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August 3, 2018

What We Talk About When We Talk About Fair Use

What does a fair use trial take? Sometimes, a whole lot of grit. Credit: The New York Public Library, New York. The New York Public Library Digital Collections https://digitalcollections.nypl.org Every conversation I have with clients about fair use is really a conversation about their tolerance for risk. Instead of a definitive set of black and white […]

Filed Under: Copyright, Fair Use, Licensing, Uncategorized Tagged With: Copyright, Copyright Act, Copyright Infringement, Fair Use, licensing

June 24, 2014

Can You Copyright a Character?

By: Olivia Clark, Georgia State University College of Law The following is a guest blog post from Olivia Clark, a former merit scholarship pre professional dancer with Atlanta Ballet, who has recently performed with Crossover Movement Arts.  She has two BAs, one in English and the other in Italian, from the University of Georgia, and […]

Filed Under: Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Copyright, Copyright Registration, Copyrighting Characters, Entertainment Law, Litigation Tagged With: Anderson v. Stallone, atlanta entertainment lawyer, character, Copyright, Copyright Act, Copyright Registration, derivative works, entertainment attorney, Entertainment Law, Klinger v. Doyle, Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp., Rocky, Section 102(6), Sherlock Holmes

May 8, 2013

How to Send a Cease and Desist Letter

by John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) This is Part 2 of a two-part series on cease and desist letters.  This Part discusses what to do if you need to send a cease and desist letter.  Part 1 discusses what to do if you receive a cease and desist letter.  Please […]

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