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July 29, 2020

How to Register a Copyright & Save Yourself Money

We break down the odds and ends of registering copyrights. This article was originally published by DJBOOTH Whenever a client asks me to submit a copyright registration for them, I always tell them, straight up, “I’m happy to do it for you, but if you’re looking to save money, then this is something you can […]

Filed Under: Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Copyright, Copyright Registration, Entertainment Law Tagged With: Atlanta Entertainment Attorney, Copyright, Copyright Registration, entertainment attorney, Entertainment Law

November 6, 2019

Copyright Office Establishes New Rules for Group Copyright Registration

Copyright Office Changes Rules

Following public suggestion, the U.S. Copyright Office has established new rules allowing for group registration of unpublished works. Whereas previously the number of unpublished works you could register was limited only by what you could upload to the system in an hour, the new system, available only via the online application (and with the deposits […]

Filed Under: Copyright, Copyright Registration Tagged With: Copyright, copyright law, Copyright Registration

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 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

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