NY Times Freakonomics Blog: Copyright and Football:

The theory behind copyright is simple – if we allow anyone to copy a good new idea, then no one will come up with the next one.  The theory makes perfect sense – in theory.  In previous posts, however, we have described how fashion designers, chefs, comedians

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Las Vegas Trademark Attorney: “Avoiding The Wrath of Righthaven”:

There has been a lot of discussion in the Las Vegas area (and nationwide) about the numerous copyright infringement lawsuits filed by a Las Vegas company named Righthaven, LLC. As of August 4, 2010, Righthaven had filed approximately 86 lawsuits against various website operators

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Plaintiff Gaiman (famous writer) sues Defendant McFarlane (famous comic artist). Defendant hired plaintiff to write some scripts for the SPAWN comic book. Plaintiff creates a new character, Dark Age Spawn. Defendant later uses a Medieval Spawn. Judge, in determining damages, finds that Medieval Spawn infringes Dark Age Spawn.
Rainy day fun: compare the copyright analysis…

Coverage here.
Decision Bratz

Citing the Arista decision in the complaint, EMI and others sue LimeWire.
Complaint Emi v Limewire Copyright

Defendant recording studio, Reckless Music, LLC, attempted to defend itself against copyright infringement by arguing that the studio engineer who copied plaintiff’s software without authorization, was an independent contractor. It was found liable on a vicarious liability theory but costs and fees were not awarded agaisnt it because its defense was not unreasonable, under Fogerty…

My partner, Paul Fakler, successfully represented various music publishers including Warner/Chappell, Peermusic and Bug Music in obtaining a preliminary injunction in the CD Cal, enjoining several websites from displaying and distributing song lyrics without authorization.
Decision Prelim Peermusic v Live Universe Lyrics