Lindsay Lohan’s Privacy Suit Versus Rapper ‘Pitbull’ Sunk By First Amendment (2013 – NY)
Lindsay Lohan is in the legal news again, giving us an excellent opportunity to illustrate some legal principles about the unauthorized...
Getting Default Money Judgments In Copyright Lawsuits – A Case Note
Malibu Media, LLC v. Funderburg, 2015 WL 1887754 (N.D.Ill. 2015) discusses the governing standards for obtaining a default judgment in...
Copyright Files: Blogger’s Use of Copyrighted Photo Is ‘Transformative’ Use: Illinois Northern Distr
‘Shuffle’ Case is Just in Time for Football Season Since football season is upon us, I thought it would be appropriate to write about one...
Hitler’s Copyright: Even Villains Can Own Copyrights
On January 30, 1939, Adolf Hitler gave a speech to the Nazi Reichstag. He told his followers, “In the course of my life I have very often...
‘Jumpman’ Lawsuit Focuses on Scope of Copyright Prosecution for Photographs
Who knew that the most famous image of the greatest basketball player of all time was inspired by a Nureyev-like ballet move called a...
