in a much-anticipated decision, the Second Circuit reversed the Southern District of New York decision, which found that Andy Warhol’s creation of 16 silkscreen prints and pencil illustrations of the musical artist Prince, which was based upon a 1981 photograph created by photographer Lynn Goldsmith, was fair use under the United States Copyright Act.
American history provides ample evidence that the information the press provides to the public – including information originally provided by confidential sources – is vital to the operation of our democracy and the oversight of our most powerful public and private institutions.
When New York’s new right of publicity law becomes effective on May 29, 2021, a number of new protections will become codified in New York that will benefit performers and celebrities, as well as their estates.
In life, Prince, who died without a will, pulled his videos from YouTube and once threatened to sue the website over copyright concerns.
In death, his video catalog is now available to stream on his official YouTube Channel.
Reality and fiction are not the same. Fiction represents an author’s shaping, focusing and changing reality to tell a story. Trouble comes when fictional trial scenes start to impact real trials. Memorable fiction and drama involving lawyers usually contains a trial scene. There are obvious reasons for this: trials are invariably depicted as exciting dialectic … Continued
The EASL Section Sports Committee held a virtual brown bag lunch on August 19, 2020. Carol Goodman led an interactive discussion of the recently decided ruling by U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner, which denied the U.S. Women’s National Team’s pay disparity claims under the Equal Pay Act against the U.S. Soccer Federation. Ms. Goodman … Continued