1. Dr. Suess vs. ComicMix, LLC (Oh, the places you will boldly go). Dr. Suess/Star Trek mashup. Problems: Copied highly creative style, did not make parody (no critique commentary), trading off Dr.

A couple of weeks ago, the big four TV networks, Microsoft, MySpace, and a handful of user-generated video sites (but not YouTube) issued a manifesto of principles covering video content uploaded by ...

Fair use is a legal doctrine that allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the rights holders. However, whether a specific use qualifies as fair use depends on several ...

Near the start of How to Fix Copyright, William Patry discloses that he is the chief copyright lawyer at Google. He insists that his book represents his personal ...

According to an article over on Ars Technica, today is the 3rd annual Fair Use Day. On the project website for the event, advocates celebrated EMI's dropping of DRM from its digital music sales and ...

On August 7, 2020, Google and Oracle submitted their final written arguments to the Supreme Court regarding their decade-long copyright battle over the source code animating the Android platform. Now, ...

Access to diverse kinds of materials is vital for building and fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs). These materials could include those that are available in the public domain (for example, works ...

On October 12, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States heard a copyright case that could reshape the future of the nation’s copyright regime. In deciding the issue of fair use, the outcome of ...

"Fair use," originally a judge-made doctrine, is a statutory defense to copyright infringement. The test for "fair use," articulated in Section 107 of the Copyright ...

Nicolas Suzor is the recipient of an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship (project number DE160101542) and receives other project funding from the ARC. He also leads projects funded by ...