Lane Coder Photography v. Hearst Corporation is a copyright case from the Southern District of New York …which lost all its steam shortly after it began. The case was brought by a photographer who was hired to take real estate pictures of the Connecticut home of Paul Simon and Edie Brickell. The purpose was to…
The Eastern District of Virginia recently decided on an interesting case called Universal Music Group v. Kurbanov. The defendant, in this case, is a Russian citizen, which becomes important later on. What’s interesting about this case is the magnitude of both the foolishness of the defendant, and of the award for damages. It wasn’t a…
It’s never a good idea to buy something, take it to an artist, and say, “Please make some changes to this, and then make it similar — but not the same — as what I’m giving you.” Unfortunately, that’s part of the fact pattern for defendant in Desire, LLC vs. Manna Textiles (“Manna”) was tried…