27 Oct, 2023 Court Revises Opinion in Kat Von D Tattoo Case in Wake of Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith By Brian Murphy Tattoos and fair use. Again. (See this post from last month.) The plaintiff Jeffrey Sedlik is a photographer who took (and owns the...
31 Jan, 2023 Cellphone Photo Etiquette: “Do you mind taking our picture?“ “Sure, but I own the Copyright!” By Brian Murphy Edward H. Rosenthal Here is the scene. You are walking in Central Park. A group of tourists comes up to you and asks you to take their picture. They hand you...
12 Dec, 2022 Buzzfeed's Publication of Influencer's Motorcycle Accident Pics is a Fair Use By Brian Murphy Tiffany Mitchell (@tifforeli), an influencer who currently has just under 200,000 followers on Instagram, likes to ride a beemer....
05 Jul, 2021 Embedded Photo of Meghan Markle Doesn't Qualify for Fair Use on Motion to Dismiss By Brian Murphy Plaintiff owns the copyright in a photo of Meghan Markle, also known as the Duchess of Sussex, taken at a high school dance she attended...
13 Sep, 2020 Publishing a Cropped Shot of Jon Hamm's Crotch is Fair Use Under Copyright Law By Brian Murphy Jon Hamm apparently likes to go commando. We know this because in 2013, HuffPost published an article entitled "25 Things You Wish You...
08 Jun, 2020 Instagram and Embedding Photos - An Update and a Bombshell (?) from Instagram By Brian Murphy Ars TecnicaInstagram just threw users of its embedding API under the bus" - that a company spokesperson for Facebook (which owns...