Tag Archives: copyright

Copyright infringement basics

FIRST STEP: Probative Copying Question is whether actual copying took place.  This can be shown in two ways: Direct proof (by admission or other direct proof); OR Circumstantial evidence.  This, in turn, can be shown by access to the plaintiff’s work PLUS “substantial similarity” between the parties’ works: Access: remember that access without similarity is not copying. Similarity: […]

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Law School Surrender

An homage to Surrender by the great band Cheap Trick. No copyright infringement intended!! Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj535EKrZrs and other places.  LAW SCHOOL SURRENDER Dean he told me, yes, he told me That I’d meet profs like you He also told me, “Stay away You’ll never know what they’ll ask” Just the other day I heard Of a […]

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See me speak next Friday at Hispanicize 2015

I’ll be speaking next Friday, March 20 in Miami at Hispanicize Week 2015. It looks to be a great event. My panel’s topic is Protect Your Work! A Legal Primer on Copyright Law for Digital Content Creators. The panel will be moderated by my friend Teresita Chavez Pedrosa, formerly with St. Thomas Law. The panelists will be: Jessie Abad of Estefan Enterprises Jason […]

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From the folks who brought you SOPA & PIPA: Congressional offices downloading movies via BitTorrent

From no less a “liberal” source than U.S. News and World Report comes news that IP addresses in the U.S. Congress have been linked to BitTorrent file-sharing of copyrighted movies: In late October, someone at the U.S. House of Representatives decided to catch up on the latest season of Dexter, illegally downloading an episode of […]

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