Tag Archives: Creators

Artists Against Article 13: When Big Tech and Big Content Make a Meal of Creators, It Doesn't Matter Who Gets the Bigger Piece

Article 13 is the on-again/off-again controversial proposal to make virtually every online community, service, and platform legally liable for any infringing material posted by their users, even very briefly, even if there was no conceivable way for the online service … Continue reading

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Artists’ Lawsuits Against Fortnite Creators May Rely on Rights of Publicity

No one does the Carlton quite like Carlton Banks.  (Queue Tom Jones’s It’s Not Unusual.)  Since actor Alfonso Ribeiro first performed the unique dance on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, it has been readily associated with him.  When the dance … Continue reading

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Support the CASE Act (small claims court for creators)

From the Copyright Alliance: Join the copyright community in asking your Congressional Representative to cosponsor H.R. 3945, the CASE Act of 2017, a bill that would create a copyright small claims court for creators and small businesses (It’s quick and easy … Continue reading

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Agence France v. Morel: Can Content Creators Control the Commercial Exploitation of Their Content Once They Post It On Twitter?

Can users of social media have it both ways? Can they share on Twitter their posted content but still control its commercial exploitation and maybe thereby avoid copyright infringement? The recent case of Agence France Presse v. Morel gives photographers … Continue reading

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