There are many online “experts” these days, whose only qualification is a keyboard and an Internet connection. But go to trial, into court and “Expert Witnesses” are serious assets who can be critical to winning or losing a case. One of the most commonly misunderstood legal terms is that of “Expert Witness”. Most non-lawyers – […]
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Journalists who have covered wars are well aware of the cliche’ “First reports are always wrong”. Porgy and Bess put it this way, “It ain’t necessarily so.” Those two old sayings recently came to mind when we read the court decision that was recently headlined and clickbaited in various ways as “Photos on the Internet are […]
Here’s an example of why even Ed is not a fan of lawyers in general. You’ll never find him having a beer with an adversary either. In a copyright infringement case brought in the Federal Court in Manhattan – formally The United States District Court for The Southern District of New York, entitled Matthew McDermott […]
Sorry for mixing bad idioms in the title, but we’re over the moon with a final decision on Andrew Paul Leonard’s lawsuit. We have done three articles on his 1.6 million dollar award for actual damages (only) in a copyright infringement case. The links are at the end of this article if you wish to review […]
Check out our guest blog today on Scott Kelby’s blog. Check it out here. Going over a bunch of current issues in our piece. Thanks for use of the hall Scott!
The three words we dread to see on products when we hike to the grocery store to stock up on our favorites, are the words “New and Improved!” (Always with one or two exclamation points). Uh oh. That doesn’t start with a T, but it still spells trouble here in River City. Usually, it’s a […]
KodakOne and the Zombie Myth
Jan 15
In our numerous copyright lectures, we always discuss copyright myths and “mythconceptions”. There is one myth, that like Dracula, refuses to die. Like a zombie myth, continually rising from the dead. It’s known as “The Poor Man’s Copyright”. That’s where instead of filing your copyright at the Copyright Office in accordance with Federal Law, you […]
Model releases have taken up a lot of real estate, a lot of ink, in our lectures and writings. Location releases, not so much. Many people think they are not needed, as the consent is “obvious” and/or “assumed”. We’re not going to go into that chestnut about the word, assume. Some think that those who […]
