The Conglomerate: “I Can’t Believe I’m Defending the American Girl Doll Racket”:
“. . . a young girl on a playdate took her Target knock-off of an American Girl doll to the Manhattan American Girl doll store and was refused the $20 hair salon experience for her nonconforming doll.”
Starz Sues Disney Over Movie Downloads
News.com: “Starz Sues Disney Over Movie Downloads”:
“Liberty Media Holding’s Starz Entertainment cable network said on Thursday it is suing a unit of Walt Disney for allowing other movie download services to sell titles while they were exclusively licensed to Starz.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, was brought by Starz
“Music Publishers Sue XM Over Digital Copying”
Hollywood Reporter: “Music Publishers Sue XM Over Digital Copying”:
“The suit, filed in federal court in New York by the National Music Publishers Assn., alleges that XM engages in massive copyright infringement through its subscription digital music download service known as XM + MP3.
According to the NMPA, the suit was filed after months of
“Viacom Sued Over Colbert Parody on YouTube”
News.com: “Viacom Sued Over Colbert Parody on YouTube”:
“Viacom is misusing U.S. copyright law by forcing YouTube to remove a parody video of The Colbert Report, according to a lawsuit filed against the media conglomerate Thursday. However, Viacom denies the accusation and said it does not object to the video being on YouTube.”
Zombie Brands
PagRank Lawsuit Against Google Dismissed
43(B)log: “KinderStart v. Google dismissed” (Google assigned page rank of zero to plaintiff’s site).
Parody of Political Discourse
I Have The Face For Radio, continued
I participated in a podcast regarding the iPhone dispute (prior to its being settled) on the belatedly named This Week In Law with Denise Howell.
“A Gala Tribute to Global Copycats”
Naseem Javed (branding consultant): “A Gala Tribute to Global Copycats”