Copyright

Copyright

• How It's a Wonderful Life Fell Out of Copyright

Copyright Enforcement

• "If you are sending a copyright infringement threat letter, that is a project which will typically cost you somewhere between $1,500 and $3,000. If you are filing a lawsuit or legal claim in court alleging copyright infringement, the attorney fee and cost of that case could be well into six figures." "how-much-does-it-cost-to-pursue-a-copyright-infringement-claim"

• "how-much-does-an-intellectual-property-lawsuit-cost": "A copyright case seeking the recovery of $1 million to $10 million will still cost an average of $415,000 to defend through discovery, and $710,000 to pursue through trial."

• "Understanding the CASE Act: A new small claims court act to consider..." (2019). New quick-procedure court. The CASE Act (Wikipedia) allows claims of up to $30,000 in a special low-procedure court. Defendants can opt out.

Decisions

• McGUCKEN v. CHIVE MEDIA GROUP, LLC (2018). Case dismissed because the photographer did not provide dates of infringement and of copyright registration.

• Philpot (2021). A photographer who makes a business not of selling photos but of suing for copyright infringement after he posts photos on the web. Good discussion of de minimis,fair use, and the $200 "innocent infringement" penalty.

• [https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1287&context=law_facpub

"Safe Harbor for the Innocent Infringer in the Digital Age," Tonya M. Evans, 50 Willamette L. Rev. 1 (2013).

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Patent

• Nothing yet.

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