action

Bank Website Security
New Report Finds Widespread Flaws

Northwestern Mutual
Faces $200 Million Fair Labor Class Action

Disability Access
Developers pay $175,000 settlement for failing to comply with the Fair Housing Act.

Spike Lee and Showtime
Settlement reached in script copyright infringement lawsuit.

Joke Book
Judy Brown and publishers pay undisclosed settlement to comedians and talkshow celebrities for copyright infringement.