New: A book called SCAM says the Zapruder film was fabricated. The museum that owns the copyright says the only thing fabricated is the controversy. A Dallas judge just weighed in. Full story, up now on Copyright Lately:
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- After personally reading 6,000 pages of romantasy fiction, Judge Colleen McMahon called this copyright suit over the bestselling Crave series "open and shut.” The "shut" part still took four years, three judges, and $3.4M in fees. Full story here:
- A ruling billed as a win for creators would quietly strip foreign ones of any U.S. termination rights. Now most of the music and film industry is asking the Supreme Court to undo it. Full story, up now on Copyright Lately:
- Most people try to stay out of lawsuits. Sony, Universal, Warner, and BMG just bought the losing end of one—specifically to seek Supreme Court review of a Fifth Circuit ruling they call a recipe for global chaos. Full story, up now on Copyright Lately:
- The Ninth Circuit just took the Kat Von D tattoo case en banc, putting "total concept and feel" on the chopping block.
