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On May 20, 2024, the Supreme Court declined to review the application of the “discovery rule” in the case of Hearst Newspapers, L.L.C. v. Antonio Martinelli, leaving copyright defendants in uncertain waters. This decision follows the Court’s May 10 ruling in Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, which rejected a three-year damages cap yet didn’t […]
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LAST UPDATED May 10, 2024 after Warner Chappell v. Nealy decision. Note: Due to the sharp increase in demand letters from PicRights, AP, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, and their law firm Higbee and Associates, we have created a streamlined, flat rate consultation for evaluation of their claims/ demand letters. These consultations are $179 and last 30 […]
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I’ll make it simple if you don’t want to read a long article: No. But read on for the nuances. Copyright and Images on the Internet Does copyright apply when you get an image off of the internet? Yes. Copyright is automatically granted to creators as soon as their original work is fixed in a […]
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Historically, the expense of litigating a copyright dispute has been a major roadblock to creators enforcing their rights in copyrighted material. However, the launch of the new Copyright Claims Board (“CCB”), colloquially referred to as a “copyright small claims court,” aims to address that issue– and it just started taking cases as of June 17, […]
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