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BLURRED LINES IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE | Express Written Dissent
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Thoughts on Law and Popular Culture. BLURRED LINES IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. It is true that this case, like most intellectual property cases that go to trial, is about blurry lines and whether they have been crossed, but neither “plagiarism” nor “homage” is a concept that has any legal significance. In fact, both Deutsch and Thicke indulged in the time-honored practice of the “cut-in,” in which a performer with the ability to make a song a hit grabs authorial credit. March 11, 2015. Enter your comment here.
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JE SUIS CINDY? | Express Written Dissent
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Thoughts on Law and Popular Culture. Actress Cindy Lee Garcia unknowingly played a role in the allegedly blasphemous. Trailer that appeared on You Tube in the Summer of 2012, sparking violent unrest in parts of the Islamic world. A five-second, two-line performance that Garcia gave for a film entitled. Our daughter is but a child? Found its way into the. Trailer with a different question over-dubbed by another actress: “Is your Mohammed a child molester? Lord of the Rings. Lord of the Rings. 8221; Perhap...
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CHUNGA’S REVENGE | Express Written Dissent
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Thoughts on Law and Popular Culture. The lead vocals for Frank Zappa’s fine 1970. Filed last week in a California state court, has the aura of a test case which, if successful, would have broad ramifications for other broadcasters offering interactive features. A handy crib sheet that I prepared for a talk a while back, detailing this complicated matrix of rights, can be found here. August 6, 2013. Posted by expresswrittendissent on August 6, 2013. FULL OF SOUND AND FURY, SIGNIFYING NOTHING. CEASE AND DE...
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A BFD INDEED: FLO & EDDIE HIT PAYDIRT | Express Written Dissent
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Thoughts on Law and Popular Culture. A BFD INDEED: FLO and EDDIE HIT PAYDIRT. And see 11/17/14 update below the fold) holds up on appeal, that post will merit a spot in the pantheon of gross understatement. UPDATE 11/17/14: Flo and Eddie have now prevailed in a companion case. Filed under New York common law. The money quote:. September 28, 2014. Posted by expresswrittendissent on September 28, 2014. SOME PUSHBACK ON TRANSFORMATIVE USE. December 9, 2014. Best of luck for the next! Enter your comment here.
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Right of Publicity | Express Written Dissent
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Thoughts on Law and Popular Culture. All posts in category Right of Publicity. CEASE and DESIST LETTERS FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE – OLD BLOOD and GUTS EDITION. Here is a marketing conundrum. How do you brand a $575,000 specialty vehicle, built on a Ford truck chassis, that is designed to look like a tank? Is especially solicitous of the eternal publicity rights of anyone who ever died on its soil. In a lawsuit. October 28, 2014. Posted in Cease and Desist Letters From Beyond the Grave. O MARILYN, MY MARILYN.
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Copyright | Express Written Dissent
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Thoughts on Law and Popular Culture. December 2, 2015. Posted by expresswrittendissent on December 2, 2015. LET’S NOT GO CRAZY. Last week, in. Lenz v. Universal Music. September 15, 2015. Posted by expresswrittendissent on September 15, 2015. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GO FREE? A little over two years ago we noted. Good Morning to You Productions v. Warner/Chappell Music,. July 29, 2015. Posted by expresswrittendissent on July 29, 2015. CEASE AND DESIST LETTERS FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE – CONAN DOYLE REDUX ED. Issued...
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CEASE & DESIST LETTERS FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE – OLD BLOOD & GUTS EDITION | Express Written Dissent
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Thoughts on Law and Popular Culture. CEASE and DESIST LETTERS FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE – OLD BLOOD and GUTS EDITION. Here is a marketing conundrum. How do you brand a $575,000 specialty vehicle, built on a Ford truck chassis, that is designed to look like a tank? Is especially solicitous of the eternal publicity rights of anyone who ever died on its soil. In a lawsuit. October 28, 2014. Posted in Cease and Desist Letters From Beyond the Grave. Posted by expresswrittendissent on October 28, 2014. Address nev...
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O MARILYN, MY MARILYN | Express Written Dissent
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Thoughts on Law and Popular Culture. O MARILYN, MY MARILYN. Monroe died in 1962, in a home that she owned in Brentwood, California. But last week, in an opinion. The answer is perhaps best summed-up in another, possibly apocryphal, Monroe aphorism quoted by the Court: “If you’re going to be two-faced, at least make one of them pretty.”. Something’s Got to Give,. September 3, 2012. Posted by expresswrittendissent on September 3, 2012. PAUL RYAN’S TWISTED SISTER. RED SHOES DON’T MAKE IT. Fill in your detai...
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expresswrittendissent | Express Written Dissent
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Thoughts on Law and Popular Culture. All posts by expresswrittendissent. December 2, 2015. Posted by expresswrittendissent on December 2, 2015. LET’S NOT GO CRAZY. Last week, in. Lenz v. Universal Music. September 15, 2015. Posted by expresswrittendissent on September 15, 2015. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GO FREE? A little over two years ago we noted. Good Morning to You Productions v. Warner/Chappell Music,. July 29, 2015. Posted by expresswrittendissent on July 29, 2015. A Study in Sherlock. May 29, 2015. Issued...
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OWNING HAPPY BIRTHDAY | Express Written Dissent
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Thoughts on Law and Popular Culture. A few years ago, George Washington University Law Professor Robert Brauneis. Armed with Professor Brauneis’s formidable scholarship, the producers of a forthcoming documentary about “Happy Birthday to You” have filed a class action law suit. Yet to be heard from is the knucklehead who first added the off-key coda “. . . and many more.”. June 18, 2013. Posted by expresswrittendissent on June 18, 2013. THE BREYER ASCENDANCY, PART TWO. GOOGLE LIBRARY CLASS DECERTIFIED.