Phoenix (the band) Stands Up For Copyright Fair Use Phoenix, the French rock band behind the hits 1901 and Lisztomania, have come out in favor of fair use of their copyrighted works. Do these kinds of statements signal a move towards a more rational understanding of copyright law?
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Comic Creators Q&A
February 25, 2014
Comic Creators Q&A On Saturday, February 22, 2014, I had the pleasure of speaking with a group of creators in Manhattan Beach, California at the Comic Bug, perhaps the world’s finest comic book store (bonus points to anyone who gets the comic book joke hidden in that sentence – and full disclosure: the Bug is operated by my good friend Mike Wellman.) About 30 creators from various fields – including comics, film, and video games – were in attendance. I thought it would be interesting to go through some of the questions & answers that we discussed. If you were…
Tarantino v. Gawker
February 4, 2014
Tarantino v. Gawker In what is perhaps the greatest example of a film auteur facing off against a journalistic outpost since Orson Welles battled William Randolph Hearst, Quentin Tarantino has sued Gawker for contributory copyright infringement due to Gawker’s linking to and publicizing Tarantino’s leaked screenplay for Hateful Eight.
Sherlock Holmes Joins the Public Domain
January 7, 2014
Sherlock Holmes Joins the Public Domain A recent federal court decision may help resolve a long-running copyright question: is Sherlock Holmes protected under US copyright, or is he in the public domain?
