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June 14, 2017

Drake Wins Copyright Infringement Suit Over “Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2” Sample

Copyright Office Changes Rules

  By: Shantell Jiggetts Intern from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Last month, Rapper Drake and his record label, Cash Money Records, Inc., received a favorable decision in a copyright infringement suit filed against them in 2014 by the estate of deceased jazz musician, Jimmy Smith. The suit focused on the sampling of […]

Filed Under: Copyright, Elements of Copyright Infringement, Exclusive Rights, Fair Use, Litigation Tagged With: Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Drake, Fair Use, Jimmy Smith, Paris Morton Music 2, Pound Cake, The Jimmy Smith Rap, transformative use

October 2, 2014

Disney Sued Over Claimed Copyright Infringement in Frozen

This is a guest blog by Seay Firm intern Olivia Clark, 2L at Georgia State University College of Law Isabella Tanikumi is suing Disney for copyright infringement in New Jersey District Court. Tanikumi claims Disney’s blockbuster Frozen is not based on the Hans Christian Andersen story “The Snow Queen,” but on an autobiographical novel she […]

Filed Under: Copyright, Copyrighting Characters, Elements of Copyright Infringement, Litigation Tagged With: Copyright Infringement, Disney, Frozen, Isabella Tanikumi, substantial similarity, Yearnings of the Heart

September 26, 2014

(Not) Happy Together: SiriusXM Ordered to Pay for Use of Pre-1972 Music

Last week, a California federal judge declared Flo & Eddie of The Turtles victors in their lawsuit against SiriusXM over the public performance of the duo’s pre-1972 sound recordings. Yes, this is big, big news with major repercussions for the music industry. The lawsuit, filed in 2013, addressed music created before sound recordings began receiving protection under federal […]

Filed Under: Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Litigation, Public Performance Right, Sound Recording Tagged With: Flo & Eddie, Pandora, Pre-1972, public performance, SiriusXM, sound recordings, The Turtles

July 21, 2014

Photos from The Strategy Sessions Event

The Strategy Sessions event on July 13, 2014, was a success. I (John) presented some basic tenets of intellectual property law and then took questions from the audience. The below photos are courtesy of Erin Schopf. Special thanks to Anne Almasy for organizing such a great event. Look forward to participating again in the future.

Filed Under: Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Background, Copyright, Copyright Registration, Elements of Copyright Infringement, Elements of Trademark Infringement, Entertainment Law, Exclusive Rights, Fair Use, Joint Works, Licensing, Litigation, Nondisclosure Agreements, Trademark, Trademark Registration Tagged With: Anne Almasy, atlanta entertainment lawyer, Entertainment Law, Erin Schopf, intellectual property law, John Seay, The Seay Firm, The Strategy Sessions

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